TriAya's Group: SHUT like dog on steak, sorry! (Page 23)

You guys are so funny. Shawn, I also hope you don't get any sicker, and glad you're not a run down OR run down.

I'm still thinking about Will's running goals and mental training. I'm kind of stuck a few days back in this thread! Cough, cough, hack, hack ... but I am tremendously better and I'm so happy to be training again, even if it's ridiculously slowly and easily. Hey! I'm building my base

Howdy Erin! (SORRY Edited after posting!)

You don't need to taper too much for the sprint, especially since the point is to have a good practice race and just get in there and have fun. 2-3 days taper should be fine. Go ahead and do the 1.5 hour ride, but split it up into an EASY one-hour ride 2 days before, and then a VERY EASY 1/2 hour ride the day before.

Do the beginning-of-the-week workouts as usual, but take them down a notch or two.

Consider doing one of the swims as a VERY EASY recovery workout the day after the race.

Gwad, I keep forgetting to put important info in here (ain't the best day!) ... make sure to count each part of the race as one of the long workouts for the week. That should make taper planning a bit more apparent.

Yanti, good to hear you got out and about today. Hope you kick what ever ills you soon.

Hi everyone--sounds like just about everyone is starting to heal!  I didn't end up injuring my back so I am not on the injury list!  I am trying to force myself to leave my warm, cozy house with two sleeping kids in order to spend some quality time working out at the gym.  It seems soooo late but it's only just after 8--in the old days I'd go out to a bar at 11 PM to start the night.  Ah, age.  I didn't have someone waking me at 5 am back then!  Anyway, just saying hello and hoping to post some sort of workout in my blog in a while.  I can't stand the yellow squares lookin' at me!

My house is a total construction zone right now, but hopefully by Friday it's all done and Monday my kitchen will be finished up with the new stove etc so I can relax!!!  For now I am a wired tightwad of stress.  Thanks for listening!  See ya soon.

Hector! You're alive! It's so good to hear from you, and I wish you very much the same.

Leslie--I can only imagine the turmoil. You're probably also chronically sleep deprived, with two littl'uns. No doubt though you'll feel better once the house is put back together.

Yup i'm alive, a sad shell of a sick man but alive none the less.

WILL on half-mary/HIM running

Hi Will! Finally getting around to this! I'm quick, I know. I'm still not totally sure what you're asking, but lemme take a few stabs, and then you can fill in info/corrections/protests/questions/sobbing as needed.

Increasing your running volume (4-5x/week), all at a conversational pace for a while, will do incredible things for your endurance and speed. Again, just be super careful to build slowly.

It also seems like you're thinking about doing continuous running (as opposed to run/walk). I've actually given this a lot of thought for myself in the past few weeks. A lot of thought, and a lot of reading and research. Now, it's possible I may have been semi-permanently brainwashed through overexposure to Jeff Galloway, but I came to the conclusion that until I'm (at least, which may be never) 20 lbs lighter and sub-4 on a marathon, my best shot at getting faster, building endurance, and avoiding injury is the run/walk method.

Finally, follow a good HIM plan (I think you are--you just haven't put it in your log), and don't mess with it too much, especially in terms of adding more (either distance or intensity). Many HIM plans have you running 4x/week most weeks. (If you're doing a HIM, which I assumed from your first post. But the same goes for a half-mary, except there's even more running ).

SHAWN on kicking (swimming. not drugs.) 

Great article to check out: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=965

My personal experience? As Dr. SwimBeth pointed out (uh, I think she did) kick's important, and yeah, you should do kick drills. Hard to tell what you mean by "very little kicking" unless we see it ... I do very little kicking on long-distance, but you can still see a definite kick. What I also do in the last bit of a swim in a tri is that I kick in with a good kick--gets the blood flowing to my legs, ready for the run to transition, and I'm not as dizzy when I get out.

I went back to the doc again this morning and finally they are listening. They took some x-rays, said i was hosed up and gave me some antibiotics finally.

I got a nice surprise last night, my wife gave me an early anniversary gift, a cylce trainer.

Don't you live where it's warm all year around??  Still, it's nice to have options, and that is a great gift!  Glad you are on your way to wellness now.  Don't forget to take your acidophilis!!!