SWBKRUN Mentor Group-"Off Season?" What is that?!! (Page 172)

kt65 - 2009-07-21 4:40 AM Thank you so much for all of your inspires. I'm sorry if I didn't have time to reply but I totally appreciate all of the support! It means so much! Who else really wants to listen to the details of our races!!! Okay guys, here is the RR. Warning, it is long...... http://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid...

SSMinnow - 2009-07-20 9:10 PM
I got spanked by my other Steve today regarding rest days.  I have been sticking in an extra swim on those days and that seems like enough rest to me. He doesn't agree.  Do you all take one rest day every week?

sdalessio - 2009-07-21 7:08 AM

I took very few days while getting ready for Mooseman and I think it was a mistake.  I was muscle fatigued all of the time and now I am mentally fried.  Although I have a sprint tri this weekend that meant a lot to me to do well I have not done the training that I wanted for it.

So for my fall plan I built in a day off each week - no excuses.  It can be hard to take time off b/c training becomes addictive.

SSMinnow - 2009-07-20 9:10 PM

I got spanked by my other Steve today regarding rest days.  I have been sticking in an extra swim on those days and that seems like enough rest to me. He doesn't agree.  Do you all take one rest day every week?

fattyfatfat - 2009-07-17 12:20 PM Has anyone done the 200 sit up challenge?  Anyone interested in doing it.  I'll bump this Monday for the likes of Trevor and Chet who are already gone for the weekend but thought I'd throw it out now.  I can probably do 30 at most right now...sad

You've probably seen it but in case not here's the link.

fattyfatfat - 2009-07-21 6:51 AM

I forgot to bump this yesterday, so I might have missed Trevor as he's gone for a few days.  Sam, Kim, and Andy I believe are in.  Anyone else?  We can start next week.

ABrunner - 2009-07-21 8:29 AM Hello group.  It has been a LONG time since I have posted.  I've been MIA for quite awhile as my training has been off and on and life has taken over.  It is good to see that the group is still as active as ever.  I just did triathlon #2 on Sat. and I will work on a race report for lunch.  I am determined to put in two good months of training before my race in September, so hopefully you will see me around here a little bit more in the coming weeks.

cbarnes1 - 2009-07-21 8:33 AM Hello everyone, back from wine country saying hello.  Half Mary went good, family had fun.  I will finish race report soon.

Kim - Congrats on a great race.  Did you see the tree that fell on the cyclists?  Three injured, all pretty serious.  Broken arms and a couple collar bones. 
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090719/ARTICLES/907199983/1349?Title=Freak-crash-during-Vineman-as-tree-falls-on-cyclists

Bad luck all around. 

SSMinnow - 2009-07-21 8:51 AM I am happy to report there was no puking during my hour long TT this morning, but boy was it hard. Pumped out the same number of Watts as my 30 minute one a month ago so Steve tells that is good enough to set new thresholds.  I am kind of bummed the watts were so low, but luckily for me I get to do it all over again in a month (she said with heavy sarcasm!).

Congrats to Chet....check out his log.  His half mary time was A+.  Can a BQ be far behind?

tahrens -
WARNING.....TRACY IS GOING TO ASK A SERIOUS QUESTION.... does anybody jump rope?  I was at the gym trying to get my 4 miles on the TM next to a guy who had the running farts.  So in the middle of my asphyxiation I was trying to think of something else I could do.   What is the collective wisdom on this one? Of course with my coordination I might take out a few people.  Today I literally walked into the door frame of my office and dropped a dumb bell on my quad.  That will look lovely tomorrow.  I am getting close to Rob's record on gym accidents. 

swbkrun - 2009-07-21 11:28 AM

So Suzy you are telling me that from your 30 min threshold test, and your HOUR LONG TT you cranked out the same wattage?  From what I understand a threshold test is an ALL OUT EFFORT for 30 minutes, and a 1 hour TT is an effort nearly all out (99%).  The way I see that is that you were able to hold the same wattage for an hour that you did for 30 minutes a while back.  Seems like an improvement to me !!!


