bcagle25's Endurance Ninja's - Closed (Ninja school is in session) (Page 17)

Jason, I bet with the hours of training you put in it can be easy to not eat enough. Glad you feel better.

I plan on getting in a 35 mile bike ride in on Saturday and 7 mile run on Sunday. I am also going to try and sneak in a swim on one of those days but it is looking like my weekend is filling up with family activities. - Brian

My week in a nutshell...

Ordered a pizza halfway through my trainer ride wednesday night, delivery guy was a bit weirded out when he came to the door.

Could have used a gel 5 minutes into my run tonight, the last 85 were spent in survival mode.

Tripped on the treadmill during my threshold hill run thursday. Caught myself before I went down face first. Girl next to me (who was running while holding onto the safety bars) told me I should haven't the incline so high (3%), she was at 0%.

Labs make great training partners sometimes, other times not so much

I have been given another reminder from my body that good eating, and decent sleep time go a LONG way in training respsonse. No food in the fridge this week, no time to grocery shop and ran off about 4-5 hours sleep a night this week. 

wannabefaster - 2012-03-08 7:14 PM

BMiller71 - 2012-03-07 12:43 AM All of you Northerners are really making me feel guilty for running on the treadmill! Well I officially signed up for my first tri on April 22nd which will be an olympic distance. I am feeling fairly confident but definitely need to log in some pool hours.

I am a Northerner who spends a lot of quality time on my treadmill. I refuse to be ashamed of my love of the tready. Congratulations on signing up for an Olympic. I find that it is always easier to put in the work when there is a definite goal in sight. As for me, I have abruptly run out of energy. I am suddenly running on fumes. This weekend is going to be rough with a lot of work and a lot of training but I am going to try to push through. If it doesn't kill me it should make me stronger Does anyone else have plans for the weekend?

I will echo Jasons statements here. Hated the treadmill til I got on, and now I love it for certain runs, but not for everyday.

Congrats as well signing up for the race. I always feel that my desire and motivation increase once my money is gone to the race. That said I should probably register for my planned races this summer. 

wannabefaster - 2012-03-11 7:54 PM

Omahabritt - 2012-03-09 5:24 PM

wannabefaster - 2012-03-08 10:00 PM"Jason, do you EVER take a day off?!?"Every once in awhile. I think it is probably time. My coach is driving the bus. I just execute the workouts he sends me. I did let him know how I am feeling and that I may need a day or two of rest and recovery.

Tell your coach if he doesn't stop the bus every once in a while, it will RUN OUT OF GAS! (Sorry, couldn't help myself , the metaphor was begging to be used! ) I know different coaches have different training philosophy's, and you are obviously talented and motivated, so I hope it works for you. Glad you are feeling better today!! --Ali

Thanks for the well wishes. I think I managed to refill the tank and had a really nice weekend of workouts. I too hope that my coach knows what he is doing. I have made amazing improvements since signing on with him so I will just keep on keeping on. Saturday's run was a lesson in perserverance and just toughing it out but it was good. Today I felt great even on very tired legs. I am actually stuck at work today so I brought in my bike and trainer and rode in the call room. I then did a run with laps around the hospital (it is really quiet here today if you didn't guess). I love working out while in the hospital/at work. My wife and I always kid that this is as close as I will ever get to being a professional triathlete: getting paid to work out Justin, how was your run? I hope it was awesome. It was over 60 degrees outside so mine was fantastic. Anyone else have anything fun, cool or interesting from the weekend?

Glad to see your feeling better. It is a hard line to stay on the correct side of with training and overtraining. What makes it even harder is that everyones body is completely different. I am still finding my sweet spot, but I am starting to learn to listen to my body more and more.

With a coach is gets tricky, but that hardest part is trusting a coach through to the end. Good luck on your final month going into Boston. At this rate it should be rather warm for race day!

New shoes and a new model. What type of shoe are you running on? Neutral, stability, minimalist, etc? Getting your gait analyzed could go a long way in deciding what could be causing your numbness. FWIW I have been switching models every time I change shoes, still haven't found the perfect shoe, but I seem to be getting better each time. 

Knocked out a solid 7.75 mile run tonight.  Felt pretty strong and pushed through some soreness.  Have been really focusing on the heart rate/cadence combo - for me a HR of around 165 and cadence 85+ is the target.  Just missed both (167/83) but still really happy.  Short jog tomorrow and perhaps a trainer bike ride.  

How is everyone else doing this week?

Anyone ever get a sore throat after a run?

I've been getting a mildly sore throat on occasion these days and THINK I have it sussed out to happening following a run. It lasts about a day, just a little hard to swallow.

I have had a raspy, sore throat after longer activities, both bike and run (3-4 hr+ workouts and races).  Similar to you, it goes away after a day or so; I think mine is caused by the way I breathe when I get a strong HR going, esp. in dry air.

Interesting re: the sore back after swim.  I have been lucky in that swim is the ultimate in recovery for my back... that said, perhaps fatigue/form breakdown in the cool down is the culprit.  I know that my form meanders a bit if I am going too slow.

I found that using my gym's whirlpool and sauna for back pain is a real help. 

I had an extreme strength session tonight with my PT, pretty exhausted and ready for bed.  I also made a PB on my TT course today, averaged 20.5 mph for 14.75 miles.

Anyone have any races coming up?  

I try to hit the hot tub after a swim as well.  Most swim workouts are the second part of a run/swim brick for me, so the whirlpool really helps.  

I am really psyched; got into beacon to beach this morning, a really hard 10k to get into.  Finally a schedule is starting to form...

Any big work outs planned for the weekend?  I have a 1.75 hr run on the list for Sunday, and an hour of something (I may bike) Saturday.