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Yes!! A half on Saturday and a Marathon on Sunday.  I plan to take it way easy for both!!

Thanks all for your words of encouragement. I do like the start of things but I am worried all the time that 21 weeks isn't enough for me to achieve my goal of finishing the him. However,I can only give it my best shot on the training and see how far I get.

Robin, you may be a week or so ahead of me but I think you are doing a lot more than the bt plan - and harder!!

Today went well. I forgot I was going to try to do all the swimming and see how long I took, however, in 40 mins I achieved 1300m which includes 200m of kick only - which is appallingly slow (it seemed really easy when I was a kid), However, 3.05 min/100m seems a bit quick for me - if I get a few more swims in then I'll know if I really am that fast, or I can't count!

And , sadly, I discovered when attempting to run on the treadmill that I had the wrong combination of pants and leggings on so every time I ran a bit I could feel my pants falling down. Horrible. So, I did a fast walk instead. Still burned up over 300 cals (according to the treadmill).

At this time of year I do do a few trainer rides then get straight out doors for a run, mainly so i don't have to run later in the day., I think it is good practice for your legs.

Hope you have all had a great Monday.

Jennifer 

Omahabritt - 2013-01-07 5:49 PM Jennifer--21 weeks is plenty of time for your HIM training!! Stay consistent & don't get discouraged, you will be fine. I haven't looked closely at the plan you are following, but I will warn you, but I thought the worst thing about HIM training was all the Z2-Z3 workouts. I just had to throw in some high intensity stuff to keep my sanity. Hopefully you're plan is a little different. 39 degrees, in a swimsuit, brrrrr!! I don't like walking from the locker room to the indoor pool. Not sure I could do that, that's awesome!! Nate-so sorry about your accident, & glad you weren't hurt! So I think I've mapped out my training plan. I've got 35 weeks until IMWI, so for the next 5 weeks I'll focus on getting in 2 swims, 2 bikes, & 3-4 runs a week, plus 2 Pilates workouts & 2 strength sessions (oh & some stair work for my stair race at the end of Feb). At 30 weeks, I'll start one of Fink's 30 week plans. At 20 weeks out, I'll make a decision to stick with Fink's plan or switch over to one of the BT 20-week plans. I really LOVE following a plan, makes my life so much easier, & helps my confidence. Kids are back in school, so I was enjoying the quiet around my house.

Sounds like a good approach!

If I can do it - than so can you!!! I am taking one day at a time - currently I am beat and it is only week 2!

The pant thing - had a similar thing happen to me yesterday - all my workout pants were dirty (or maybe I was just too lazy to dig through the clean clothes that I hadn't folded yet ) but I ended wearing a pair of yoga pants that are supposed to fit lower on the hips - while I was on the treadmill at the gym I kept trying to yank them up only to give myself a wedgie whic created a different problem - who knows what the people behind me thought! Also was having trouble with my HR monitor - finally took it off! AND I was quietly yelling at the tv screen during the football game.  I will say that I was on that damn thing for over an hour - so maybe not one person had to witness all my gym indiscretions! 

Reading a couple has me more keyed up than that NBC Ironman show, and ready to register for more IM's.

Ken, you must be ready to get back to Lake Placid by now, maybe it wont even rain in 2014. Now I'm committed. Going to volunteer for a late shift this year to get in next time. I'd make a weekend of it, but have a big race that morning. See you there?

I like bricks!

I do more when it gets close to race time. I find them very beneficial for sprint races. Longer races for some reason not so much but I still like to do them to remind my body what it feels like in case it forgets.

Thank you!

I would love to chat with you about Kansas. Just the logistics seem a bit more complex for this race.

Ken, I am using the same coach!  She is really wonderful and just the type of coach that I need. She loves what she does, has  only a small group of clients (who turn into friends) and the individual attention is amazing.  I am very fortunate.

