lkagop's Training Group (Page 2)

Hi Everyone! I've been off the grid for a bit here, but I'm back on.  This week has been a bit crazed for me with work...up at the crack of dawn, in the field early (work - I'm a geologist) and to bed late. So, I've been really trying to keep up with my training.

I have a 50 miler (bike) tomorrow. I can't wait. I'm training for a century in September; maybe a double century - depends...they're only a few weeks apart, double century first. So I don't know how I'll feel about doing a century 2 weeks later!

Anyway, I need to start running and swimming.  I wanted to start with a running plan on BT.com, but don't know if they're too agressive for someone who has been injured and has to start over again. Any suggestions would be great.

Oh, and I've signed up for a Sprint tri in August! YIKES! I am really scared

Hi! Thanks. I feel great about giving myself a goal and something to work towards, and I feel great about getting back into the swing of things. So we'll see how it goes   Have a great weekend

Does anyone know how I add you all to my "friends" list?

The only way I know to add people is through the control panel, edit, friends, then add each individually.  But then again, I've been on here for months and am still finding new things everyday.

Congrats on signing up for the tri!  You have plenty of time to be prepared, don't worry.  As for the running, the couch to 5k is a good plan.  But I can't stress enough not to push to hard to fast.  I might suggest that when you get into swimming, you use that as an opportunity to work on the running too.  Good PT if you've been injured.  You get to work the muscles without putting too much stress on the joints.  Don't worry, I see people doing it at the gym all the time, you'll blend right in. lol.  Happy training!

Hi guys,

My back and hip are looking pretty good, one more treatment in the morning and I reckon I will be in business - woo hoo!!

I am officially starting my new program tomorrow and plan to log every workout over the next few weeks - the good - the bad and the ugly

I'm going to spend some time now putting you all in friends thingie. I'd love it if you could all put me in yours and give me the odd kick in the butt if you think I need it.

There is a swim club that runs some sessions a couple of nights a week. Once I can do 200m without sucking water up my nose and spluttering about like a lunatic I am going to sign up. The most I have done in one go is 100m and that nearly killed me. I'm doing about 1000m each time I swim but I aint setting any speed records that's for sure.

 So... goals for this month (4 weeks) are:   Swim 200m freestyle no stopping

                                                                    Get back to running 5k - initial goal is under 28min

                                                                    15km on the bike in 40min

Anyone else want to share their goals??

Greg: thanks for the offer of looking over our swimming - will try to get hubby along to the pool armed with the camera.

jford - Awesome race!  That's the great thing about tri's... even if we don't do as well as we wanted to, all it does is make us stronger and more determined for the next one.  Congrats!  An Oly is a huge accomplishment.

mmh - glad you're working your way back, keep it up.  Definitely log everything.  It's such a great tool for training.  And as some of you may know, I also like to use it as a place to vent. lol.

As for my goals... I have all kinds.  First of course is finishing this first tri of mine.  I'm trying to be realistic with my specific goals for the race.  At first, it was just to not be last.  But now, I'd really like to be in the top half of my AG.  I'll be posting my goal times by the end of the week.  My other majors include a century ride, and an Oly this year.  And next season, a HIM.

I added everyone as friends. Thanks for the tips.

I'm on my way to training for the tri, and I won't be pushing to hard to fast and that's a great tip on running in the pool. Now I have to get into the pool!

jford - thanks so much for posting your race in such detail. I am inspired!!  I really admire the way you sucked it up and kept at the swim even though you were doing it as tough as you did. Hopefully it's like childbirth - you will have forgotten the pain by next time

I know you didn't do as well as you wanted to but take a look around you - out of 100 people you know I'm guessing there aren't many who would even attempt it.

Well done buddy.

Ok, I know I shouldn't be doing this, and it's a little early, but I'm a dork...

I checked last years field (11 in my AG) and analyed everything from the mean, median, min. and max, seperate s, b, and r times, etc.  Based on this and what I think my abilities are at this point, this is what I've come up with:

An average race:

Swim - 18, Bike - 59, Run - 28, Total - 1:48:30 (including transitions). This would be 10/12.

An awesome race:

Swim - 16, Bike - 55, Run - 27, Total - 1:41:30 (including transitions).  This would be 6/12.

I obviously have no idea what's going to happen.  A few hills can make all the difference for me.  I'm going to try to remember that when I started training my only goal was to not be last in the race. 

(Let me start first by saying that if you are looking to my logs for inspiration, I have vowed not to run this week as long as it is snowing outside. Sure, I could run if I wanted to, but in principle, I shouldn't have to run in snow when last year I was sun tanning.)

Running in the snow!! I'll stop whinging now about a little bit of wind and rain

Congrats again on your tri! You did awesome! Especially considering the cold water!

Sat, my plan is to take the boys to a scout thing were they place flags on veteren's gravesite at the National Cemetary! This is always such a neat experience for the boys. Sunday I will watch the NASCAR race, which means NAP!! and Monday will be yardwork and grilling, then the wife and kids leave for Granny's and it is back to bachelorhood for a week!  Yeehaw!!!! (Iknow I will be bored in about 2 hours after they leave)

 I plan on taking advantage of the free time and doing some brick workouts and trying to get a good long non trainer ride induring the week!

Jessica, I am kinda jealous of you getting to do swim workouts in the ocean! No oceans close here in Memphis!

It isn't a long weekend for us but Sunday I will be enjoying the unexpected sunshine we are having and head out for a run. Today is my rest day so not really sure what to do with myself!

My group of ladies that I PT are taking me out to dinner tonight so that should be lots of giggles. I'm also taking my step-daughter to a specialty running shop where they do a video analysis of running gait so they can fit the correct shoe.  She runs a bit like a duck, even though she does really well in her age group, and I am a bit concerned she may become injured as she steps up her committment to running.  What the hell might even get myself a new pair!

Enjoy your long weekend everyone