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 2010-08-07 7:04 PM in reply to: #1896958 |
Master  1547   |  Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULLWell, got on the TT today. Ended up 10.55hrs for the week. 8.88 hrs on the bike which is a great number considering we are meeting friends at a casino tonight, a mostly Asian casino. 8 being the chinese lucky # if I remember correctly from the Olympics that were on 8-8-08. The ride was great. Very comfortable in the aero position with no issues at all. I spent some time tightening things up and even changed out the aero bar pads before the ride. We were meant to be today. Overall not super fast due to some hills I decided to hit at the last 15 miles, but I did the flats at a decent effort, about 140 HR. Thinking tomorrow another ride and a swim in there as well if there's time. |
| 2010-08-07 10:41 PM in reply to: #3029503 |
Champion 10618  | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL NEIL - Those bike hours are evry impressive, but maybe even more so is that they don't include (mostly) the TT, and even more than that is the awe factor of you not being on that bike since IMAZ. That's, like, about 8 months, yes? Good luck at the casino! All I can really tell you about #8 is that it was the number of the great Red Sox left-fielder Carl Yastrzemski. Surley that has to count for something, doesn't it?  I will post soon the details of an article in 220 Triathlon that talks about the ideal percentage of (range of) time that should be spent in an iron-distance race on S,B,R, and transitions. It should be of interest to you and Lisa, with your this season's iron goals! |
| 2010-08-08 7:37 AM in reply to: #3029719 |
Champion 10618 | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL JESS - I doubt that you are sitting on the edge of your seat wiating my evaluation of the Red Roof Inn in Rutland, but if so, relax -- it didn't happen. I had decided by Thursday that I would only do the two races yesterday, and given how I feel right now, that was incredibly wise! Anyhow, I will choose one of the Rutland places and hope for the best. You and I both have driven loooooong distances the morning of to get to a race, so even if it takes 50 minutes to get there, that really isn't bad at all. Right? (Here's where you're supposed to issue a resounding "YES!!") |
| 2010-08-08 7:50 AM in reply to: #3029846 |
Champion 10618 | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL LISA - Triple-T in a skewed microcosm: Doing the Fronhofer Tool Triathlon "Double Tri" gives me a rough idea of how one might feel at TTT. The "skewed" part, however, comes from having done both races yesterday at full-bore......and paying the price now with sore calves and a sore right hip. in fact, the calves started feeling sore on the ride back last evening, which is pretty early for DOMS -- but there it is! Of course, doing an oly and a sprint at full-bore is NOT how the sane and sensible would approach TTT, at least the two Saturday races. But what is kind of illuminating is how much my body would've rebelled this morning had I been at Lake Dunmore looking at the international race there ---- and then projecting that to contemplating doing the half-iron at TTT. I have read about how many people lollygag down to the beach for the half-iron swim start, and even how many just arrive a few minutes late, in no hurry at all to undertake that "race". I think I can almost empathize! The only other time I have done two races in a day was at Chicago, and that is a super-flat course. Fronhofer is a hilly bike in places, and maybe that was the root of much of my current "discomfort". But probably more importantly is relative intensity -- looking back at Chicago is was maybe 80% for the early a.m. sprint, all with an eye to the later a.m. olympic, which itself was only about 85%, I would guess. Yesterday, though, was about 96% for the oly and 95% for the sprint.........and I guess my body doesn't recover quite so well from those kind of back-to-back efforts. I tried to fuel really well, especially between the two - and I think I succeeeded. My even my almost-best recovery-foods efforts didn't spare me what I'm feeling now --- not that I'm really suffering, just that I can FEEL IT!!! Prelim results below! |
| 2010-08-08 7:56 AM in reply to: #3029853 |
Champion 10618 | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL Preliminary results (from my watch; official opnes aren't up yet) from the Double Tri at Fronhofer Tool Triathlon: Race #1: Olympic (0.9/24.8/6.2) - 8am start S -- 27:13 T -- 1:27 B -- 1:11:14 T -- 1:25 R -- 44:01 Finish -- 2:25:22 Race #2: Sprint (0.5/14.5/3.1) - 2am start S -- 13:23 T -- 1:17 B -- 43:12 T -- 1:15 R -- 21:42 Finish -- 1:20:50 |
