Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 31)

Or will be tomorrow! Right now it's sleeting and very windy. Was going to head back to the gym and swim, but I think I'll ride the trainer at home.

Hey Peter - it depends on what you mean by 1:45? Do you mean you went one minute and forty-five seconds per 100 meters in your last ironman-distance swim, or do you mean it took you one hour and fourty-five minutes to cover the entire 2.4 miles?

Been a sort of crummy week.  I think I am a touch fatigued, and trying to ease up on some of the workouts/perhaps rest to catch up.  Hopefully the snow is a non-event for the Boston burbs.

On the plus side, I am 10 lbs down in wgt thus far; I'll take that!  

How is everyone staying motivated?  I gotta say, I am running out of Netflix!

Looks like I woke the thread up! lol

When is your next recovery week? What plan are you following?

Todd, happened again tonight.  But it seems to happen late in the swim when I'm still pointing my toes with effort rather than just letting them get pushed down with the water.  Does that make sense?

On Friday I'm going to do some good calf and toe stretches before I start and see if that helps at all.

I definitely hit a fatigue wall this week.  I've managed to hit my workouts...and most of them have been good.  But the rest of the time, I'm DRAGGIN .  I'm fighting a cold as well...does not help.  I can't say I'm running out of Netflix yet...finishing up season 8 of 24.  Going to start House of Cards or Walking Dead next...mix in a few movies.  Hopefully we'll be outside in the next 3 weeks...

If you ever figure out the cause, please share. The only thing I know is that I will cramp if I run first, which maybe is related to the cool water(?), so I stopped doing that.

I bring a bottle of electrolytes to the pool. So it seems totally random to me.

I have noticed that old people need a lot of naps.

it hasn't happened in a long time, but I used to get similar cramps, especially if I ran or biked before the swim. They sometimes were so debilitating that I had difficulty climbing out of the pool. Honestly most of the time cramps (whether running, biking, or swimming and despite that nutrition & supplement manufacturers would like to convince us of otherwise) are an issue of fitness, not a lack of hydration or electrolytes.

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cornick - 2013-03-06 3:40 PMEveryone must be training because the crickets are awfully loud in here!

I was thinking that yesterday before my nap.

I have noticed that old people need a lot of naps.

Hey I resemble that.

Ha Ha - me too! I really have been trying to sneak in a little nap every day, but I am thus far not very good at it. Napping is actually kinda hard... I am going to keep working at it - you know, train your weakness and all.

I can see that for calf cramps, but foot cramps? Wondering if it has anything to do with flexibility? I know my ankles are fairly inflexible after so many years of running. Foot cramps are uniquely painful. I see other people in the pool suddenly stop and I know exactly what's happening.

Brian - it could be, but I would include flexibility as part of fitness/conditioning. Coming off the wall is much more like skipping than running, for both the arch of the foot and the calf. I *think* incorporating plyometric stuff in my strength build a few years ago has helped as I no longer get them when swimming (knocks wood). On a couple of recent occasions I have gotten foot cramps in yoga (i am new to yoga) when doing poses like zen, pigeon, and even child's pose - all poses where the ankle is flexed much like when you kick. It seems to be most accute after something like downward dog. So it could be triggered by the extreme planter flexion caused from pushing off the wall (downward dog) and going right into pointing your toes on the kick (child's pose).

At least with yoga I am not over my head in water when it happens.

Big 'ol normal fins - not zoomers.

Probably a result of keeping your blankets tucked in too tight during your naps.

Wow, Troy, and I thought the flu was bad! Get better soon, that sounds very nasty.