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Havin'Fun - 2010-09-29 8:53 AM

Wes is thinking about the Oly. 
Not sure about kid plans yet.....love to have them there, but need to work out logistics if Wes races.

Havin'Fun - 2010-09-29 8:53 AM

Wes is thinking about the Oly. 
Not sure about kid plans yet.....love to have them there, but need to work out logistics if Wes races.

SSMinnow - 2010-09-29 5:27 AM Hey boys and girls......anyone out there considering doing a little racing this weekend? talk us through your plan!

For those of us non racers, what ONE non-SBR thing are you planning to do in the off-season?

trying1 - 2010-09-29 10:33 AM I'm leaning on doing the Rev3, I'm looking at training plans..  Not sure if anyone has one they can recommend for a traveler.  One thing for me is to remember to train when I travel.  I'm probably going to Asia at least 2-3 times before the race.  Also I'm probably going to go solo.  It's going to be expensive since i'll most likely have to fly.  Between registration, flight, hotel, car rental and bike transport it's going to be pricey..  Maybe I can convince my friend to do it and we can drive down, 12 hrs is a long time in a car after a race..  Anyone close by that wants to carpool?  The good thing about Rev3 as well is they allow you to transfer your registration if something comes-up.  It's good for me since my schedule changes all the time and Rev3 has 2 other races fairly close to me (if anyone wants to do Cedar Point or Quassy).

Originally my off season plan was to start playing basketball 2-3x a week, I played twice and my PF and knees started to act up again.  Since the whole reason I changed running style is to alleviate stress on the knees and parts of my feet, I'm ditching the b-ball and working on HIM training??

SSMinnow - 2010-09-29 6:27 AM Hey boys and girls......anyone out there considering doing a little racing this weekend? talk us through your plan!

For those of us non racers, what ONE non-SBR thing are you planning to do in the off-season?

SSMinnow - 2010-09-29 4:27 AM Hey boys and girls......anyone out there considering doing a little racing this weekend? talk us through your plan!

For those of us non racers, what ONE non-SBR thing are you planning to do in the off-season?

Havin'Fun - 2010-09-29 8:53 AM

Wes is thinking about the Oly. 
Not sure about kid plans yet.....love to have them there, but need to work out logistics if Wes races.

dalessit - 2010-09-29 8:38 AM

HA you can ride with us but you have to sit between a 6 and 4 year old for 8 hours and hold the DVD player for them...

I don't belive the race sells out, especially not if you are doing the HIM.  I know I keep saying it but I need to really figure out my plan for next year. 

I want to do all the early season road race clinics
I might want to run an early season marathon depending on how OBX half mary works out
I want to get faster at Oly's and HIM's
I want to race my bike in crit's and Road Races
I want to do Cross for the full season next year.

Too much stuff and too little time.

TrevorC - 2010-09-29 10:45 AM

Oh oh me me!

Running a 1/2. This was my first ever half marathon when I ran it last year.
I am totally looking to smoke my time from last year.(2:15:xx).I better smoke my time.
I ran 3 1/2's off a bike this year, with two of them being faster than this time.
Would love to break through that elusive 2hr barrier, but I'm not completely holding my breathe.
This will be my last race before Vegas, so I really feel like I need this race to build some confidence heading into the full.

kkcbelle - 2010-09-28 11:45 PM OK, of the early pics, Tracy, I LOVE the one of you getting into your wetsuit. Classic. And of the newer pics: WOW!!! Awesome leg shot!! STRONG!!!!!!!!!!! VERY cool!!

GEORGE:

I think the "get the training out of the way early" argument is sound when it comes to life with kids. Speaking from personal experience, that is the main reason I chose CDA for my IM, and it couldn't have played out better in terms of my summer and family time. Race was one week after school was out, and then I was free and clear. Yeah, my training was spotty at best all summer, but I had crossed off my main list item, so it was all OK. Makes for some gloomy training in the winter for sure... but it keeps ya honest!! Ha! I'd sooo love to "see" you do a HIM (from afar... of course I'd much rather SEE it up close or race one WITH you, but we take what we can get, right?!).

