jsnowash's training group - FULL!! (Page 20)

StrayDog - 2010-06-06 1:07 PM

I saw a recent video on Chrissy Wellington and she mounts at the mount line slipping her foot in the shoes but the shoes are definitely in the upright correct position for that. She didn't place her foot on the shoe she got it inside right away, but the shoe was loose. The shoe was very open and visibly loose when she first started riding. So....my plan is set the bike up where the shoe is in the up right position using smaller rubber bands and open the shoe up so that when I mount I will be able to easily slip my foot in and move up to speed quickly. Then later tighten the velcro and make position adjustments.

Question for you people: I am starting to feel some of the "play" in the pedal. Recently i  was doing hill work and the back edge of the shoe slipped out of the SPD clip. Is it wise to tighten up the play? And how the heck do you do it? I have never tightend pedals before.

jsnowash - 2010-06-07 3:46 PM Jeff - How old are your cleats? Is the play you notice in your pedals something new? My first guess would be that your cleats might need to be replaced, especially if you've been riding on them for a while. Do you have the regular SPD cleats (the metal ones) or SPD-L cleats (triangular plastic ones). The metal SPD cleats last longer, but they definitely do need to be replaced after time. If the play is something new, I would try a new pair of cleats first and see if that fixes the problem. If not, you can adjust the tension on most pedals. What kind of pedals do you have?

StrayDog - 2010-06-05 5:30 PM Look Mama I'm goin' fast... I pulled a 7:17 mi. by my watch (unofficial) and a 7:09 (unofficial) by the race clock. So I was just dying in the heat of this race though and to top it off my son (14) beats me. Where do these people get the energy? These young kids have so much reserve it's incredible.

mmgoldenb - 2010-06-07 1:56 PM Fernando-
How did your calves feel after your run in the new Nike's?  Any issues?

Keiren - 2010-06-07 8:15 PM OK so tonight I got my first taste of what the swim part of the tri will be like. Circle swimming at my gym. During the recovery part of my stroke my hand hits the guy in the other lane. I'm pretty sure it hit his tooth as he was breathing! My hand starts bleeding in the pool and hurts so much I can't continue my workout. It hit the part of my hand between the thumb and index finger. I can't even make a fist. What the heck!

On a brighter note, finally got my Mini Cooper last weekend. Red convertible. Adorable and so much fun to drive a manual again! Between the tri and the car I must be in midlife crisis mode! I am still trying to figure out how to get my bike in it!  

Keiren - 2010-06-08 5:15 PM OK so tonight I got my first taste of what the swim part of the tri will be like. Circle swimming at my gym. During the recovery part of my stroke my hand hits the guy in the other lane. I'm pretty sure it hit his tooth as he was breathing! My hand starts bleeding in the pool and hurts so much I can't continue my workout. It hit the part of my hand between the thumb and index finger. I can't even make a fist. What the heck!

On a brighter note, finally got my Mini Cooper last weekend. Red convertible. Adorable and so much fun to drive a manual again! Between the tri and the car I must be in midlife crisis mode! I am still trying to figure out how to get my bike in it!  

Lovey - 2010-06-09 11:02 AM Finally, after a week of almost no workouts, I got back in the groove on Saturday. With a sore calf and Achilles tendon I was limping mid week last week. With rest, self massage and ice, it went away. Plus with kids sports, school concerts and other activities, I had no time last week but to sleep. Saturday, I missed my group run at 7am and so went and did a 5K race instead about 10 minutes away. I took it easing not wanting to stress my leg. Finished in 40 minutes. A year ago, race pace would have me at the finish line in 43 minutes or so. Taking it easy and finishing in 40 mins is good. Sunday, I about died on the hills of my triathlon (Iron Girl in august) bike course and I only did 13.5 of the 17.5 mile course. Finally back in the pool yesterday. I only had 30 minutes to spare so I got in 600 yards (slow swimmer) but it was better than nothing. Today, I hope to get a run in on the Iron Girl (3.5 mile) or the Columbia Triathlon (10K) run course. Lovey

jsnowash - 2010-06-09 6:50 AM The weather has been SO NICE the past few days! Beautiful sunny skies, not too hot, low humidity - I love it! I had a great run yesterday. Went for an early morning run with my hubby this morning, though, and was feeling very sluggish... maybe it was just too early... I feel like my mileage build-up for marathon training is going pretty well. I'm on target to get 30 miles of running in this week, and hoping to be built up to 40 miles per week by early July. Biking and swimming are just kind of getting squeezed in where they can. How's everyone else doing?

Lovey - 2010-06-09 11:02 AM

Finally, after a week of almost no workouts, I got back in the groove on Saturday.

With a sore calf and Achilles tendon I was limping mid week last week. With rest, self massage and ice, it went away. Plus with kids sports, school concerts and other activities, I had no time last week but to sleep.

Saturday, I missed my group run at 7am and so went and did a 5K race instead about 10 minutes away. I took it easing not wanting to stress my leg. Finished in 40 minutes. A year ago, race pace would have me at the finish line in 43 minutes or so. Taking it easy and finishing in 40 mins is good.

Sunday, I about died on the hills of my triathlon (Iron Girl in august) bike course and I only did 13.5 of the 17.5 mile course.

Finally back in the pool yesterday. I only had 30 minutes to spare so I got in 600 yards (slow swimmer) but it was better than nothing.

Today, I hope to get a run in on the Iron Girl (3.5 mile) or the Columbia Triathlon (10K) run course.

Lovey

guticur - 2010-06-09 4:35 PM


I'm doing a half Mary with my wife 5-6 weeks after an Oly in early fall. Do you think that is enough time to get ready? 

StrayDog - 2010-06-10 1:36 AM

Day off. Yea Us! We have achieved another kid through High School graduation today. All the family in attendance and cheesecake too. On to the University next year....Again, yea US!

dojorun01 - 2010-06-12 8:51 AM Good Morning All;
I finally got a wetsuit and was finally able to get into open water.  I had two issues while swimming, one is that I started to feel really nausea, not sure what to make of this. Second is that my leg seem to have a mind of there own. They seem to go apart. I have only swam in a pool without the wetsuit and they seemed to be in the correct position according to my swim coach. Any suggestion with either of these?

guticur - 2010-06-14 11:00 AM did a mini brick with my 9 year old today. Temp/humidity was worse than Broad Street run. OMG, when running without shade, or breeze, it felt like running in hell!My kid only survived 1 mile running. Did the rest on my own.

Lovey - 2010-06-11 3:46 PM

Yesterday, I swam 800 yards non stop in about 35 minutes (slow swimmer here). After my son's simulated congressional hearings at school, I went and pick up my wet suit. Talk about feeling like you are in a straight jacket. I tried it on and was shown how to do that and tkae it off, where to pull and not pull. Then I had to rush back for more simulated congressional hearings and closing ceremony.

TODAY, I tried out my wetsuit at the beach. We swam for about 45 minutes which included stopping for tips and talk for about 10 minutes. We covered about half of a mile. The wetsuit kept me warm but comfortable. If I wasn't kicking hard enough, my legs tried to float on its own too.
My mentor was very patient as well another club member who swam with us. Both gave me great tips. My mentor stayed with me and had me practice sighting because I kept veering off course.
I treaded, floated or breaststroke when I felt my heart racing.

After the swim, I practiced getting it off as I got out of the water and peeling out of it once I was out. I wore my 2 piece tri suit plus sports bra underneath, exactly what I will be wearing race day.

It was a great workout but why do I want to do this again?

Swimming tomorrow again and a brick planned for Sunday (13.5 ride/10K run).

Lovey