SWBKRUN Mentor Group-"Off Season?" What is that?!! (Page 187)

dbw27 - 2009-07-30 6:01 AM The spreadsheet sounds like a great idea!! :-)

Me so tired.. me sleepy and can't even speak well.  How long do I recover after a tri in which I pushed really hard (sunday nyc??)  I have been too tired to even do my race report. I had family visiting so I got NO REST.  Sunday night - slept 5 hours.  Monday night = 5 hours.  Tuesday night = 4.5 hours.  Wednesday night = 10 hours and still sleepy.  :-) All leg muscles hurt and stiff like boards.  I think I didn't rest after tri and now am destroyed.

Sorry have not been posting. Been rushing around doing stuff and now am utterly exhausted.

miss you dudes

dbw27

dbw27 - 2009-07-30 11:37 AM Hi everyone!

Busy thread today. 

I have a quick question re the sit ups challenge:  so we are all starting on August 3 right?  Suppose you can already do 200 sit ups?  Do we report in every day or every week?

The only thing about this challenge is that a regular crunch really only works the upper abdominals.  We also need to work the lower abs and external obliques.  Hmm...

:-)  Maybe we can also put in some reverse crunches to work the lower abs.  Like maybe do 100 regular crunches and 100 reverse crunches just to make it a more well rounded core workout?

Maybe even 75 regular sit ups, 75 reverse crunches, and 25 side crunches each side, so that we all get a much more well rounded workout?

Or am I just insane?

No one answered my question yet about recovery post-olympic. :-D  But I see that you are all very busy this morning.

Yours truly,

dbw27, the sleepy one

tahrens - 2009-07-30 10:04 AM

Dunkin Donuts all the way. When ever I am running really late for work I stop off and buy a dozen or so for the office.  My thinking is no one will notice - or remember - if I am late if I give them donuts! 


LADIES!!!!!  A little piece of advise I learned the hard way this morning.  Don't have your eyebrows waxed and then go swimming!  There was at least 12 hours of separation between these events but man, trapping pool water against freshly waxed brows with goggles down right stings!!!   However, the whole time I was worried that the chlorine was going to turn my freshly colored hair orange. So then I would have had fire red eyebrows and orange hair - not a good look!  Luckiy I am still a nicely glowing auburn   And on a related subject, I've been told a way to preserve your hair color is to fully wet your hair and then spray a leave in conditioner on it before you put your swim cap on.  This way your hair is already saturated and won't absorb the chlorine. 

See how hard it is to stay lovely guys?  You should really appreciate all the time and effort we women put into things. 

dbw27 - 2009-07-30 10:37 AM Hi everyone!

Busy thread today. 

I have a quick question re the sit ups challenge:  so we are all starting on August 3 right?  Suppose you can already do 200 sit ups?  Do we report in every day or every week?

The only thing about this challenge is that a regular crunch really only works the upper abdominals.  We also need to work the lower abs and external obliques.  Hmm...

:-)  Maybe we can also put in some reverse crunches to work the lower abs.  Like maybe do 100 regular crunches and 100 reverse crunches just to make it a more well rounded core workout?

Maybe even 75 regular sit ups, 75 reverse crunches, and 25 side crunches each side, so that we all get a much more well rounded workout?

Or am I just insane?

No one answered my question yet about recovery post-olympic. :-D  But I see that you are all very busy this morning.

Yours truly,

dbw27, the sleepy one

Redknight - 2009-07-30 1:08 PM

Just a quick HI to all my tri buddies here swbkrun MG.  Thanks for all the inspires. Still have a great cough from my weekend ride in the rain. the funny part was that I was actually kind of enjoying it. Not so much now. I don't have time right now to catch up on all the discussions but I hope everyone is doing great. Good luck to everyone racing this weekend.

Plainsman AU - 2009-07-30 11:32 AM So I am still feeling like crap this morning and decide to ditch the bike ride this morning and just sleep in. 

The phone rings at 7:00 and my best friend says he is turning into my neighborhood with the trailer load of wood that we cut on Monday and has the wood splitter behind the other truck.  So I roll out of bed with the crud and go right into splitting wood for 2 hrs.  Got a nice stack of wood though and a workout to boot.

What is better than owning a wood splitter...Having a friend with a wood splitter and 3 helpers.

dalessit - 2009-07-30 12:29 PM As far as recovery goes I am a big fan of active recovery.

Day after a race I try to make sure I get in either an easy swim, easy run, or easy bike.  Nothing out of zone 1. 

I tend not to take any days off anymore unless there is no choice due to schedule or something similar.  I just make sure I get in something really easy. 

