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I find this really interesting. I listened to the CAR/SF game on the radio as I drove home from my in-laws house, and I came away from the broadcast with the impression the niners had the game in hand from jump. I did my trainer ride while watching the Chargers (my team) get their butts handed to them by the Broncos (at least in the first half--maybe beyond too, but it hasn't happened yet).

Sorry about the bolts. They made it a game at the end.

The first quarter of Carolina/SF was all Carolina. Though the scoreboard said 6-0 SF, they only managed these points due to incredible gifts from the refs of two questionable 15 yd. personal foul penalties. Much of the 2nd quarter was dominated by Carolina, but they just couldn't punch it into the endzone.

SF did overtake them and carried the play in the 2nd half, but if they play like they did next week, they'll be down early to Seattle in Seattle. That crowd will make it hard on their offense to do anything.

Setting up for a couple of great Championship games.

Seattle/Denver would be a fun Super bowl as it would be an old AFC West matchup.

I had a pretty productive weekend. Swam 500M, lifted P90X arms&shoulders, then held the punch pads for the GF as she learns to box. I didn't get my long trainer ride in but I'm set up well & feeling fresh for next week. 2nd swim lesson tomorrow evening.

Made it to LONE TREE brewing for 6/50 on my CO brewery adventure. Also 10/31 on workouts. I didn't get my yoga in this week, aiming for a long session after next weeks race (Duathalon series). Cheers,

Got it! Thanks so much for the extremely useful explanation.
Have a great week BDAAS members!

13/31 Swim's done for today and it looks like a run in the afternoon. I have only swam a handful of times since my last race and it definitely shows.

Started my 100 pushup challenge this morning. I will do some pull ups when I get home tonight along with some stretching. I also learned how to log my stuff on here (well my s/b/r). I don't log my weights or treadmill runs. Today is my day off running.

I actually get beer tonight, or will it be bourbon in honor of Jeff..... life is full of tough choices

8/31--1400yd swim this morning with a mini weight session. I sure had to dig deep to get either one in this morning. I didn't want to get out of bed. When I finally managed to get up, I spent the next hour talking myself into and out of going for my workout. Then, I got to the gym and it was full...like more people than I've ever seen in the gym full. It was a mentally tough day to get in my workout, but I did. I feel better for doing it.

Hope everyone is having a good Monday!

Nice work at getting it done all!

10/31. 40 min on trainer. Hill Climb w/o.
Back down below 200 again. Hopefully to stay this time.

Perhaps this is God's way of telling you that you need a rest day... Enjoy it and go buy your wife a soft tube of shaving gel!

Hell yes Gretchen - way to get it done. I was just looking back over forum pasts for the last two years and its people like you who reach down deep and find a way to make it happen despite all the road blocks that are the ones who are still in the group. Kevin is especially good when it comes to this and that's pretty good company to be in! Keep it up and you'll avoid a coors light penalty for sure!

Scott - Good luck with the push up challenge. I only made it half way through last year - but noticed a big difference when it came to my pool times. I hope all your upper body work helps you as well.

Tough call on the beer vs. bourbon decision. If it's cold - I'd go with the bourbon - especially if you can get a fire going in the fireplace!

I'm glad to see that everyone is finding a way to get their workouts done. It's a great way to start a week. Be sure to take some time to cheer on your fellow BDAAS members with a forum post or an Inspire Me (you need to go to the person's log page and you will find the Inspire Me button above the top right corner of each day's workout). Getting connected with other people is key to making exercise a habit. There have been plenty of times when I have had to force myself to workout and the fear of falling short with the people in this group gets me through.

So on a personal note - I've decided to review all of my forum posts/exercise logs to see if I can find a pattern to why I'm experiencing hip pain. I decided to do this last night because I was getting bummed out that my hip was sorer on Sunday than it had been on Saturday. As I was trying to fall asleep, I managed to convince myself that my hip pain wasn't really due to my running strides but more to do with the bike that I bought in March of 2012. I seemed to recall that my hip pain had started after buying it but my logs and forum posts tell a different story. While I plan on completing the spreadsheet with the hope of finding something conclusive, I feel like I am going back to square one in terms of figuring out the cause. Grrrr - well if I can put up with the pain of being a Cleveland sports fan - I can make it through this.

And on a brighter more hopeful note - if I can make it through 2 years of aches and pains - you can stick with triathlons until it becomes a habit. Looking over posts from 3 forum groups - the sad fact is that I wish more of the members from the BDAAS I and II were still with us. It's my hope that each of you will find a way of reaching your goals and making a healthy lifestyle a reality. If there is anything I can do to help you - please don't hesitate to let me know!

I have a lot of reading to catch up on to get current with the group. Last week was a tough one as the kids didn't go back to school from the snow until Friday. And when schools are cancelled the local Y cancels morning classes. Not to mention the added stress on my wife of having all the kids home all day meant that when I got home from work I couldn't disappear to my trainer and get a bicycle workout in.

However, I did a great job of changing my diet and watching what and how I ate. That combined with getting in 3 workouts (2 run and 1 swim) made a for a weigh in this morning that I'm pretty happy with.

