SWBKRUN -CLOSED DUE TO TRAINING (Page 21)

2011 is complete!  Post 'em and give us your best insight from the year of training!

My insight: Volume doesn't necessarily equate to better performance.  For me a 19% reduction in volume led to a better performance across the board and most importantly a healthy one!

That is some impressive volume shorty!!  I think if I add up all three years I have done tri's, i still don't get to your bike volume!!

Run was about 120 miles more this year.  Bike and swim were way less.  Taking an extended break the last few months did not help!!

I didn't post December because it is embarassing.  Feel free to stop by my log and harrass me about it!

Happy New Year Peeps!  Have fun and be safe!

This was the first year my wife outran me!  This was a rebuild year for me after a post ironman slump.  I learned it is MUCH easier to lose fitness than to keep it.

Here is the link to the Gale Bernhardt plan.  Let me know if it works (or doesn't work).  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ar5EpJvYM2b1dEs0VjFhZlR3Rnh0R1o3WFd1NG1rUXc 

Mike

Wow! Not sure I want to post my totals now :-) but I will after riding exactly 14.38 miles on my trainer to hit 2500.0 

December was my best month running. Finally seem to have put my achillies issue behind me.

Hit all my goals, although the run total is below want I would have wanted if I did not have to fight back from injury.

SSMinnow - 2011-12-31 11:10 AM He Mike and George--read my 2011 insight...it ain't about the volume boys.....  In 2012, I would like to do even less and be even faster....

This kind of reminds me of a training mantra of a couple of coaches that I kind of know........ 

Have a safe New Years Everybody!!!

badgerintx - 2011-12-31 11:15 AM

SSMinnow - 2011-12-31 11:10 AM He Mike and George--read my 2011 insight...it ain't about the volume boys.....  In 2012, I would like to do even less and be even faster....

This kind of reminds me of a training mantra of a couple of coaches that I kind of know........ 

Have a safe New Years Everybody!!!

Would one be Rich? and another Patrick?  Those boys are crazy....no off season swimming?

Back from DC - Family tourist trip this week, had a great time; walked our butts off! (wish i'd worn my garmin)

Suzy - Wow! What a year!... Congrats on a healthy year!  OH! and I stopped slacking today 

My 2011 and December totals...

A very slow December... especially on the run, working out an Achilles issue (Doug - I'd like to hear about your success and how you got there)

The 2011 Archery time only includes about half the tournaments I shot in - can probably more than triple that if I included all the practice time and the other tourneys.

Happy New Year to All SWBKRUNers!

Sorry I haven't been by in a while. I wanted to stop in to say hi and let you you know that I didn't just disappear off the face of the earth.   After my Oly in June at Almaden (and an celebratory trip to Europe for my DHs 40th b-day) I had a major accident and crashed my bike. I seriously f*#@)! up my left side - head, arm, rotator cuff and knee (think longish hospital stay).  I had two surgeries  I am now in recovery/rehabilitation mode.  I have 14 screws and two loooong plates are holding together my radius and ulna.  I just got out of my arm jail after 4 months of being in casts! Happily,  I was just cleared to lift up to 5 lbs and have started to run again.  I will start swimming in 3 weeks and see how it goes. Oh..and I just bought a Cycle-ops trainer (used - older) to help me start biking until I can learn to balance again...Although I am not even sure my bike still works, I will get back up and out and on a bike again and I will get back to where I was before the accident! I've planned a few races but we will see...

I know the group is closed so I will try again next go around to jump in and reconnect with all of you lovely peeps. You guys kept me inspired and laughing the first half of the year! 

Again, warm wishes for a great 2012!

Cheri

This is my 3rd year of training.  2500 miles is 750 more than last year.  My run was 70 miles less than last year and swim was about the same.

Happy New Year everyone!  

So sorry to hear about your accident but very glad that you are on the road to recovery!  The closed sign has been taken down for a few moments for you to join - welcome back!

Holy cow, glad to hear you are on the mend.  Don't worry about the group being "closed" you're more than welcome to hang out if you'd like to.

Yeah! I'd love to "rock it" with you guys again in 2012!  Cheers!  Visualize me holding up a nice cold beer toasting you all!

Hey Fatty!  How do you post a picture?

Mildly bummed that I didn't pass 1400 miles for my running but the last 2 weeks were tough on me.  As faras the big picture, no big deal.  For all of my time constraints, I had a great year!!!! 

I did some really cool stuff and had a lot of fun doing what I did.  Looking forward to 2012 and more fun.  And thankful everyday that I can and get to do all of the wonderful things I record on BT.

I love this stretch to keep my ITB from tightening up.  I taught my 12 year old son how to help me with this.  He's usually the one around when I'm getting ready for my longer runs.  He thinks its funny helping the "old man" limbering up

I'm considering it.  Not sure if I will try to do that one or go back to Tawas one more time. 

Here are my totals from my 2011 log Feb - June.  I think maybe there was a few hours unaccounted since I didn't post a race blog for almaden and I did run and bike  a lot in Europe.

  But post accidnet = nada!

Just a little more effort (like doing something this week) and I could've rounded them off at 350, 250 and 15,000.  Still, it beats the hell out of the zeros I posted in 2010.

Awesome

Nice job, David! Success is in the numbers below!

Just a little more effort (like doing something this week) and I could've rounded them off at 350, 250 and 15,000.  Still, it beats the hell out of the zeros I posted in 2010.