Boston Beginner's Mentor Group - CLOSED (Page 23)

First and foremost, Happy Birthday Jim.  Thanks for the great post.  Enjoy your brief time in Beantown and have a blast on your vacation.  We will be here when you get back.

Second, we have our first BBMG IM challenge finisher..... Scott - gobluedds.  Nice job.

Third, there is not rule around training plans.  I know many people use the Joel Freil's Triathlon Training Bible.  I use the training plans on here, just because I am lazy and haven't gone looking for others.  There are some threads in the Ironman forum about training plans if you do a search.  I am sure there aren't a lack of opinions on this subject.

By no means is it taboo to try a plan from someone else other than BT. I have quite a few friends from BT who get thier coaches to make there plans to be imported to thier blogs. THe bottom line is, what ever program gets you moving and works for you is the best one

wow, just went back and read new to triathlon and IM this season! First thing I have to say is, be careful not to get hurt ramping up too quickly. Having a good run background will help, but being able to run off the bike is the key. I would make sure you get a bunch of bike run bricks in. You might want to consider something like a 10 minute run after every bike ride, just so you can get those legs thinking right. Personaly, you have chosen a huge undertaking. Not saying it can not be done, but be careful. I would focus on building up your bike and swim numbers while maintaing that running base. Good luck and keep asking those good questions..

BTW, happy birthday all.

Congrats.  The first one is always the hardest because you don't know what to expect.  Add in the weather conditions you had, I think you did great.  I will send you the race report for my first race.  It was close to yours, and I had perfect weather conditions.  You will do better next time, I promise.  Now get training

A little slow yesterday?  No posts.  How is everyone doing?  Besides someone who is en route to Puerto Rico, how is everyone else's week going?  I have had a good week so far.  Been working out 10 days straight.  Feel really good.  May take a rest day today.  I will see how I feel later.  I am getting to the point where I feel guilty if I take a day off.  I suspect people are starting to pick training plans or starting training plans in the next couple of weeks for the upcoming season.  Keep us posted on your questions and how everything is going.  

Don't be shy.

Me too, hard to get in a workout at the end of the day! Usually I am tired and it is hard to be motivated to do it.  Although I do start feeling guilty if I haven't done anything so that helps get me going.  If anything this group show that we are all alike and have the same ups and downs. 

balance is so important in our sport. First the balance in training with all three sports. Then add little details like transition practice ( yes it is good to use a brick to practice under 5 minute transitions ). We also need to keep our familys happy too. My wife has felt like a tri widow more than once. Mostly on the year I was training for a 1/2 Iron. 4 hour rides take a lot of time and we need to keep little details like that in mind. 

I would also like to thank this group for helping keep me motivated right now. Personal issues are an extream emotional drag right now, but this group helps keep me moving. Thanks again

Days off are kind of relative. If you training plan dose not call for something in a SBR, there are a bunch of different options. First, is the day off schedualed to let you recover? Is your body sore and in need of rest. This is a good day to work on some stretching. It is so underated. My best season had a bunch of random stretching added. If the day is schedualed, and you feel the need to do something, consider lifting, or a non SBR activity. Doing nothing is ok, but it is actualy hard to do absolutely nothing. The season can be very long, and we are all loving how we are beginning to feel, but a break is needed to not only let the body heal, but let the mind wander a litte to Hope this helps

I found a new training plan that i really like. Oly - Balanced Life, is what it's called. The daily plans are very simple, and it has weekly tips on how to find time and focus on what's important. it even includes suggested reading! The only thing i'm concerned about is the running volume to start off. The plan has 3 run workouts per week  (one being part of a brick). The first weeks total is something like 12 to 15 miles. I've only been running onceto twice per week for a total of 3 to 5.5 miles per week. I don't think i want to all of the sudden ramp up to triple my weekly mileage. Any suggestions, taking into consideration i've had an itbs issue with my right knee (2 years ago) and some type of issue with my left hip last season. My thinking is that i will try to do all of the workouts as stated, but back off on the total miles for each.

The only other thing is that the brick is on Saturday (long run on Sunday). I could rearrange  the days, but i play at least 2 hours of tennis on Saturday morning, so doing a brick after that might not be a good idea. I'm thinking of skipping the saturday workout all together, at least for the first few weeks. It's a 9 week program, so i would be starting it over again in nine weeks. By that time i may have worked my mileage up to the point where i can follow the planned mileage.

Any ideas ??