Yanti and Lynn, Mentors of the Manatee Melee: FULL (Page 14)

GraceVanOwen - 2011-05-05 10:33 AM

lounav - 2011-05-04 5:49 PM Well, I had big plans today.  I was going to go swim for two hours instead of taking my recovery day.  As I've mentioned, the swim is making me nervous!  This was the first time I was going to skip a recovery day.  But, instead I spent the day at the doctor's office with my 6 y/o who broke her arm.    She is actually pretty excited about the whole thing, because she is sporting a pink cast.  

Two hour swim!  Wow, that's impressive.

That's one way of putting in. 'Certifiable' is another ... but Louise is really, really, really committed to improving her swim!

Hope your kiddo heals well, sounds like she'll be just fine.

lounav - 2011-05-04 4:49 PM Well, I had big plans today.  I was going to go swim for two hours instead of taking my recovery day.  As I've mentioned, the swim is making me nervous!  This was the first time I was going to skip a recovery day.  But, instead I spent the day at the doctor's office with my 6 y/o who broke her arm.    She is actually pretty excited about the whole thing, because she is sporting a pink cast.  

Bummer about the broken arm!!!! There are two pieces of good news here though, 1. You were scheduled to recover and now you are forced to recover! Perhaps it was meant to be? 2. Pink casts are awesome! 

Asalzwed - 2011-05-05 3:22 PM

lounav - 2011-05-04 4:49 PM Well, I had big plans today.  I was going to go swim for two hours instead of taking my recovery day.  As I've mentioned, the swim is making me nervous!  This was the first time I was going to skip a recovery day.  But, instead I spent the day at the doctor's office with my 6 y/o who broke her arm.    She is actually pretty excited about the whole thing, because she is sporting a pink cast.  

 

Bummer about the broken arm!!!! There are two pieces of good news here though, 1. You were scheduled to recover and now you are forced to recover! Perhaps it was meant to be? 2. Pink casts are awesome! 

Sorry about the cast - hope all is well.  Pink.  hmmm, yea pink.  I'm sure it looks good on her. :-) 

mackjenn - 2011-05-05 4:50 PM

Asalzwed - 2011-05-05 3:22 PM

lounav - 2011-05-04 4:49 PM Well, I had big plans today.  I was going to go swim for two hours instead of taking my recovery day.  As I've mentioned, the swim is making me nervous!  This was the first time I was going to skip a recovery day.  But, instead I spent the day at the doctor's office with my 6 y/o who broke her arm.    She is actually pretty excited about the whole thing, because she is sporting a pink cast.  

 

Bummer about the broken arm!!!! There are two pieces of good news here though, 1. You were scheduled to recover and now you are forced to recover! Perhaps it was meant to be? 2. Pink casts are awesome! 

Sorry about the cast - hope all is well.  Pink.  hmmm, yea pink.  I'm sure it looks good on her. :-) 

Thanks for all the well wishes for my daughter.  She is hanging in there and taking the pain like a trooper.  She did have a bit of a breakdown last night when she started to realize what she would be missing out on (triggered by having to let her know she couldn't go to on of her best friends birthday parties at a bouncy/inflatable place).  Luckily, she has recently fallen in love with Harry Potter, so lots of reading to her has helped cheer her up.  

I'm struggling to get my workouts in with her at home, but I'm a mom first, so it is what it is.  My family is planning to do a trial camping trip (I know, not great timing with the broken arm) this weekend. We are trying to do a dry run for our two week road/camping trip in a few weeks.  I'm hoping to also get my first OWS in at the same time.  As long as I don't come across any snakes in the water (my biggest fear!), then I think it should go okay.  

What are everyone's weekend plans?

Well all non-essential activities in my life are coming to a halt.  From now 'till mid Oct. it's all about Mom/Da' Freeloading Mutt/work and tri training.  I have officially begun training.  Done with prep.  I have 3 months for my 1st HIM and 4 for the next.  Last year our TNT coach had the group do 1.2/56/10 "practice" tri one month before Steelhead.  So, SH will be my practice tri for my A race, REV3.  It took me 9 hrs to finish SH last year.  With more practice/miles under me there's a chance I'll PR the whole thing--hahahahaha!!!  I just have to make sure not to drink OJ before the swim. LOL  Also, unlike last year, this year I'm being very proactive with chiro treatments (Graston on left calf) and with learning proper running technique.

Saw the chiro yesterday.  Gave me a lift for my leg, but in the coming weeks I'll be getting custom made orthos.  I also have an appt on Monday with a running coach to check my gait etc.  And even though I start TNT training in June for Nike's I may keep this coach for one-on-one instruction.  For me this year my tri goals are endurance, building my base and learning how to run properly.  Not interested in speed, PRs and all that.  I'll worry about all that when training for Cozumel begins next year.   

