kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2013 (Year 3!) - CLOSED (Page 18)

Stacey is a close friend of mine, and I'm thrilled she'll be a part of this mentor group.  She has a lot to offer the group.  We used to bike and run many years ago, before she was ever coached.  It's been wonderful to watch how much she has improved over the years!

Hope everyone is having a great New Year's Day.  I have a rest day today and a short run tomorrow.  Goal for tomorrow is to start core work.  I'm only supposed to do core work 2X a week for approximately 20 minutes, but I continue to avoid doing it.  

Wait, wait, did you decide to go with Rev 3 ?!?!?

x2 -- you know I love IMLP!

I've been looking into / working with the benefits of yoga on triathlon a lot lately.  I'm curious about your experiences and how yoga has helped triathlon.

Yep.  Smallest ring I can crank on in the 50-60 rpm range. 

You're supposed to clean your bike shoes???

I never clean bike shoes.  You just air them out and let them dry. 

Same here, I sweat like crazy and my shoes stink! But I don't clean them.

First day of Whole100 -  2 c. coffee w/coconut milk, eggs and spinach in coconut oil; homemade dried fruit/nut bar; organic ground beef and sugar snap peas; fresh sockeye salmon, roasted butternut squash, fresh green beans.

Been busy with teaching my fitness classes and getting some of my students on board with the Whole30 program.  Had class this morning and a nutrition class.

I've got to start getting in some training.  It has been very cold for Texas and rainy.  Not too good for bike riding especially on a new bike I'm not too familar with.  I have a treadmill at our studio, but I despise treadmill running.  Think I'll finally get outside on Thursday with my running partner.  Got to get back up to speed for the Hot Chocolate 15k in February.  Need to get on the bike so I can do the Freeze Your Fanny bike ride in February, too.  I don't have a trainer.  Maybe I should consider buying one.  That sounds boring, too.  Don't know much about them though.  Now that the holidays are over, I will also go back to the recreation center that has the indoor pool to start swimming again, hopefully Friday.  Don't care for pool swimming, but this one is very nice and it's saline.

You should be able to refrigerate your coconut milk so it lasts longer.  That's what I do with mine (actually says to do so on the can) and it's been fine.  Hope you feel better soon!

Morning everyone.  Swim this morning and easy bike after work for me today.

Also I registered yesterday for the US Masters / American Swimming Coaching Association Level 1 and 2 coaching clinic in March in NYC.  There's a entire "chapter" on triathlon swimming, which should be interesting. 

I'm pretty sure the Whole30 plan just calls for coconut milk.

They're a complete necessity in cold climates.  Trainers are essentially stable fly wheels that place resistance on the back wheel of the bike.  Different trainers use different methods to create resistance (e.g. magnets, wind and fluid).  Outside of a compu trainer, fluid trainers give the most accurate road feel. 

Trainers aren't just good for cold weather, they also provide an incredibly efficient way to train.  You can control variables much better on a trainer and I lots of people who will use a trainer year round for interval work.  After my bike crash in July, I did 80-90% of my biking on the trainer. 

Low cadence intervals are generally big ring, small cog (about 55-60 rpm).  The purpose of these intervals is to provide bike specific strength training.  They can also simulate hills indoors.  You can do them aerobically or anaerobically depending on the goal. 

I find them to be one of the most effective ways to build bike strength -- they're much more sport specific and effective than gym lifting.