Caius's Group - CLOSED (Page 3)

Caius - Awesome website you have and noble work you are doing as well.  My family too is affected by Altzheimers - my 3 time-retired pharmacist stepfather now has the mind of a 2 year old.

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Got my Xterra wetsuit in the mail today.  I look like one of the new Xmen!!!!!!!!!!

Good post, and very true!

The mental part is indeed something that we need to work on. It's good that that you didn't give up and kept at it. I'm sure when you finished your ride you thought, "I'm glad I was strong enough to go through that and finish my planned workout."

Next time you're out and you have a tough session, remember this workout and you were able to push through in the past therefore you will be able to push through again. The more times we do this, the more positive reinforcement we give ourselves, the easier it will be to overcome future mental hurdles.

Side note: I've read, and have noticed personally that when my mind starts to wander and I want to just give up, sometimes it's an indication of not having enough calories stored up to complete the workout. A gel or two usually does the trick and my attitude perks right up. Something to try!

I have been practicing zazen (a form of Zen meditation) for some time now and it takes care of those discouraging/distracting thoughts that come up during training.

In this form of meditation I focus on the breath.  When a thought comes in and sticks, such that I am taken away from the breath, I acknowledge it and let it go.  No matter how often they come up, no matter how long they stay before I notice and let it go, I just keep the process going.  The result is that, as time goes on, these thoughts don't stick and I keep my focus for long periods of time.

Distance sports have a meditative aspect to them and I just transfer this process over.  Instead of the breath, I focus on the road or the cadence, or whatever needs the attention.  My "I can't do it" thoughts gennerally get me before I go to workout.

*please not that this is a by-product of a long time meditative practice, and would take time to develop.

Wow Tim!  That is a ride you'll never forget!  And on your new bike's initial ride outdoors!

I went to my LBS today to pick up my racing uniform (they FINALLY came in).  Had to drool over the $2000 Specailized Transition.  (only drooled)  Had to sit on it... rest my arms in the aerobars....
That is a sweet bike!

Good Lord Tim!  I hope my rides are noticably boring by comparison.

Well Done sir!

Wow!!! What a story! Great job for staying calm and helping out the child and the lady. I'm very happy to hear that they were both okay, especially the baby.

If I read it correctly, it sounds like she was doing some careless driving. Wonder why she wanted to swerve around the stoped truck? Anyway, glad that no one got seriously hurt.

Oh, I can imagine how your heart must have been racing. Great job Tim!!!

Just for fun I thought I'd map out where all of us are from. Check it out here...

hats actually pretty cool to think about how we are spread out across the U.S and Canada.

-Jameson

Kinesio,  any Vegas stories to share?

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I love the map, but to be compeltely accurate, I live in Amherstburg.  It's much nicer than Windsor.   Party at Tim's place.  He is pretty central.

Yes, thanks for the map.  It seems you are a data & map geek (like me).  In my new job I am going to be working a lot with both.  What a great time to change jobs - just before my first triathlon!

Tracy

PS - I will be bike commuting in part of the way to work tomorrow as the weather is almost decent now!

I did a week 5 work out in the 0 to 1650 swim program today.  The main set was supposed to workout to about 930 meters continuous.  I felt good though, so I extended it to 1020m.

Swimming 1k continuous was on my short term goals list, so that felt pretty good.

Thanks for the Map, to be exact I live in Idaho Falls, SE corner of the state , where we got 5 inches of snow for the first day of May !

Tim, that was quite a ride you had, I won't complain about riding in the wind  anymore if everyone stays on the road where they should be .

Good luck Kristina on you Tri , I know you will do great. Mine is in 3 weeks, and I have to rent a wetsuit too.

I plan to do another brick workout this weekend, I learned some things to do and not do last weekend, it should go better.

hope everyone has a good weekend too !

I'm off the DL and back among the living.  Antibiotics kicked in this afternoon and I got a light core workout in after getting up from a 1.5 hour nap.  I should be okay to race tomorrow.

Good luck to everyone this weekend, I believe we have a tri and a half mary!

Good Luck this weekend!

Just wondering what everyone's views were for shaving down before a race? Does it help with the other sports or just the swimming???

- Jameson