Aaron Davidson's Group -- Closed. (Page 23)

The other thing I was thinking about overnight was are you really pushing yourself in your speed work? You may find if you back up and slow down on the easy stuff that you can go harder and faster during what should be hard so that everything does not become muddled at medium to medium-hard.

bfoyle - 2010-02-27 4:35 PM definitely a redundant set...I'll look into how to remove them. Looks like the cable passes straight through to the other levers.

I would ditch them, but make sure they were not primary. Typically when there are two sets of brake levers hooked up, one set does 'real braking' while the other is designed to slow you down more than come to a quick stop.

it's interesting to hear others doing reverse tris. The three tris I've done have all been reverse order. Sometimes, people don't understand this - actually make some interesting comments about safety and such. But, the tris I've done have been December and April - all with weather issues as well.

What do you think of swimming at the end? Were you swimming at the same pace you normally do, or did you find it a little harder than normal?

I plan on a few regular tris this year and am curious as to how I do with the swim first and come out compared to having dead legs at the end.

Also agree with the $75. Something she can ride and hang out, and then if she gets serious spend more money.

Long runs are more for endurance and efficiency not speed. Speed comes from shorter efforts. I would slow down the long runs some and see how the rest of your training adapts. Easy should be easy, hard should be hard.

Mine was fine right out of the bat. Other people take a while to get used to the saddle, some people never adjust. Use the return policy if need be.

Hill work should not be the same as speed work. Really are different efforts. Hills when you start to get fatigued tend to destroy calves. Instead of picking you foot up and putting it in front of you, you instead push off the ground starting with your toes. Sort of hard to describe.

One thought on sodium. The more you take in on a regular basis (in life more so than workouts), the more you 'need' during hard workouts. Your body adapts to sodium and requires more after time.  I am also a heavy sweater.

I loathe swimming after running or cycling. Legs are always so heavy.

Consistent stretching helps. Stretch whenever you can during the day.