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 2013-07-15 8:39 AM in reply to: DirkP |
 NH |  Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSEDOriginally posted by DirkP I had told her I had hoped for a 1:40 HM at the end NOT a 1:30. I would have loved a 1:30 but that's not going to happen in the next 5 years! I hate to break it to you, but at your age if it doesn't happen in the next 5 years, it ain't happening! But in all seriousness, another monster race Dirk. |
| 2013-07-15 8:44 AM in reply to: 0 |
Veteran  454  Cairo, GA | Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED Dirk- Congrats on your race and for calming your wife down afterward. Looking forward to your full recap, have you posted one already? Tony- Way to get through that long session on the trainer. I only did 90 minutes and I had to cruise FB while pedalling and read your post about your own trainer session that day... I almost fell off my bike at that moment... Warren - Sorry to hear about the motorcycle wrecks as well. Jeff - Beautiful bike. My hubby got a 2012 Hyabusa in December and it is a pearl color and beautiful. I am a little jealous. I was looking into getting another motorcycle, if I do, I will need to have seat shaved so I can reach the ground, always lots of tricks to getting a bike fit a 5'1" tall gal. Dina- Congrats on 2nd place finish and sorry to hear about getting sick afterward. Whenever I have mixed gel with Gatorade, I have always lived to REGRET it BIG TIME. At the Tallahassee Half Marathon I took 2 gels (mile 3, mile 6) and had a sip of Gatorade at mile 9, just a sip.... by mile 12 I had bonked and my insides were churning. I NO longer consume gels or Gatorade. I had GI issues for 2 days. I think you might have had a similar response. As for me, I had lots of long training sessions last week! First in awhile. I helped at a kids transition clinic on Saturday and was the unofficial photographer. I was suppose to help at a kids triathlon on Sunday, byt my toddler got sick and we were up most of Sunday night. Karl - I think you NEED to come swim with me on Saturday at the Y. We will get through our first Oly race TOGETHER! I will not let you quit. During the 4th of July race, I helped my friend Tammy get through her first tri swim ever. She almost drowned when she was 5 and has a serious and legitimate fear of water. I swam sidestroke almost the whole way and got out of the water and dominated on the bike leg.
Edited by jenbmosley 2013-07-15 8:45 AM |
| 2013-07-15 8:46 AM in reply to: strikyr |
Expert 1439 Tallahassee | Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED Dina, nice race, glad you entered and sorry you got sick. yes it could be anything, allergies but 1 thing i can not take "gels". They make me sick and feel awful afterwards, I can eat protein bars, chips etc but gels just don't work for me. Dirk, that is so funny about Lis, but sorry she was getting sick...please do not tell her we were laughing... BTW, you had a GREAT race! Looking forward to your report! Well i swam 2,000 yards non-stop yesterday evening in a pool (I have to wait until after the weekend for OWS because of lifeguards on weekends, they won't let us get out of the buoyed area which is very small). Then came home to practice floating, well if I have to float, I'm done...it got a little better BUT I have a long way to go. I'm going to practice EVERY day if possible. After early church yesterday I did get a 7 mile run in and it was not to hot low 80's but a breeze and i really felt good running. |
| 2013-07-15 9:03 AM in reply to: jenbmosley |
Veteran 454 Cairo, GA | Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED Question on training methodology -- I recently read an article and was offered unsolicited advice on my training which has made me question if I am doing anything the right way. Please provide input. I have been using the free 3x balanced, 20 week Olympic distance training schedule found here on BT. I built up to the distance earlier this year and have been focusing on maintaining the following 2 week schedule for a couple of months now: Short Week: Push myself a little harder and do sprint work S - 25, 34, 42 minutes B - 51, 68, 85 minutes R - 25, 34, 42 minutes Long Week: Most all workouts are approached to be slow, steady, consistent S- 42, 56, 70 B- 85, 113, 141 R- 42, 56, 70 My goal has been to build a strong base while still doing each discipline 3x a week. I went to this schedule after my IT band flared up and I had to focus running shorter distances more often. I have also put Jorge on the back burner until the Fall. If I change my workouts or add longer workouts, I will HAVE to drop some workouts somewhere. The unsolicited advice - I' m overtraining and doing too many LSDs. I don't FEEL that way though.... I feel like I have a great base and that's what I am mainitaining at the moment, while also conditioning my body to race in August heat in GA. Karl and I will be doing our first Oly distance in August and my plan is to start training for my first HIM late in the year, about 5 or 6 months out (HIM race will be in April 2014). I started tri training last May, so I am officially 14 months into this crazy FUN!
