Autumn's Group - FULL (Page 3)

Tuesdays at 4pm PST should work okay for me. I am at work though so I may have an occassional meeting conflict or something.

I am going to see if I can get the Mental training book from the library. There's a good one close by. I'll check it out on the weekend.

I usually go for a long ride on Saturdays and Sundays and Saturday night I am riding in the velodrome. I could chat between 2:30pm and 5:30pm PST on Saturday.

My goals for February (depending on some things)

* do yoga as many days as possible before surgery

* go to PT as soon as I am able and STICK WITH IT! No matter how much it hurts

*get back in the pool and on my bike as soon as possible

*listen to my docs and my PT

* keep on smiling, baby

*try not to lose muscle mass in upper body and left leg (I probably will lose weight as I lose muscle mass- so I really want to watch what I eat)

Glad to see the group going again! I would love to hear everyone's goals and am still interested in talking about nutrition. I also bought the Mental Training book and have read the first few pages. I, too, have had a rough time with kids being sick and still struggling with that. However, my goals for February include:

* Run my first half marathon on February 24th which means I will probably still focus on my running the most

* Strength train 3X per week

* Get back in the pool!! It has been FOREVER since I have been swimming and need to start paying attention to this. I am NOT a fast swimmer, but I am steady and can easily swim a mile without training too much. I just need to work on getting faster and I am hoping that my strength training will help this

* Get outside and put some miles on my new bike! The weather has not been conducive to outdoor riding and I don't have a trainer. However, it looks like their is some good weather in the forecast

* Stay consistent with weekly weigh ins and continue to pursue weight loss goals

OK, now for my question. This past weekend, I did my long training run and I am now up to 14 miles. This was my longest run ever and it was GREAT! I had been in a meeting all day and was meeting up with a friend before the run so I didn't have much time to prepare. I didn't take a gel or use any other nutrition and didn't at all feel like I needed it. So my question is, if you don't feel "hungry" or low energy on a long run, should you still refuel during the run? 

Hi guys,

Sorry February has been a busy month at work. My goals are for the season:

• Tour De Delta Crit Finish With the peleton
• Kelowna Criterium 1st place
• Cypress Hill Climb top 5
• Team Coastal Thursday Night Criteriums: Race with Cat 4 men
• Escape Velocity Spring Series 1st River Road race: 1st woman
• 40km TT in under an hour

I guess my February Goals would be to make the weekly hours in my training plan which is:

This week: 5.5 hours

Next week: 8.5 hours

Week after: 10 hours

Week afer that: 11 hours

The 11 hour week which is just the end of February includes one of my goals (Escape Velocity Spring Series 1st River Road race: 1st woman) as that is the first race of the season.

Weightloss is one of my goals though I don't really know how to go about it.

I feel somewhat stuck. I guess I am fairly satisfied with my weight, 130lbs, so I don't put much effort into weighloss. I would like to lose 10lbs, to help me get faster and to feel better about myself, but I guess I don't want it enough. For example, I work in an environment where there are lots of snacks available whenever we want. I usually try to take a banana, but sometimes I end up eating way too many pre-packaged rice krispie squares, wagon wheels and chocolate covered granola bars. I feel like I have no willpower.

My nutrition information mostly comes from friends/my SO. My SO is fairly well read up on nutrition for cyclists though, so I feel okay taking his advice. When I grew up, my mother taught me about healthy eating and I did a lot of the cooking for the family when I was youngers, so I feel like I have a good grasp on what I should be eating, it's just harder to do in practice when there is tastier stuff (i.e. chocolate) readily available.

I also think I eat too big of portions, but food tastes so good.

Thanks for bringing this topic up autumn.

I know that I've been terrible about signing up for chat and then not showing up, so I'm proposing a few times for the rest of the week:

• Tonight (Wednesday), 9:30pm-11:00pm EST
• Tomorrow (Thursday), 9:00pm - 11:00pm EST
• Friday, 8:00pm-11:00pm EST
• Saturday, 9:00pm-11:00pm EST

Any takers?