kenj's group - closed with a great bunch of triathletes in training!!! (Page 17)

Geoff,
It may just be acclimating to being outside.  Although similar, there is enough of  a difference to create aches if ot has been a while.  Stretching, ice will help.  Ramp up slowly and you will be fine. 

Awesome time!!!  Great job beating your goals!!!

bswcpa - 2010-03-06 8:52 PM Yay for Ryan - way to exceed your goal time! And only your second race?! There's folks like me who struggle to cross the finish line and then there's folks like you who make it all seem so easy. Hope your celebration dinner with your wife was enjoyable. Geoff - I had to laugh at your question of pain in your calves after the outside run. That happened to me, too, after last Monday's run and I was glad to see someone else experience it. (sorry...... not that I was glad you experienced pain, but glad you SHARED about experiencing pain). I'm chalking it up to just getting outside again so I"m adding some extra stretching and that seems to be doing the trick. Ken - you'd asked about monthly goals and I've never had one so I'm going to have to give some thought to it. I read what others wrote about their goals and it seems like a good idea to have one. At my age, my daily goal is just to wake up. I liked what Lewis said about shrugging off the times that life pops up and you're not able to get to your training time. That happened 2 times this week for me. Scott, on the other hand is like a machine and I'm envious of his success of not missing a session. To the other women out there - Chrisanthia and Heather - keep at it. I'm glad you got outside, too, Chrisanthia, as fresh air flowing through the brain does wonders. Heather - I'm so impressed with your weight loss of 12 lbs. Yay for you!! Keep at it! Happy training everyone!

Nice post Brenda!

Keep the goals challenging to reach, but doable.  In other words don't over do it! 

Keep up the great work!

Hey Ryan welcome to the group.
Isn't it great to see the sun! I've been training outside since Thursday, the knees are a little sore from the occational icy patch, but great to be in the fresh air. I started a kind of back to basics swim training last week to work on breathing on both sides, Its been a great way to keep my mind off of how many laps I'm swimming, I'm so concentrated on 3 strokes....take a breath...how's my form..are my elbows high..is my stroke long and smooth. Looking forward to pulling the road bike out soon. I just can't seem to find the time/desire to get to the gym and cycle indoors.

I'm inspired by all of you in this group and the experience you have to offer and have learned I have a long way to go. Most of what you all talk about is far far advanced from where I am with my training, most days I'm just happy to still be breathing and able to walk after a session. 

My goal for March is to log my training and nutrition...something I've been neglecting.

Smiling on the sunny streets working off all those years of tasty treats! 

Have a grart week everyone! 

Great job on getting to the pool and outside for a run!

That is a great goal, and for those of us trying to drop a little weight, logging nutrition is a big help in keeping us accountable.

Just a curiosity question for those that don't log your workouts here; are you logging someplace else or just not logging at all?  One of the first attractions for me to BT was the logging feature.  But I know some, like Iceman, use a different program as they have to share with a coach so logging here is redundant. 

Congrats on the PR Iceman!!!  That is awesome!

Good info from the swim program! I have heard that approach to the hip rotation as often as the TI method. I guess 2 ways to accomplish the same thing.  One experience swimmer suggested imagining reaching for a glass on the top shelf every stroke, the reach will make you long and the hip rotation just happens as you stretch the longest!

This morning during my swim, besides trying to work on the reaching etc. I focused on breathing normally, that is starting the exhale immediately after inhaling and time it so I was finished when it was time to inhale again, just like I would above water.  I was amazed at how relaxing this made my breathing and improved my rythm in the water.

bswcpa - 2010-03-09 6:07 PM Thanks for asking about logs, Ken. I'm like Lewis and have my own manual log. But unlike Lewis, I tried posting it on here when I first found BT, but it was getting too cumbersome for me (I think I was logging too much detailed info). A nutritional log? hmmmm.....never had one......it would just say brownies, cookies, an apple, cookies. Did the catch-up and fist drills for a long time in the water on Monday - very helpful. I'm keeping it very slow. Goals for March - continue focusing on drills in the pool and making my mantra "slow is the new fast". I also have to continue pumping out tax returns so that come April 15th I'm totally free to really train in all three disciplines. Enjoyed a near 60 degree day today in Indiana and got out for a run. Life is good. Hope you all had a good day, too.

Thanks for the feed back on the logs, you may be logging too much or if it was a while ago, there have been some improvements.  I use a garmin for my runs, and a combination of the garmin and PT for bike which since auto down load was added, it is actually easier than on Garmins software.  I still use Cycling Peaks for the PT, but add that data here. 

2 reasons I asked, one was just curiosity, as the logs was one of the first features I used and what first attracted me to join, but I am self coached so it was totally on me.  The second reason is as a mentor, it just helps me keep track of what you are doing and offer encouragement. 

Or if your slacking a gentle nudge!

But, we all have time limitations, and don't change what you are doing if it works for you!

ryanknapp - 2010-03-09 10:25 PM

bswcpa - 2010-03-09 5:07 PM Thanks for asking about logs, Ken. I'm like Lewis and have my own manual log. But unlike Lewis, I tried posting it on here when I first found BT, but it was getting too cumbersome for me (I think I was logging too much detailed info). A nutritional log? hmmmm.....never had one......it would just say brownies, cookies, an apple, cookies. Did the catch-up and fist drills for a long time in the water on Monday - very helpful. I'm keeping it very slow. Goals for March - continue focusing on drills in the pool and making my mantra "slow is the new fast". I also have to continue pumping out tax returns so that come April 15th I'm totally free to really train in all three disciplines. Enjoyed a near 60 degree day today in Indiana and got out for a run. Life is good. Hope you all had a good day, too.

Great ideas! and completely jealous of the 60 degree weather. It was 45 here in Buffalo, but I still went on the trainer to do a crazy spinning/sprinting workout.

Nice 9 mile run tomorrow. 51 and sunny. Oh I'm going to enjoy this! 

I'm hoping to grab an outside run after work!  I hope you enjoy the run!

As far as the trainer, until we get a couple good rains to clean the salt and other winter junk off the roads, I'll stick to the trainer!

hello all,
Swam this morning 1200 m and have to thank Ryan for the shark fin drill video....I've been doing it all wrong. I tried the fist drill too this morning, every stroke I felt more and more like Mighty Mouse.

Question for you...Does anyone suffer from headaches after swimming? I don't know if I'm not breathing enough, or maybe pushing to hard...any ideas?

2x50 warm up
4x50 shark fin
4x50 fist
2x100 long focus on 3breath
1x400 kick
100 cool down

Rest about 10s between...sometimes more

Thanks

Good job getting to the pool, and getting some quality drill work done!  I have never had an issue with head aches in the pool, but oxygen deprivation could lead to head aches I guess.  I would focus on exhaling smoothly and consistantly starting as soon as you put your head back in the water after taking a breath.  I would also shorten the strokes between breaths to see if either helps. 

I hear we are supposed to get the rain this weekend!  We have really had pretty good weather for March, I still have large piles of snow outside my window, but at least we have seen some regular sunshine!