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| 2013-07-15 9:29 AM in reply to: jenbmosley |
Expert 2380 Mastic Beach, NY | Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED Originally posted by jenbmosley Question on training methodology -- I recently read an article and was offered unsolicited advice on my training which has made me question if I am doing anything the right way. Please provide input. I have been using the free 3x balanced, 20 week Olympic distance training schedule found here on BT. I built up to the distance earlier this year and have been focusing on maintaining the following 2 week schedule for a couple of months now: Short Week: Push myself a little harder and do sprint work S - 25, 34, 42 minutes B - 51, 68, 85 minutes R - 25, 34, 42 minutes Long Week: Most all workouts are approached to be slow, steady, consistent S- 42, 56, 70 B- 85, 113, 141 R- 42, 56, 70 My goal has been to build a strong base while still doing each discipline 3x a week. I went to this schedule after my IT band flared up and I had to focus running shorter distances more often. I have also put Jorge on the back burner until the Fall. If I change my workouts or add longer workouts, I will HAVE to drop some workouts somewhere. The unsolicited advice - I' m overtraining and doing too many LSDs. I don't FEEL that way though.... I feel like I have a great base and that's what I am mainitaining at the moment, while also conditioning my body to race in August heat in GA. Karl and I will be doing our first Oly distance in August and my plan is to start training for my first HIM late in the year, about 5 or 6 months out (HIM race will be in April 2014). I started tri training last May, so I am officially 14 months into this crazy FUN!
Jen just my two cents and I will leave this for the resident experts in the group but I think you are building a very solid base that will carry over when you start training for the HIM. Just my opinion. |
| 2013-07-15 10:35 AM in reply to: strikyr |
Veteran 454 Cairo, GA | Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED Thanks Tony! I appreciate your 2 cents! |
| 2013-07-15 11:46 AM in reply to: jenbmosley |
Master 2327 Columbia, TN | Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED Jen, All of the BT training plans are reasonable plans and don't deserve to be criticized. The question of over training is one that can only be determined by how your body is feeling and responding....never by the workouts themselves. And ADAPTATION happens when you ask more of your body than it's currently conditioned to give. There is a small amount of overtraining that every athlete should be doing during base training...the kind your body responds to with adaptation and just the right amount to enable recovery on some regular basis...not necessarily day to day either.. If you were overtrained you would feel it. IMO, it's more often that someone FEELS overtrained when they are only encountering the expected fatigue of a challenging training plan than it is that someone IS overtrained and doesn't feel it. So I doubt you are overtrained. The training amounts you are doing are great. |
| 2013-07-15 1:10 PM in reply to: jenbmosley |
| Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED Originally posted by jenbmosley Dirk- Congrats on your race and for calming your wife down afterward. Looking forward to your full recap, have you posted one already? Tony- Way to get through that long session on the trainer. I only did 90 minutes and I had to cruise FB while pedalling and read your post about your own trainer session that day... I almost fell off my bike at that moment... Warren - Sorry to hear about the motorcycle wrecks as well. Jeff - Beautiful bike. My hubby got a 2012 Hyabusa in December and it is a pearl color and beautiful. I am a little jealous. I was looking into getting another motorcycle, if I do, I will need to have seat shaved so I can reach the ground, always lots of tricks to getting a bike fit a 5'1" tall gal. Dina- Congrats on 2nd place finish and sorry to hear about getting sick afterward. Whenever I have mixed gel with Gatorade, I have always lived to REGRET it BIG TIME. At the Tallahassee Half Marathon I took 2 gels (mile 3, mile 6) and had a sip of Gatorade at mile 9, just a sip.... by mile 12 I had bonked and my insides were churning. I NO longer consume gels or Gatorade. I had GI issues for 2 days. I think you might have had a similar response. As for me, I had lots of long training sessions last week! First in awhile. I helped at a kids transition clinic on Saturday and was the unofficial photographer. I was suppose to help at a kids triathlon on Sunday, byt my toddler got sick and we were up most of Sunday night. Karl - I think you NEED to come swim with me on Saturday at the Y. We will get through our first Oly race TOGETHER! I will not let you quit. During the 4th of July race, I helped my friend Tammy get through her first tri swim ever. She almost drowned when she was 5 and has a serious and legitimate fear of water. I swam sidestroke almost the whole way and got out of the water and dominated on the bike leg.