| 2010-08-08 7:57 AM in reply to: #3029855 |
Champion 10618 | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL LISA again - It appears that the left hip also wants a piece of the kvetching action....... |
| 2010-08-11 6:55 AM in reply to: #1896958 |
Master 1524 Reston, VA | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL oh steve, you've gotten no love here lately. i'm sorry. the weekend got busy!!! my very best friend had her first baby on sunday at 4:30am. I'm an Aunt!!!! yay!!! okay, technically not, but non-technically, i am. We were asked to be the little guys guardians (the non-religious god parent, I guess). he's amazing. i went to charlottesville to see them and it was wonderful. i can't imagine what it must be like to be a parent for the first time because even in my role when i saw him, i just loved him so much right away. i was really sad when i had to leave. His name is Konnor Bear. ...or K-Bear as his aunt will call him steve!!! how are you doing without Lynn around? What do you have another week left? Give Luna lots of puppy kisses!...it is Luna, right? those are some seriously impressive numbers from last weekends race. i know you said your body was not too pleased, but if my math is correct, wasn't that a sub 7 run in the sprint race?! actually, both your runs were smoking. so impressive. as always! how are all the parts today? you mentioned before the race your achilles was bothering you, but no mention of it in the post-race breakdown. good?
as for me, i am struggling. we got our "taper" schedule and taper isn't nearly as light as i was hoping for. i'll be honest, i am so over training right now. i completely bagged my run/swim on monday. other than the week we lost belle, i don't remember a time this year that i just said "screw it" to a workout. i did on monday. when to bed at 9pm. slept for 9 hours solid. no regrets you know how when someone builds up a joke or a funny story so much and by the time you hear it it's not funny anymore? that's how i currently feel about loo. i'm just a little over the whole thing right now. 8 months of continous solid training is just too much. i might be tapering to be at my physical peak, but i feel like i'm past my emotional one. i'm hoping next year will be a lot easier because by this time i'd already be 3 weeks post race. ...just in time to lay by the pool for all of august....er, i mean start re-grouping for kona anyway, that's enough of me whining. i'm sure i'll snap out of it. ...and i know i'm not alone. my friends also doing loo have been feeling the same way. i'm happy we're going to loo early in the week. i think being there will help jump start me and get me ready in the head.
neil, that's great news about the bike!! i echo the sentiment of steve....i had no doubt you'd be back! ...although i'm curious how you did in the casino
how's everyone else doing? |
| 2010-08-11 7:25 AM in reply to: #3036287 |
Champion 10618 | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL AUNTIE LISA - Congrats on the newest role in your life! I can tell you for a fact that you're the aunt any kid (little or big) would love to have. Or guardian. Or even mom's bestest friend. I hope you're able to get to get to Charlottesville often enough to bring frequent joy to K-Bear's life! Lynn will be back next Wednesday evening, so i still have a ways to go. I'm not quite a so overall-lonely as I was last Friday or so; maybe canoodling with the crowd at the race helped. There are several people there that I know well enough to have good chats with, as this is the Lake George/Crystal Lake/FTT/North Country/Musselman crowd. The RD of the race is someone I met at the USAT coaching clinic in '06. Actually, that's not true. We were both there, and at Mooseman a few weeks later he recognized me and introduced himself, and we have kept in touch since them. He's an exceptional triathlete in his own right; Kevin Crossman. ANYHOW, that was my social outlet for the week. I kind of feel like I was put on shore leave for 24 hours, and now not only am I back on the ship, but I've been put in the brig. So it goes. Those were two good races for me, exceeding my hopes, even. The sprint run was at 7:00/mile even, and had I known that I would've pushed really hard at the end to get in at 6:59. Oh, well. I was thrilled with the bike pace for the oly being at 21.0mph, and then being able to do the run in 44:03, at 7:13/mile. And had I been paying