kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2011 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 35)

next thing you know you'll be telling us cross fit will get us ready for IMs - Kelly has really improved under their protocol.  she does a lot of hard workouts on the run and swim too, so i am not sure that her losing 1 recovery bike for a run/swim will matter that much.  I think your corrallary point (and rudy's) is that true rest, a day off, helps your recovery more than a easy bike ride.

I've looked at the QT2 website and find them a little culty and preachy and the highlighted section is my biggest issue with what appears to be the QT2 "system".   

i am still down an interval ride and easy run this week.  late meeting last night, did not get up to swim, so now i'm down a swim, although i can swim in the street these days.  busy week digging out from vegas.  general fitness run today. need to get the bike intervals in tonight.

Question: im riding a metric century sunday followed by a brick run, should i do my long run saturday (14-15 miles) or shorten the run due to the length of the day sunday.  I'll still do my long swim saturday. 

Why do you think you should shorten the long run?

How does your body normally bounce back from your long run?  I'd do it the hard way as an experiment and scale back from there in the future if needed.  Not sure if that's the "right" answer, but it's how I'd go about it.

I totally agree.  I think the biggest factor in my improvement is consistency.  There are no short cuts, you need to do the work on a regular basis, day in and day out.

The fun part comes in figuring out what exactly that "work" is (and what you can do to your body while staying healthy and continuing to be consistent).  There are lots of flavors of kool-aid, if you drink your flavor of kool aid consistently you'll see improvements. 

I agree.  You "need" the long run, its a key workout for you.

next day is a key workout: 70 mile ride 7 mile run, and my "test" for Rev3 preparedness.  personally i see no reason why i should rest up for a workout, but figured i would ask.

Thanks.  (BTW, thinking of having an "afternoon meeting" friday in middlebury. just sayin)

Eh just wake up Monday and remember you're not as young as you once were.  My shoulder tells me that on a daily basis BTW.

I like that advice.

on those notes i took a complete rest day yesterday, my body was telling me to, i listen. My wife had work meetings of somesuch till 10pm, so i chased a little 16month old all over the house for 3 hours. she gets crabby like daddy when she can't get outside.

On tap for today, since i slept in (6am) is a 6 mile run, first three at an easy 9 minute pace, second 3 at 10k pace or about a minute faster, then to the pool, my swim fitness is coming back quickly, i have no doubt that i will be ready for my upcoming races. It is funny, i was talking to my wife this am over a cup of coffee, something that HIM training has definitely curtailed (talks with wife) and i said, i can't believe my first tri is only 2 weeks away, it is a sprint, but i am so focused on bike racing and my Half that i am almost overlooking a sprint i have. It actually comes at a good time as it is the begin of my two week taper, i have been going hard since January, it will be interesting to see how i react to a couple weeks of "easy" training. I tend to get a bit grumpy.

What is this easy training you speak of? 

Sunday long rides are going to start becoming bricks/t runs starting next week.  Oh and I'm about to drop the majority of my weight training to get my butt in the pool more.  Oddly I'm not sure I'm going to miss it with how grumpy my joints have been as of late.

Don't puke!!! 

Oh and can you send some of that rain this way?  My yard would thank you.

Wow, again this place is hopping!  I have a lot of catching up to do (and will have to do tonight) but I love all the activity.

Has anyone ever been sunburned really bad, and then a couple of weeks later have excruciatingly painful itchy skin?  I burnt my back doing a long bike ride a couple weeks ago (I know, I learned my lesson - and have been lectured by my husband already numerous times about sunscreen) and it now itches so bad it keeps me awake at night.  I've tried various allergy medicines including Benedryl thinking an antihistime might help.  Also have been putting aloe vera lotion on it, bought some "#1 doctor recommended" anti-itch with cortizone lotion.  I even put pure Vitamin E oil all over it - which ends up being a sticky mess but figured I'd try anything.  It all helps for a little while, but when it starts to itch I just want to tear my back open.

Because I couldn't sleep last night due to itching, I finally got up and went to the gym for a swim.  I thought the cool water might help, which it did while I was in it.  Finished that up and when I got home realized I could still get a run in so I did that too.  Planning to bike and a short t-run after work, not sure I'll still be awake by then.

Any ideas on the itch?  It peeled already and is not flaky, but must be really dry despite all the lotions and stuff.  Or maybe is a rash, or sun poisoning, or ???  I'm getting desperate.  Help me...

My guess is sun poisoning.  Do you have any small white bumps or patches near the burn?  I would keep using lotion and aloe.  Hope you find relief soon! 

--edited to add that I've had sun poisoning before, and the doctor didn't do anything special for it (medication-wise). 

Thought this was funny:

Only 0.04" in ABQ thus far, but it's so nice to finally get rain! First measureable rain in Albuquerque since April 7th! 


Getting snow around the east side and through the canyon right now too.

What'd she do?  What'd she do?

I wanna watch.

She has me sitting at work, thinking about how to move funds around so that I have $600+ to register for IMTX on Sunday.  Hmmmmmmmm......