Jenn I never thought of that! That could very well be the problem. I should have grabbed a water after the race. I just took the first thing my hand grabbed. |
| 2013-07-15 1:33 PM in reply to: JeffY |
Veteran 454 Cairo, GA | Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED Thanks Jeff. I feel really good what I am doing right now. My long weeks leave me feeling slightly tired, but that is only near the end of the week. The short weeks feels awesome.... but I do feel my muscles almost aching to get out and keep going longer during the short weeks. |
| 2013-07-15 3:08 PM in reply to: jenbmosley |
Master 2327 Columbia, TN | Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED Originally posted by jenbmosley Thanks Jeff. I feel really good what I am doing right now. My long weeks leave me feeling slightly tired, but that is only near the end of the week. The short weeks feels awesome.... but I do feel my muscles almost aching to get out and keep going longer during the short weeks. That is the perfect description of how I would want you to feel with your alternating short/long week schedule. I wouldn't change anything (well, until you start focusing on a HIM, maybe). |
| 2013-07-15 5:00 PM in reply to: JeffY |
Extreme Veteran 872 Tx | Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED Alright friends, I am back from my mission trip. Just spent the past 1.5 hours catching up on our forum. All I can say is that we have some really great triathletes here in more ways than one. But, I'm a little disturbed by the 4.5 hr trainer ride... Tony, please send me your address and then be expecting some men in white coats to show up to take you. Just go with them, it's for your own good. I was able to get 20 miles running while in WYO. It's not much, but I'll take it. Man, that 65 degree temp each morning was a dream. Now it's time to really log some good training. Got a short run in this morning, planning a swim tonight and medium to long bike tomorrow. |
| 2013-07-15 5:08 PM in reply to: pistuo |
Extreme Veteran 872 Tx | Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED http://www.veloink.com/ What do you guys think? Put my name on my bike? Or would that be too obnoxious? |
| 2013-07-15 7:05 PM in reply to: pistuo |
| Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED Welcome back, Will! I don't think putting your name on your bike is obnoxious at all. It's a way to personalize it and I think it's cool. Go for it! Then post a picture. Dearest Dirk - how'd you guess that I bagged TriIndy because I didn't want to see a Pauley? You just happened to pick the wrong one. I love Lisa - she's a sweet friend and I would drive 3 hours to see her at a race. YOU, on the other hand...... I just don't like how FAST you go. I feel like a big loser in your presence. |
| 2013-07-15 8:04 PM in reply to: pistuo |
Extreme Veteran 868 Racine, Wisconsin | Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED Originally posted by pistuo http://www.veloink.com/ What do you guys think? Put my name on my bike? Or would that be too obnoxious? Love it! |
| 2013-07-15 8:38 PM in reply to: Jo63 |
Extreme Veteran 868 Racine, Wisconsin | Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED I thought this was an interesting article from Spartan WOD Fundamentals: Active Recovery by Jason Jaksetic There is a fact that seems to always escape the mind of an athlete, even though it is simple and commonsensical: Recovery is a huge part of your training. Sometimes we go on huge benders of maniac training sessions where we pile on intense workouts day after day. These are great, but after 7-10 days of this you need to schedule yourself some time to let all those recent breakthroughs in fitness (that you created by breaking down your body) to be manufactured into reality by the healing process (that which will build up your body to a higher level of fitness). You train to get weaker, not stronger. Immediately after a huge effort you aren’t exactly feeling fresh, right? But when strain and struggle is produced in the body, the body is forced to respond. How does it do this? By building itself back up (and here is the cool part) to a point fitter than before your initial weakening. Ever hear that a bone heals stronger after a break? Same idea. The important point is to understand that the process takes time. We’ve known so many athletes who’ve lived in that foggy and flat stage called Overtraining. Face facts: you are not invincible. Acknowledging this you can be a smart athlete and rise to bigger, longer term goals because you methodically and systematically work recovery days into your training. You should look at a bigger picture, too, and schedule in weeks to back off training volume by 50%. Doing this every 3-4 weeks works well for many athletes. How does one do a recovery WOD? There is a wide spectrum of workouts to try out and experiment with. It offers a great chance to be creative and to try new cross training activities. YOUR recovery workout needs to meet YOUR needs as an athlete. Generally speaking, as you develop as an athlete you recover better with some extremely light exercises such as stretching or swimming, or even jogging. Sometimes, though, if you body is demanding to sleep, take that time in your day normally reserved for training, and schedule ‘sleep’. A great way to think about scheduling recovery days is to pick a day of your week reserved for healing related activities. Take the time to organize yourself. Do the laundry -finally take care of those piles of workout clothes that have been gathering because you spend every spare second of your day training. At Spartan HQ we tend to do low impact sports – swimming or cycling, most often. The key is to keep the pace recreational. We find Bikram yoga to be a great way to stretch out and help the body along in the healing process. Tags: WOD Fundamentals |
