Fred D and Jason's (Tri808) Half Ironman Mentor Group CLOSED! (Page 23)

Just think of how much you'll learn through our mistakes!!

I've been tri-ing for 5 years so such and I'm almost always last in my age group on the bike - or second to last.  So long as you met your own personal goals and enjoy the process... who cares.  Think of how much room for improvement you have!!

Good day for me today.  I am doing what I affectionately named a "a tripler" today.  I swam 3000 yards this morning, ran for 30 minutes on my lunch hour and will be playing 9 holes of league golf this evening.  I'll sleep like a baby tonight (especially after a beer or two after golf).

Happy Monday to all!

I am going to do a short 2-3 mile easy run tonight as I am in taper for this weekends Florida 70.3.  couple easy swims and rides this week and that should about do it. 

Fred and Jason---since I likely won't get the requisite 50 or so milles in on the GP 4000s before this weekend, I am planning to hold off on putting them on.  Good or bad idea?

Plus if you put them on now, you might be more tempted to just take them for a spin. You know, just to see how they feel.

Pretty much exactly what I would recommend.  The tires will still perform well, but the important thing is to make sure they are installed properly.  It's not like the tires require ultra special care for installation, but it's always good to ride them for a bit just to make sure.

Anyways, so I did a interval bike ride this morning, and going to Masters tonight.  Don't usually get two workouts in on a Monday.  Woot

Woke up today with no energy which confused me since yesterday was a rest day.  Started my morning swim by pushing myself but ended up cutting it a bit short because I was indeed tired and my form started to suffer AND for no go reason my left hammie decided to announce itself.  See how the rest of the day goes but may or may not do my run depending on that angry hamstring.  No good reason for any of this that I can fathom.  Just a little speedbump.

Will do!  Thought I had read somewhere that it was not the best idea to put brand new tires on without then "breaking" them in for 50 miles or so before a race. 

In addition, maybe the placebo affect will make me feel faster this weekend! 

I'm doing TrainerRoad's 8 Days in California tour/challenge.  I did Stage 3 this morning (Stage 2 was rough, but Stage 3 was much better....maybe my legs just needed an opportunity to warm up to the idea of riding hard for eight days in a row!).

Will be doing a master's swim session tonight (probably 2800ish meters) and getting up tomorrow morning to knock out Stage 4 of 8DC.

I have a long convoluted training question for the group: I'm doing bike ride across Nebraska June 2. About 463 miles in a week. I'm riding with my wife, who had a partial knee replacement in December and is really doing great. It was her idea to do the ride. Her average riding pace is about 6-7 mph slower than mine. My HIM which is my "A" race is August 4. The question is how should I approach the ride so I don't lose any training gains by riding at a slower pace? Should I spin in a higher cadence or pedal slow and hard? I plan to "mule" most of our supplies including 4 water bottles, tubes, snacks, etc., to add more weight to increase the effort. I'm not going to ride off without her but wanted to make the most of the week of bike riding.

I'm not going to ride my tri bike since I wouldn't be able to ride with Sheri at her pace and it would be tough to stay in aero position. I have a road bike that I had planned to ride but am now re-thinking the mountain bike as a way to increase my workout and still keep the same speed as Sheri. Does anyone think spending that many miles on a mountain bike will have a detrimental impact on my road riding?

Thanks,

Steve

That many miles on a mountain bike sounds painful to me!  How about fast tires and tubes on her bike, Gatorskins on yours?  You wear baggy parachute-like clothes to catch some wind, she wears tight fitting ones.

I don't know if this was mentioned already but carefully check your rim tape to make sure no spoke holes are exposed at all.  After installing the tube but before inflating to full pressure, check to make sure there is no tube showing between the tire and the rim.  If in doubt at all, redo it.  The sound of a latex tube popping while you inflate to full pressure is one of the most gut wrenching sounds in the world.  

Awesome!!! I'd love to hear about how it goes.