Fred D Mentor Group Part III (Page 16)

Re Cadence: I never did until a coach stressed that I should keep it high and even do drills.  I'm not fast compared to some but it did help me get faster.  She wanted me at 96 which I could never really achieve.  I even got a footpod to track it and see how it fell off as I got tired.  I was able to have it up around 90 when I was focused on it more.  Interesting you bring it up because just a week or two ago I put the foot pod back on and started tracking it again.  It does make a difference.  The few guys I run with in groups sometimes who can run <3 marathons all have fast cadences and nice form and said in college they did a lot of drills and running form work.  They said it is something they notice a lot of people with non-running backgrounds don't take the time to do but they should...take that for what it's worth...not really scientific but maybe Shane has something in his back pocket to back it up with science....I've seen stuff here and there out there.

Good posts from everyone.  Catching up.  Congrats to those getting stuff done out there!  Really like that 5k story too and have had the same thing happen to me as you (why bother showing up to race, I suck right now kind of feeling).  I should just enjoy it all and the races I've been able to do where that was the case, I did have the most fun.

Fred, I agree with Baldwin.  I was reading his blog too.  It's cool to wonder 'what if' sometimes, but I have my own life and it isn't 100% triathlon focused.  I train to keep in shape and complement the rest of my life.  Through the year different levels of obsessiveness creep in and out about it all...but that's normal for us AGers trying to achieve decent results I think on limited time and resources.

Wow, if you don't read this for awhile, you fall way behind in a hurry!  

Sally - really great race result considering you were doubting your run abilities before the race.

Melissa - nice job getting through the fever, etc. and getting the race done.

Fred - sounds pretty extreme for throwing a chain.  Do you know how you managed to do that much damage?

Run cadence - I've read about people wanting to keep their cadence high, but never really looked at it and just let my natural cadence dictate how fast my turnover was.  I'll be interested to see if anyone else has thoughts in addition to Jason's.

As for me, I'm recovering from over indulgence and glutony that seems to go hand in hand with Thanksgiving.

Run cadence -- I think it is best to let your body self-select, but I also think that many of us benefit from doing some drills, and these will help guide us to a good choice.  I always feel that drills (even a very small amount) help me.  I probably don't do them frequently enough.

I ended up having a family day yesterday, with no training, which was much needed and much enjoyed.  So I'll make up my long run today (probably in the cold rain, ugh).

I woke up today with a sinus cold - I could feel it coming on yesterday.  It made for a very runny nose during my run this morning (TMI?)....

I've never paid much attention to my run cadence but just for fun I counted a couple of times during my run today - it was right on 180 steps for 60 seconds.

Sally and Melissa, great results in your runs!

Funny you should mention that your SBR was higher than IM training.  My total volume certainly wasn't but I ran 42 km last week spread over 6 runs and that is more than most weeks during IM training for me.  I think that was a major flaw in the training I did - not enough run frequency.  

Sally that really IS a great story - and congratulations to both you and Melissa on your performances this weekend! With tri season winding down for most of us it really helps to hear good results from those still racing. 

Times about a million on the "great life" part. The way I figure it anybody that has figured out how to carve out enough time for this little SBR thing, has a relatively good life compared to many. I am about 9 weeks away from unplugging from work for 8 months and focusing on SBR, sort of a once in a lifetime opportunity for me. Getting through the block of work to get there is about to wear me out though. Way too much travel and long hours starting to make me wonder if it is worth it. I am only just coming to grips with the fact that it has me in base-level maintenance mode relative to training til December. I am just hoping I haven't put on 25 pounds by then... 

And I still owe the group a bio - hope I can find a real keyboard before the group hits 50 pages, which by my estimation should be Thursday around 3pm... 

Back from my week off and haven't had a chance to catch up on everything yet, but I think I noticed a couple of people had some races so I'll do a blanket congrats now and try and be more personal as soon as I get a chance!

Quick couple of questions.

Since the weather is now turning miserable again here I'm moving my cycling to the rollers and I was wondering what sort of sessions I should do. I think I'll be doing a 2x20' for one of the sessions, but can't decide what to do for the other 2.

The other question is about running. When I don't run for a few days (some times a little as 3 days) I find that the next time I run my shins get really sore, but am back to normal the very next day. Any idea what might be causing this? Is the time off doing something to my running form that takes a run to get back in order?

Hm ... athlete and former ACLS/PALS instructor here ... my current housemate (Jim, an old friend from LA) had to drag me by the scruff of the neck to the ER in the wee hours over my protests that I was FINE since I could still walk and talk (barely). I developed sharp stabbing pains in my abdomen with concomitant headache and pouring cold sweats.

Well, I'm not having a heart attack. It's probably not food poisoning. Ultrasound in a few hours (5:30am here). Pain relief worked well so at least I'm comfortable-ish. I'll keep you posted.

So sad. I just started working out again today, too.

Fred D - 2012-10-09 5:44 AM Sorry Yanti

Thanks, Fred. Pooh indeed! My wild-azz guess on this is that the clindamycin and tons of scrip NSAIDs from after the complicated molar extraction may have created a raw spot or even little hole in my gut somewhere. Ouch. Headache could be referred pain and cold sweat from the pain too.

We'll see. Ultrasound first, scope next if necessary. Dang they have fast WIFI here, though.

After I posted the question I ran today with the cadence sensor and it was 91, which surpised me, and that was a slower run.  I hadn't used it in a while but it had been right at about 80.  Big difference though in my running is that 3x's a week I have been doing some short quick intervals, and have really been concentrating on form.  I think doing some of my intervals uphill have been helping with the form as well.  I'll have to see what kind of numbers I get on my medium run

TriAya - 2012-10-08 2:50 PM

Fred D - 2012-10-09 5:44 AM Sorry Yanti

Thanks, Fred. Pooh indeed! My wild-azz guess on this is that the clindamycin and tons of scrip NSAIDs from after the complicated molar extraction may have created a raw spot or even little hole in my gut somewhere. Ouch. Headache could be referred pain and cold sweat from the pain too.

We'll see. Ultrasound first, scope next if necessary. Dang they have fast WIFI here, though.

Hey, if you are suffering might as well do it with fast internet.  Sure hope it is something with a quick easy fix, but knowing you ...    Sending positive vibes