Stoop Dog's Tri Group - CLOSED for 2010! (Page 13)

Scott

I saw you said you are a single father and it made me think of a GREAT book I just got finished with.  "KNOW REGRETS"  it is about a 40 year old single dad with 2 kids that is a Triathalete and his journey to the IRONMAN.. It is a fiction story written by a guy that is a Triathalete but the book is very motivational and a great read.  Here is the link on Amazon  http://www.amazon.com/Know-Regrets-Tim-Durant/dp/143570567X

I cheated I loaded it on my Kindle and listend to it with the text to speach function.

OUR DEAMONS
It seems that we all are working on overcoming our weak points and beating our deamons.  I'll share that the biggest Deamon for me in this whole thing is running & why running has become that.  In the Marines I never completed a PFT run 3miles in over 20:00  most of my times were in the 19:00 range.  Best ever was a 17:56 after I had been running alot with a couple of other marines at lunch every day for about 6 months. Last few year I was in the Marines I also did alot of Martial arts. After getting out I really focused on Martial arts and did alot of amature full contact kickboxing.  Job life and all changed and I just slowly got burnt out and quit.  Over the years that followed I would gain some weight and become a coutch spud and when my britches got to fitting tight I'd take my @$$ out and start running again. I do a few easy 3 mile runs to let my body get use to running again then be ripping off 25 minute 3 mile training runs.
Through the years I'd do a 5k here and there and usualy finish in the 21:00 to 22:00 range with minimal training just a month or two of runing before the race. 
I was running fairly steady up until end of 2006 even started doing some longer distance. I ran 1/2 marathon distance few times. 
In 2007 I took a job working out of state 10 days out 4 days home but 2 of the home days were travel to and from.  To shorten the story a bit I basicaly did a SUPERSIZE me for a year but not just Mc Donalds I mixed all the fastfood joints with healthy stiff like Pizza, Mexican food, 14oz stakes you get the picture LOL!! 
I get done with this job and in 2008 Say well time to start running again and get all this weight off..  So, I started eating right and running BUT HOLY $H!T I can't even run 3 miles It was killing me  to complete 2 miles.  Now this was a serous blow to my ego, Hell yea I'm 40 now but I have alway been able to do 3 miles.  Yea yea yea I say I know it is all this extra @$$ im hauling..  So I persist and over time loose about 20 pounds.  Guess what I finally got to where I could run 3 miles again, in 45 (insert dirty word) minutes.  On a cool morning I went for a run and at the 2 mile mark I was really having problems breathing, I all of the sudden spit up BLOOD!  Ok this scared the (Insert another dirty word) out of me, all kinds of stuff went through my head.  Next day I was at the Doctor and he did a chest x-ray and said I was ok but have "Exercised induced Asthma" WTF, Asthma how the hell do you just get damn asthma???   Anyway he gave me a Short term inhaler and it helped but I still could not breath like I use to be able to.  I some what let this beat me for a while and just ran couple of miles 2 to 3 times a week.  Back at the first of November I saw a IRONMAN on TV and said to my self If these guys can do a damn Ironman with all that adversity I should be able to get my run times back in the 25:00 5K range.  So I started ramping up millage longest run so far has been 8 miles and doing RUN/Walk If i need to catch my breath.  I think it was last week I got a longterm inhailer after discussing my issues with my doctor and so far It is great.  I now blieve My preavious ability is something I can get back now I'll just have to work to earn it back & I'll NEVER take it for granit again like I use to. 

So the reason The RUN is MY DEAMON is because unlike biking and swiming in which I have no PR,  baseline, or expectations,  I am continually chasing the deamon of My past RUNS!!!

Even if it takes a year or more I'll catch it and hope all you guys are runing with me.  With persistance and guts we can all beat out deamons and reach our GOALS!!!

Now Lets ROLL!!

Semper Fi
William

So I have a dumb question.  What are the usual time cutoffs for the swim,bike, run for a Half Ironman?

The HIM I am signed up for has this schedule

Start 6:10 (Who knows what time I would actually start)

9:20 - swim cutoff

12:30 - bike cut off

4:00 - Finish run

So by that schedule, the longest you can swim is about 3 hours.  Is that right?

Just curious

My training seems to be hit and miss although i try to alt run and bike days with a rest day mixed in and hit the pool when I can on bike days(cann't really swim just plow for a couple of lengths). But with travel for work it makes staying on track a little challenging. I also try to get a deep tissue massage about once a month which really help with recovery.

Did 25 miles on the MTB on the trainer today. 

Got up early this morning and got in a 5K. I am 17 weeks away from the HIM now and I really think its time to see where I am on my times so I know how to build. I ran the 5K this morning in 27.32. Not bad for a fat boy. I am no small guy. I really think it could have been better. I started off a little slower not knowing how my legs, which are toast right now, would do after doing almost 50 miles on the bike the last two afternoons. I really think it could have been under 27 but it is what it is. I will see where I can go from here with it. I believe I will use the walk/run method in my HIM and probably even in the half marathon in late March.. I ran the full 5k this morning. I sprinted (for me) the last .3 which got my heart rate up to 175.

I have a long run (for me) in the schedule for this Saturday. I will swim tomorrow and Yoga tomorrow night. Rest on Friday..You guys have a great day and I hope your training is going well..Ryan

Edited by LanierSpots 2010-01-20 6:36 AM