Manatee Mentors 2015.2 CLOSED (Poptarts? Pet pics?) (Page 36)

Ha!  That picture is great.  This one sums up how I feel today:

Went to practice for the first time in a few weeks (I keep finding myself saying that this year!)

We did a long warmup then 4 miles at 6:42 then a 3 mile jog and 5 x 300M barefoot turnover drills on the turf followed by a cooldown.

It felt really good to get out there with the team. I was running with a really talented masters runner who ran the Olympic trials a few times. It's so amazing to be able to have these resources to bounce ideas off of. 

Afterward, my cousin and I went and did some trail running (you can see some entertaining pictures on my instagram) It was pouring down rain but there was still about 2-3' of snow on the trail higher up which we proceeded to post-hole through. Then a snow cornice broke and I fell into a creek... Like totally submerged. Even my head and face went under. lol! My cousin was trying to decided whether he should laugh his azz off or help me out. And I was laughing so hard I could hardly stand up. We were motivated to run faster on the way back so I didn't  become hypthermic, lol. 

Originally posted by Richardsdrr

Originally posted by 4agoodlife

Originally posted by RichardsdrrWTF is this?http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/welsh-cakes-american-advert-irish-87439381. WTF is he wearing?2. WTF is that music?3. Ok, all Welsh girls are as fit as her, I'll give them that.

WTF are Welsh Cakes? :P

And y'all made fun of me 'cos I hadn't tried peanut butter. Heathens ;-)

Yeah, but have you had stroopwafels?

I'm on the border of sick and not sick.  My husband and daughter have this nasty crud and cough.  I've got it a bit - mostly in my chest - but not so much that I'm sick all the time.  Mostly I get out of breath while I walk up the stairs at work and get tired very easily.  Not a blast.

Tomorrow I got meet with my GI doc to get results of tests.  I've been having really bad GI problems for the past 2 months and lost 10 pounds in a month without doing anything different.  Really don't know what's up, but I hope he has some answers for me.

Long form response:

Definitely lots of ways to skin the cat.  Lots of pithy expressions about pacing, too.  "You can't win it on the swim, but you can lose it."  "Bike for show, run for dough."  "It's all about the run."  "Float, hammer, jog."  "Float, coast, hammer."  and so on...

Perhaps my favorite, though, is, "It's all about the bike... because it's all about the run."  For many, getting through the swim as fast as you can without blowing up (so, not losing it but not HAMMERING) is the first step.  Then it's bike as consistently hard as you can while saving enough to run as optimally as you can.

THAT is hard to figure out, IMO!  In the couple HIM's I've done (so, not a ton of experience here), I used power to prevent spikes in effort (maximum limiter) and HR to set my general effort level.  I picked both the power and HR numbers based on test rides in training and how I felt in runs off the bike (and then set them even a little lower - by a few bpm - than that, as I figured anything left in the tank at the end of the run I could empty out).  Turned out that being that little bit conservative on the bike kept me from blowing up on the run.  I had NOTHING left in the tank for any kick at the end, but my pace only slowed a little the last couple miles.  I think that had I gone any faster/harder on the bike I would have imploded on the last 5k.  It was pretty painful anyway, those last few miles, and I could not have gone a lot further...

Wow - not sure any of that is helpful, but as I have my first HIM in almost a year in a month or so, this has been on my mind.  Helps me to think through my approach, as I'm rusty and not sure WHAT kind of time I will shoot for... 

This next go 'round, I should have been spending more time on the bike, as I think that effort would pay off **for me** and **at this point in my tri-evolution** with the biggest time savings.  Aw, heck, though - who really knows?  Right now I'm just happy to be back consistently training after a long time not being able to balance that with the move and new job and not letting my family commitments slip (priorities are such for me - tri is great, but it slips to just "fitness" from "competitive" when family or work demand it at this point in my life).

Most important thing is to have fun, and this kind of thinking is fun for me!

Matt

Hey Sean, did you get your e-mail from Ironman yet?  I'm still waiting for mine.  I thought they were supposed to announce the lucky winners at 12:00 ET.

Looks like we are just going to have to qualify  Maybe next year.

Looks like we are just going to have to qualify  Maybe next year.

I haven't thought much beyond Boise.  I'd sure like to do something epic later in the season.  Hmmm.. I'll have to talk to the boss about his one.

I haven't thought much beyond Boise.  I'd sure like to do something epic later in the season.  Hmmm.. I'll have to talk to the boss about his one.

FTW!

RACATION!

Hahahaha. There's a word for it!

J was like, "So, can we do some traveling that doesn't have some sort of a marathon or mountain climb in the middle of it?"

Have they changed the course recently?  I know that in the past, there have been years were lots of people didn't make the swim cutoff.