| 2013-07-15 8:52 PM in reply to: pistuo |
| Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED Originally posted by pistuo http://www.veloink.com/What do you guys think? Put my name on my bike? Or would that be too obnoxious? I like it! |
| 2013-07-15 8:54 PM in reply to: Jo63 |
| Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED Originally posted by Jo63 I thought this was an interesting article from Spartan WOD Fundamentals: Active Recovery by Jason Jaksetic There is a fact that seems to always escape the mind of an athlete, even though it is simple and commonsensical: Recovery is a huge part of your training. Sometimes we go on huge benders of maniac training sessions where we pile on intense workouts day after day. These are great, but after 7-10 days of this you need to schedule yourself some time to let all those recent breakthroughs in fitness (that you created by breaking down your body) to be manufactured into reality by the healing process (that which will build up your body to a higher level of fitness). You train to get weaker, not stronger. Immediately after a huge effort you aren’t exactly feeling fresh, right? But when strain and struggle is produced in the body, the body is forced to respond. How does it do this? By building itself back up (and here is the cool part) to a point fitter than before your initial weakening. Ever hear that a bone heals stronger after a break? Same idea. The important point is to understand that the process takes time. We’ve known so many athletes who’ve lived in that foggy and flat stage called Overtraining. Face facts: you are not invincible. Acknowledging this you can be a smart athlete and rise to bigger, longer term goals because you methodically and systematically work recovery days into your training. You should look at a bigger picture, too, and schedule in weeks to back off training volume by 50%. Doing this every 3-4 weeks works well for many athletes. How does one do a recovery WOD? There is a wide spectrum of workouts to try out and experiment with. It offers a great chance to be creative and to try new cross training activities. YOUR recovery workout needs to meet YOUR needs as an athlete. Generally speaking, as you develop as an athlete you recover better with some extremely light exercises such as stretching or swimming, or even jogging. Sometimes, though, if you body is demanding to sleep, take that time in your day normally reserved for training, and schedule ‘sleep’. A great way to think about scheduling recovery days is to pick a day of your week reserved for healing related activities. Take the time to organize yourself. Do the laundry -finally take care of those piles of workout clothes that have been gathering because you spend every spare second of your day training. At Spartan HQ we tend to do low impact sports – swimming or cycling, most often. The key is to keep the pace recreational. We find Bikram yoga to be a great way to stretch out and help the body along in the healing process. Tags: WOD Fundamentals I enjoyed that article, thanks for posting. I think I am in a permanent state of recovery workouts...... |
| 2013-07-15 8:57 PM in reply to: Jo63 |
Expert 2380 Mastic Beach, NY | Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED Originally posted by Jo63 Originally posted by pistuo http://www.veloink.com/ What do you guys think? Put my name on my bike? Or would that be too obnoxious? Love it! Will I wanted to this and thought about getting my name painted on my bike like the way the guys do with their cars in NASCAR. This is a pretty awesome alternative. I would do it. You can hold off on the guys with the white jackets, trust me with only 8 weeks to go you'll do anything you have to do to get a workout in at this point. Fear is an amazing motivator and I have way too much respect for the IM distance but I hope I never do another 4 and half ride on the trainer again lol. |
| 2013-07-15 9:01 PM in reply to: trigal38 |
