Pashda's new group - NOW CLOSED (Page 2)

Hi Dave,

Yes, I've been cleared to exercise again.  I've been doing some weights and swimming but just started back regularly at the gym last week.  No problems with the swim and I'm being careful with the intensity on the stationery bike.   Only walking on the treadmill for at least two more weeks.  I was following the Sprint 20 week 2X balanced workout so I've adjusted it for my race date and made myself a spreadsheet, planning my training around my travel to Egypt in another week.  When I start to run (really jogging in my case), I'll do the walk/jog/walk thing.  I've made my training log public (big step for me as I usually keep everything very private).

Dave,

I am looking forward to this new experience and learning from you and the others in the group. Here is a little bit more about myself and my goals.  I am completely new to this sport and have never competed in any to the three events.  I am looking for my first road bike; hope to get it next week.  I used to be a decent athlete, many years ago, until I had a couple of leg injuries (Blown knee and Snapped Achilles)  Consequently, I had to give up soccer and have gradually gotten more and more out of shape.  My main goals are to just get back in shape, complete the sprint in October, and try not to injure myself.

Scott

Scott, I was similar to yourself without the bad injuries but from a soccer background. One thing I found was the soccer gave me strong legs for the cycling but also heavy legs not best for distance running.
You have a nice long summer to prepare for the race so I think slow and steady to start is going to be the way for you to go. Use one of the training plans on this site, maybe the 2x balanced 20week sprint plan. This focuses on time rather than distance or speed and will leave you ready for the sprint. It also incorporates recovery weeks each month which are vital to let your body recover and avoid burn out or injury. Have a look at the plan and see what you think. Enjoy shopping for your bike, that was the best fun for me. What have you got your eye on ?
Dave

Hi Dave, feel great that I got in with your group YES! I just started to swim this week. The first day (Wednesday) I just worked on technique for about 30min and felt pretty beat. The next day I went to the gym and cycled for about 15min and worked on some weights (light and high reps). I really just kind’ a wanted to recover from my swim. But my HR  gps arrived at home that day and decided to take it for a ride about 3+ miles, cool stuff. Today, I jumped in the pool and swam for about 35min and combined technique and some exercise training, I covered about 500 yards. I felt pretty good and tired after my swim. I drank some whey to help with energy. I’m just trying to apply some of the stuff that I find on the web concerning nutrition. I know you want us to work the log and I will log all my work by tomorrow. Again, thank you very much for your dedication and motivation.

Personal Info: I’m married and have two children and two dogs. I plan to make triathlons part of my life to help me with conditioning.  

First of all, thanks for letting me in.  I am following a training plan from a book published by triatlete magazine.  It is simply called essential week-by-week training guide.  My plan calls for 6 days of working out and rest on Monday.  It starts the first week with 1000 yards of swimming, 40 minutes of biking and 40 minutes of running.  It peaks in week 11 with 2275 yards swimming, 2 hours of cycling and 1 hour 14 minutes of running.  I just finished my first week and my legs were really shot on the bike today.  The rest of the week went very good. 

I do have a question though.  The guide to this program said to set my training log to public and put the group in the friends list.  How do I do this? 

Thanks again,

Joe

Hi Joe
your training log is already set to public as I have been able to see it.
To add the group to your friends on your log press the settings tab at the top of the page and follow instructions there.
Your training plan looks good and would probably be enough to do an olympic distance race. Looking at your logs for the first week you seem to have gone into your sessions aiming for speed all the way. I would suggest backing off the pace a bit to allow you to complete the 40 mins of running or cycling.
The goal is to always be able to train the following day. What I am trying to get at is that by running hard on saturday your legs were shot which meant your bike on Sunday was not as good as it could have been and you did 21min instead of 40. I guess we have to allow for the beer. . Try backing off the pace of your run maybe to 6mins per km and go for the full 40mins. It will feel slow but you should finish feeling like you could have gone further. This will build you gradually toward the long runs in week 11.

Dave

Hi Y'all,

I thought is might be useful to everyone to compile a list of our members with just a bit of information about them.  We can use the list to add everyone to our friends list.  I tried to accurately use the information from your posts and profiles so I hope this is okay.

Train on!

Melody

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Race date(s)


Pashda Group Spring 2009

Pashda - MENTOR
Dave
Essex, England
?

joeyg
Joey
Bridgewater, MA
Sprint May 17, 2009

outlawdave316
Dave
US
Sprint May 30, 2009

Alane123
Alane
US
Sprint August 2009

blakekenny1
Blake
Royal Oak, MI
?

thortonma
Mark
US
Sprint July 2009

Kathryn
Kathryn
Canada
Marathon May 10, 2009

pdbman
Paul
West Jordan, UT
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go4it
Melody
Georgia, US
Sprint June 21, 2009

keefrichard
Joe
Lawrenceburg
Sprint July 19, 2009

RunGirlrun
Kristin
US
?

jen spiegel
Jen
US
Sprint July 25, 2009

hussybowler5000
Erica
US
?

longhornmiller
Scott
US
Sprint October 2009

Felix101
Felix
Florida, US
Sprint June 19, 2009

Melody, thank you for that.  At very least it is cool to see what's going on, and where folks are from!

Dave!