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Thanks Jeremy!

Name: Joe

Story: I got into multisport in the winter of 2011; at the time I was around 250 and lacking passion for something in my life. A very tedious time in my life. The fitness center that I am a member of had a 'mileage' contest, who could swim, bike, and run the most would get prizes so I entered that. After that contest they hosted an indoor tri, which I entered with some trepidation. I liked it! After that I ran my first 5k and various other sprint tris culminating with an Olympic distance event. By that time I had dropped my weight to 210 lbs. I had some more learning to do though because by January of next year I was back into the 220's. I began my training for my second year of multisport and signed up for several sprint events as well as my first Half Ironman, which was the prize at the end of the year. Unfortunately I injured myself and missed out on all my events save the Half Ironman, which was Steelhead. I had a piriformis 'syndrome', swelling in the right buttock severe enough to shift my pelvis and misalign my spine, it was terrible! I looked like I had scoliosis. With a month to Steelhead I decided to begin training for it but I was still injured; I remember the first thing I did was walk a mile, gingerly. I prayed about it and recieved a minor miracle that I was fit enough to finish the event.

Family Status: Married with three kids and 4 grandkids and 6 cats. Life is busy this year!

Current training: I am following the SuperCoach Ironman plan; I am in week 11 of the preseason portion.

This year's races: Two indoor tris and a Half Ironman

2013's races: Racine 70.3, IM Canada, IM Wisconsin, and if I win the lottery, Kona (woot!)!

Weightloss: 250 was my max; currently I'm at 200 lbs and looking to get into the 170's by July

Back from a swim session at the fitness center. Including warm up and cool down I did 2500, 2000 of it non stop. Today is normally my off day but I took Wednesday and Thursday off mostly due to some bruising/bleeding along my right tibia. I take some OTC herbals, and a few of them are blood thinners: Garlic, ginseng, vitamin E (multivitamin), and fish oil. The wife and I get protein from online and they usually throw some freebie in there to try and the other week there was a pre workout booster with capsiacin in it. I didn't even think of what could happen but last week I did 2 hours on the treadmill and later when I got home I noticed the bruising/bleeding underneath the skin along my tibia. After some research I decided that is what my problem was so I stopped taking the pre workout stuff and I will cut back on the fish oil. The other things I only take every so often; hopefully this clears up my situation.

Has anyone ever followed the Trifuel Supercoach plan? Any comments? I saw some thoughts on Slowtwitch that there was too much swimming and not enough anything else but that might be referring to a previous version; Coach Mike, who designed it, has revised it every now and again. Then again I also read on Slow twitch that 'not enough' is a common complaint from those guys, lol.

Ron,

It really depends on how your body recovers.  How was your recovery when you did the back to backs in December?  If you could take a rest day the monday following the 1/2 mary and slide right into your training plan I think you would be ok.  "racing as training" is something I like to do a lot ie schedule road races or shorter tris to help play into my A race of the year.  I would try to keep up the bike and run while you ramp up to the other races, but maybe cut the volume a bit and make sure that it is done at a lower intensity.  

Hey all, I hope you are all having some good training this weekend.

I had a really busy day today but I did manage to get a 5 mile run in just before dark. That was my longest run so far this month.

Next Saturday's Frosty Fun Run is a 5.5 mile event. After that I'll build to a 10 miler in March and I'm hoping to do a half marathon in April or May.

I'm still resting my calf and starting to get frustrated coz it's not sore anymore. I want to give myself another week before hitting the roads again. I did a gym workout yesterday and today it's active rest. Mopping the floors being the "active" bit. I had intened going out on the bike but it's snowy and icy outside.

I'm considering buying a turbo trainer as the weather won't get better anytime soon. Which raises a question as I have two options. A turbo trainer for the house to cycle anytime or a couple of spin classes a week ( which are "free" as part of my gym membership ) and longish weekend road rides weather permitting?

I love spin classes, but I would recommend a trainer.  Spin is a great way to build general fitness, but you will lose something in translation if you're not on your specific bike.  Due to geometry differences etc. The more time you can spend on YOUR BIKE on a trainer or outside, the better.  Spinning is certainly better than no bike, but I prefer the trainer.

Thanks for your reply.

What's your thoughts on gym classes in general as part of a training regime. Before christmas I was going to Metafit and Spartacus workouts. I started these because I identify myself as a "plodder". Long and slow I like but I have no speed at all. I was really feeling the benefit before the Christmas food binge took hold.

Nothing wrong with them at all.  Do whatever makes you feel good and what you enjoy.  I enjoy playing basketball, TRX, and doing yoga in additon to S/B/R and try to incorporate them into my routine.  However the rule of thumb that most follow is to focus on S/B/R.  If your goal is to be faster in triathlon the majority if not all of your training should be S/B/R.  Add speedwork in the specific disciplines to get faster.

I've just signed up for a triathlon training weekend starting 22nd March. It's two nights in a nice hotel in the Scottish Borders. Not seen the schedule yet but based on last year there will be plenty of S/B/R with proper coaching.

Looking forward to a weekend with like-minded lunatics. Now it's just a matter of training for the training!

Just checking back in.  Last week wasn't so great on the training front, did run on Monday (3 miles) and then again on Saturday (slow 10  miles).  Definitely need more consistency, as I know this is not really training.

On a good note, I'm running tonight, so it's a new week.

Nice to meet everyone who has come on in JAPEWANG's group.  Welcome.

Indeed.  Happens to me frequently. Usually is related to some dehydration.  I find a lot of us don't hydrate as much while we are swimming and you can pay for it.  You also use your hammies much more than you think in swimming (especially if doing fin drills).  Take time to stretch a bit after each swim set and ensure you rehydrate.

I understand that.   After finishing my HIM in September 2011, I had to cut back and focus on the family more.  I ended up going a bit too far (although not falling off completely).  Did good through about June 2012, then just let everything slide from there.  I'm working on refocusing this year, and am looking to do more weekday training.

Good news, I was back on the bike and trainer this morning.  I'll have a goal to find the pool by the end of February.