DougRob - 2009-07-30 2:12 PM

Tony:

Why do you do something every day including something "really easy" instead of nothing at all? As I understand things your body gets a real beenfit from regular days of no stress. The stress your muscles endure the other six days tears them down and the recovery day helps them build up better than before. Wouldn't even really easy activities diminish that benefit? Just wondering.

Doug

dalessit - 2009-07-30 12:42 PM If you do full IM's I suggest always sticking around afterwards for the rolldown.

13:47:00   161/210 in the Mens 30-34 division at Lake Placid ended up with a Kona Spot.  Basically if you didn't know each of the M-dot branded races have a certain amount of spots for Kona, some decline because they allready qualified, some decline because they don't want to pay all that money to travel to Hawaii.  So spots "Roll down" to the next person until someone accepts, you do have to pay right there on the spot also.

People were posting on ST how mad they were because they either went to breakfast, packed up and left, etc because they thought there was no wasy a spot would open up for them and some of them were in that AG and finished 2 hrs ahead of that guy.

Lesson learned.

ashort33 - 2009-07-30 9:03 AM

I think John, Reuben, and Trevor will back me up when I say a dozen KK donuts is just an appetizer   Us big guys do have some talents

SSMinnow - 2009-07-30 2:22 PM Ok, I got away for a swim and I am pages behind.   Shouldn't you be working out or working?

Danette---the day of my hardest Olympic, my coach had me on the trainer for a 20 minute ez flush that night.  The next morning I had zero soreness and was ready for my EZ45 minute ride and 30 minute swim.  I'm in the Tony camp on active recovery so long as you aren't injured.  The other thing I recently incorporated is post workout nutrition. Within seconds of finishing a workout or race, I am downing an Amino Vital Fast Charge pack with H20 and either a glass of chocolate millk (Steve's preference) or fruit/yogurt (my preference) to get the good protein/carb combo into my system fast.  I swear it helps.  Oh and by the way, I am the slowest swimmer in our group.  Think turtle on land.  Today I was watching a guy swim and thought, "WOW he's slow" and then I realized he was passing me. LOL!

Steve--such a funny boy.  It is hard to believe I have wiped out three times already this year.  I think I must have spent too much time on the trainer over the winter! I will go bike 500 more and see if I can stay upright for all of them.

To all doing the sit up challenge, if you want something to really take it to the next level, do this....I posted it before, but here it is again.  It is 369 moves in 15 minutes. It is the last option.  It makes me want to cry, but then I see their abs and keep going.

Suzy

SSMinnow - 2009-07-30 12:22 PM Ok, I got away for a swim and I am pages behind.   Shouldn't you be working out or working?

Danette---the day of my hardest Olympic, my coach had me on the trainer for a 20 minute ez flush that night.  The next morning I had zero soreness and was ready for my EZ45 minute ride and 30 minute swim.  I'm in the Tony camp on active recovery so long as you aren't injured.  The other thing I recently incorporated is post workout nutrition. Within seconds of finishing a workout or race, I am downing an Amino Vital Fast Charge pack with H20 and either a glass of chocolate millk (Steve's preference) or fruit/yogurt (my preference) to get the good protein/carb combo into my system fast.  I swear it helps.  Oh and by the way, I am the slowest swimmer in our group.  Think turtle on land.  Today I was watching a guy swim and thought, "WOW he's slow" and then I realized he was passing me. LOL!

Steve--such a funny boy.  It is hard to believe I have wiped out three times already this year.  I think I must have spent too much time on the trainer over the winter! I will go bike 500 more and see if I can stay upright for all of them.

To all doing the sit up challenge, if you want something to really take it to the next level, do this....I posted it before, but here it is again.  It is 369 moves in 15 minutes. It is the last option.  It makes me want to cry, but then I see their abs and keep going.

Suzy

TrevorC - 2009-07-30 2:40 PM

Oh humble one. 1:45/100yds is not slow.
Tony's swim from Culpepper last year. That is slow. Dude, your going to swim this at least 10 minutes faster this year!!! Nad hopefully vomit after the race. I need you to vomit after at least one race this year!!!

TrevorC - 2009-07-30 1:52 PM

I am racking my brain right now trying to think of an answer to that. WOW...Is there anything better than owning a wood splitter?? Barry man, you need to increase your standards a wee bit

TrevorC - 2009-07-30 1:40 PM

Oh humble one. 1:45/100yds is not slow.
Tony's swim from Culpepper last year. That is slow. Dude, your going to swim this at least 10 minutes faster this year!!! Nad hopefully vomit after the race. I need you to vomit after at least one race this year!!!