SSMinnow - 2010-09-29 8:47 AM

YEAH!!!! This is turning out to be bigger and better than I ever thought it would.  I'm a happy camper!

PS. Check out my groovy new shoes!  Tomorrow starts some work on a slight gait change. 

gdale - 2010-09-29 8:55 AM

Yeah, when I was thinking about it, I gave in to the fact that the majority of my bike training would be indoors for this and probably won't have much more than 1 month outdoors before a May HIM.

TrevorC - 2010-09-29 10:56 AM

Damn..Paul has some sexy legs!!!

but seriously...newtons right?
I've had the 'sir isaac newtons ' and ran ~~100 miles in them so far. I like what they are trying to get my to do. Mid-foot strike. I am a heavy heel striker. I went to get some new fancy sport orthotics last week. I brought in new asics and my newtons. The doc essentially told me to throw the newtons away!! He said they are a horrible way to learn to mid foot strike. he jokingly told me just to put gravel in my heel instead to teach me to stay off my heel so much. The shoes don't necessaily train the body to stay off the the heels, and could cause other foot issues. I think every foot guy is going to have different opinions on them though. I think he just didnt think they would work for someone like me who is a bigger guy, midfoot striker, and a newish runner. I think they may have been contributing partially to my tight calves again as well. I havent given up on them, but i have put them away for the winter anyhow.

Will be curious how you like them. You are a smaller person and a good runner. Obviously they work for some/people or guys like Alexander wouldn't be wearing them.

tahrens - 2010-09-29 10:15 AM ******TRAINING QUESTION***********

There is a local half marathon in 5 weeks that I am seriously considering.  I'd love to improve my speed so this is what I'm thinking of my training schedule.  Please give your expert opinions.

Run 4x a week:  run 1) speed drills   run 2) tempo run at moderate distance  run 3) hills at moderate distance  run 4) distance.  This would be complimented with swimming 2x a week, biking 1-2x a week and strength training 2x/week.

What do you think of the order and anyone know of any good speed drills?  I have some but am always looking for more.

Thanks 

fattyfatfat - 2010-09-29 10:09 AM

SSMinnow - 2010-09-29 3:27 AM Hey boys and girls......anyone out there considering doing a little racing this weekend? talk us through your plan!

For those of us non racers, what ONE non-SBR thing are you planning to do in the off-season?

tahrens - 2010-09-29 11:15 AM ******TRAINING QUESTION***********

There is a local half marathon in 5 weeks that I am seriously considering.  I'd love to improve my speed so this is what I'm thinking of my training schedule.  Please give your expert opinions.

Run 4x a week:  run 1) speed drills   run 2) tempo run at moderate distance  run 3) hills at moderate distance  run 4) distance.  This would be complimented with swimming 2x a week, biking 1-2x a week and strength training 2x/week.

What do you think of the order and anyone know of any good speed drills?  I have some but am always looking for more.

Thanks 

SSMinnow - 2010-09-29 11:31 AM

What is with you and John????  You just RACED a HIM and need a nano second to recover from it before jumping back on the horse.   My advice is you give yourself this week to recover with easier Z1/2 efforts on the bike and run.  If you must add in a weekly tempo run at greater than your 10K pace for no more than an hour and then focus on your long runs.    You're not going to build a tremendous amount of speed in 3 weeks (assuming  a recovery week and a taper week), but you do have the potential to injure yourself if you do the four points above.

PS.  Not trying to be the glass is half empty girl, just asking you to pause and reflect that the approach you used for your HIM was a steady build and it worked.  I too, wanted to run three half marathons between now and the end of the year and my coach hit me over the head with a frying pan to knock some sense into me.

SSMinnow - 2010-09-29 5:27 AM Hey boys and girls......anyone out there considering doing a little racing this weekend? talk us through your plan!

For those of us non racers, what ONE non-SBR thing are you planning to do in the off-season?

SSMinnow - 2010-09-29 6:27 AM Hey boys and girls......anyone out there considering doing a little racing this weekend? talk us through your plan!

For those of us non racers, what ONE non-SBR thing are you planning to do in the off-season?