SWBKRUN Mentor Group-"Off Season?" What is that?!! (Page 144)

Heels????? Kim, don't you know they are an invitation for tight calves/shin splints? PF? YIKES.  I may be only 4'10", but my heels are gather dust bunnies!  I have one wedding this summer and that is the only time they will be on my feet!

You guys are killing me.  I graduated highschool in 1981!  Do I need to be reminded of that now?

Later kids.

Hey there everyone... Just wanted to say hi.... Didn't "check-in" per se... 12 pages behind, and am on vaca.  Logged my workouts and started to read post, but was TOO FAR behind. I hope all is well with everyone, and I really hope that everyone has a great, safe, fun, high cardio, long weekend. 

I am having a blast and have gotten in some nice workouts in with the Mrs!!  I don't know that I will check in until Monday again, so take care to all! 

X2..or just tell him you'll make it worth his while if he catches you!

Now Doug, don't revert back to the high school attitude!!!

Now all you US Americans have a great July 4th weekend...I leave those of you still here with this ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

Edited by TrevorC 2009-07-02 9:42 PM

Suzy:

You're a baby. I was 1/2 through college when you graduated high school! (There, feel better now. )

So it looks like we have our first IM registration for next year.   Roni is gonna rock CdA!!!!!

Buttercup,
I've got you beat!  I just got info for my 20 year COLLEGE reunion.    Double Ugh!  I don't feel that old!!

Karen


Edited by gadgetlaw 2009-07-03 5:03 AM

Ok so I have my first actual training post question.  How long do each of you train/compete in a year?  And how do you deal w/mental fatigue/motivation?  I started in Jan. this year and will go through mid-November.  Right now, I'm hitting a bit of a mental wall.  This morning I was supposed to get up for Master's practice.  I laid in my comfy bed and talked myself out of it. 

I have four big goals ("A" races) this year.  Mar. sub 2 hr. 1/2 marathon, June complete my first HIM, July place AG in a small local tri that I've done for the past 2 years and fall run a fast marathon to see how far away I am from the magic 3:45 BQ time.

Although I have my July race which is important to me - the distances are super short and I think I'll be in good shape so this is sort of my mid year break month.  But I still feel guilty for blowing off workouts.  Do you guys run into the same problem and how do you recharge mid-season?

So, did you write this entire thing from that comfy bed while you were being really lazy and missing your Master's swim that maybe the others in the group were counting on you to show up?  Or just that second sentence, you know that one about your goals.

OK, you're new here so I'll stop there... but you if you don't do anything today then you gotta log "I WAS LAZY TODAY".

Seriously though, great question.

This is my first season so I'm kinda winging it.  Season #2 is going to be a lot more structured, probably with a coach.

Training for my first, 1/4 @ lone star, started in December.  But I had to get to where I could actually complete the workouts in the first weeks of the program.  So more like late October.  Once I knocked the 1/4 out I shifted immediately to the 1/2 program.  Actually 7 weeks into the program.  So, with the exception of getting sick for a few days, its been pretty much non-stop since Oct/Nov until now.  

These past few days have been very nice.  Waking up knowing I have nothing to do that day, kinda like you this morning, ooops I said I would stop, my bad.  But I'm ready to get back at it.  Not ready for the intensity of a 1/2 program but definitely ready to ramp back up for the OLY in August, which will be my last tri this season.  Yesterday was my first training day since the 1/2 and it was more of a mental workout than physical because I had to keep the throttle way back.  My legs really wanted to go but that wasn't on the agenda.

If I feel like really not doing anything then I'll wait a little while, 15 minutes-1/2 hour and see if anything changes.  Walking out the door and being outside really helps out.  I also have no problem juggling my schedule.  I know what I have every day of the week. So say I was super duper lazy and didn't get out of my comfy bed to go to Masters swim but I had a 1.5 hour run tomorrow, I'll go run when I get up or sometime before beer thiry and get the swim in tomorrow understanding that it may not be with the Masters group.  For the run,  I may even wait until its really hot out, not hard to do down here, and go suffer in the heat.  A little self inflicted punishment for being really lazy and not getting out of my comfy bed to go to Masters swim. 

If I really can't get going, happened two or three times this year, then I'll sit it out.  The deal though is I'll tell myself that its cool and don't dwell on it.  I'll pick up the program the next day and try my best not to look back.  We're human so that's hard, right? 

4 "A" races is really cool but I don't think I could ever do that.  This year it was Buffalo Springs.  I have next year pretty much mapped out and again just one "A" race.

Sam, I HATE the am so my two a days (which are very few right now) are usually more like  noon and late pm.  For my am work I usually try to schedule it with someone else and they become the reason I must get up - I can't let them down.

Suzy, I shouldn't do this, but I was 7 when you graduated.

I have to throw in a little positive side benefit of training.  I haven't weight trained of any sort since something like last August.  But yesterday, I was on the losing relay team at my son's practice (we had an odd number so I jumped in).  Losers had to do 20 pushups and I did them since I lost.  Cranked thru 20, stopped at 30, and feel like I could've done 50.  No weight training - just endurance training.  The benefits of staying active and losing weight!

Not sure if I'll be back today.  Heading to the pool now, screwing off the rest of the day, then to the baseball diamond for the weekend.  Everyone have a great weekend!

Nope.  All 140.6 miles will be in Florida.

Nice to have you with us Samantha. Now we can confirm if what Tony is telling is the truth or if he is just  ummmm embelishing his accomplishments.

Edited by Redknight 2009-07-03 12:32 PM

haha I would have to have an accomplishment first.

Also, anyone interested in buying a HED Jet C2 Clincher Rear wheel, inluding ultegra cassette and tire?

I would like both but someone won't let me and I mostly need the front, so maybe split if someone is interested in the rear?  I can pick up locally and send it out.

 http://baltimore.craigslist.org/bik/1250915179.html

Hi Sam
Great question. Are you feeling burned out from one particular part of triathlon or the whole thing?  Are you following a plan or winging it?  I hit a phase in my running where I was just sick of training.  I never missed a workout, but I wasn't having fun.  Part of it was training through a major injury and part of it was there was nothing new about the training that was exciting me.  It was after Boston, that I decided I had enough of the same old, same old and turned to a new coach and triathlon.  I find it really energizing to do different types of workouts that I have never experienced in all three sports.  Some are easy, some are a total pain in the butt, but they are new and different.  Is it possible you are in a rut from the way you are training?  Knowing you want to BQ, maybe you set your sites on running approaching running differently from the past.  It would definitely mean starting sooner rather than later to do it, but it might be something to look forward to each morning.

Suzy