Matt Gilmartin's 2nd Quarter Group- back in the pool! FULL HOUSE (Page 24)

Awesome Steve!  You and Jen are leading the pack!

Yay, that's awesome! What a cool race too. I'm sure you'll do great. Happy training!

They're both going to develop slowtwitch muscles, so from that perspective you'll be OK.  On the other hand, the training for a full is nearly 30% more per week on average than a half.  Training burnout will be your biggest issue for sure.  I would advise you to look at a training plan dedicated to a half.  Gale Bernhardt might have some of hers online for free.  The BT ones are really good- I used one for Ironman Kansas back in 2010.  The volume is brutal though.

I remember that - it sounded pretty brutal!

Here's yet another reason everyone should be hitting the pool:

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/training-day/201212/why-swimmers-are-smarter-you

Thanks Matt - I was worried about the heat in Boulder in August too. I plan to do quite a few rides with it to see how good the ventilation is in the heat of summer.

I was also reading the article on brick workouts on the BT home page and got to wondering if I could combine my bike and run workouts during the week. The article made sense that I won't be running on fresh legs and it would really help my scheduling if I could combine the two workouts time wise. I was reviewing the plan and Fink specifically labeled some workouts as bricks but the rest not. Is there a downside to doing more brick type workouts than what the plan calls for? For my schedule, its pretty easy to have the entire evening available for training, but mornings are pretty tough at our house. I'm not a 4 a.m. workout person anyway.

I see that we have moved into the archived section! 

Our family is signed up for a half marathon. It's the Sandy Hook Elementary Half with all proceeds going to a memorial fund for the families of the affected. It's a virtual event and gives you the opportunity to do all the miles at once or break them up as you see fit. I was going to break up the miles for my daughter, but she decided that she just wants to do it all at once. We'll be doing it on the treadmill as it's icy and snowy here, so I figured we can just put movies on and let her walk until she can't walk any longer. 

I can't figure out how to do clickable links, but you can copy/paste the one below if you are interested in participating.

http://www.active.com/half-marathon/tampa-fl/sandy-hook-elementary-memorial-half-marathon-and-5k-2013?cmp=1745 

What an awesome idea! Of course, I can't do 13 miles at once yet. Maybe your daughter can give me some tips

Steve,

I'd say the more you can brick the better off you're going to be.  I bricked for the first time in forever yesterday, and I forgot how sluggish your legs feel.  Definitely, by all means combine them if you can/want to.  You'll get used to the feeling and perform better.

What a cool idea, Mariah!!!!  Clickable links.  I'm kind of annoyed with BT for that lately.  To make a link clickable- get ready for this.  Highlight your link- in this case http://www.active.com/half-marathon/tampa-fl/sandy-hook-elementary-memorial-half-marathon-and-5k-2013?cmp=1745

Then, in the editor click the "chain" icon and enter the URL (just paste it), and you'll get:

http://www.active.com/half-marathon/tampa-fl/sandy-hook-elementary-memorial-half-marathon-and-5k-2013?cmp=1745

Kind of a redundant PITA if you ask me, but like I always say, I don't work here :D

You will be soon enough, Mrs. Heaslip

Ha, I hope! Working on it anyway. I had to post the link on facebook, hope you don't mind Mariah!

Mariah's really started something!

Regarding the virtual half marathon and 5k, I went to the website. There is some talk/concern that it might be a scam. I'm not saying its not a great cause and that I'd do it in a minute, but I think it might be worthwhile waiting a day or two to make sure its legit.

It was in all the comments along the right side of the screen.

Wouldn't that just figure. It would seem more legit if it wasn't a Facebook event page. I'll have to wait and see I guess.