attention to my watch, I would've kicked very hard to come in at 43:59, at least. Again -- oh well. It's telling that one can push a tough oly, and then have a couple of hours of rest, and then tackle a slightly easier sprint course, and not do as well. The sprint bike was quite mellow compared with the oly, with the only tougher part being a bit more wind. And even though I rode it hard, it was just at 20.2mph. I would've been very hard-pressed to ride it at 21.0; I just don't think it was in me at all. The achilles was/were fine, but overall I exited the races feeling very depleted -- couldn't get enough to eat or drink. And the day was just about perfect -- mid 80s at tops, but little humidity. So, I am very glad I had already made the decision not to do Lake Dunmore the next day, as that would've been a disaster. as it turns out, my hematuria made it's first appearance in about 17 months after the sprint, and as always it is very disconcerting. It happened again after yesterday's run, which is the first I had done since Saturday. Harumph. I'll post this now, go grab a bagel and tea, and return for the continuation. |
| 2010-08-11 8:07 AM in reply to: #3036287 |
Champion 10618 | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL AUNTIE again - I empathize with your pre-LOO struggles. I remember some of that pe-LP'04, but I think for you it is more acute, as your work load has been much higher and more demanding than mine was. One difference might be that mine was broken nicely twice -- first by a Dec-Jan soft period, second by training for Boston. Maybe for IMLP next year for you, at least the first part of that will come to pass -- that winter will break up your training program. Are you going to continue being coached next season? When I was at LP with you I got the itch - briefly - to be coached again.....and then I relaized that it's been long enough doing things on my own terms that I'm not sure I could "submit" to a regimented schedule. It was wonderful, my few years with Erik, but that was then and this is now.....and overall I'm not ure I can trust my body enough to behave during the course of a commitment to a coach. I think that getting to LOO early will indeed jump-start your enthusiasm. I mean, just being in LP each year for the expo jump starts my enthusiasm -- and I haven't raced there in six years! Actually, i would guess that 85% of your curent malaise is that you want IMLOO to begin in about 10 minutes, and that you've felt this way for quite a while, and it's just worn you down -- all that unrequited expectation. So! Hurry up and get to Louisville!! I have spent a week toying around with the idea of doing either Couer d'Alene or St.George next year. I was surprised that both wrere still open, and when I called Ironman (here I go again......just like with Louisville!) I was told that CdA was at 86% and SG was about 70%. I bring this up partially to reinforce my thoughts that a year out is a long time to keep it all together, and there is something to be said for signing up for the ones that don't fill in a heartbeat. Probably, I will do nothing about either. I need to learn that I can fulfill the training for an IM, period, and I guess that's where my B2B thoughts enter the scene. But by then CdA will be full, and SG may well be. SG is very intriguing, but the early date - May 7 or so - would really put me under the gun for heavy winter training, which is hardly tenable. Anyhow, those are some rough thoughts....and, of course, I have to get over my ill-will towards WTC! My next decision is actually on-going and involves West Point Triathon, this coming Sunday. I signed up for this way back when and was really psyched to do it, but then there was Fronhofer last weekend which involves just about thsame drive --- only with an extra couple of hours tacked on to get to West Point. And it's only a sprint, so as I remember so well after Timberamn last year when you mused that I drove a long way for just a sprint......West Point is seeming a bit silly for me. Coming back from FTT on Saturday, and into Sunday, i was sure that I would bag it, but as the days have passed I have become more certain that, come Saturday morning, i will be on my way there. Stay tuned. Fantasy --- To be the first across the finish line at WP. I am in the first wave at WP, which is M55+. Three minutes after me is W30-34. I think there is a chance I can be the first M55+ to finish, but then the race becomes one of going against the fast(er) W30-34 (you come to mind....). Anyhow, that's some incentive, but I don't think itvis overall very realistic. Like I said, a fantasy. Or I could saty at home, save money on lodging and food, and begin training seriously for Half Vermont. I'm okay for the swim, and I just ned to fine-tune the cycling with a couple of 50+ rids, but the run needs some distance added to it. I could do that (so I think.......) in the two weeks between WP and HV, but it would be better to start it in a day or two, refreshed, than to wait until next Tuesday or so. More decisions!! Good to have you back, thanks for being the recipient of all my blabbing and babbling here! |
