Wurkit_Gurl's Group - CLOSED (sssh...we're training) (Page 27)

Biking with your friend sounds like a good idea, too. Yeah, it's hard to know with cycling groups - sometimes "no drop" doesn't really mean that, and sometimes the "lowest" level is still faster than what some of us could handle consistently throughout the ride.

It depends - for you, if you're really sore, it wouldn't hurt to back off the overall volume a bit, and try to focus on solidfying your limiters a little bit. If you want to focus on the bike, I'd still aim for 3, but you could back down to 2 swim workouts, as long as they are productive - different drills, etc. I only say this because I know your swim needs some work, so it's important to continue working on those basics. But don't worry about pushing intensity - just as long as you can swim smoothly and evenly, even at a slow pace - consistency is more important at this stage. And since you don't run, walking 2x a week would be fine, since you normally do a lot of walking already, right?

Thanks, I am glad to get your input...I am not following any plan now, and I just want to make sure what I'm doing is alright...and you're right, the swimming needs work too!!!  My main things are building up leg muscles and endurance on bike, and improve everything about swimming!!!  But, school closes soon which means our pool will be open so I am going to start lessons!!!

Thanks again!!

Hello my lovely mentees - I haven't forgotten about you, but I was at the dentist and now I have a project at work, so I will try to hop in later and say hello and check up on you all!

Bah, it looks like I'm gonna be stuck here til God knows when - no evening run for me - to test the ankle Thank God I got Boot Camp in this morning, at least.

Hi guys, sorry I wasn't on much at all yesterday - I was here til 9:30 last night Stupid stupids. So no running last night Bike and swim on tap for today - today is extra-long swim night for the Ironman people, but we're all allowed to stay for the whole thing. I probably will, since I could use the extra calorie-burn

Got my 4-miler on Saturday evening - will try to get in a run tomorrow and Friday, since I haven't run in over a week due to trying to rest the ankle.

Be around with inspires soon!

Aw, sorry to hear it Glad you are getting back into the swing of things though. Weird how weather makes things hurt...a girl friend of mine tore her ACL in college, and after that, she said it always ached when it was going to rain. I know in college when the weather got REALLY cold, my knees would bother me.

Morning all! I'm finally going to run today, and see what happens. I think it might not be looking good for Marine Corps Marathon again this year If I do have to postpone it, I'll just defer again, if I can, and then see about finding a late winter/early spring marathon. The ankle isn't THAT bad yet, I don't think, so we'll see. Arg...

How is everyone else doing? Who's racing next? I've got a 4-miler on Saturday, and then my next tri in about 3 weeks. I actually had a WEIRD dream about it last night. The swim was a huge mass start in a pool, so we were basically swimming on top of each other. Then I got to T1 and was just chatting with some girl, my bike shoes had laces on them as well as straps - then I realized I'd put them on the wrong feet, so I had to redo them. I think I spent like 10 minutes in T1! Then I went to get my bike, which was somehow not in the same area - there were two different T1s! Couldn't find the bike - someone had vandalized all the other bikes. Found my bike and started riding. But then I woke up - I want to know what happened in the rest of my crazy triathlon!

Hehe, I know - all of my triathlon dreams so far have involved some sort of mishap with my bike - perhaps my subconscious is telling me something...

Nice work getting out there - I wish I enjoyed biking as much as that!

Hehe, awww I am already visualizing the bike course and run course for the race I'm doing in a few weeks. Trying to plan out my strategy...

Morning folks! June is almost done - crazy!!! I'm sad that I was unable to keep up with my goal of 75 miles of running for the month. But, I went on a very short, easy run last night and my ankle felt good. I think the orthotics are going to help a lot.

That's all right - it's partly my fault for not setting up a June challenge BEFORE June actually started. And a few people didn't post anything. So no worries

Oh my, so my tri coach has put me on 3 relay teams for upcoming races - 2 on one weekend. Which is fine, except that I am swimming AND running on all 3 of them I don't actually mind, but when I told him "I can swim and run for either distance", I figured it was clear that I meant that I was just capable of both and would happy doing either race, on either of those legs! Ah well, the one weekend is an Oly and Sprint, so I may run the Oly as a "warm up" and then try to kick the Sprint.

Well, Happy Friday everyone! Sorry the thread has been kinda boring and slow lately. Got my race tomorrow, which should be interesting, since I took a week and a half off from running! Then possibly off to Upstate NY for some family thing on Sunday night, coming back Monday. But I may not go after all - we'll see.

Hope everyone had a good week and has a great weekend - hope you all have lots of warm weather and are able to get some good training in