As for the breathing, doc gave me an inhaler to use as needed and I have to take zyrtec daily. 

I hope everyone has a good weekend training or racing!

Weekend Plans...  Tonight I'm going to go for an hour run and then do the art walk with my girls and Jan downtown.  Tomorrow - maybe a nice ride early and yard work (yuck).   Sunday I'd debating about sleeping late or getting up for another open water swim in Denver (water is supposed to be at least mid 50s this time).  Maybe a long run too.  Girls will bbe with their mom, but I may do something with Jan.

Happy mother's day everyone!!!

This reminds me. I just got my new wetsuit and i was wondering at what temp I should be able to expect to get in the water and comfortable swim? Just a ballpark temp would be helpful because I really have no idea. 

Depends on the brand and your comfort level.  I have a hurricane 2 and I was actually not that cold on my body (areas covered by the wetsuit).  Hands, head, and feet were exposed and they got numb after a bit.

Wetsuit works by allowing a thin layer of water get between your suit and body - which is then warmed up by your body.  Initially, it is cold, but I found I did get comfortable when swimming in 51f water.  For me - only my face was a real issue and now that I know, I suspect it won't be as bad as before (I HOPE it is not as bad).  Want to try it out - fill your tub with water and get in.  Add ice.  Stir slowly.  Enjoy.  How cold can you let the water go?  Or get it real cold first and jump in!

Thanks for all the well wishes for my daughter.  She is hanging in there and taking the pain like a trooper.  She did have a bit of a breakdown last night when she started to realize what she would be missing out on (triggered by having to let her know she couldn't go to on of her best friends birthday parties at a bouncy/inflatable place).  Luckily, she has recently fallen in love with Harry Potter, so lots of reading to her has helped cheer her up.  

I'm struggling to get my workouts in with her at home, but I'm a mom first, so it is what it is.  My family is planning to do a trial camping trip (I know, not great timing with the broken arm) this weekend. We are trying to do a dry run for our two week road/camping trip in a few weeks.  I'm hoping to also get my first OWS in at the same time.  As long as I don't come across any snakes in the water (my biggest fear!), then I think it should go okay.  

What are everyone's weekend plans?

Thanks for all the well wishes for my daughter.  She is hanging in there and taking the pain like a trooper.  She did have a bit of a breakdown last night when she started to realize what she would be missing out on (triggered by having to let her know she couldn't go to on of her best friends birthday parties at a bouncy/inflatable place).  Luckily, she has recently fallen in love with Harry Potter, so lots of reading to her has helped cheer her up.  

I'm struggling to get my workouts in with her at home, but I'm a mom first, so it is what it is.  My family is planning to do a trial camping trip (I know, not great timing with the broken arm) this weekend. We are trying to do a dry run for our two week road/camping trip in a few weeks.  I'm hoping to also get my first OWS in at the same time.  As long as I don't come across any snakes in the water (my biggest fear!), then I think it should go okay.  

What are everyone's weekend plans?

Race report-

1:15 (7th in my age group)

Course was wet, 72 degrees.  Started about 15 min late.  Didn't eat before hand- first time I'd tried that.  Drank very little since last tri I wanted to pit stop half way through.

Swim- 9 (race plan was 8:00)  Couldn't breathe from the first stroke.  Had to breath every 2 strokes (as in every right stroke).  Usually I try for 4-6 strokes.  Had bronchitis 2 months ago, two rounds of antiboidics, still coughing but shocked it was this tough.  Back to MD on Monday, as this is NOT going to be ok going into the last four weeks before my A race.

T1- bad (don't have split yet) couldn't get socks on, elected to wear bike shorts (first time tired this in a race) so had to put them on.  Glasses fogged up.  Frustrated.

Bike- Rented bike to see about upgrading.  Like the bike (after spending 4 hours in the shop over two visits yesterday to fit the bike and then fix a broken gear and angle seat).  Race said bike was 12 miles.  My odo said 11.  Girl next to me said her's said 11.4.  Who knows????  35:11 time.  Even splits.  Two major wipe outs right in front of me.

T2- better since I didn't wear bike shoes (new ones on order).

Run- I've been doing my bricks run to bike since my A race is that way.  I really felt it today to do bike to run transition.  Wobbly at first.  Splits 8, 8:30, 8:30.  Annoyed at my sunglasses so I took them off.  Tried running in the bike shorts- mistake.  Didn't slow me down but hated all that fabric on my legs when itw as so hot.