I weighed in last Monday at 250,2 pounds and this morning I weighed in at 245.8 pounds. And it probably would have been better than that had my wife and I not gone out with friends for dinner last night and had multiple pitchers of beer.....

I started this week (today) off right by getting into spin class. I haven't pedaled anything in over 6 months so it was tough but felt good to be back in the saddle. After the spin class I took advantage of being off work on Mondays and went for a swim too. 1000 meters in the pool after spin class when your out of shape like I am was a little tough. But It's a great start to the week and with any luck I'll be up to more beer drinking this weekend and drop a couple more pounds...

Also, I'm going to try and do the 100 push up thing that somebody posted on here. I did the "test" part yesterday and was able to do a whopping 12 pushups. I felt those muscles in the pool too....

Looking forward to getting caught up in here and helping everybody hit their goals...

WTG on the weight loss and getting in the workouts.

Thanks Dave, you are far too kind.

Sorry for the late reply I have wrote this a number of times but it keeps coming out as more about me than you.

Deep breath.

People who finish 14+ hour IM do not "run" the marathon. You cannot train to "run" a marathon in 8 months. It is impossible. Certainly you can complete a marathon but you will not be "running". What is running? Running is more than going as fast as you can over a specific distance, it is doing it well. I doubt you will run even one mile of the marathon even if you were in good health now and prepared to train. Not even one. Not even 100 meters.

You seem to think that this would be failure. That this would be throwing in the towel. That this would make you a quitter. Well it doesn't and it won't. And it won't mean you don't love running and it won't mean you aren't a good runner.

You also clearly are under the delusion that running now will somehow greatly increase your potential for a good time at the IM. It won't. You are too slow and to broken. The fitness gains made in 8 months, although significant, will not be anywhere near what is required to "run" a marathon. The things that need to happen to your body will take a very long time.

What concerns me most is that your aerobic engine developed through swimming and biking will push you too hard on the run. That is bad enough if you aren't injured. With an injury the possibilities for further injury are multiplied.

Ok. Fine. Obviously if you are better at running you will have more fun during the marathon. It will be less painful, even if you are incapable of running. The training you do running will help you with the walking. Ideally, if you truly can run without an increase in pain I would really try to move it to 5 days a week. I told you that in September and I tell you that now. That is the safest way to go about it. Like Charles says, get a footpod. If you really want to give the faster cadence a try then stop running when you can't hit 180 steps a minute. And rest. Then start again. You are training a new form and you cannot allow the old form to take over at any time. So 5 days a week. Run as much as you can that allows you to run the next day. Don't run hard. Don't run long. Well maybe run long. Ha, when I was training for the IM I had these epic (at least at the time I thought they were epic) 3 hour long run/walks. But only go as long as you can so that you don't jeopardize your next run. You have the aerobic engine, you need to train the legs. And while the legs will benefit from 2+ hour runs, they will benefit more from running more often.

Anything else is a bad idea. An hour run 3 times a week, a bad idea. A 20 min run 5 times a week, a far better idea. Frankly, if you need a day to recover after running then you shouldn't be running. You should be going slower. Or less time. Under no circumstances are you to run through an increase in pain. And be honest about that. Be brutally honest. Be very very honest. If it hurts more stop. Stretch. Bike. Swim. Lift. Stretch some more. If you can only run once or twice or three times a week, fine. But don't run to the point where you couldn't run the next day if you had to. I see such a small benefit to running hard for you.

To change your gait you would probably benefit by trying to move to a midfoot or forfoot strike. Look at some lower drop shoes. They tend to have less cushioning. This is very dangerous and the forums are full of horror stories of people who tried to do this. I did it successfully, but I was very patient. Go slow and easy. One heel strike in low drop shoes could really spell disaster.

I am just so worried about you Dave. I think you have a very good chance at having a very good time at the IM. Pushing this running thing may jeopardize it all. You have made promises in the past to work smart. I can't remember what caused you to stall all those times although I seem to remember you started running faster and got greedy.

So you know, I managed a 14:24 IM with embarrassingly low run training at a fairly high bmi. Almost all of my runs were run/walks and in the 7 min a km range. I jogged a bit at the marathon, walked most of it, finished it in 6 hours and had a great time. I did spend a great amount of time on my bike.

You have two goals, to finish the IM and become a better runner. Recognize that they may have very little to do with each other.

9/31--bonus run this afternoon! Skies are blue, temp is up to 60F and I finished my to do list at work, so I skipped out early and took a run. I feel much better about today's training now, because this morning was such a struggle.

Edited by drfoodlove 2014-01-13 3:22 PM

Got in a trainer ride today and a run yesterday. The wife was sick yesterday, so I didn't get my 1hour+ trainer ride in last week. Maybe this week I will do better. That makes 10/31.

I met half of my goals last week... :/ I didn't get the long bike in, and I didn't lose two pounds. I lost one. I did succeed at not buying any Copenhagen. I ran out like Tuesday and haven't had any since. It is REALLY hard at work, but not too bad when I am at home. I'll just keep chomping away at the gum! I also finished week on of the pushup challenge. The last day was harder than the others... I am nervous and excited about the coming weeks!

My Doc cleared me for swimming today! I'll have to get to the gym and sign up so I can get a swim or two in this week!

No problem, just get back at 'er and get it done!