SWBKRUN Mentor Group-"Off Season?" What is that?!! (Page 291)

I have my olympic saturday. This is taper time and I have been sleeping like crap! I am not nervous, I just wake up over and over again. The only thing really on my mind about the tri is the effectiveness of the 12 week plan I have just about finished. But since there were lots of miles in all three areas I really am not too worried. So, has anyone else experienced  poor sleep this much before a race? For no reason? AS part of the taper process (due to the reduced and regular exercise)?

Doug

Everytime I do major taper....especially for Boston and the HIM.  I think your body is used to working hard and suddenly it isn't.  I was also VERY cranky.

Edited by SSMinnow 2009-10-08 11:10 AM

Doug and Andy. Good luck on your races this weekend.

Wetsuits: I wear a full suit all the time. Since I got my new xterra and haven't had any issues with the shoulders being tight at all. I just make sure they are really pulled up high with as much extra at the shoulders as I can get. Very comfortable even if i speak in a slightly higher octave while wearing it.

Glad to hear good news about your leg Tracy.

Trevor are you sure it was the tire burning that you could smell and not just gas from something you ate?

I agree with Suzy on the taper. I felt crappy after training so hard and then doing hardly anything. I was very anxious to get back out there and do something else. Evne my wife noticed I was more annoying than usual.

 

Edited by Redknight 2009-10-08 11:54 AM

Doug--- Plan and simple--- TAPER SUCKS!  You always feel like rubbish, sleep like rubbish, etc... Just be sure to get some good rest 2 days out from your race.  Then night before you always toss and turn, plus are up pretty early!  Don't second guess anything.  You are FULLY prepped for this baby!

Let's not let words describe the rain...THAT WAS BS (sorry couldn't resist the words)








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I came accross these saying today and some of them completely sum up the way I feel right now.  So I thought they might brighten some of your days as well.  (why do we way sum up - I mean you don't sum down but saying sum alone isn't right either?) 



-There is a great need for sarcasm font.

-How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

- I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear
your computer history if you die

- Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron
test is absolutely petrifying. 

- MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I
know how to get out of my neighborhood.

-I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

- Bad decisions make good stories

- Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?

-Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go
around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly
nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be
a problem....

- I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not
seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

-I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle,
then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.

-Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still
not know what time it is.

-I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to
answer when they call.

-You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work
when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything
productive for the rest of the day.

I hit that moment at about 9:15 am Sept 29. 

My wife would say I hit it around May 24, 1999 - a week before my son was born and the day I quit my real job.

Good advice. I just hooked it up the other day, so it hasnt been outside. never thought of that. I'll give it a shot tonight. Johno - 30mph is just me getting warmed up. Just wait to see me in action.

How life has changed......we get some perks with work...Concerts/hockey games,etc. with customers.

The one I am most excited about right now....we just got 4 box seats to





Wow life has changed. Our 4 year is so pumped!!

I bet they wear capri pants...

In a non wetsuit race, could one wear "tri shorts"  made of neoprene...for the bouyancy benefit?  What exactly is the definition of a wetsuit?  Or does the rule say not bouyancy assistance?  I think Desoto advertises their short with a "float pad"  meaning it floats=bouyancy.

Was just thinking that for a HIM or IM that was not wetsuit legal, a short size neo suit over your swimsuit would be awesome.

48 shots later I am back from the Sports Med Doc.  As it turns out, I do not have an ITB issue, but a hamstring/glute med issue instead.  Too much downhill running in preparation for the HIM did me in, especially given the weakness of those muscles.  What does it all mean?  No speedwork until it settles down. Phooey.  We were starting that this weekend. And more strengthening exercises. Double phooey.



Edited by SSMinnow 2009-10-08 4:27 PM

I'd say just suck it up.  The way you are improving with your swimming, you will be giving Michael Phelps a run soon.

Barry

Did you just admit you were planning to do an IM? Cool!

S

Ugh Sigh.... So so sad!  JERK!

Sorry, I guess I should have clarified that.  I meant you (MG) Doug.  I would be up for anything.  It would be fun.  If I was only doing one leg, I could bust out the swim, hammer the bike, but no matter what, I would suck at the run, but would do it!  I'm in if you guys are interested next year. 

Also, Doug, what kind of hockey league do you play in up there?  I quit playing in January to eliminate the risk of injury and not be able to do my HIM.  I had been playing for the past ten years in a league down here with some pretty good competition.  One of my teams has a bunch of guys played at the college or junior level with about five playing as high as the ECHL.  Each year, my buddies and I would get together a team to play against some guys from Atlanta at Phillips Arena right after one of the Thrasher's games. 

SPEEDPLAY HERE TOO!  GET THEM.  YOU WILL GO FASTER, BESIDES ALL YOUR FRIENDS ARE DOING IT!

Hey, I was a little slow with that.  Good catch Suzy.  Just in case you are wondering - Louisville is still open Barry.  Sign up now!  You know you want to.

FOR ALL YOU Army 10 milers....
http://dcrainmaker.blogspot.com/2009/10/2009-army-10-miler-time-lapse.html