Overall- felt good.  No knee pain (an ongoing issue) Left hamstring continues to be very tight before, during and after race.  (Will a professional massage help any?)  Still undecided about race next week.  Will see how I (and my left hamstring) recover.

TMI question.  (Really, stop reading if you don't want to discuss poop)

Usually I eat before a sprint- PB and J or bagel, etc. about 60-90 minutes before.  That usually starts my system "going" in the morning and I can clear out last nights meal.  I haven't had any problems with this but my bowel is very touchy and sometimes I"m in the bathroom close to the start time so I really wanted to try not eating to see if that was better.  I had a large pizza dinner last night and stopped eating 12 hours before my race.  As I got up to the start I realized I hadn't had to clear things out.  I didn't have to at that point, which was good, and I was okay until after the race.  But I worry, what if...

So I'm wondering if I should compromise for my next race... eat a little something to see if it starts up my system but not enough to need to clear that out.  My next race may be my A race for the year.  Thoughts? 

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I'm glad you decided to do the race (that was my advice a page earlier, don't know if you caught it).

You should consider writing your race report into the BT template as a formal post; it's really great to have that record and be able to look back on it. Plus, the Manatees all come by and say nice things.

For the fact that you did an awful lot of new stuff on race day, you made out like a champ! Great job!

So here are my random thoughts, FWTW (probably as much as you paid for them ...)

- I can't imagine breathing any less than every two strokes in a race (and for me, that's pretty much true in practice, too, although I alternate which side I breathe on regularly). Is there a reason you try for 4-6?

- I'd definitely get used to tri clothes for your A race. (did we cover that? did you post a question about that?) I'd go nuts running in bike shorts, too, and it eats up a lot of time in T1 putting them on.

- pro massage should help the hammy, although having just raced on it, icing for a day or two is probably a good idea. Make sure the pro massage is by someone who has some kind of certification / experience in SPORTS massage. If you have the ducats and an ART (active release therapy) practitioner in your area, I'd strongly recommend that. Some people do really well with foam rolling for tight muscles, as well.

Trust me, and anyone who's read my posts on the general forums know this ... no such thing as TMI!

Nutrition is something to work out before tough/long practices or bricks. The maxim NOTHING NEW ON RACE DAY applies to nutrition as much as anything else.

Considering IF you do next weekend's race, it's essentially a practice race anyway, you could try it out. (Or before that if you happen to have a tough morning workout ...)

Just IMO, 60-90 minutes is VERY close to race time. Most people eat something resembling a snacky breakfast (what you said) 3-4 HOURS before a sprint race start, and then maybe pop something sugary like a gel 10 min before.

If you're going to eat, and that would cause your system to clear things out from the day before, it'd make sense to me to make it further away from race time, especially since you mentioned sometimes you're on the pot too close to race time.

Okay, now here's TMI

Several years ago, getting into tri and being a dog trainer, I decided: if I can train a dog to poop on command, then surely I could train myself to do so. And I have. I get up and poop first thing in the morning, no matter what. Actually I poop first thing after long sleeps, regardless of when they occur (I keep a notoriously bizarre schedule, meaning I don't really keep one at all).

It's a really useful skill to have. The pooping, not the lack of schedule.

CONGRATULATIONS Grace!!

I feel for you having to look at that view all the time  I was in Denver a couple weeks ago and running at Lifetime Fitness with a view of the mountains is a lot more interesting than running at Lifetime in Dallas with a view of traffic!

Way to go Grace!

I chickened out of my first OWS practice today.  BUT, I do have big plans to do it next week.  Instead I went and spent 2 hours at the pool.  I think I finally have my breathing back under control and am feeling much better about my odds of surviving my tri (okay, at least of making it out of the lake, still plenty of fears about crashing my bike!).

On a very different note, I'm a big fan of stocking my fellow Manatees through their logs.  But, there are a few people that I can't access their logs and some that aren't keeping logs.  Both of which are complete your right to do.  But, I do have fun looking at logs for those that are on the fence!

Maybe we're talking about the same thing?  I'm talking- in the race every time my right hand went up, I had to breathe.  Is that every two strokes ("left, breathe, left, breathe")?  In practice, I'm usually (breathe, left, right, left, breathe, left, right, left, breathe) which I thought was every four strokes.  Anyway, I always thought the breathing took a little extra time and seems to slow my times when I don't get more strokes in per breath. 

Thanks everyone for your well wishes.

And as to my log, well I'm already loggin on training peaks and also on my iphone.  I just can't get up for logging one more place.  Maybe after my big race in June I"ll have more time.  Right now it's just all kids and gym.