| 2010-08-11 1:17 PM in reply to: #1896958 |
Veteran 481 | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL Hi Steve - I have been absent, but lurking. Just felt like I had nothing to add so tried to keep up with everyone's training vicariously. I am so enjoying Lisa's status reports on FB (loved your Haiku!) Anyway, my summer is winding down. The kids start back to school in a couple of weeks and I am in near panic mode with my 13.1 training as I have been slack all summer and now have only 6.5 weeks to ramp up my mileage! yikes Anyway, as I said I've been vacariously living through other people's training, so I will update you on a few people I have mentioned here before. My friend (and tri buddy from last summer) Leanna is racing in her first half-ironman next month at Augusta. She usually overtrains so I'm sure she will have no problem. She has also recently become a certified yoga instructor as well so needless to say she is in excellent shape. Her hubby is racing that with her. Second, my office running mate Elliot is participating in his first try - a sprint - next month. He keeps asking me questions and advice so I get to play the part of mentor and it's fun! Anyway, maybe by next season I will be motivated to try again. For for now, it's run, run, run and hopefully I'll make it for the 13.1 on Oct 3. Ivan is running that also.
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| 2010-08-11 8:17 PM in reply to: #3037448 |
Champion 10618 | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL MINDY - Lurking counts; I'll take it! Just glad to have you around -- kind of like Casper the friendly ghost! Fear not about the 6.5 weeks -- you'll make it! I have a half-iron in about 18 days, and I have to do some serious run-ramping, to be sure. I mentioned this to someone, maybe in the other group, but I seem to be crusising towards this relying on my base, and charm, and good looks. I worry A LOT about the third one....and I'm not sure the second one is all I might want it to be....and I just might find out that the base is kind of like the Wizard of Oz -- seemingly bigger than it really is. Uh-oh, maybe? Um, Nathan did Augusta last year! Is Leanna pretTy much psyched about it? If I remember, it is a current-from-behind swim that is fast and sweet, and a bike that is very forgiving (that is, downhill) for the final bundle of miles, and a flat run that is unshaded and can be hot and tedious through the streets of downtown Augusta. On my armchair scorecard it sums up at 8.2 on the pleasantness scale, so I'm sure she'll have a fine time there. Will you be there to cheer her on? Okay, then! Out with you for a run! And then another! And then another! I keep reading about the brutalness of your heat down there this year, so I feel for those of you who are trying to build up their mileage. Seeing that Augusta will draw heavily from the southeast, it's fair to say that there may be many people who begin it not quiet as well-trained as they might hope for. But for you, with just the run to worry about, and also having an extra week or two to get in your mileage, it will all be fine. Honest! I wouldn't lie to you about such a thing! Edited by stevebradley 2010-08-12 7:31 AM |
| 2010-08-11 10:29 PM in reply to: #1896958 |
Master 1547 | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL I am getting excited for Lisa's race this weekend. I plan on getting the updates. I can't believe she isn't on here with taper madness questions. Hey Lisa, if you are lurking I won't offer much advice, but this one nuget missed me. UP to race week you are probably staying well hydrated, this is good. For some reason the day leading up to IM I felt as if I needed to constantly be drinking to stay hydrated. Well, if you go back and read my RR I think I peed like 5 or 6 times during the race...3 alone just during the swim. SO go easy on the hydration if thats your plan. Just be...normal. Perhaps a slight carbo load...but even this is almost pointless as you will have nutrition on course....just be...normal. ANd good luck. |
