Beer Drinkers Appreciation Society (BDAS) 2022 Mentor Group - ALWAYS OPEN (Page 2)

Love the gallows humor.  Just wear a wetsuit and take a couple of swim noodles with you.  No problem!

BTW I spit out my coffee reading that last line.

Well we're back in the frozen tundra of...Maryland?  12 degrees out this morning...very rough transition for us coming from mid 70s weather on Thursday.  The drive back was really uneventful - good weather and no traffic minus the typical insanity around DC.  We almost decided to drive straight through on Friday but stopped about 4 hours short for the night.  Now a snowstorm turning into a rainstorm turning into a windstorm in the next 24 hours - winter in Maryland!

Heading down to the pit in a little bit to get a good bike workout in on the training plus a short run to wrap up the week.  We have tomorrow off here in the US for MLK day so I'll get in a good swim tomorrow morning.

Good morning...I'm still not adjusted back to the cold LOL. 

Yesterday I got in  swim and strength session at the Y, and this morning was bike/treadmill/strength.  I'm up to about 15 minutes of jogging, so halfway there to my goal for running the 5K of my sprint in May.  So far my back has held together <fingers and toes crossed>.  Tomorrow is 6 AM yoga and a short lunch ride in aero (which will be the drops because I'm too lazy to set up my TT rig). 

@Andrew - here's hoping The Vid stays away a couple more weeks - I'd say we're about done mentally with this.  Omicron is freaking everywhere in the US but nothing is shutting down.

@Nicole - good to see you biking regularly.  It'll really make a difference come race time.

@Nicole - I swear by DeSoto brand gear.  I've used most of their different lines - Carrera (a softer fabric with a felt chamois),  and Forza (tighter fabric with a couple of different thicknesses, but none are really "thick").  You get what you pay for with bike clothing.  I always use chamois cream as well. 

Saddle discomfort can come from a ton of different things - saddle, bike fit, shorts.  Mostly trial and error to fix.  Those Peloton seats are really big and I don't like them much.  It also depends on where you're feeling the discomfort - soft tissue, sit bones, etc. 

Sometimes it's just acclimation over time, too.  You're ramping up bike training and it just might take some T.I.T.S. (time in the saddle ).

Yeah, Andrew, saw your race on Strava...that looked painful but it's great you stuck to it.  Hope you recover from the sunburn - ouch. 

I like your solution to overcoming saddle soreness...you're just going to ride as much as possible until it goes away. 

FTP tests are brutal - I hate them so good luck!

Good morning, all.  I'm coming into a recovery week in Base 2, which is a good thing as my back flared up over the weekend.  Nothing I'm not used to but it basically shuts down running for a few days to a week.  Thankfully they aren't as frequent as they used to be - I've had a good three months of training.  I know what the root cause is (my spondylolisthesis), but the triggers are weird and really inconsistent which is the frustrating part (well, beyond the walking around like Fred Sanford for a few days part ).

Got in a good bike session this morning with a bunch of stretching and yoga.  Swim tomorrow.

Happy recovery, Andrew!

Well consider it an expensive big training day. 

The hard thing about FTP tests is that it takes practice to get good at them (and therefore accurate results).  I'm so much better just using race results to do estimates, and all I use FTP for is assigning my training zones and bragging rights LOL.