Fred Doucette's Half-Iron and Ironman Focused Group! -CLOSED! (Page 38)

GoFaster - 2011-01-18 7:41 AMMade a new purchase yesterday - ordered a disc cover from Wheel Builder.  My folks are in Arizona for a couple of months so I had it shipped to them, and they'll bring it back across the border.  It's silly how much more it costs to ship it North so I figure I could save a few dollars.

Next up I'm going to look for a front wheel.  A used Hed 3 would be nice but my budget is very tight, so I'm thinking I may give the new Flo Cycling front clincher a try when it becomes available.  I'm assuming they'll have a good warranty program since it's a new product, but we'll wait and see.

slornow - 2011-01-25 2:33 PM

I have been checking the USAT 2010 Age Group rankings to see what my rating was for my last race of the season-a November HIM.  I felt it would likely be my best scoring race of the year.  Well, the result is now listed in my races but there is no score listed.  I checked other racers that participated and their listings are the same.  Name, race, time but no rating.  For you folks that have been doing this awhile does this seem strange?  I know the rankings are not finalized but I have never seen a race result entered in the rankings without having a score assigned.  I'm not worried about where I rank but one of my goals is to raise my "score" in the races I do.    This was a decent sized USAT approved/certified race with about 500 participants. Thanks

Randy

tasr - 

Randy,
 
It doesn’t really seem strange to me.  The USAT ranking is what it is.  I have seen races listed twice or not at all for up to 8 months after the race.  Until it’s finial you could see all different results.

GoFaster - 2011-01-25 9:57 AM

Missed that...(now you made me feel bad).

I agree with the statement that it's good solid training, but for me, I find it very difficult to spend that much time on the treadmill.  It's very much more mental than it is physical.

tasr - 2011-01-21 9:28 PM
I mix it up hard and easy efforts listening to my body.  I’ve done well with this and if any thing maybe to easy overall as not to get injured.  If it’s a HIM example long bike is 10-15% longer than the distance and so forth.  So total hours a week are a choice thing and I fit it in as needed as I comfortably can do.  Don’t be afraid to take a rest day.  I am a bit locked in training and if sleep and recovery is going well I take very few rest days when I am going at it.  I hope that made sense.
 
Going back to my BIO for this group;
“My training is very unorthodox but is working very well for me.  I use no coach, follow no set plan except the one in my head projected about 2 weeks out.  I see the goal and know what I need to get there.  I train primarily with Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) with heart rate (HR) as a limiter.  In the winter I ride a Computrainer using power.”  
 
2nd Question:
 
How much intensity?  That a great question and imo widely debated.  I like a dangerous old school of thought “No Pain NO Gain”.  I like intensity but you can’t go all out all the time imo.  A great way to get intensity is intervals.  They can be in the middle of a 120 mile 10000ft bike ride if want.  Mix it up with on and off days as long as your body is recovered or some what recovered.  Swim hard easy run, easy bike hard run, easy and easy, hard and hard kind of like that.  This is why plan are done to map it out.    
  
To sum it up what I do works for me.  I don’t complicate my workout but make them challenging, fun and interesting.  Point and goals; need to increase fitness, endurance without injury.  Hope you can draw from a crazy old triathlete what you can. 

Canadian_Flo - 2011-01-25 12:52 PM
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wiky - 2011-01-25 7:55 PM

Thanks for stopping by Chris.  Hope things go well for you guys. 

wiky - 2011-01-26 7:53 AM Sounds like you northeasterners are getting hammered with snow and cold this winter.  

We got about an inch of snow last night with another inch or two on the way.  Shockingly, kids' school wasn't cancelled today.  The teachers must be figuring out how long they'll be working into the summer with all of the cancelled days so far.

wiky - 2011-01-26 8:53 AM Sounds like you northeasterners are getting hammered with snow and cold this winter.  

We got about an inch of snow last night with another inch or two on the way.  Shockingly, kids' school wasn't cancelled today.  The teachers must be figuring out how long they'll be working into the summer with all of the cancelled days so far.

wiky - 2011-01-26 10:14 AM

Update:  School was cancelled two hours after I dropped them off! 

Fred Doucette - 2011-01-26 12:46 PM There is a thread in tri talk discussing the increase in attack threads. One of the plusses of the mentor threads is that with a smaller group we tend to take more responsibility for what we say. As a result I believe conversation is much more civil as throwing out nasty comments isn't going to work in a smaller setting. My guess is that thread will grow like wildfire today. Just an educated guess