bigDH's accountability training a.k.a Beer Drinker's Appreciation Society (Page 27)

The Tri (my second) will take place the second week of May - so I have about 93 days to train. I'm going to do the sprint and then I have signed up for an Oly in July.

My kid is at home sick so I've spent the morning reviewing my yearly goals.  I just found a Century ride that is sponsored by Harpoon that ends at the brewery (Thor - pretty good bet they wouldn't run out!) - but its 4 hours away... I'm gonna sign up if I don't find another ride that combines biking and beer.

WOW!  I swam my 500 in 11:40 this morning, You're fast. As a newbie swimmer, I cannot even imagine what I need to do to swim like that. 

Suggestion for the calf, roll it out on a roller or raquet ball, and stretch often.  Don't try to "run through it too much."

That's amazing and so inspirational!  A couple of years back - my Dr. wanted me on BP meds and I told him that I don't like meds and that I preferred to exercise as a way of controlling my cholesterol and BP.  While I never really "got on the wagon" your story shows me how beneficial it is to maintain a healthy weight and exercise regime!  

Kudos to you and thanks for the inspiration!

Congrats once again on the 185 milestone!  Those beers (I've never tried them - where are they made?) must have tasted good!  I hit my goal for the week but need to have one more good week to reach my goal.  My reward - I get to keg the beer I made 6 weeks ago.  It's been lagering and its gonna be awesome.  I took my favorite IPA recipe - Two Hearted Ale from Bells - and used Lager Yeast.  It's my goal next Friday to watch the Budweiser Shootout with some great beer instead of the drivel endorsed by the sponsors...

Have a great weekend!

Wow - sounds like you had a crazy day!  Way to get going early to get in your swim/run/OT sessions!  It's so tough to get everything in but it sounds like you are doing it even if you only spend 1/4 of your day at home.  Way to go!

I love reading your posts.  Sounds like your strongest sport is swimming and it's so impressive to ready how far and how quickly you can go.  So, I know those two seconds (1:32 instead of 1:30) weren't what you but that's still a respectible time.  And you're right - you will get there!  

Here's a suggestion for what it's worth - take it easy this weekend.  With your calf hurting (not sure but my guess is that you might have tweaked a muscle if the pain is mid calf), you want to make sure you don't hurt it more.  Go for a ride - but be sure to stretch it lightly after you have warmed up.  However, I might think about skipping the run and using the time to ice and rest your calf.  You could also do some aqua jogging in the pool. Hope you heal quickly!

Morning Everyone: Here is the Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Good: I got on the scale today and managed to drop another 3 pounds for a total loss of 35.6.  My goal is to drop 5.5 more pounds to meet my goal of hitting 41 pounds lost by my 41 birthday.  

The Bad: I went to the doctor to have him check out my aches and pains.  I've got pretty good cases of plantar fasciitis in both feet, bursitis in both my feet and my left hip, and an inflamed ITB in my left leg...  Not as sore as I was on Tuesday - but it's clear that I have overdone the exercise - even though I thought I was taking it easy!

The Ugly: He prescribed 8 sessions of PT but I discovered that PT isn't covered any longer by my insurance policy.  I now have to meet my $1000 deductible before they are covered with $35 co-pays.  Ugh... Frustrating.  While we have some money in a flexible spending account for emergencies - I will need to try to find someone to treat me for the time being for less money.  We have a Athletic Trainer at my school and maybe I can pay him a reduced fee to get over the hump.  Any advice.

My plan for the weekend is to do some biking on Saturday and take a short walk and ice bath on Sunday.

Have a great weekend everyone!

The Good:  Your weight loss is Awesome.

The Bad:  Your probably right, you need to REST!  Take it easy.  I've never been injured except when I joined the service 15 years ago after training for college wrestling.  We did a half marathon to get on the wrestling team, and my achiles (sp) was never the same.  fast forward six months after basic training, and it was way worse.  I overused it.  Because I was in good shape, and young, I always ran our runs hard.  It only got better after I lowered my volume for considerable amounts of time.  Months.  It sounds like your injuries are overuse type injuries that require rest and reduced mileage.

The Ugly:  WTH is insurance for anymore anyway?  As premiums go up, services go down.  What a racket.  Hope it works out for you to find an alternative way to get some help.

Deschutes brewery is out of oregon.  We have a lot of great brewery's in Washington, Oregon, and California that are stocked at our local grocier's.  Beyond that, I never get anything further away than Montana, unless I go to a Specialty store and spend some $'s.  That IPA your brewing sounds mighty tasty.  Stay thirsty.

Thanks for the suggestion.  That gives me a good excuse to ask my wife and kids to come cheer me on (more cowbell!).  They've never seen me do a race (when I was running back in the day) or when I was doing a du or tri.  Might be kind of cool to run the last mile with my kids!  Have a great weekend!

Hello All-

Off day for me today.  I got to sleep in till 7:30!  I got on the scale and it read 181.6.  So much for 185 by the end of february.  I have been trying to lose no more than a pound a week, but am wondering if I'm taking enough fuel in to compensate for the extra mileage.  I will make sure to have a second helping of breakfast this morning.  We're all getting together with family and having a pot luck breakfast this morning.

I swam yesterday.  Sometime swimming can be a challenge when you are not seeing as much improvement in it.  I did a Sprint workout on the treadmill after.  That's where it's at.  1:30 wu. followed by :30 second sprint interval at 11mph, followed by 1:30 at rest pace.  repeat 8x.

Long run tomorrow.  13.6 miler.  Long and slow for me. 

Have a great and Safe weekend.  Who's got a race coming up?

Hang in there Cathy.