BamaDC's Mentor Group v4.0 - Closed (Page 25)

I'm a glutton for punishment, so probably yes.

I feel your pain.  My left IT band was popping like crazy yesterday.  Ice, Stretching, Foam Roller and NSAIDS for me.

I'm also thinking about the bridge swim.  But I'd like to do Gulf Coast, I can't take too trips that close to the gulf.

great race!

Thanks, but I'm actually kinda bummed out by my performance.  My training wasn't where I wanted to be and I had problems on the run (because of my fitness) but when I look back of my past races I'm starting to see a pattern.  Granted I've only done three race but I'm starting to think I need to focus a lot more on my running.  Anybody have an I idea how I figure that out?  Mark, I remember you saying that you came to a similar conclusion at one point.  Who did you decide that running was your limiter?

Did you ride too hard?  Go out too hard the first of the run?  You could also benefit from some more volume.

Looking at your logs, (my limited opinion here), it could be a combination of both bike and run fitness.

Looks like you may have pushed to hard on the bike, which will cause a blow up on the run.  I learned that one the hard way in all my races, until this past weekend when I paced the bike and had a good nutrition plan, stayed within my watt range and had a good run (might have PR'd the 10k, which is huge for me).  I think I've seen most of my run gains, simply by putting in more biking time the past 7-8 weeks and losing a bit of weight.  My times have improved by about 30 sec/mile.

You might need to up your bike mileage, which will help aerobically on the run.  It also looks like you could keep a bit more run volume weekly, trying to stay in the 20-25 mile range.  It's hard to fit it all in.  You may also want review your nutrition, and make sure it's working to your advantage.

Just a couple of thoughts.  I'm no expert though, just what I've seen the past few weeks with myself.

My run volume is definately way down from where I would like it and I did go hearder on the bike than I would have like.  However, I had similar (but not as drastic) results last fall with higher run volume and better paced bike leg.  I definately fell like I run much better when I'm doing 20-25 miles a week but looking at my longs I've had trouble trouble doing that will tri training.

I bilateral breathe. I just do.

In this case, I should've been sighting right. I missed some good scenery.

Can you spot the triathletes?

Sorry Sands, I couldn't resist. I actually wore my 310xt, so I'm just as guilty...

I want to ask another question entirely here.  How in the world can you put out 240w and only go 19.5mph? You should easily be 23+ and I'd argue that unless it was really, really hilly you should be tapping 24.

Please tell me you got pics of the Auburn chicks...

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titeloops - 2011-05-25 7:58 PM

sand101 - 2011-05-25 4:52 PM

cornfed - 2011-05-24 8:21 PM

I probably rode too hard (240 ave, 271 NP which is my ftp) but looking at all my races running appears to be my weakness. I dfinatley could use some more volume but I normally shy away from more running because I like running and don't want to fall into the trap of training my favorite discipline if it doesn't need it. I'm thinking of switching to a run focus program. What do you think?

I want to ask another question entirely here.  How in the world can you put out 240w and only go 19.5mph? You should easily be 23+ and I'd argue that unless it was really, really hilly you should be tapping 24.

He weighs 400 lbs.

Close, but only 210 lbs.  It was pretty hill, here's my Garmin file http://connect.garmin.com/activity/87498564

And I'm on a road bike but I don't know how much of a difference that makes.

cornfed - 2011-05-25 8:54 PM

titeloops - 2011-05-25 7:58 PM

sand101 - 2011-05-25 4:52 PM

cornfed - 2011-05-24 8:21 PM

I probably rode too hard (240 ave, 271 NP which is my ftp) but looking at all my races running appears to be my weakness. I dfinatley could use some more volume but I normally shy away from more running because I like running and don't want to fall into the trap of training my favorite discipline if it doesn't need it. I'm thinking of switching to a run focus program. What do you think?

I want to ask another question entirely here.  How in the world can you put out 240w and only go 19.5mph? You should easily be 23+ and I'd argue that unless it was really, really hilly you should be tapping 24.

He weighs 400 lbs.

Close, but only 210 lbs.  It was pretty hill, here's my Garmin file http://connect.garmin.com/activity/87498564

And I'm on a road bike but I don't know how much of a difference that makes.

Depends.  You can get most of the way on a road bike that you can on a TT bike.  But if you are sitting up on the hoods on a road bike the whole way I can see the sub 20mph. 

On a TT setup you are probably 10+ minutes faster.

sand101 - 2011-05-25 10:52 PM

cornfed - 2011-05-25 8:54 PM

titeloops - 2011-05-25 7:58 PM

sand101 - 2011-05-25 4:52 PM

cornfed - 2011-05-24 8:21 PM

I probably rode too hard (240 ave, 271 NP which is my ftp) but looking at all my races running appears to be my weakness. I dfinatley could use some more volume but I normally shy away from more running because I like running and don't want to fall into the trap of training my favorite discipline if it doesn't need it. I'm thinking of switching to a run focus program. What do you think?

I want to ask another question entirely here.  How in the world can you put out 240w and only go 19.5mph? You should easily be 23+ and I'd argue that unless it was really, really hilly you should be tapping 24.

He weighs 400 lbs.

Close, but only 210 lbs.  It was pretty hill, here's my Garmin file http://connect.garmin.com/activity/87498564

And I'm on a road bike but I don't know how much of a difference that makes.

Depends.  You can get most of the way on a road bike that you can on a TT bike.  But if you are sitting up on the hoods on a road bike the whole way I can see the sub 20mph. 

On a TT setup you are probably 10+ minutes faster.

I ride on my hoods mostly.  It's pretty hilly around here so I'm constantly shifting, which I find hard to do when I'm in the drops.

I would like to preface this post by stating that I'm horrible at math.  Horrible.  That being said, I have a question about the calculation function on the Training Log on BT.

Basically, it seems to me that it isn't working properly.  Or am I doing something wrong?

For example, today I ran 3.1 miles in 22:34.  I entered 3.1 in distance and 22:34 in mm:ss....but it calculates at 7:16 per mile.  Which is inaccurate.

And what's interesting is that if I enter 3,1 (notice that's a comma and not a decimal point) it calculates correctly at 7:31 per mile.  But then shows up at 31 miles in my weekly/monthly charts.

Could someone please explain this?

Thanks.

Looks right to me.  To run @ 7:31 for 3.1 your overall time would be 23:18.  But @ 22:34 your pace would actually be 7:16.  Now, if you typed in 3.0 instead of 3.1 then 7:31 is correct for a time of 22:34.  That could be the problem.

I used another pace calculator (http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/4/4_1/96.shtml) to double check. 

This is exactly correct.  A 7:31 pace for a 5k is 23:35.