tri808's Spring Pot Luck (CLOSED) (Page 22)

The first 10-20 minutes of a workout is always the toughest for me.  It's in that period where my body is a little confused about what I'm doing.  Once the blood starts flowing and my HR settles back down it becomes much easier.

So my advice to you is to try and extend your workouts to 20-30 minutes simply by doing a 10 minute warm up.  Even if it's just walking and stretching.  Let the blood start flowing and send those signals to your body that you're about to work out.  It will make the workout portion much easier and refreshing.  Then end with a nice 5-10 minute cooldown where you stretch/walk/lightly spin at the end.

Bahaha, the day after the race my joints ached but I made sure to get a massage post-race and then cool my legs in the lake several times a day since then. I got a massage yesterday to work out all the tightness (especially around the neck, toes, calves and hamstrings). No soreness, but there's still an inability to run, of course. My HR would probably shoot to 1 million bpm if I tried to run!! I'm going to go hiking (easy 2hrs) and swimming today, giving myself a total of about 1 month of doing whatever kind of activity I want (which will include swimbikerun, just no official training). 

The people complaining of soreness... is it muscle soreness or achy joints? If it's the former, get yourselves in a cold lake, or cold shower/ice bath - that works wonders!!! :D 

That's a good idea, I should give it a shot. Basically talking a walk on my bike or in the pool. It's hard for me to do, but I can do it! Basically rollling along in the pool like one of those octopus things you throw at the wall

What training watches does everyone use?  My wife and I want to get one, but I would like it to be waterproof and accurate.

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. "
John Wooden



Edited by mparson76 2011-01-18 5:19 PM

Garmin Forerunner 310xt. NO QUESTION. 

I use a simple timex watch for running and swimming.  I use mapmyrun.com to get my distance when running outside.  I normally run the same routes, so I don't have to do this all the time.  When racing, I'll use mile markers to judge my pace during the run.

For biking I use a garmin 500.  Mostly for the power reading functions.

Got in my 5 mile run at lunch.  Ho hum...nothing special.  Going to try and swim tonight.  Probably a bunch of 50's and 100's on roughly 1 and 2 minutes.

Hit the gym for two spin classes. The first class I felt like crap, I have been fighting a cold for two weeks now. I felt good in the second and was able to push it a little more. I'm feeling better right know I hope it continues

major progress today.
I never expected this so soon. I am so happy I want to write up a report! lol.

I ran 11k in 49:20.
weather was perfect. I felt perfect. half the time I was thinking ''you are going too fast. you are going too fast''.
I never looked at the watch till km 9 cause I wanted to stop. but it read 40:16. DAMN! I thought you can do this! so I just held on for the dear life for the remaining 2k.

 

Yep, I got some. I've been trying to add them to the race report but it is being a finicky b!tch
Here's my finish line photo, though:
 

what time did your race start?  Is that what new zealand looks like at around 9pm?

Congrats...thats a speedy 11k time.

did some intervals in the pool for the first time in a LONG TIME.  Need to do those much more often if I want to see the improvements I'm expecting by June.

Yeah, that's around 8pm. It only gets dark past 10:30 or so!!  

Sweet shot!  10X better than I'm going to look if I manage to finish my HIM (I'll probably be on all four's crawling across).  lol!  
Love the neon green laces.  I looked all over trying to find the asics I wear in a bright neon color, but to no avail.

Got in a decent ride today.  Had about a 10 mph tail wind for a while for the first half and a 19 mph pace.  Then I came back...finished with a 17.1 pace.  My pea-brain calculated that I was doing about 15 on the way back and the head wind had def picked up.

As I got passed by a superior rider (who I know has completed the Kona IM, and by the way is on the juice) on his cervelo p3, I got to wondering...how much does the bike make a difference is real speed?

Anyone go from a basic tri bike (like my 22 pound aluminum fuji aloha) to an all carbon $5k beast?  how much did your mph improve?

Rest day tomorrow.  Only my 3rd day off this month.

Yeah, well a line crew supervisor now.  I've been doing this work since I was 17 years old.  I started 5 days out of HS with a contractor then hired with a American Electric Power 5 months later.........23 years.  I do transmission work, voltages from 34,000 to 765, 000 and occasionally I work with 12kv.  I have been to Fla. for hurricane Charlie several years ago but that was my only trip.  We worked in Wachula for 12 days.

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Krystyna. that a great picture.


 

thanks. I am wondering what I could do in a 10k. maybe sub 45?  

Assuming you are well fit on the Aloha...short answer is no...it will not make you much faster.

Weight is of little consequence in TTs and triathlons.  The weight savings you would get from your Aloha to a P3 is about 3-4 pounds.  And most of that is simply from the basebars, extentions, componentry and the wheelset being lighter (when you pay $5k for a bike...you naturally get better extras). 

So if we're just talking frames...then what's the difference.  Carbon is able to be made into more aerodynamic shapes than aluminum.  But making aerodynamic shapes often means you use more material.  Look at a P4 frame compared to a road bike frame.  The P4 frame is relatively huge.  It's very aero...but you aren't saving very much weight just because your using carbon.

That being said...how much does an aero frame make?  The general belief is not that much.  90% of the drag created while riding a bike is created by the frontal surface of the rider.  So the key is really to get a bike that puts the rider in the most aero position.  And a position that rider can sustain for the entire bike portion of his/her race. 

Just like any line of bikes...some bikes are created to be "more aggressive" than others.  The Aloha is an entry level bike, and not designed to put the rider in an ultra aggressive and aero position.  So assuming you can handle a very aggressive position, then moving to a more aggressive frame (likely a more expensive carbon one...but not always) may prove to be beneficial.  Again...this assumes you can hold the position for the whole race.  There is no benefit to a more aggressive bike if you have to sit up half the time.