| 2010-08-12 7:31 AM in reply to: #3038652 |
Champion 10618 | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL NEIL - Curb your enthusiasm! Lisa isn't on until the 29th, which is blessedly a few weeks after her taper begins. She's got my kind of taper -- nice and long!  Although it sounds as if her coach has a slightly different definition of taper than I have, and I think she would like to see hers a bit more "relaxed". Jess and I are also racing on the 29th (Half Vermont Journey, a half-iron), and for my part I will be thinking more about Lisa than I will be about myself. I'm hoping that Jess or soemone has a laptop on site there so that I can follow her progress. That day will be REALLY divisive for me. There is Lisa, and then there is Jess, and then there is someone from the other group, doing the aquabike. So I will be really split in my enthusiasms, and I honestly think it will be a time in which my focus is more outward than inward. That might prove interesting! This weekend for me is West Point Triathlon, which I was very enthusiastic about until a few weeks ago. It was along about then that I signed up for Half Vermont, and then about two weeks ago I committed to to the Double Tri at Fronhofer Tool Triathlon, which I did last Saturday. So tat kind of leaves WP dangling in mid-air --- too soon after FTT, and not a great part of a build-up to HVJ. As I left FTT last Saturday I was sure that I would bail on WP (Especially since the drive to WP is the same as for FTT, except about 2 hours further along!), but right now I am planning to do it. I have wanted to do WP for years, but this is the first year it is USAT-sanctioned. I signed up back in March or so (it filled quickly) when it seeemed like the greatest idea since sliced bread, and I am working hard to reclaim that enthusiasm. ANYHOW --- Hold your horses about Lisa, who herself is struggling with holding her own horses ands curbing her own enthusiasm! And how are things with you? |
| 2010-08-12 9:40 AM in reply to: #1896958 |
Master 1547 | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL Not this weekend? Ok then...absolutely no excuse not to get my 50mile ride in. Steve, your schedule...well, that just sounds like a mighty fine retirement. Perhaps someday soon we will meet up at a race. I am looking (as in trial closing the wife) on some locations for a vacation race. She lit up over Canary Islands IM in May and also San Jaun 70.3 in March. So I will keep the press on that. Regarding my trng. This week started out rough. My boss came into town unexpectedly and wanted to do a field ride in a very pop quiz kind of fashion. Very bad taste with me on how that went down...I just find the motive of it offensive considering the results I have put up year after year. But it was all good, I actually had some high level meetings set up that she was able to attend so it worked out. Just really thankful it didn't happen when I was trying to schedule office time...becasue you know that is real, and we need those days. Could have given her a much different impression. Anyway, such is the way with a new manager taking over a mostly struggling team. ANyway, it turned to be the normal meet up for dinner type stuff so kept e from working out for a few days. BUt I did manage a 55 minute ride last night just to keep the legs rolling. Back at it full speed today with a bike and swim. On track to run this weekend. Still debating on what distance, surface, intensty...but I'm thinking nice and easy and perhaps on the grass of a football field?? Does this sound wise? |
| 2010-08-12 5:29 PM in reply to: #3039337 |
Champion 10618 | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL NEIL - A retirement-enhanced schedule would look so much nicer if I had some viable retirement funds for it! But as it is, I am living mostly off of Lynn's largesse, so I keep trying to be a better and more discretionary triathlete! Lanzarote, eh? Hard-core, baby, hard-core!! Interestingly, I was thinking about Lanzarote just a few days ago, feeling confident about my compotent climbing skills and wondering if that would be a great goal at some point (preferably before those climbing skills begin to erode....  ) But still -- I'd breathe deeply beter clicking the submit button for THAT challenge. (It's official -- Lanzarote is now another piece of "space junk" orbiting my brain as a once and future race possibility!) Joining it today is Wildflower. Long shot, yes, but there it is -- "space/race junk" #137. I am also kicking around the idea (rather, the feasibility) of IM St. George, which as of last week was only about 70% full. That was also in response to feeling good about my bike climbing skills, as that was a big limiter to the inaugural running of it in May. Well, that and the endless rollers and hills on the run. I guess there are reasons why registration has been open since about May 2 and still has room for about 600 more throw-caution-to-the-wind souls! And at some point we will race together, to be sure!! |
