ultrahip_00's Mentor Group - Closed Again! (Page 3)

ultrahip_00 - 2009-04-29 9:00 PM Wait, what?! i have to swim 5 days/week to get faster?!?! damn!! i guess i won't get faster for a while. .   swimming is definitly my weakest of the 3 sports still!

No thats not what I meant, anyone can get faster, what I meant was most of the people that swim really fast swim 5+ days a week, 1:00-1:10 per 100.

I dont have to work as much swimming as I do biking and running, If I can make it to the pool 3-4 times I am happy, I wish I could run more but my body takes too much time between runs for recovery, biking takes up too much time period. I am doing a race this weekend and just hope to be fresh after the swim(regardless of time)keep an even and focused effort on the bike(very hilly course)run in under 2 hours.

Mike, what race pointers do you have to maintain focus on the bike, and pacing on the run?

I barely fimished my race, so it looks like I'm finished for the season until I can get things under control. I need to heal my nagging injuries and focus on my health so that I can race strong again, I have forgotten what that is like!  My times have dropped off on all of my events, probably due to overuse or overtraining, definitely trying to do too much while injured. 

Any tips on injury recovery and run strength training would be appreciated, I have been battling ITBS since January. My plan is to take two months off from running and biking,both have taken a role in the pain(cannot narrow down the cause). Start strength training in month three easing back into biking and running in month four, my plan is subject to change based on any input, but I cannot go through another race like yesterday!

Extremely frustrating, I have been dealing with this since January, I have been using a foam roller,religious stretching,time off,trigger point therapy kit,massage,plyometrics, and its only gotten worse! So I am taking the necessary time off with the exception of some swimming, and then start a run & bike strength training program so that I can prevent injuries.

Interesting chart I saw this morning:

Speed of light = 299,792,458 meters/second
Speed of a comet = 600,000 meters/second
Mercury’s rotation = 47,360 meters/second
Space Shuttle = 8,000 meters/second
Blackbird jet = 979 meters/second
Land speed = 349 meters/second
Peregrine Falcon = 89.4 meters/second
Cheetah = 30.6 meters/second
Orca whale = 13.3 meters/second
Mako Shark = 8.9 meters/second
WR men’s 100 free = 2.1 meters/second
WR woman’s 100 free = 1.89 meters/second
Beginner Masters swimmer = .42 meters/second

I like the chart, but I don't think I even make the beginner master's swimmer!    Every time I get in the pool, it is a humbling experience.

I agree, everyone at my pool is way faster than me, except for breastroke, which doesn't count in tri's for me, however, I'm seeded 28th in the nation for my age group at nationals this weekend in the 50 breatstoke. I just pray it is a better weekend than the sufferfest DFL this past weekend!

28  Schultz, Stuart J             42 MAAC    34.50

Summer is here and there is way too much fun to pass it all up. I am on a mandatory no training schedule until I recover and I know it will drive me crazy. I just hope I dont loose too much fitness or worse gain weight, dont sweat a few days, you have been consistant!

Bad enough to where I feel constant pain and swelling during and between all of my runs and during hills on the bike, some days more so than others.  I do know that biking and running cause the most pain(hip,butt,hamstring,and sometimes quad area). I have been down the  Doctor and sports specialist road and they gave me prescription Advil, (my insurance is a joke and that's another thread).

I have taken time off and stopped running numerous times over the past six months, it has helped but has not been enough and the pain has gradually gotten worse, along with my performance during races and effort during training.

I was frustrated , now I have a plan, and feel comfortable knowing that this is what I should have done sooner. My plan is to continue swimming and yoga, then I will add strength training along with running drills, then biking and running when Im ready and strong. I dont remember what its like to run pain free, Im sure I probably run with a limp also, I am at the point where I cannot think about lost training base because I am not commited to any races, I need a long term solution to my running pain and the agony I went through the last two races.