Thinking about it but I would need to convince the wife.  She likes Florida much better.  I am thinking seriously of heading up there to volunteer just to see some of you guys here and some other friends doing the race.  Whether I register or not, is still up in the air.  But yes, I would like to return there at some point. 

As often as you race Bill, you can't be far from 4 pages!  Although this time of year I get the running race every couple of weeks,.

So whos training today?  I have a bike session with some Z4 intervals.  Then some strength work tonight. 

Looks like those of us in the northeast are getting a January thaw this week, looking forward to getting outside for some running!

I didnt take advantage of the warmer weather today. Blew off my run :-). Maybe I'll hit it tonight....

I have a challenging period coming up for tri training, and everything else (just whining now). My better half takes off for 6 days in Mexico on Friday with a friend of hers. So its me, 3 kids, a dog, and busy season at work. Apparently you can't leave a flakey 7 year old in charge of a 5 and 2 year old for a couple of hours (no one told my folks that back in 70's). So all workouts will have to be super early and inside. If i cant at least get a sitter for a couple of hours on Sunday, it might mean 16 miles on a treadmill. I've been spoiled so far, and i don't know how those of you who head a household do it. My MIL will come over a couple of days so i can get into work, but shes not coming in the dark of the morning to support my tri addiction.

Had an awful day yesterday.  Started out tired, couldn't sleep the night before.  Slept 1-2 hours than headed off to work at 4am trying to stay awake.  I hit the gym before I got home so I wasn't tempted to vege on the couch.  Did my pool run.  That started out ok, but it's really starting to suck.  The bottom of the pool is tearing up my feet.  I went home and put some clothes on to hit the kettlebells/weights and realized my feet were dripping blood all over.  After my awesome wife patched me up with self adhesive animal tape and gauze, I did my weights while I was making dinner.  Then off to bed and promptly over-slept for work today! LOL

Hope everyone has had a good start to the week! Should everything go as planned I've already found a pretty sweet deal on a car. 

Back to tri's...I got my Garmin 910xt in the mail yesterday! Man is this thing sweet! There is sooo much it can do. I haven't even used it yet but would recommend it to anyone!

A couple of us have been using those for a while now.  I know I really like mine!   I think I was one of the first of my coaches athlete's to have one and he was elated to get all that swim data remotely.  Great tool!  have fun!!!

Look on the brightside Bill, the spousal approval units (SAU's) earned next week will more than make up for any missed training sessions. 

Might be a good week for recovery!.

Aren't you supposed to do the pool running in the deep end?  

Catching up on your rest, especially in January, is a good thing. 

There's two ways to do it.  Completely submerged or in the regular lane lines that are 4-5' deep.  I'm doing it in the lane lines.  There's no deep end at my gym, and you need a weight and preferably some breathing equipment to do it in the deep end.

I see, the people that do it in my pool wear a belt floating in the deep end and their feet never touch the bottom.  But they all turnaround and are only in the deep end where it is 8 or 10 feet deep.  There is actually one guy that competes to win in many of the local and regional races that does his recovery runs there.  60 - 90 minutes and he doesn't use a floatation belt.  Not sure how he does it as he has single digit body fat percentage. 

I enjoyed your first post in the blog Becky!  Glad to hear that you found the motivation you were looking for to start.  This time of year is always a challenge with the short days and the stress from the year end etc. 

I have both the 910 and 310, yes I am a gear junkie, and I prefer the 910 for most things.  The swim data, although sometimes the truth hurts, is tremendous. 

But the bike data for those that use power is great.  A lot of the data was available from the 310 but you couldn't see it until it was downloaded.  But with the 910 you can display a 3 second or 10 second average which smooths out the current number.  Also, my coach looks at TSS which is total stress score and even goes as far as to tell me XX:XX time or XXX TSS, whichever comes first. 

The only problem I am having is with cadence.  For some reason it appears to be way high, and I suspect it is getting data from both the speed/cadence sensor and the power tap.  The 310 doesn't have this issue, but I have messed with the settings and haven't figured it out yet. 

You will enjoy the 910 I am sure.