TriAya's Group: SHUT like dog on steak, sorry! (Page 13)

Yup that will be me a slacker the rest of this week due to my knee. However I dodn't know how to stop so i will continue to swim that doesn't seem to bother it.  

LOL

When I read this the first time, I was reading fast and I thought you said that none of us had a problem being a slacker as in we find it easy to be a slacker -

i was thinking

Waidaminute!  that doesn't sound like Yanti! 

LOL- guess it helps to actually read - anyway, it made me giggle so I had to post it

Proper recovery = wise and disciplined triathlete!!! (not slacker)

Hope your knee is better soon ... take a hint from Beth and DO NOT do anything other than swim with it until it is ALL better ... then wait a day or two!

I promise to be good. 

Well i think my knee is better so i will hit the pavement tomorrow. I just finished a gym session followed by some easy swimming. With that said i have four days off also and i'm heading out for the rest of the day. Everyone have a good weekend.

Merry Christmas 

I just wanted to tell you all MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! 

I'm visiting family in GA, so that's why I've been MIA.  It's so hard to get in decent workouts over the holidays, especially when it won't stop raining!  I'm getting frustrated with it.  I can't wait to go home and be back on my normal schedule.

Oh well...off to ride on my in-laws crappy old stationary.

Hi Everyone!

I'm here in lovely St Louis visiting my parents for the Holiday - I'll be back in action on the 27th.  I might be able to sneak in a post here and there, but I won't be around much

Take care and have a great week!

Here is one site...... http://www.trifind.com/wa.html

I don't know if you are looking at sprints or olys or ??  There are others that aren't listed here, like the seafair tri....but this is a pretty good list to start with.  Feel free to ask me any questions about the ones I have done or am doing.  I have a pretty good list on my blog.

Here's another site, with lots of races, also includes Oregon.  http://www.racecenter.com/

Actually not sure but what ever it was has stopped. I probably should go to the doctor once in a while but I just rest it and then see what happens. I ran over 6 miles today and I didn't have any issues. I hope that will be it for the rest of the year. 

Hi everybody! What a delightful crew--lots to catch up and comment on.

SHAUN--

Ditto Erin, your enthusiasm rocks the house. You really are an inspiration--you juggle so many obligations yet love to train and participate in events, and getting the gf in on it, too ... nice!

Yeah, you're right ... there's a big difference between chronic pain/injury and acute injury. Fortunately if you take care of the acute stuff, it probably won't go chronic. I have an old back injury--the one that put me out of competitive martial arts--two vertebral stress fractures and a ruptured disk. It's always gonna hurt, but in many ways it's been a blessing. It's a great reality check on not overtraining, 'cause it's always the first thing to really hurt.

USE OF COLD/HEAT FOR INJURIES

Similar recommendations from any reputable source; I'm getting mine from the American College of Sports Medicine. (Standard caveat: when in doubt, see a doctor!)

Acute injuries--any pull, strain, twist, bang, bump, anything with inflammation--ICE ONLY for first 48 hours. .(Heat will increase inflammation, increasing pain and possibly exacerbating injury). No more than 20 minutes on. Bag of frozen peas with a cloth between skin works great After that, treat like a chronic injury.

Chronic injuries--overuse, lasting, nagging, "old injuries," etc. Heat BEFORE activity; ICE after.

That's enough for one post! (I'm going to do, like, five in a row. Catch you next post! )

SORENESS/SWIM 

For soreness--yeah, that sounds about right. Oh, and ice works wonders for everything. I'm a big fan. General recommendation is if a workout leaves you sore, take it easier the next day and do the other sports or core work.

YOU'RE HERE IN SO CAL??? For how long? Any chance you can peel yourself away for a few hours and make it down to L.A. proper for a swim lesson/girl chat/Manatee power circle? I'm PMing you my phone number (by the way, any of you are welcome to my phone number) ... gimme a call anyway.

50-miler?! Holy whackadogs! (Okay, so I did a 30-miler myself today, but still ). Glad you've got the green light for your knee. And you're in Glendora? Shoot, you shoulda just biked out here and said hi!

I know Glendora's a ways off and you've got kids, but same offer goes for you: if you can make it out here, I'm happy to offer free swim coaching, whatever you want.

Speaking of which, is your wife feeling better?

VITAMINS/SUPPLEMENTS 

First--WHAT A GORGEOUS HOLIDAY CHEER BABY! So sweet! That pic totally made my day ... what a cutie pie.

Second--It's really difficult to eat a perfect diet in terms of daily requirements, so I take a daily "near-total" multivitamin. On supplements ... nada. I don't really have any particular needs, though. As far as sports are concerned, I'm with Joe Friel ... unless the diet and training are tweaked to near-perfect, supplementation beyond a daily multivitamin isn't going to do much good. That said, a lot of female athletes are chronically iron-deficient, so me personally, I make sure to eat some red meat a few times a week.

[By the way, a lot of the stuff I say is just what I do. It's not a recommendation.]