| 2010-08-12 5:36 PM in reply to: #3039337 |
Champion 10618 | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL NEIL again - Ack. that sounds spretty awful about the boss dropping by unannounced, and I can feel your agitation. But it sounds as if you came out of it all quite well -- certainly far better than I would've done in the situation. (First, I tend to collapse like a Bedouin tent, and second, I'm mostly a slacker; if one didn't nail me, the other would have!) It's just a good thing that you weren't on the Lanzarote website when she came in your office; that's the kind of thing my slackerism would've produced. And speaking of producing, per thoughts of IMSG (previous post) I am now the proud owner of the 2010 Athlete's Guide, produced (with much coaxing and profanity) by my balky printer. Ta-da! So enjoy the 50-miler this weekend, and doante some of the karmic funds to Lisa, who will surely benefit from all of our karmic energies on August 29! |
| 2010-08-12 6:26 PM in reply to: #3040877 |
Champion 10618 | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL IRONFANS! Dig the cool chart and table: www.runtri.com/2010/07/runtri-benchmarks-easiest-ironman.html |
| 2010-08-12 7:43 PM in reply to: #3040948 |
Master 1547 | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL stevebradley - 2010-08-12 4:26 PM IRONFANS! Dig the cool chart and table: www.runtri.com/2010/07/runtri-benchmarks-easiest-ironman.html I am 11minutes off of the Avg Triathlete at IMAZ. This year I must be better than avg! |
| 2010-08-12 7:51 PM in reply to: #1896958 |
Master 1547 | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL Steve I gotta admit, I didn't look much at the profiles yet of those races. More of a destination race idea at the moment. Will need to give it more thought. Regarding the boss. I think they are looking to get out in the field and find out what the reps are doing. I think they will find the reality is we are busting are tails...but a weak economy is no excuse for the new owners, they want growth and they want it now. I think she got the picture I was working in when we went to lunch and randomly saw the Chief of Staff from one of the most prestigious hospitals in the country and he came over to the table to say hello. That could not have been played any better. It almost looked set up...which of course it was NOT. We just happen to randmoly see him there and he knows me well. Now, regarding run training. I need some diurection, or at least some ideas. I am not 100% sure I am ready, but I will at least be jumping back into run training ASAP (just need a plan first). THe reality is I am 14 weeks (100 days exactly) from IM so I need a run plan to get me there. I will continue with bike/wim plan for now and change out the run portion considering my current plan has lots of speedwork that I do not think would be wise. So, any thoughts on where to jump in with running? |
| 2010-08-12 9:24 PM in reply to: #3041066 |
Champion 10618 | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL NEIL - Ack! I'm sorry I forgot that! You'd made the comment about grass, and I meant to say that if you have a place where you know the surface underneath is very good (golf course, or top-notch football field), then that would be ideal. Were it me, and wee i in my right mind, I would take it a mile at a time -- and very gingerly miles, emphasizing slow and with a soft footfall. I think i would literally aim for a mile first time out, doing that early in the day and then seeing how it felt as the day progressed. If all seemed fine, then I would aim for another early morning mile, next day. If that went well, then I might try an early evening mile, same day - or wait for day three, and another mile. You've been very good about restraining yourself, as it's now the 12th and you were boot-free on the 27th, so that's about 16 days. Unless you are still feeling twinges and aches (is this why you say you are not 100% sure you are ready?) there, it's probably time to give it a try. If you think a mile is too much, then scale it down to, say, five minutes. Run softly for five minutes, walk for five minutes ---- and see what you think you should do next. Grass is best, probably, but stay away from sand and uneven surfaces, such as trails. Also stay way away from the gray stuff, the truen concrete. The black/purple/blue stuff should be okay. As for treadmills, if you know of a real good one where the surface is quite taut, that should be safe for the foot. But if it's a poorly maintianed 'mill it might have too much give and force your foot to keep responding in an irregular fashion. Is that necessarily bad for stress fractures of the foot? I don't know for sure, but just intuitively it seems it might not be the best. Pleas let me know how this all goes, as it happens! |
