Experior's Group, Take Two -- CLOSED (Page 30)

Sylvain-good stuff! That's great that you are able to recognize these things and begin taking steps to make the needed changes.  Making important changes in how we interact with family, work experiences and life in general is far more important than what we do in our triathlon training.  Sounds like things are headed in the right direction.

Went on my first run last night since the race on Sunday. Cruising along on a nice easy run with about 4.5 miles planned. At about 3.75 miles I got a bad cramp in my right calf.  Stretched a little and ran some but it would not go away.  It was really hot out but thought I had been good with my fluids during the day.  Hobbled home then made sure to get plenty of fluids/electrolytes.  Today it is better but the calf is really sore and tight. Swam at lunch and that helped.  Will try to bike tonight unless that irritates it.  Will need to take a couple of days off from running-hopefully it will clear up quickly.  Have never had issues with cramps so this was a bit of a surprise.  Will stretch it and get "the stick" after it.

Randy

Did a 30 min recovery ride tonight and on last loop I thought maybe I'll stop at the park and practice some running mounts.  Well, I was having a blast and didn't want to stop.  I was going back and forth doing mount and dismount none stop.   Unfortunately it was getting dark so had to go.  I my way back home I thought I would try to hook up my shoes, perform running mount and try putting on my shoes.  Had no problem with right foot but couldn't get my left one in, eventualy got it.  That was fun, I must do it again.

Micheal need your opinion, or anyone else for that matter.

I'm planning my next 6 weeks, which includes this week. I did some workouts on week of July 6 after a two week break.  Week of  July 26 is where I can't decide if I should perform another build phase or recovery.  I don't have plans to do any other races, so I have plenty of time to recover (all winter!).  My first race is flat for run and bike, swim might have rough waters it's in Lake Ontario.  Maybe perform build type workouts but shorter.

Went to LBS yesterday and picked up spare tube with CO2 and bag to hold.  Looked around and drooled over the Tri bikes that I can't afford.  I guess it's time to save up for a new toy.

Did you guys ever hear of putting your spare tube in plastic bag and add baby powder.  Apperantly this would help the tire tube properly set itself when you put air in. 

Mark-good work! Solid improvement. Enjoyed the race report.  Keep it up.

Randy

Another great swim workout.  Did 6 x 50 and dropped my avg by 3 seconds.  Also performed 10 x 100 and did normal pacing/cadence for first 6 sets and was 2 seconds below average.  On set 7 through 9 I attempted to increase cadence.  I know that increasing cadence does not always result in increase speed but I had to try to see the affects.  Well I slowed down by 3 seconds above my average.  On set 10 I slowed my cadence BUT the one difference from the first 6 sets is I didn't have a pause,  I ended with last set at my average time.  My lats were exhausted after this workout.  During cool down I did some nice long stretch, reaching as far as I could before the pull.  What was neat is it felt like I was pulling on a wall, I could really feel the catch.  So for fun I timed 50m of my cool down.  I didn't speed, I did same long slow strokes and finished in 1:05, my average for 50m tonight was 52 seconds that's a difference of only 13 seconds.  I spent a lot of energy for only 13 seconds.  Well to me that difference seems like very little because over 750m (my sprint distances) that's only 97.5 seconds.  Coming out of the water would feel like I just warmed up for the bike.  Don't get me wrong, I will be going faster.  But what tonight’s cool down has told me is that I need to take that stroke and gradually increase my cadence.  I need to be patient.  At this time I'm thinking of dropping the 52sec/50m and the 1:55/100m out of my head and start fresh next workout.

Well I hope my story makes sense, I'm a tech geek not a writer

Sylvain
"Learning to be patient"