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barelfly - 2010-03-20 12:32 AM hi all! hope you have a great first weekend of spring!! like any other spring start in NM it will be 40* with snow! haha!

and a BIG good luck to Bill and the 1/2!



EDIT - so I wake up to 2.5" of snow and 32*....what kind of welcome to spring is that!!!

and now at 11:20am, it's 40* and the snow has melted already! hahaha - gotta love NM weather!

billsorg - 2010-03-21 12:53 PM Hello everyone,
One again... thanks for all the encouragement and inspires.  I'm very, very, very happy with how the half marathon went today.  I didn't hit my goal of 2 hours (partially because I had to stop to pee after the first mile) and, according to my Garmin, the course was a bit longer than 13.1 miles... I talked to a few other people I saw that had Garmins and they all said the same thing. But I'm psyched about my lap data and left everything out on the course.  Aside from mile 1, mile 13 was my fastest... LOVE IT! 

2h 06m 40s 13.54 miles 09m 21s/Mi

I'll write up the race report tonight or tomorrow, but wanted to check in.

aarondavidson - 2010-03-21 6:31 PM

 

Nice work. What did you end up doing for nutrition?

billsorg - 2010-03-20 9:53 PM Hello everyone,
One again... thanks for all the encouragement and inspires.  I'm very, very, very happy with how the half marathon went today.  I didn't hit my goal of 2 hours (partially because I had to stop to pee after the first mile) and, according to my Garmin, the course was a bit longer than 13.1 miles... I talked to a few other people I saw that had Garmins and they all said the same thing. But I'm psyched about my lap data and left everything out on the course.  Aside from mile 1, mile 13 was my fastest... LOVE IT! 

2h 06m 40s 13.54 miles 09m 21s/Mi

I'll write up the race report tonight or tomorrow, but wanted to check in.

RunRene - 2010-03-21 11:14 PM

Way to ROCK IT Bill!!! Sometimes those Garmins might be off because you have to zig-zag around people which actually makes you run further.  Sorry to hear about the first mile pee.  I tend to need to use the restroom frequently too so I usually stop drinking water 45-60 minutes before a race, then of course I use the rest room before the race just in case.

billsorg - 2010-03-22 11:07 AM Race report is now posted (for those interested) and I've attached the link below.  I got a little wordy on this one... I love reading race reports and enjoy the ones where lots of details are given, so I've decided to start doing that. 

http://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=200514

billsorg - 2010-03-22 2:35 AM Hello team... what are your thoughts on an ice bath following a long race or long training session?  How long do you need to soak in it to really get the effects?  I tried one for the first time yesterday and found it to be very unpleasant, to say the least.  I mean, it actually hurt.  I only lasted about 3-4 minutes, which I'm sure isn't enough time.  But I am majorly sore today... almost as sore as I was after my HIM.  Would a longer ice bath have greatly reduced or eliminated this soreness?

mdfahy - 2010-03-22 9:05 PM I'm sorry about your soreness Bill, I can't help on the ice bath question since I've never done one, but am curious as to the answer.

Question: Brick workouts - last two days I have done a bike/run brick and both times I came off the bike and started to run and my left thumb tingled and some strange feelings in my left arm.  This concerned me so I stopped my jog and walked until I could shake it off.  It seemed to come back slightly after I started running harder again, so I just walked it off again.  I also was trying to get into an aero position on the bike, so I am thinking (hoping?) that my bike position is wrong and I might be gripping the bike and putting too much pressure on my left hand/arm that is causing problems with circulation that is then more pronounced when I start running.  I've notice my heart rate is in the 140's at the start of the run. 

Is this something to be concerned about?  Anyone ever experience or heard of this?

mdfahy - 2010-03-23 2:28 PM I've found several internet postings of people complaining about the same thing and has to do with how they are holding onto the bike.  I'll try different positions, get my bike fit tomorrow and hope it goes away.

billsorg - 2010-03-22 2:35 PM Hello team... what are your thoughts on an ice bath following a long race or long training session?  How long do you need to soak in it to really get the effects?  I tried one for the first time yesterday and found it to be very unpleasant, to say the least.  I mean, it actually hurt.  I only lasted about 3-4 minutes, which I'm sure isn't enough time.  But I am majorly sore today... almost as sore as I was after my HIM.  Would a longer ice bath have greatly reduced or eliminated this soreness?

mdfahy - 2010-03-23 8:25 AM Thanks, that gives me some ideas to try different positions and see if it continues. It just started to feel this way in the last two brick workouts (sunday and monday).  I don't recall having it before with any rides and I might have done a couple rides with some aero position time, but these were probably the longest in that position. I am getting my bike fitted this week and will put on my new aero bars.  I haven't used aero bars yet, I just lean down with my hands on top holding the brake or I lean down into the drop bars (just starting trying this).

itsallrelative_Maine - 2010-03-23 8:08 AM

I tried the ice bath once...it was so painful that the dog came over to try to comfort me (because I kept saying...Oh! Ow! Not Good! Ow!)...I got out shortly thereafter. After that time, I have been using just cold water (Like Warren, we have a well so the water straight out of the ground is actually fairly cold)...that seems to work and is a little more tolerable. Does it help? I don't know. I think if you are just kind to yourself after a hard workout (or a great race), you will recover as you can. I decided that the pain of the ice bath wasn't worth it.

Now - about Matt's biking/run numbness - do you have the same numbness/tinglyness after you get off the bike every time or is it only when you go to run? Have you noticed any numbness/pain on the left side during the bike rides? Have you tried getting out of aero during the bike ride a few times (to get the blood circulating)? I've got nothing specific in mind...but it might help to nail down the specific symptoms. You might think about getting the bike fitted to see if it helps.