Slornow's and Wannabefaster's Summer Mentor Group - CLOSED (Page 20)

Originally posted by thirdstation



I used the Maffetone formula of 180-age. It is, by his admission, a "good enough" measurement. I'm OK with that. The 220-age gets me 125-142 which is not too far off Maffetone.

I'll try to do a LT test. My monitor can do average HR but, it doesn't have a lap function so I'll just have to restart it - no biggie.

I'd be surprised if an LT test told me I should be training in the 155-170 range. That would be too convenient :-)

Originally posted by Blanda

Suzy: It's a good thing to know what is going on, and now you can focus on getting better! Amazing you ran 15 miles with broken ribs. Ouch! May the recovery be smooth and quick as possible.

Thank you all for the kind words. I know it's not a huge deal in the scheme of things, but it was a blow. All my qualified friends are registering and it hurts to watch. I'm celebrating them, of course. A few first timers in there! Stoked for them.

I finally got out and did a true open water swim just off the reef, and it was beautiful. I saw a sea turtle and it was an effort to take my face out of the water to breath. I wanted to stay in that one spot and watch it swim around! That was when I decided that I needed to keep training at some level just to stay this close to nature. I was going to skip out on the Cocos Crossing this weekend, a 2.5 mile swim from island to island, but after a successful swim in conditions that would normally scare the swimsuit off of me, I figured I need to do it. Everyone that's done it says it's an experience they'll never forget.

Happy training!

Originally posted by Hoos

First HM!

Followed by recovery from first HM.  

Originally posted by SSMinnow

How about a question for the group before everyone gets obsessed with the upcoming weekend? What are some things you do or tell yourself when one of your disciplines is lagging in progress? how do you keep going? I tell myself every time I go to the pool, today's the day I am going to follow the workout to a T and really work hard on technique. I often find that i have so many things to work on from instructor that I get frustrated and start messing with the workout itself. I've tried focusing on one issue at a time, but even that doesn't work. I would never think to do this with running or biking where I am more proficient. HELP!

We're heading to our Lake House today in Northern Wisconsin to kick off the Summer. Highly doubt I will get to do any OWS quite yet with the H20 temps in the mid to upper 40s (brrrr), but I do have a couple of rides on the plan. One of my routes takes me by an area where I typically see black bear so almost as good as a sea turtle in beautiful waters.

Originally posted by SSMinnow

How about a question for the group before everyone gets obsessed with the upcoming weekend? What are some things you do or tell yourself when one of your disciplines is lagging in progress? how do you keep going? I tell myself every time I go to the pool, today's the day I am going to follow the workout to a T and really work hard on technique. I often find that i have so many things to work on from instructor that I get frustrated and start messing with the workout itself. I've tried focusing on one issue at a time, but even that doesn't work. I would never think to do this with running or biking where I am more proficient. HELP!

Originally posted by SSMinnow

How about a question for the group before everyone gets obsessed with the upcoming weekend? What are some things you do or tell yourself when one of your disciplines is lagging in progress? how do you keep going? I tell myself every time I go to the pool, today's the day I am going to follow the workout to a T and really work hard on technique. I often find that i have so many things to work on from instructor that I get frustrated and start messing with the workout itself. I've tried focusing on one issue at a time, but even that doesn't work. I would never think to do this with running or biking where I am more proficient. HELP!

We're heading to our Lake House today in Northern Wisconsin to kick off the Summer. Highly doubt I will get to do any OWS quite yet with the H20 temps in the mid to upper 40s (brrrr), but I do have a couple of rides on the plan. One of my routes takes me by an area where I typically see black bear so almost as good as a sea turtle in beautiful waters.

Originally posted by slornow

Dang! Lots of good stuff to discuss/comment on but I'm on the road all day. Will check in this evening. Intervals on the treadmill done.

Mark/thirdstation-any chance you could run on a treadmill during the early phase of switching to Maffetone method. Much easier to control terrain and speed. May not be feasible but just a thought.

Originally posted by SSMinnow

How about a question for the group before everyone gets obsessed with the upcoming weekend? What are some things you do or tell yourself when one of your disciplines is lagging in progress? how do you keep going?

Originally posted by WoodrowCall



I really try not to focus on "progress." In the short run of my training, it's hard to see a lot of progress. I can never tell if yesterday's workout is impacting today's, or maybe it's just an off-day. I really try to keep a long range perspective with my workouts: there are some off days, but I try to focus on long-term progress, more than how a particular day went.

Originally posted by wannabefaster



Jamie.

I think that is a brilliant response. Improvement in triathlon can be a glacially slow process. I just have to have faith that if I follow the program that I will make progress. I have spent months at a time at almost complete standstill when it comes to improvement only to make a big leap in a week. I have never really felt myself getting faster on the run but I am running faster now in a half marathon than I used to in a 5K. Swimming is the most frustrating of all. I want to improve. I want to be faster. I have swam hundreds of hours for only a few seconds improvement in my 100 times. It makes me crazy. But, if I wasn't working at it and getting those few seconds faster, I would certainly be getting more than a few seconds slower.

Suzy.

I truly feel your pain on the swim progress. Sometimes I want to become a duathlete or even a single sport runner but somehow the challenge of improving in something that I am so bad at keeps me working away. I just have faith that more swimming is good. Even if I am not able to concentrate on form during THIS workout, the time in the water has to be making some difference, right?

I am headed up to Northern MI (probably about the same latitude as Northern WI) for the weekend. I think I will bring my wetsuit along but I can't imagine that the water will be warm enough to spend more than a few minutes in it. I will get in some good biking and running while I am up there.