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Kim, sorry to hear you have shin splints.  I agree with all that Kevin said on his post good advice.  As far as how long you have to rest, it all depends on how bad they are, but I think the most important thing is to rest them.  I have made the mistake of running trying to run through them and thinking they would go away on their own and it made them much worse, to the point where just walking was miserable.  Now, if I feel them after a run, I try to ice them, wrap them and use compression, and maybe skip the next run and replace it with a bike.  Another thing that helps is having them massaged.  All depends on how bad they are.  Good luck and let us know how things go!

Kim:

I don't remember if you have access to a pool but doing some aqua jogging would allow you to get in some cardio while maintaining your current level of fitness.  I did it a ton last year when I got injured and it raised my spirits and got me through.  Here is a story on it from Triathlete magazine.

http://www.active.com/triathlon/Articles/A-New-Kind-of-Brick_-Try-Aquajogging-to-Boost-Your-Run

I thought everyone here would appreciate my birthday present from my wife:

Unfortunately, she ordered a small, so I will to try to exchange it for a medium or large.  Cycling gear always seems to fit strange.

Hit the gym this morning, firing on all cylinders after the vacation rest.  I set two new PR's - 1x190 on squats (I can now squat my bodyweight, yay), and a tempo 5k run at 26:26, which leaves my older PR of 32:15 in the change; all my zone 2 runs and base building seem to be paying off.

Also, I went wine-tasting with my wife and some friends in Michigan - I still don't really like wine, but I found some sweet whites that I like - my wife thinks they taste like candy.  Also, the last winery was also a brewery, where I sampled some fair to middling brews and a heavy Scotch ale that blew my mind.  No six-packs though, only growlers, and I couldn't justify a growler right now.

Hope everyone is having a good day today.

-Charles

great present and congrats on hitting it hard!

Nice gift. I prefer the 6pk or 22oz beer over  growler!

Michigan has wineries?? Drink the wine you like but don't be afraid to try others, you may surprise yourself after awhile. 

Well another run in the books. Finished off with another massive 7 minute row...

Both felt much better than last week. I ran a mile more than planned. Quads a little sore, but nothing too bad. If the stars align, I will try sneak a ride on the old bike today...

Spin class tomorrow morning, run Wednesday.

First off.... I want one, we should see if we can make a mass order and get a deal on them! Seriously...who wants in?

Second....Sick gym day man... Killer lift, sweet run! ...firing on all cylinders is right!!

Third... Wine is great, I think all alcohol is great really but here are some suggestions... A decent Cabernet Sauvignon with steak med. rare...or a nice slow cooker beef stew in the winter.

A nice Gewurztraminer with some spicy humus and pita bread!

( tried to colour code there, but the white kinda got lost in the background...thus the blue)

But really I find wine to be all about the food pairings, maybe that is me being snobby.. I dont know...

First off, great w/o and congrats on the new 5K pr.  Justin, good work in the pool.  21o is a good benchmark for this season moving forward.  Thor, I'd expect nothing less out of you.  To all canadians everywhere, and us hockey fans elsewhere, the NHL is back!

I took a sick day from teaching because my house is sick, daughters and wife have the crud.  We got hit with 6" of new snow.  Heavy wet stuff.  A neighbor of mine snowbirds down in New Mexico and left me the snow blower a few days ago.  Man did that come in handy today.  So I thought I'd pay it forward for the 6 neighbors we're close to in the neighborhood and get rid of their snow on their sidewalks and driveways.  I thought how cool would that be if they got home from work and all that dreadful snow was already cleared.  well a few of them were home, and came running out and throwing $'s at me.  I tried to say it's all good, but they both insisted.  apparently it pays to pay it forward. 

Heading to the gym to get in my s/b brick.  8.5 mile run tomorrow.

Also have to decide what kind of beer to drink with the newfound cash, descisions, desicions.

The cycling jersey is from Sugoi; my wife ordered it from Performance Bike.  

From Sugoi:  http://www.sugoi.com/usa/bike/men/jerseys/pint-jersey.html

From Performance:  http://www.performancebike.com/bikes/Product_10054_10551_1112690_-1___

From Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/Sugoi-57513U-286-P-Mens-Pint-Jersey/dp/B007M7YY10

My wife ordered a small, since she saw that my cycling shorts were a size small, and it doesn't fit at all, so I think the sizes may run small.

Kozy's has XXL in stock too, it seems.  http://kozy.com/product/sugoi-pint-jersey-167164-1.htm?gclid=CLvn5OmG17QCFQsGnQodmk8AZA

-Charles

What should my week of the 5k race be like?  My 5k is Jan 19th and I want to make sure I rest as much as is needed.

On a side note...for the life of me I can't figure out how to post a photo.  I see the insert/edit image button but don't have a url for it.  

Thanks

Justin - Nice work in the pool.  You know you are doing what you love when you are able to have fun and unfortunately, fun is such a rare thing to experience as an adult.  Hope you are not too worried about the time.  You'll get that speed back and then some!

Thor - You had a good week of running and I'm glad to hear that you haven't forsaken the sacred elements of swim/bike/run in favor of the beloved rowing machine.  Take it easy and have a great week!  And congrats on hitting 1000 posts!

Hey Alex - You want to reduce your milage from the previous couple of weeks by a 1/3r to 1/2.  Looking at your training log - you have been getting in about 3 hours of running a week, so I might get in 3 runs of about 30 minutes each and then take a rest day before the race.  Feel free to keep your tempo up during your runs especially early in the week but don't push it.  You want to leave some in the beg for the race.  

As far as the race goes, be sure to start out slow.  I always start too fast and pay for it at the end. 

That's my two cents.  Good luck!

DQ

I think mainly it is to practice the switch and get use to the feeling in your legs, IMHO I would do a longer bike onto a shorter run. Or vice versa...a quick spin onto a long run.

Not worried at all about the time, I used to be happy anywhere south of 20 minutes for 1000m, just feels good to be back in the water, and I am looking forward to getting the speed and endurance back.

Is that a reverse split DH?  That'd be a good way to approach that, holding back slightly on the first half, then pushing it to try to match or even go better on the second. 

I find when I run a 10K all out, I am sore and tired for a good half week later.  My workouts are never any good for the following 2-3 runs as I'm just exhausted feeling.  Something about running at top of threshold for an extended period.  My body just won't let me go there more than 1x a week, and usually need 2 weeks inbetween on longer efforts at top pace (10K for me)  Long story, it's probably completely normal to be fatigued like that after that kind of effort.

I'd focus on just the one for now unless you have an event coming up or in the near future.  Like Justin said, it's good to get a feel for your legs after a long bike with a short run relative to the event your doing, but if your event is not till way off...

I end up cycling and running due to time constraints some times, but much rather due swim to bike during my normal workout weeks.  Your good plan will have considerations built into it for brick workouts, or you can sure add them as you get closer to your event.  Hope that helps.

Update on weight - just weighed in at 293- 6lbs lost- 13lbs to go and have 24 days left.

Doug - Great job on the weight loss!  You can do it!

Evening Y'all.  Im sitting here watching the Tide put a wooping on Notre Dame.  I've gotta go to bed before too long but I hope the Tide puts it out of reach before I turn off the light.

Tomorrow morning I'm gonna be do a unique brick - First, I will swim 800 and then I'm gonna do a Yoga class at the Y.  Should be interesting!  With the game, its gonna be rough getting out of the rack (especially to do yoga) so I'm gonna have to need the power of a warm coors light.  If I don't make it happen - warm coors light for dinner tomorrow.

With that - going to bed. Roll Tide Roll