SWBKRUN MENTOR GROUP - OPEN (Page 13)

hi Nicky!!

welcome to the group and congratulations on making fitness a lifestyle!

I think your plan looks good, but am a little concerned about the achilles and hamstring.  What are you doing to deal with it?  Rolling? stretching?  It is very hard to build volume when your body is rebelling!

My month is complete.  The healing process robbed me of some quality and my favorite core TRX classes, but I hope to be back on track in June!

Swim: 12h 50m - 24100 Yd

Bike: 27h 31m 56s - 472.5 Mi

Run: 17h 53m 29s - 116.7 Mi

TRX: 2h 05m

Walking: 3h 05

Hey Nicky glad to have you!

Surgery put my totals down as well.

Swim: 1 hour 25m 29s-2640.42yd

Bike 7h 52m 16s-114.12mi

Run 3h 36m 27s- 19.51mi??

June is a new month and my 70.3 training is kicking off tomorrow with a 40 mile ride and half of that is hills. I might put in a small run after depending on time. I am going to try and swim everyday at lunch and run 30 miles

Well.......IM training has officially started!  My first 500 mile month!  Started June off well with 85 miles on my bike, solo, and it is hotter than heck out there.  I may need to start swimming.    Here we go.......  eta:  huh.  post shows my numbers as I post - can't get them to show once it's POSTED.  Ah, well.  91.3 miles running, 500.37 miles on the bike, 7700 yards swimming.

• May's totals

Here are my May numbers.  Time to crank up the bike a little more.

Nadine--for me it is the combination of the short and the saddle.  If they don't work well together, you can experience immense chafing and pain.  My go to shorts are Castelli Body Paint for cycling and Castelli Tri Shorts for sprints through HIMs. The pad just fits me right. I also use Assos Chamois Cream before every ride.  To go along with it,  I have a SMP Lite 209 saddle. I used to have a Terry Butterfly, but when I transitioned to aero on my road bike, it no longer worked and CHAFING was a HUGE issue.  Baaaaaad.   Doesn't mean this combo will work for you though. 

Originally posted by JillB I think my month totals are too low to post. I just have not been making the time to get out there. School is out on Wednesday, so I'm out of excuses. I'm going to get in a better routine this summer! As far as tips for getting faster... I'd love to hear them! I've never done any speedwork, though I desperately need to. My husband makes fun of me because I have one speed for everything. My short runs are the same pace as my long ones. I did notice my times drop dramatically after I started to train for a marathon, though. I think running the longer miles helps me on the shorter distances.

I am not sure how new you are to endurance sports, but if you trained for a marathon I am guessing you have the most experience running?  Your logs would suggest you have a decent run speed!  Depending on how long you've been running you could consider adding some Tempo runs to your plan by the end of the Summer.  My first advice here would be consistency now that school is over.

My best advice is if you are newer to cycling you go out and ride with no real thought of speed other than keeping it steady in an aerobic zone.  As you know from marathon training, time can do wonders for pace.  If you don't have a base, your muscles, tendons and joints are not ready for the vigors of speed work IMO.  Best to ride a variety of terrains to build power and pedaling efficiency if they are available to you where you live.

To echo Suzy's comment, I'd consider the saddle at this point, or the adjustment of it. You can tell a fitter exactly where you're having issues (yes, even the men fitters!) and they can make adjustments or recommend a different saddle. I like Zoot tri shorts, no matter what the length of the ride, sprint through IM. I also never need any lube or anything. One of my saddles wore out at one point and I started having some issues, new saddle and things were all good again!! Good luck!!

Originally posted by JillB

Originally posted by SSMinnow

Originally posted by JillB I think my month totals are too low to post. I just have not been making the time to get out there. School is out on Wednesday, so I'm out of excuses. I'm going to get in a better routine this summer! As far as tips for getting faster... I'd love to hear them! I've never done any speedwork, though I desperately need to. My husband makes fun of me because I have one speed for everything. My short runs are the same pace as my long ones. I did notice my times drop dramatically after I started to train for a marathon, though. I think running the longer miles helps me on the shorter distances.

I am not sure how new you are to endurance sports, but if you trained for a marathon I am guessing you have the most experience running?  Your logs would suggest you have a decent run speed!  Depending on how long you've been running you could consider adding some Tempo runs to your plan by the end of the Summer.  My first advice here would be consistency now that school is over.

My best advice is if you are newer to cycling you go out and ride with no real thought of speed other than keeping it steady in an aerobic zone.  As you know from marathon training, time can do wonders for pace.  If you don't have a base, your muscles, tendons and joints are not ready for the vigors of speed work IMO.  Best to ride a variety of terrains to build power and pedaling efficiency if they are available to you where you live.

I really appreciate the advice! I need all I can get. I've been running for 5 or 6 years. I had a really good base going until February, but I haven't been very consistent since then. I'm hoping that I can get my base back fairly quickly this summer, though. I will definitely add the tempo runs then... As far as the other disciplines??? I'm brand new! Chet had gotten me a hybrid a few years ago (that I never used,) so that's what I started using a few months ago to get started on the bike. I got pretty comfortable on that, although it was hard to keep up with my friends on the hills. For Mother's Day, he got me a road bike. I love it, but it felt totally different and took a few rides to start getting used to. I still feel like I'm hanging on for dear life (especially if there's any type of wind!,) but I'm getting better. I know I'm not ready for any type of speed work there yet. I spend my time concentrating on not falling. I can't even address the swimming yet... I started swim lessons, but I have a long way to go...

I think your running will come back quickly so let's talk about the bike.  Are you clipped in when you ride?  Although a bit scary at first it does make a difference for your pedal stroke and will improve performance.  I agree that at this point you just need to get out and ride and build some confidence.  It took me quite some time to get comfortable using my clip on aerobars, but once I did it too made a big difference in performance too.  Think above varying terrains and extending your distances on at least a couple of rides each week.  It'll come!

For obvious reasons, I think I will leave the swimming advice to Julia or Kyla.