JohnnyKay and Fred Doucette's HIM/IM focused Mentor group-CLOSED (Page 32)

Fred...what's the benefit of doing say a 3 mi run/30 mi bike/3 mi run instead of just doing a 30 mi bike/6 mi run?

ETA:  I'm assuming you're not training for any duathlons...

Sorry, I am slow with the camera/uploading.  I'll try to snap one this evening.  Have to get one of those fancy Thunderbolt's. 

"The Hornet" is a Felt F75. I don't think the cutouts are a problem.

7am presentations are just wrong on every level.  Sucks for the guy giving the presentation as they have to come in extra early to set up...and most people attending aren't even awake enough to pay attention at 7am anyway.

Yes. I started ART this fall for patella tendonitis in my knee. Cleared it up in about 4 or 5 treatments. So then I went back for other little things that have popped up and it has helped them all. This includes soreness from a twisted ankle, lingering pain from metatarsalgia, pain and numbness/cold in my fingers and hand, a dull ache in my IT band leading to pain in my knee, and I am currently having treatments for a sore spot in my right foot. The current problem has been the most persistent but I'm racing and doing more long runs so it's not surprising. I am a fan for sure.

I had a deep tissue massage about a month ago I think. It was my first and I did 30 min. I think it would be really helpful if you had the time and money to go regularly. I just had one session.

1 hour bike (hope to ride longer), 1 hour swim for me. Swim will be in the pond again.

Do you all train alone most of the time or do you have training friends? My schedule has my long run today but if I wait until tomorrow my training partner also has a 2 hour run (she is training for IM Louisville). This will be my longest run ummm, ever. I think I will need the support so I'm switching my days around. I get a little bored and anxious on my long runs.

Body was just too exhausted yesterday to get anything done really. I took a day off to let my body recover, despite the plan telling me otherwise. Always hard to do, but I feel that I have good discipline to do so and understand my body well. Had a swim planned but decided to forgo and get some rest instead.

I feel better today and I am about to head off for my swim, but we were out of both coffee, and oatmeal this morning, which if you know me, is staple of my mornings. I guess I'll see how I respond without my usual pre swim breakfast. Hoping to get 4k done in the pool, well see how it goes.

Got another short swim in this morning (2 times already this week!).  Feeling better today--coughing less, not as hoarse, less tired--so hoping the little cold I had will be totally gone before the weekend.

I train almost exclusively alone.  Just hard to make my schedule mesh with others as I generally have limited time to get my workouts done as it is.  The 'extra' time required to meet with someone isn't a luxury I often have.  But when the opportunity arises, I do enjoy having company.  And, it's even better if it's someone who can push me a little bit. 

Easy recovery run this morning anf 4K in the pool tonight (1600s for time -- not fun).

I'm really dragging lately.  Wish I didn't have so much going on at work and could take a day to nap and read in bed.

Got in a good 4k swim this morning and tried a set of 800's for the first time. Easier then I thought it would go, but then again, I held back a bit too much. The day off yesterday really helped me out even though I really wanted to push through.

I train mostly on my own, except for Masters which right now is inbetween classes. I work in the service industry and until this year it was just not possible to train with others b/c I was either at work for evening ride/runs, or was sleeping in from working til 2 or 3am when wheels out would be at 7 or 8am on the weekends. So my work schedule heavily dictates my training, however, I have made it a point this year to be more open, and now that I have a job where I have earlier hours I have more leeway with these options, so I am looking to do some group rides, and runs as well.

I tried ART with someone who came recommended, unfortunately after 6 visits I hadn't made any progress and dropped it.  I then tried to fix myself (that sounded odd), with rest, roller, very light running, and it didn't have much impact.  Then kind of stumbled across a Masseuse who uses heating pads with her treatments - ITB issue gone afer two sessions (after struggling for over a year) one session for each leg.

I have an appointment tonight just to make sure I'm good to go for my HM on Sunday.

Was planning on doing a short run/swim today, but I'll be taking today off.  I've got some type of minor stomach bug.

That's one of the things that is so interesting about this sport and athletics in general.  There are so many mixed opinions on what works and what doesn't in regard to nutrition, recovery, healing, rehab, etc.  I've found that deep tissue massage has worked for me for various "issues", but not for others.  It seems everybody responds differently, and the one underlying principle I take away is that experimentation for everyone is the key.  Sometimes it is costly, but this is a costly sport.  An example is it took me experimenting with about 4 different pairs of shoes before I found the one best suited to eliminating some knee problems that crept up on me a while back.  That was $400 down the drain on shoes that didn't work (even after having gait analysis at running stores).  The one thing I must say is that it's very satisfying when one puts in the time and effort to find something that does indeed work for themselves.....instant jackpot!