Beer Drinkers Appreciation Society (BDAS) 2022 Mentor Group - ALWAYS OPEN (Page 25)

Results were posted and I technically won my age group of 4 people.  LOL  Only one person older than me beat me, so I guess I didn't fare so bad.  20th/110 overall though there were a whole bunch of families walking it.

Originally posted by Rollergirl

Originally posted by nicole14e

Originally posted by jmhpsu93

Originally posted by nicole14e 6 400s, goal was 6:15 to 6:45 pace I think. I was hitting right around 6:37, so 1:38 on the 400s with a minute rest between. And this was after some 30 second cadence intervals. It was reminiscent of my high school and college track workouts. Building speed and endurance. My 5k goal for this program is 21 min. I'm not sure if they will end up having longer speed intervals. I'm doing Jeff Galloway's run/walk program. So far I feel pretty good! Seeing lots of progress in a short time. This is the most consistently I've run in a verrrry long time.

Got it...those last couple must have been tougher and starting to push VO2 max a little with those short rest intervals.  21 flat...huh.  That's cookin'.  I ran a 21:55 on a pancake flat course in 2014 and it took a lot of focused training and a perfect race to get that sub-22.  Nice work on the run consistency - makes a huge difference, doesn't it?

By the way, that 21 puts you at a VDOT of 47 for Daniels', and checking the pacing chart at 1:38/400 you were pacing exactly as Daniels recommends for I (VO2max) pace.  Funny how the different methods all wind up the same LOL.

That is super interesting and good to know about the Daniels' method! Yeah the last couple were definitely rough, although I'd found my stride at that point. The first few I had trouble pacing. Yeah, 21 min might be a little lofty, but my PR (from college lol) is sub 20 (I want to say it was 19:30), so I know I can get at least somewhat close and figured aiming high means I will increase my chances

Can you guys write in English please? I've never been good at maths I just run (or bike or swim), I don't measure FPT, V02s, or ABS (? ) not even BPM Is that wrong?

It's FTP - get the nomenclature right. 

And no that's not wrong...you train and race successfully using just RPE (sorry!!) and you're happy doing it.  I enjoy the science behind it and I've had more success, especially running, when really micro-managing efforts as I get the best bang for the buck in every mile I run (important with my injury history). 

Morning swim and strength session then I'll get in a 90 minute sweet spot workout sometime around lunch.  The pool was super-chloriney (new adjective) this morning.  I rinsed off after swimming AND took a full shower when I got home and I STILL smell like the pool. 

Yeah, I know.  My daughter lifeguards.  I just don't understand how it can be that bad at 6 AM. 

Question for the group:  Where do you track all of your training, and what's the "single source of truth"?

I just did cursory stalking of all of your training logs here and it looks like everyone except Nathalie syncs here in some way or another, but it's really inconsistent.  So if you're not using BT...what do you use?

I've been tracking here on BT since the beginning of 2011 (yes, almost 12 years) and I'll wager I have at least 95% of all workouts here, most with a lot of detail on what I do, etc.  I also use the Blogger (really fun to look back at some of my posts LOL).  I also use Training Peaks for planning and TSS tracking, Strava for some of the fun stuff like chasing KOMs, and of course Garmin Connect which holds the whole ecosystem together.  So, BT is the final authority - I'll be a mess if/when BT shuts down. 

" then I'll get in a 90 uh, 65?? minute sweet spot workout"  Crashed and burned after an hour...just totally lost focus and motivation and hard to do SS work without both.  Oh, well.  Can't crush every workout.

My main set was 5 x 10' @ 90% FTP (so a comfortably hard pace) with 5' rest intervals.  First three went fine and my HR didn't even jump.  The fourth I got about a minute in and my legs were toast and I had no desire to suffer through it, so I bailed.  Still a worthwhile ride, but not what I wanted.  Progress over perfection.

It's right here on BT in my training log - tens of thousands of words of me talking about myself working out.  And complaining sometimes.  Well maybe more than sometimes.    Not like a blog on blogspot or anything.  Is that still around?

Waaaay back in the day I used Sport Tracks before BT could handle Garmin stuff, then I used here.  Like you, force of habit, and a lot of the mentor groups I was in required it (back when we had more than two LOL).  Out of curiosity I looked at my computer backups from 2010 and I found an old Sport Tracks export, which is how you backed up your data then.  I wonder if I can add another 8 months of training to my logs from back then. 

Good morning, all.  Got in a decent session this morning at the gym...2.5 mile run with 10' @ T (tempo) pace, then some leg work and a short cool down swim doing some water yoga on the rests.  Labored a little during the tempo interval but unlike yesterday had the oomph to push through it.

@Nathalie:  final tri this weekend...this is your 'A' race, right?  Smart move on skipping the hill workout.

@Gretchen:  yes, odd distance.  I remember like 15 years ago there was a tri organization that was experimenting the "3/4" distance but it never really took.  I mean if you're gonna do that then it's just another couple of hours of HTFU to get your M-dot, right? (as opposed to your VDOT )

@Nicole:  See you tomorrow morning for my weekly swimming abuse. 

@Andrew:  nice getting your consistency back...been seeing a lot of activity on Strava; maybe one of these days I'll run into you on Zwift if you're doing a NZ time evening ride

You just gotta scream like a crazy Scandinavian warrior princess. 

Steep downhills are tough to pace and really hurt the next day.