Asphalt Junkies CLOSED AND GETTING OUR FIX (Page 17)

I hear you there Tony.  My swim last night was really tough for me.  The coach moved me into a faster lane and I just couldn't keep up with the other two after about 2000 yards.  I'm horrible at anything except freestyle and they are slamming out flipturns and pulling hard all the way through to 3700 yards last night.  I was toast and my shoulders are sore today from it.  Gladly taking the weekend off of swimming.  Glad to hear you had a great workout. 

About how long is it taking you to swim those 1200 yards?  By this measurement we can start to think about if it smart for you to pick up some speed work in the pool.

Rest day yesterday. I'm going to do a short bike ride today to make sure everything is race ready, then probably a 1 mile easy run before loading everything into my transition bag for Sunday's race.

We'll be heading to Sacramento tomorrow morning and go on a family bike ride as a preview of the course for me tomorrow afternoon.

My second triathlon! I'm getting excited!

I'll get a race report up sometime on Monday.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

I know exactly how you feel!  You'll get better soon and PR that thing.

Thanks for the advice Jeff, it's exactly what I was hoping to hear.  I went out with my GPS set so I could only see time and HR, no distance or pace.  Tried to keep HR under Z1 except for the steeper hills.  I went the full 80 minutes and actually felt fine.  Stomach isn't 100%, but I didn't have to stop once.  Small victories.

NICE!!! Good luck Vero!  Remember to have fun and kick butt!

Have a great race Jonny, can't wait to see the progress you've made.  And have a great weekend everyone.

Exciting!  Have fun!  Can't wait to read all about it!

On a tragic and sad note, I'm not sure if any of you heard about the tragedy which happened up here last night.  5 policemen were shot and 1 killed while at a house during a drug investigation near the seacoast of New Hampshire.

The man killed was the 46 year old chief of police of Greenland NH, and he was scheduled to retire next week.  Senseless tragedy.  The state is in a bit of a state of shock since we somehow tend to believe this sort of thing doesn't happen up here in our sleepy neck of the woods.

Jonathan I can relate to the sore shoulders after the last couple of days work and yeah no swimming for me until Monday. I can only imagine how you feel after that workout at your masters class. So that 1200 took me about 30 minutes which is a bit of an improvement because last week I did a 1000 in 30 minutes. I would say that would be at a moderate pace so not really slow but definitely not really hard either. I think I have been trying to go fast enough where I can maintain decent form. I really need to start timing myself so I should probably do that on Monday. I recently picked up a watch for the pool so I should start using it. I think I have been a little more focused on my endurance and trying to stretch out a little more distance each time out. Today was good because I wasn't going really slow and my endurance and energy did not suffer. I also seemed to keep decent form as well. If you think there are some things that would help me and I would benefit from by all means let me know.

Jonny good luck and have fun at the Tri this weekend. Enjoy the weekend with your family and have a safe trip.

Guys, I'm sorry to hear about this especially when it hits so close to home. Unfortunately this happens far to often and I agree this is a totally senseless tragedy. My prayers go out to the all the families of those police officers that were involved.

That is just tragic. I'm so sorry for the family and the entire community.

Found an unusual training hazard in my basement tonight...

Our basement in not finished and we need more outlets. On Wednesday night I had to unplug the deep freeze so I could plug in the treadmill. I told my son - don't let me forget to plug this back in! Of course, I forgot - DOH! Realized it tonight. I will busy cooking roast beef and round steak tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh well, if that is worst thing that has happened while my husband has been gone I'm thankful. Last year the basement flooded - now that was a mess!

I would say that your running is a good point right now and you really have nothing to worry about for any better fitness leading into the HM.  To play catch up could throw your body right back into turmoil and drive your immune system further down that it was already.

I think you should just pick up where you left off.  Tomorrow should be just another day in the schedule.  Allow time next week to pick up a little bit of time/distance before you begin to taper, if you plan to do a taper.  (I suppose Jeff would agree that you shouldn't take a long taper too.  I know some schedules can call for a 2 week taper but I think that is far too long.) 

I am stoked for your race!!!  You'll do great and just try to have s killer time.  With some of you getting these races in so soon you have me itching to start my race season.  (I don't call the indoor race a real kickoff.)

Just make sure you take some fuel along and you'll be fine.  For my 20 milers I always had a gel or two or maybe a package of Clif Shots.  The shots I thought were the BOMB!  Just make sure your pace is easy and light and don't break into any kind of faster miles despite feeling really good.  Just get this one under your belt and then start to adjust things later.

I would wish you luck but you really don't need any.  I'll just go ahead and say good job instead.  Good job!

Good luck Vero!!!!! You'll crush it!

Just stopping in to say hi before I head off in the morning for my first race of the year! Five miler around a park in DC. It's going to be awesome! I'll have to go back and read everyones post tomorrow with one exception - My heart goes out to the family of the police chief killed up there in NH. It's a tragedy.

John

Sorry I have been away from the forum and training today but I was busy shopping for this \/\/\/\/\/\/

Now its not a Trek Speed Concept but this will do for my first tri bike.  I figure I'll build this one up a little over time.  It did come with Ultegra derailleurs and shifters and a carbon fork.  I'll have to get some faster wheels later and a new lighter, faster cockpit.  These things will be much easier on my budget in a slower process.  I go for a fit Monday but I am planning a ride tomorrow to give it a nice test run.

I'll also get a better pic up tomorrow.  This one's pretty dark.

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SWEET RIDE, DIRK!!!! 

Both my tri bike and road bike are Felts.  I LOVE them!  They fit me so perfectly.  (A friend of mine used to be on their engineering team so I might be a bit biased.)

Have some fun on that bike this weekend for me.  I'm hoping to get out on a quick ride tomorrow if the coughing moderates.  Currently, I have a wicked headache due to all the coughing.