Chet- That is a very nice race!  Keep putting in those miles, and the rest is easy.  You have the speed.  Just get that base up, and you will kill it!

kt65 - 2009-07-21 1:02 PM Not to complain or anything, but why am I not sore today?!!! I was thinking I'd be knocked out for a week, but all I want to do is get back out there and find my next race! I ran after Ripley today at the park and nothing was sore Any of you experience the same thing after a big race? I was thinking that maybe it is because I didn't run at my goal pace and did lots of run/walk. I guess it's good, but there is something satisfying about that post race soreness. So, I went down to my bike guys and they are tempting me big time with a custom tri bike build (Guru just dropped their prices). I was asking about race wheels. He said not worth it on my road bike. Time to think about a tri bike. hmmmmmmmmm....food for thought. Never thought I'd have that much fun exerting myself for 56 miles, but if it can be faster, more efficient, better run off the bike...that's hard to pass up, especially now that I am fully addicted to long course racing!

kt65 - 2009-07-21 3:02 PM Not to complain or anything, but why am I not sore today?!!! I was thinking I'd be knocked out for a week, but all I want to do is get back out there and find my next race! I ran after Ripley today at the park and nothing was sore Any of you experience the same thing after a big race? I was thinking that maybe it is because I didn't run at my goal pace and did lots of run/walk. I guess it's good, but there is something satisfying about that post race soreness. So, I went down to my bike guys and they are tempting me big time with a custom tri bike build (Guru just dropped their prices). I was asking about race wheels. He said not worth it on my road bike. Time to think about a tri bike. hmmmmmmmmm....food for thought. Never thought I'd have that much fun exerting myself for 56 miles, but if it can be faster, more efficient, better run off the bike...that's hard to pass up, especially now that I am fully addicted to long course racing!

SSMinnow - 2009-07-21 4:14 PM

Maybe you aren't sore because you drank all that wine and it has recovery benefits! Seriously, I think triathlon is so much easier on the body than straight running and the 4/1 probably helped. Also remember you raced like you trained so your body is more used to it.  Start looking at those marathon plans, will ya?

Re: the tri bike.  I asked Gordo the same thing for me and his advice was to keep the aerobars on my road bike and invest in Power for outdoors, something like the Powertap.  His thought was the vast majority of people do not benefit from the tri bike because they are not able to get aero enough like the pros and the ability to monitor your output in the outdoors was a much bigger gain.  That of course, does not take into consideration the coolness factor of a hot bike like a GURU!

kt65 - 2009-07-21 3:02 PM Not to complain or anything, but why am I not sore today?!!! I was thinking I'd be knocked out for a week, but all I want to do is get back out there and find my next race! I ran after Ripley today at the park and nothing was sore Any of you experience the same thing after a big race? I was thinking that maybe it is because I didn't run at my goal pace and did lots of run/walk. I guess it's good, but there is something satisfying about that post race soreness. So, I went down to my bike guys and they are tempting me big time with a custom tri bike build (Guru just dropped their prices). I was asking about race wheels. He said not worth it on my road bike. Time to think about a tri bike. hmmmmmmmmm....food for thought. Never thought I'd have that much fun exerting myself for 56 miles, but if it can be faster, more efficient, better run off the bike...that's hard to pass up, especially now that I am fully addicted to long course racing!

kt65 - 2009-07-21 4:02 PM Not to complain or anything, but why am I not sore today?!!! I was thinking I'd be knocked out for a week, but all I want to do is get back out there and find my next race! I ran after Ripley today at the park and nothing was sore Any of you experience the same thing after a big race? I was thinking that maybe it is because I didn't run at my goal pace and did lots of run/walk. I guess it's good, but there is something satisfying about that post race soreness. So, I went down to my bike guys and they are tempting me big time with a custom tri bike build (Guru just dropped their prices). I was asking about race wheels. He said not worth it on my road bike. Time to think about a tri bike. hmmmmmmmmm....food for thought. Never thought I'd have that much fun exerting myself for 56 miles, but if it can be faster, more efficient, better run off the bike...that's hard to pass up, especially now that I am fully addicted to long course racing!