SBR Utopia - OPEN (Page 23)

That would be funny if it did not hit so close to home. I did the Augusta HIM the year last at the end of the season, sort of as a fun toss-off kind of race, so I really didn't think about race prep, pre-race meals, pacing, etc - just go to Augusta with friends and have a lot of fun. For dinner the night before the race I ordered yellow spicy curried shrimp and (maybe?) too many beers. Let's just say the next day right before the race I did not think I was going to need chamois paste or an embrocation.... Talk about close calls. Wow....

I was given the xlab carbon wing for christmas with two gorilla cages. When I mounted them they were right up against the seat.  I did the on line chat with them and was asked to send a picture so I did. Never heard back.  I called a couple time and nothing. Sent them an email right to tri sports and still no word. Might want to tell them what your putting it on to make sure it works.  I'm going to try and call again tomorrow to what's up with mine. Looks like it should be a sweet set up.

Hey Kev - post some pictures up here as well and maybe we can take a look at it? My wife uses the same setup on a Cobb saddle for training in remote areas (she loves it, BTW) and it is very easy to take on and off, but it does sit really close to her saddle as well. Let's see what you have?

Seriously Linda that is awesome. There will be a special place in tri heaven set aside just for you!

I am the faculty advisor for the tri team at our university and worked pretty hard for a couple of years to organize workouts and training schedules for the team and it has been incredibly rewarding, especially now that it is very well self-sustained. If you do decide to give it a whirl, consistency is key for making something like that work in my experience. stick with it, even if there are days when there seems like there is not a lot of interest. It can take a while.

Jennifer - glad to hear you may have found the ticket to getting your MoJo back. It sounds like a great plan to me as well. This is a very looooong game we are playing. I will bet you will be able to take advantage of your multisport experience and will find the other two disciplines to be a pleasant way to recuperate while you are focused on the third. Who knows? That could prove to be the advantage you have over "pure" athletes!It took me a while, but I have found that having goals beyond my next goal is HUGE in maintaining my long-term motivation - I am always looking through the next thing. Get on it!

Brian - where are you in the southeast? We have a pretty good group shaping up for Knoxville Rev3. I'll be doing the Olympic distance as I have decided to forego any HIMs prior to IMLP this year. I am in atlanta and should have a host of other races lined up around the region.

Got back from Whistler reasonably unscathed  

I was able to do some running (no screw shoes, just a lot of finger crossing) and lots of cross country skiing that just about substituted for the training I "missed"

I was welcomed home last night with a track workout. 8 x 400 (fast recovery jog in between) @ 85 seconds per quarter. Pheewwwww! It was a rare workout and it makes me realllllllyyyy appreciate our tempo and flow workouts. 

I can make no promises! I love all of the above. 

Yes, I'll do that as well, but for everything. Not just the long ones. If a ride is taking longer than expected I might cut it a little short. Or I'll know to go a touch easier the next couple days because it was bigger than I thought. If you've been following the power metrics discussion, you can see that it's based on duration (Time) and effort (Intensity). Through these workouts you'll develop an idea of how quickly you are able to get through various types of terrain at different intensities (you don't absolutely need power to do that). This way you can control your training efforts more.

FYI, the list of names that Rusty posted wouldn't work for me.  The following seems to be ok.

SBR Utopia: 

4000 meters in the pool this morning with a main set of 3 x (8x50 on :50, 6x50 on :45, 4x50 on :40) with an extra 60 seconds recover after each time through.   I was in touch and go mode for those 4x50s!

I also have a 40 min run scheduled for lunch - more ninja running with the stupid cold weather.  Things aren't supposed to warm up until early next week (when I am in Vancouver - sigh...).

Hope everyone has a good day.

It's a little warmer here - but still pretty cold. The local schools won't let the kids out for recess if it's below 20 degrees F. I figure that's a pretty good limiter for me...so I draw the line there. What is you all's lower limit (looks like Arend's is somewhere south of 0...but he must come from hearty stock)?

Did another session of hot yoga last night...I'm really enjoying it and already (after about a month of twice weekly sessions) noticing that my arms and core are stronger. Now - let's get that to transfer over to better form/faster paces!

Kim - you mentioned that you were following an eating plan (I think you just finished the "whole foods only" part)...do you have any information on that? I would like to be a little more aware of what I'm eating and how exactly it impacts how I feel. Isolating different types of input seems like a great way to do this. Although, spicy brussels sprouts and roast beef sound delicious regardless of the impact on my run.

I am doing a program from Precision Nutrition called Lean Eating.  It's a year long program, which is basically an online nutrition coaching program where they introduce new habits every two weeks as a way of gradually retraining you how to eat.  They focus on adding good habits in to basically crowd out the bad ones and generally do not call anything off limits, no meal plans, no counting calories...  The current habit is eat whole foods only, as in if you want flour make it yourself.    They relaxed it the second week though to mostly whole foods.  It's a stretch habit and they knew it.  But anyways, you get daily lessons to teach you about the habit and you end up examining why you do what you do around food/exercise and there is an online group you interact with in a forum.  They do have components where they go through when to eat what type of foods to fuel workouts and recovery foods as well.  They just kind of sneak all that stuff in really

The -15 C with -25 windchill was approaching my limit.  Maybe another 5 degrees would be the cutoff - it depends a lot on the wind.

I seem to remember going out at school when it was 5-10F, but that was more at 10-14 yrs old. Not sure about the cut-off when younger.

I've been out in -2F and been fine. We get colder, but so far it hasn't matched up with when I was going to run. 7-10F usually happens a number of times though.

Guys, I completely agree with the idea of using time rather than distance.

Kate is this your first HIM ? If so, do you know how you are going to pace the bike ?

If I am not mistaken this long rides will start about 6-8 weeks before your HIM ? If so, they are the perfect time to practice your pacing. Are you going to pace the race by HR  or just by feel ?

It's all a generation thing. Kids today can't deal with 20 degrees

The 30 year olds think their tough because they could handle 5-10

In my days, they would allow is out at any temperature because the school igloos in Canada were held at a constant 0 degree anyways and it was -40 when the sled dog bus would bring us back home. We were tough back then.

This was before electricity.

PS : I did my treadmill run this morning because it was too cold and we have electricity now.

I don't know, that part sounds kinda weird to me...

If NJ ever gets that cold, I'm moving. Forget running in it, I don't think I could watch the local forecast. 

Jennifer, I'll go out in the mid- teens to run. Fortunately, that's usually the low around here in the winter.  For the bike I'm on the trainer when it gets in the mid-40's. Wussy, but I'm ok with that. I have some vacation planned in Arizona at the end of the month. I'm really hoping for a warm spell in Tucson. Even a cold spell is probably ok. 

Just another comment about weather. It's funny how you really do acclimate. I grew up in the south and if there was even a chance of snow, the community shut down. I'm pretty sure they still reference the "big one" of '73. When I moved north it took about about a year, and lots of UPS deliveries from LLBean etc, to adapt. I think some of it is physiological but most of it is mental and having the right gear. 

That said, I'm riding the trainer later today. 

If you are in the Fl area, I'll throw out Rev3 Venice. It is an HM and is in a beautiful area. I do admit, I am biased.