JohnnyKay and Fred Doucette's HIM/IM focused Mentor group-CLOSED (Page 29)

Nice job and that blogger has a ton of good stuff on his page.  Thanks for that.

I had a group ride today and it was actually my first ride outside this year in WI.  Also did a short little run later in the day after a bunch of landscaping around the house.  

It is now 5pm and I am planning to open a Capital Brew Pale Ale which is brewed in Madison, WI.  This made me think of Ironman and and how I will be volunteering again this year at a water station on the run.  Is anyone other than Fred doing IM WI this year?

bryancd - 2011-05-07 11:50 AM Hey all, back from my first race of the season, the Rio Salado Olympic. I won the amateur AG race in 2:04:14. Great start to my season. I'll post a link to my RR when i get it done, it will be good reading.

Congrats on the win...looking forward to reading the RR.

Yeah...I think finding the right group is the key.  It has to be a blend of how strong the group is, as well as their riding styles.  I've been in groups that only hammer the hills, and some that ride more steady.  Also ridden with groups where I'm the weakest rider, and some where I'm one of the strongest.

I keep my training interests first though.  Lots of times I'll just meet up with the group at the start, chit chat, then totally just do my own thing on my own...then meet up with them again after I and the group finish riding.

I managed the 25 min run/2 hour ride/25 min run yesterday after all. Rode with my training friend. She just bought a new Cervelo tri bike and I could barely keep up with her. She likes to hammer away on the entire ride. She NEVER lets up. She'll talk about how her legs are burning and on fire and just keep hammering away! It was a great workout for me. I wouldn't push myself that hard if I were alone.

I bombed my nutrition schedule though. I was hungry after the first run and ate a couple of fig newtons. Then I didn't fuel at all for the first 40 min of the ride and had nothing on my last run. I paid for it with a terrible headache later last night.

bryancd - 2011-05-07 4:50 PM Hey all, back from my first race of the season, the Rio Salado Olympic. I won the amateur AG race in 2:04:14. Great start to my season. I'll post a link to my RR when i get it done, it will be good reading.

Congratulations on the win!

tri808 - 2011-05-07 9:31 PM

bryancd - 2011-05-07 11:50 AM Hey all, back from my first race of the season, the Rio Salado Olympic. I won the amateur AG race in 2:04:14. Great start to my season. I'll post a link to my RR when i get it done, it will be good reading.

Congrats on the win...looking forward to reading the RR.

x2 - that's an awesome time Bryan.  Great job on the win.

It's hard to make consistent improvements in 3 different sports! My first year tri training I was afraid of running because I was recovering from a torn tendon. I would only run 2 days a week. I gave 150% to my swim and made a lot of improvements. Fast forward to this year and I am running more than ever. My cycling and running are both steadily improving. The time I would have to put into improving my swim is just not worth the effort for me. I would have to put in hours of swim time for a few seconds saved in the water. It irritates me that I'm no longer getting faster but I guess it is a trade off for now.

Shoe question - I have a 1/2 marathon next weekend and I'm trying to decide on wearing my new shoes or old ones.  Old ones have 710km on them, new ones 65km.  I wasn't big on the new ones at first since the right one felt tight in the toebox, but it's stretched out a bit and is not nearly as annoying.  Longest run in the new ones was this morning at 13km and everything felt fine - last weekend ran 20km in the old ones and was starting to feel some aches and pains in the last part of the run.  Could have been fatigue, could have been the shoes since they're probably close to their limit.

So, new or old for next weekend?

bryancd - 2011-05-07 4:50 PM Hey all, back from my first race of the season, the Rio Salado Olympic. I won the amateur AG race in 2:04:14. Great start to my season. I'll post a link to my RR when i get it done, it will be good reading.

Super job out there Bryan!  Definitely looking forward to the RR.

I'll be there... if you think of the Rhino in "Jumanji" the movie running across the intersection... that will be me on the run, just moving along!  

I've been taking ice baths after my longer workouts. I fill the tub with cold water, put on my tri shorts and a warm sweatshirt, get in, then add the ice. Actually my kids think it's really funny to put the ice in so I let them do it . I just use whatever ice is in my freezer. I have read about other people filling the tub with bags of ice though.

I soaked in an ice bath yesterday immediately after my workout. Today my legs feel a little tired but not sore at all. 

Thanks.  I'm in compression tights now but post-bike this afternoon I'm going to try it.  Hopefully it'll help get rid of my "leg flu."

I took ice baths after long runs in training for my first marathon (before getting into tris).  This was when my fitness level was much lower, and I would limp around work the next day after anything over 12 miles.

Nowadays...I don't bother with ice baths.  I'll use recovery tights when needed.  I'll also jump in the ocean after a long run if possible...but the ocean here is only about 74-78 degrees.  I've read a lot of forum discussion about ice baths on runners world...and most say that the water doesn't even need to be that cold for it to be effective.  Anything around 60 degrees will work.  It doesn't have to be super cold with tons of ice like most people think.

2000 yd AM swim, 6 mile run tonight.

Getting psyched for IM Texas.  Decided to ship bike to the IM Bike store.  It will go from my LBS to the IM shop on site.  Anyone have experience with the IM bike shop tune ups?  I'm not sure if it would be best done by LBS or by them. 

Feeling pretty good about my bike training.  Had an easy to moderate effort ride yest  (purely based on RPE) and maintained a solid pace, good nutrition, and had lots left in my legs.

If you're a regular with the LBS, I would definitely have them tune it up before shipping it.  They know you and your bike will be more likely to get the attention it deserves.  I'm lucky and have a live in bike fairy who does all of my mechanical stuff.  I haven't had to use a bike shop in years. 

Same problem here. Now I don't even want to try to hit my times in the pool because I just get ticked off that I'm slower. I've just been swimming long sets and not looking at the clock. How's that for a bad attitude?!