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McLuvin - 2011-03-04 4:31 PM Lumber, Great job on the Birkie! Maybe I can join you if you do it again. Its on my bucket list (although I hate that term) Today did my first ever 4000m swim. Did the first 1600 at race pace, used the pull bouy for the next 800 and then jammed home the last 1600. Felt strong at the end. An hour later it hit me and now I am ready for some Thai food and a movie.

Great swim! Not sure what it is, but I am always hungary after a swim.

Thanks, After I finished the Birkie I said never again, but now I am thinking I will do it again, just not next year. I want to become a better skier first.

I have been frustrated with training lately.  Feeling improvement, but missing 1 or 2 days over the past week has not been good.  It would be fine if I were training for a half IM, but not a full...

Thankfully, I am far enough out to be okay, I think.  I did swim 2500y (not 4000, but a good start!) without fatigue, directly after a harder 4 mile, 1/2 mi interval run.  I stopped at 2500 out of boredom, more than anything else.  I need to mix it up!  On the positive side, I was able to run outside today.  The snow has melted enough to have space on the roads/sidewalks.  Felt really nice!

Anyone have any good swim workouts?

IM is a long road. The biggest thing is getting to the starting line healthy, so I wouldn't worry too much now.

I have used www.swimplan.com to get swimming workouts. Its nice to have a change of workouts.

How are the diets going? Mine hasn't been very good. I have been reading the Paleo diet and am looking to get that started. Going to be tough cutting down on carbs.

"I think I've taken the balance out of this training..."  That's what I posted on the 3xbalanced oly plan...

BLAH!!!@#$%^&*

So is anyone still giving up caffeine?

With Lent starting yesterday I thought I would give up soda for 40 days. Still have to have my coffee in the morning, but giving up soda will be big enough.

Good Monday morning all!

So how are all the training plans going? Been a little quite out here the last week or so.

Did my first swim in 4 months on Friday, didn't go too bad. Also got a speed work in on the treadmill.

Did you get a chance to join the 100,000 people outside the Capital in Madison?

Good Monday morning all!

Exciting weekend of basketball games. Wish they didn't play some of the games so late.

Got a good run in on Saturday.

Thankfully I am only building toward a sprint.  Did my first outdoor run last Monday and woke up Tuesday with such a sore knee I could just stand to walk on it.  Pain is high up the lower leg on the knob on the inside of the top of the lower leg just below the knee cap.  Cost me three days last week.  Finally got a low intensity bike in on Friday, high revs low resistance.  Things turned better on Saturday with a full mile swim in the pool alternating 75 of breast with 25 of crawl.  Back on the bike yesterday.

The knee is finally starting to feel better but I am starting to think I am going to have to alter my training to 3 days bike, one day swim, one day run and do most of that on a treadmill.  The end result would be gutting out the run at the June 5 tri.  Just trying to get there mostly healthy.

Thoughts?

I don't know about anyone else, but I find the treadmill a bit harsher on my legs sometimes.  We have a brand of treadmill called "Woodway" at my gym that seems to give a bit more, or perhaps run on grass.  That said, I would probably modify my plan similar to the way you are, with less running for a little while until I figured out what cause is.  

One thing I have been personally focusing on is cadence.  I have read that a cadence of about 180 is efficient; mine is around 165 to 170 now.  Faster cadence for me prevents really long strides; I am 6'2" so if I lengthen my stride, I strike hard on my heal, which starts a sequence of ankle, shin and knee pains.  By working towards the higher cadence, I am effectively shortening my stride and striking more midfoot (hopefully) and therefore more efficient and less injury prone.  Given my height, 180 may be a bit high, as I already feel like a hummingbird sometimes, but is the goal.  My races this year are longer, and I cannot afford to get an injury (serious or nagging) and get the miles necessary to finish strong. 

Hate to see all the running injuries.

It is a good idea to try and keep cadence up, just keep a watch on your speed, you don't want to run too fast.

There are some podcasts out there that you can use for cadence. I want to give that a try this summer. Also waiting for it to warm up so I can start using my Vibrams again. All in an effort to be more of a mid-foot runner and avoid injuries.

Good Monday morning all!

Hope everyone had a good weekend of training. Got a good long run in on Saturday, still waiting for it warm up so I can get outside and bike. Just not set up to bike in the cold.

Anyone try Chi running? I tried it on Saturday, not sure if I am doing it right but felt good. That is until I got up on Sunday and hamstring was sore.

Well someone has to write something!  I had a long run on Saturday; was a half marathon simulation, which I ran part of on the Boston Marathon course.  Went okay; I probably should have not had sushi and saki the evening before, but I still ran fairly well.  

Mooseman is starting to creep up... only 67 days!

Nice run!