| 2010-08-13 1:18 PM in reply to: #1896958 |
Master 1524 Reston, VA | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL neil, hearing that you were excited to track my race brought a smile to my face. i can assure you that i know i will use that to help me on race day during the dark times......knowing that there are people out there cheering for me virtually will make me feel not so alone. ...and i'm also sorry that i blew your excuse opportunity for missing this weekends ride
much more to post, have to get back to work, but i'll try to jump on tonight for a few updates. namely, my mental energy for the races is back and palpable! i had dinner with a couple who have both done loo and they gave us tips/pointers for the course. discussing real details was GREAT!!! i'm excited. really excited. i really have such a good feeling about this (despite the ridiculously emotional loo nightmare that i woke up crying from on wednesday night
more later! |
!!! )| 2010-08-13 1:19 PM in reply to: #1896958 |
Master 1524 Reston, VA | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL ....and where's jess been, anyway?! |
| 2010-08-13 9:02 PM in reply to: #3042501 |
Champion 10618 | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL LISA - Great news on having your mojo back, and hopefully it's there for keeps now. See? Order ghas been restored to the universe. Whew!! I am off early tomorrow morning for West Point, having decided to do the race. Yeah, yeah, I know -- it's a long way for a sprint! BUT, Catskill Mountain Multipsort has my size in DeSoto First Wave wetsuit bootoms, AND Togo Bikes will have a tent up at West Point, and there is a good chance they will have grape and/or tangerine EFS. So, doesn't it sound like it has the makings of a very worthwhile and meaningful trip? I bought an aero helmet (Rudy Project Wingspan) a few days ago, and think I love it. It has already affected the way I ride (that is, how I hold my position), and in a way it seems to be the helmet equivalent of Newton shoes -- it promotes doing things more corrrectly. Even though it's a sprint.......my run yesterday was 17km. Duh? Well, I figured I needed to start amassing some mileage in prep for Half Vermont in 15 days, and then thought further that if the run ended up causing me to hurt myself, then that would eb a reason to bail on West Point and you wouldn't think that I had lost all my good sense. Win-win! But I didn't hurt myself and felt great today, so I'm off for my last sprint of the season. So sad! I will look here for your further thoughts from this morning's post when I get back Sunday evening, Regards to Ryan!! |
| 2010-08-14 12:44 PM in reply to: #1896958 |
Master 1547 | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL First run...walked the required 100yds to get to the college track next door to my house. At track ran around on the newly layed turf for the first 2 laps, then ran the corners on the track for 2, then just jumped on the track. I felt fine actually, no issues at all...so I went for 3 miles. Decided to stop there just becasue. Actually felt great afterwards...little sore the next day but that is expected after such a long layoff. I thought I was running slow but I was actually at IM pace which was about 9:30 miles. Doing a 3hr ride in a few...will run again tommorow. So far so good. |
| 2010-08-15 6:45 PM in reply to: #1896958 |
Expert 745 Bethesda, MD/Northern NJ | Subject: RE: stevebradley's Mentor Group FULL Hmmm - I went digging for Steve's results, but can't find them anywhere. Guess we'll have to wait until he gets home! I'm sure he had a great race - we had pretty good weather here this morning. It was cool (almost chilly) and the rain held off until later in the afternoon. Neil - Great job with the run! Three miles seems like the optimal distance for a first run back and I'm glad to hear there was no pain How did today go? |
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