Mimir98's group-CLOSED AGAIN...FOR REAL THIS TIME (Page 3)

 Very jealous you've been to Bali!  Where else fun have you been? Bet you can travel to some pretty amazing places on that side of the world!!!  Let's have the list, from most to least favorite.

IM Tat...

I don't have any tats now but will before July 4th .  Just a small one.  I'll probably put it on my lower back on the right side right above where my bike shorts sit.  Anyone who doesn't workout with me won't ever see it but it will probably be beyond them anyway.

DH wasn't for because his theory was that he didn't want me to set the wrong example for our kids.    Frankly, if that's all they do I'll be leaping for joy.  As for my example, my argument is that there are worse examples I could set than being fit, taking care of myself, setting a goal, that has lots of ups and downs that you have to push through and maintain focus sacrificing numerous things along that way.  He's since changed his mind.

Hope everyone got something in today!  

I am sooo envious.  Your travels sound fascinating.

Somehow the girl who wanted to go to school for International business so she could travel fell in love with a guy from a small town and won't leave.  I'm trying to get him to move 15 miles to the west to SA.  Overseas would put him over the edge. LOL...  I do think I could get him to bike Italy though.  Someday...sigh....

Hope everyone has a great NY Day...kick it off right with some solid rest so you can kick it in gear on Wednesday or get a great workout in.

We'll have to discuss these travels more!!!  But later.  Right now, I have to go bike for a long time...after 4 1/2 hours of sleep.  I'm tired and wondering why I am doing this, but once the coffee kicks in and the sun comes up and I smell the ocean breezes, all will be right with the world.  Plus, I will have a cuban feast to look forward to   And an early bed.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!  Make every day count, weather it's a training day or a rest day.  And be sure you ENJOY what you do....this is SUPPOSED to be fun   

Hope everyone has a great start to the new year! I started the olympic training plan found here on BT today. Got a good ride in the morning - hope to swim later today. I miss understood my pool hrs and missed lap swim this am by 20 min! Also have realized that for me to get my swim portions in - I am gonna have to swim at 6 am! ugghh - That will definitely take some getting used to for me!

Mimi - correct me if I am wrong please - this training plan is a 16 week plan - I only have 14 weeks so I am starting on week 2....any thoughts? Also - should I worry about following days in correct order every week? I mean, on this plan my long bike ride is on Friday and my off day is Sat - I feel like I should be able to swap these with no problem, right? How important is it to follow the daily time limits? If a particular day calls for a 53 min ride - but I am feeling good and want to ride additional time - how will that  effect my overall plan?

I have more ?'s but won't overload you all at once!

Edit - how was the ride? hope it was good - I can't wait until I can make that kinda distance -but right now I can't even imagine!

YOu'll get used to the 6am swim...trust me, I am soooo not a morning person, but have learned to become one.  It's a great way to start the day, too!

I would try to stick to the plan as much as you can...and that means if it says 53 min. do 53 minutes.  I mean, 55 wouldn't kill you, but it's a plan for a reason.  Do too much and you risk overuse injury.  Even if you are feeling good, try to stick to the plan.  Sometimes you do have to move workouts around, but usually plans are structured so that you have proper recovery/ active recovery, or to simulate the fatigue you'll feel in a race.   Maybe you can shift the whole plan by a day to match your schedule?    I am by no means an authority on this...just going by what I have learned from my own training.  

The ride was beautiful.  Only hit 90, but I"ll take it!!!  This is when it really pays to live in south florida.  Nothing like riding along the beach on Jan 1!  And it was crowded out there.  And great job getting started!!  Nothing like a new year to get you motivated  

OH, and yes, if you are comfortable doing the distances for 2 weeks into the plan you should be fine.  Just listen to your body and be honest with yourself.  If you feel tired, or sore in a weird way, don't be afraid to cut something short.  As my coach once told me, "save the great performance for race day"

so what's on everyone's schedule for the rest of the week?  Here's what I am doing:

Robert, just curious...do you not want to train at the HIM level b/c of time constraints?  Or just wanna train for a specific distance?  Not that this is the right thing to do, but I did my first HIM on a whim...I had done an oly in june, I think, and was thinking *maybe* for the HIM.  I believe I decided in August to do the Miamiman HIM which is in November, but just do it as a long training day.  It worked out...I learned alot about what not to do  

It depends on what your race goals are for that distance.   Will your son be going to school stateside ? 

Edit:  More thougts on this....it's not necessarily better to be overtrained for a distance, if your goal is to finish in a certain time.  You can push it harder in an oly b/c it's shorter, but you also will do some more speed focused work.  Also thought I'd point out the swim distance between oly and HIM isn't such a big one, so if that would be the only thing holding you back, I wouldn't not do the HIM because of the swim.  Did I make sense on any of that??

Gotta nice ride in today - I have had a good week - I have stuck to my plan this week - almost! Just rearranged a bit. How about everyone else?

Got a run planned for tomorrow am - gonna take it easy the rest of today - watch Jax beat Pittsburgh later..... 

Stay with a plan...Heh!  What's that?  Just kidding.

Nice Job sticking with it. 

I did ok this week.  I missed a couple workouts but made them both up if you count today's joy ride.  Today I rode with my tri group.  We're pretty new so we are trying to grow our own and take care of the newbies so we stayed together.  Pretty slow but we were in a hilly area and I'm not suppose to do hills anyway so it worked out.  I'll try and get a good ride in tomorrow on the flats but it's liable to give me a run for my money with the wind.

Anybody else?

Got my run in tonight! So finished my week good - which made me think - does everyone start their week on Sunday or Monday? Guess it doesn't matter really. How about it guys/gals? Did everyone have a productive weekend?

Here is my schedule for the week - what does everyone else have lined up?

I am thinking if I post my plan for the week here - it will be harder for me to be slip out of something later in the week - anyone else feeling froggy?

ouch , feel better soon!  It sucks to not be able to breathe   You defninitely won't lose anything in 3-4 days.  In a week's time, you'll be totally back to normal.  Let thy body rest and heal. 

I start my week on Sunday since that's what the log tracks.

Today's workout is done and I have a PT appt and I'm going to tell her I'm GOING to start running again.  Probably not the smartest move but I can't handle this anymore.  Told coach he needed to up my workouts too.  These 30 min workouts aren't worth getting up early for.  I spend more time planning how to get them done than actually doing them.   I think I'll be ok on running if I continue to stretch aggresively before and after my runs and if I start running on gravel vs road.  Time will tell.    Wish me luck. 

Good idea!  Now we will all be checking up on you