Expert 2380 Mastic Beach, NY | Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED Originally posted by trigal38 Originally posted by Jo63 I thought this was an interesting article from Spartan WOD Fundamentals: Active Recovery by Jason Jaksetic There is a fact that seems to always escape the mind of an athlete, even though it is simple and commonsensical: Recovery is a huge part of your training. Sometimes we go on huge benders of maniac training sessions where we pile on intense workouts day after day. These are great, but after 7-10 days of this you need to schedule yourself some time to let all those recent breakthroughs in fitness (that you created by breaking down your body) to be manufactured into reality by the healing process (that which will build up your body to a higher level of fitness). You train to get weaker, not stronger. Immediately after a huge effort you aren’t exactly feeling fresh, right? But when strain and struggle is produced in the body, the body is forced to respond. How does it do this? By building itself back up (and here is the cool part) to a point fitter than before your initial weakening. Ever hear that a bone heals stronger after a break? Same idea. The important point is to understand that the process takes time. We’ve known so many athletes who’ve lived in that foggy and flat stage called Overtraining. Face facts: you are not invincible. Acknowledging this you can be a smart athlete and rise to bigger, longer term goals because you methodically and systematically work recovery days into your training. You should look at a bigger picture, too, and schedule in weeks to back off training volume by 50%. Doing this every 3-4 weeks works well for many athletes. How does one do a recovery WOD? There is a wide spectrum of workouts to try out and experiment with. It offers a great chance to be creative and to try new cross training activities. YOUR recovery workout needs to meet YOUR needs as an athlete. Generally speaking, as you develop as an athlete you recover better with some extremely light exercises such as stretching or swimming, or even jogging. Sometimes, though, if you body is demanding to sleep, take that time in your day normally reserved for training, and schedule ‘sleep’. A great way to think about scheduling recovery days is to pick a day of your week reserved for healing related activities. Take the time to organize yourself. Do the laundry -finally take care of those piles of workout clothes that have been gathering because you spend every spare second of your day training. At Spartan HQ we tend to do low impact sports – swimming or cycling, most often. The key is to keep the pace recreational. We find Bikram yoga to be a great way to stretch out and help the body along in the healing process. Tags: WOD Fundamentals I enjoyed that article, thanks for posting. I think I am in a permanent state of recovery workouts...... x2, JoAnne thanks for posting that and yeah it's a good reminder. The forgotten 4th discipline rest and recovery! Dina I'm looking to enter that permanent state of recovery workouts as well. I just have to wait until after Sept 8th. |
| 2013-07-15 9:01 PM in reply to: Jo63 |
Extreme Veteran 1123 Sidney, Ohio | Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED And.....there it is.... I am officially out of TriIndy. I have been holding out hope for the last 2 weeks, waiting on the funds from the chief financial officer but no luck. Unfortunately we had to choose between Las Vegas and Indy, and since Sara has been trying to get to the national pool tournament for as long as I have known her, We are headed to Vegas. Hope everyone has a great race, and I guarantee that regardless of where it is, if there is a junkie gathering in 2014 I will be there. (Pending Sara's Approval  |
| 2013-07-15 9:03 PM in reply to: pistuo |
Extreme Veteran 1123 Sidney, Ohio | Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED Originally posted by pistuohttp://www.veloink.com/What do you guys think? Put my name on my bike? Or would that be too obnoxious? that is cool, I would totally put my name on my bike, |
| 2013-07-15 9:07 PM in reply to: mambos |
Master 3486 Fort Wayne | Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED My race report is up. Take a nap before beginning it because you'll need it to make it through the encyclopedia length. I'll catch up on the other post tomorrow. |
| 2013-07-15 11:06 PM in reply to: DirkP |
Extreme Veteran 872 Tx | Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED Whomever asked about healing from the crashes- I'm still bruised and picking off scabs, but have healed a lot. Best advice I got was to keep neosporin on the wounds. This kept the largest patch of road rash (on my shoulder) from scabbing up and it's almost totally healed... although I did use an entire tube in 1 week... ha! |
| 2013-07-16 3:43 AM in reply to: pistuo |
| Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED Couldn't sleep so thought I'd try reading your RR, Dirk. I can't access it from your link or from your log or from the Race Report forum. It's still showing as a draft in your log.
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Guess I'll go do a run on the treadmill instead....| 2013-07-16 4:28 AM in reply to: bswcpa |
Master 3486 Fort Wayne | Subject: RE: ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED Originally posted by bswcpa Couldn't sleep so thought I'd try reading your RR, Dirk. I can't access it from your link or from your log or from the Race Report forum. It's still showing as a draft in your log. Sure enough, I didn't make the race public. It's ready to be read now. |
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