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I've had a great day of training today. I reached my goal of 1500m in the pool without stopping, also did it breathing bilaterally, which up till a couple of months ago I couldn't do one lap of. Also did my longest ride today and my longest run a few days ago so it has been a week of milestones. Really looking forward to the race on Saturday. I am hoping to go hard most of the way instead of just trying to survive the distance like at my first one.

Hope everyone is training hard and getting some good weather to boot!

Sounds great!  Congrats on setting and reaching those goals!  Now its time to beat them

Question for the group?  How many km/miles on your runners before you replace them?

I think I just zoned in on the reason for all my leg pain!  I have 750km/470miles on mine!!! 

Where'd the time go?  Feels like I JUST bought them a month ago!!

Some shoe specialists say 800-1000km, some say 6 months, sore shins is always the sign for me. I was once told by a podiatrist that if you are running more than 3 days a week you should have two pairs of shoes and swap them out every day to give the shoe's support system a chance to recover. It helps to prevent injury and the life of the shoe. I guess it stands to reason that if you are running in the same old pair of shoes everyday the EVA is going to compress and lose its absorbtion factor and benefits.

You might want to look at sciatica as a possible cause for cronic leg pain too. If my back muscles are too tight (ie I don't stretch thoroughly and often enough) it places strain on my sciatic nerve which then causes pain from my hips through to my glutes, hammies and then calves. I generally only get it on the right side, but since I've been diligently doing PNF stretching 3 times a week along with long passive stretching I haven't had any problems. As it is running and cycling are two of the worst exercises for shortening up your muscles, so having a really good 30 minute stretch after each workout is really a must for recovery and to keep the muscles from tightening up.

Here is a really good article on stretching

http://www.cmcrossroads.com/bradapp/docs/rec/stretching/stretching_1.html

Good luck, Simone! Will be cheering for you! How fun to be doing another so soon!

Hi everybody else! Work has been too busy for me to have extra time to play on the computer recently. Hope everyone is doing well.

We have had some nice weather. The spin group went outside and did hill repeats last night. How refreshing to be outside on my bike!

Jan

Had a really great race, smashed my goal time of 2hrs, unofficial time via my watch was 1:50:01. I pushed hard the entire time, especially on the bike, everything went to plan on the run and I had nothing in the tank when I finished. I'm really very happy and a tad bummed that this was the last race of the season for me. Cannot wait till next season for some OW sprints and Olys, as well as the club races. Will post a proper report when the splits are posted on the club website.

Hope everyone else is having a great weekend! Cheers.

Good job, Simone!

Yea, Simone! That's fantastic, great race.

Jan

llate night decision to race today, first race day registration.

Came 2nd overall ran a 41:03 10k, new 1mile PR 6:03 ( i held on with the front guy for first 2miles or so) new 5k PR 19:33 smoked my old time. overall a great race i feel good

Jaelin is a champion. Great race!

No jewelry at all training or racing. Don't want to lose anything or scratch myself or someone else. I don't even take it to the race so I don't lose it that way. My husband lost his wedding ring during a rugby match because he took it off before the game and put it in his shoe on the sideline. Never did find it. I bought him another one because I really like him.

Jan

Snicker.....

None for me either.  My bling isn't aero and might slow me down!!  Really though, swelling and chance of loss.

Just ordered a 40oz. Speedfil for my bike:  http://www.invisciddesign.com/standard.htm