Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? (Page 39)

I'm in for the 2010 challenge.

My personal challenges for 2010 so far are as follows:
1. B: 4000 / R: 1000 / S: 200,000
2. No bread or sugar for Jan (i did this last year)

I fell off the wagon the past few days, but am about to hop back on board.

Hello,
   My name is Carol and I am from Indiana, not far from Chicago.  I currently reside in Florida, and would love to start training for fitness and to do my first marathon.  I am 60yr old and badly need to get on shape.  I have all the thoughts and ideas in my head, but live in a very small town and everything is very far away.  I do work at the local hospital and have access to the rehab center with all the equipment.  Getting there seems to be the problem.  I work 3-11 and no matter how early I say I am going to leave I wind up with only 15min on the treadmill.   have also put on some weight  due to depression over not keeping my promises to do this.  I am 5'2" and about 140  I would really love to get into a group where someone can help me get my butt out of here in the morning and walk outdoors and then go to the gym.  I hope we can be friends    

Welcome.  Even if it is 15 minutes, starting is the key to everything.  So, get there early enough to get in your 15 minutes every day for week.  Then next week make it thirty minutes. 

One of the big things that is a big motivator to work out regularly is my daily "peach."  When you log a workout for the day, the calendar square turns from white to a peachy pink color and that's called getting your peach.  I have been peachy since mid-March and it would just depress me to no end if I broke my peachy streak.  So make a commitment to do something, anything, every day and build a string of peaches. 

On this site are several training programs.  The beginner ones have names like Couch to 5K.  There are also other similarly named training programs out there on the internet.  It sounds like that level would be where you would start out.  It seems a little early to be thinking about a marathon.  Even though this thread is called "Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM?" we had all done some triathlons in the recent past. 

There are mentor groups also.  I don't know if there are any open ones left, but you could check. 

In the end, there is only so much an online group can do.  We are a very encouraging group of people here, but every day we have to get ourselves outside to run or bike or go to the pool or whatever it is we are going to do that day.  But after we have done our workout, we have every right to feel proud when we post what we did.  And we do. 

Good luck.

I'm thinking I should maybe un-sign myself up for the Jan challenge and just stick to the 2010 one you guys are thinking of.

I also would need trainer miles to count though, but my trainer miles are WAY under reported. I do one of Jorge's workouts and my Garmin says 10-12 miles if I'm lucky... when I normally average about 16mph on the road.

Given its winter here in Chicago and there's been lots of snow on the ground I probably won't get any long outdoor rides in for awhile (In other words you all will kick my butt in the challenge, but that's OK by me!)

2010 our year of Iron! (Half or Full it's all good!)

(Off to get thy *** on the trainer)




Edited by IdealMuse 2009-12-28 9:12 PM

Quick post . . . . I'm typing one handed b/c the other is in a sling.  I wrecked on my bike today taking a corner too fast.  I went up the curb and hit a subdivision wall.  I have a separated a/c in shoulder and lots of sore parts.  I couldn't get ahold of anyone so I pulled it together and walked my bike a mile home.  Blew out tire and break is bent.  Can't tell if I bent my wheel or cracked the frame.  On vicodin and muscle relaxers.  Could have been much worse.  I'll update later.

Lordy, lordy, Kate.  What a thing to do to yourself.  What is the prognosis and your current limitations (other than one-handed typing)?   But what a trooper to get up and walk yourself and your poor sad bike home.  I hope you heal quickly.  Do keep us updated.

Thanks for the Link. I knew Bike Sport Michigan was in trouble but hadn't realized they closed up. They do have good articles and I PDF'd a few of them.

What shorts are you looking at?

Good answer to young at heart. You said it well. We inspire each other but we must inspire ourselves first.

I don't know which shorts yet.  I only learned a few hours ago that I need really expensive bike shorts (or bib shorts).  I wondered why anyone would wear bib shorts (my bike coach does) and now I know.  I think Louis Garneau shorts were mentioned as being good.

I'm the opposite.  I feel like my cadence sensor gives me credit for more miles than I would be able to do for that amount of time on the road.  So I might be cheating.  But goodness knows I work hard enough on the fool thing.  I speak from experience, having just gotten off the aforementioned fool thing about fifteen minutes ago. 

Sling for 3-4 days.  Body beat up like a car wreck.  I should be back soon.  I'll take the bike in tomorrow to get it fixed.  Hopefully no cracks on the frame.  After today I am a big believer in the Road ID!  

I'm in for the 2010 challenge.  Sounds fun.

I was thinking about your mileage issue.  I have seen people post trainer miles in their logs with "I usually go 16 mph on the street, so I went an hour on the trainer and I will give myself credit for 16 miles."  I don't think anyone here would have a problem with you doing that/

Are you sure you have it set up correctly? There are different size wheels and if set up for the wrong size it will give you wrong numbers.

My bike guy set my cadence sensor up and so I think it is probably right, other than the fact that he left it set to kilometers per hour.  I couldn't figure out how to set it to miles and just haven't taken it back to him to reset.  I really am a fairly competent person, but I guess these bike gadgets are beyond me. 

It might be that I push myself a lot harder on the bike trainer than I do on the road and the miles really are correct.  On the trainer I have a specific workout with a specific cadence with a specific time involved.  On the road I try to keep my cadence up, but there are so many other variables that it is difficult to accurately compare one ten-minute period with another.  And on the trainer we never have to stop for traffic lights and that sort of thing.  Who knows. 

Lisa/Leah - Yeah I need to recheck how the Garmin is programed for the bike... my husband did it for me when he installed the sensors so I suspect something is off. The is no way my bike speed is this pathetic. Just irritating to see and have to post in my workout log. (And embarassing!) Leah I agree I think you might go harder on the trainer.

Kate - Oh No!!! Well it could be worse right. I'm glad you're mostly OK even if you did get banged up. Hey can you call yourself a real biker now that you have war wounds? Hope it doesn't effect your upcoming rides... must have been kinda scarey.

My update: Nothing much to say here... Diet has been good the last few days, Got a new scale and it's giving me consistent #s (even if it is 1lb heavier then my old scale) I miss swimming but I just can't pay for masters right now so I have to wait until my pool opens (a week and a half)

hello everyone one.  doing ok here.  I was a mess yesterday.  Still in pain today but more tolerable right now.  The soreness has spread up my neck.  I banged up my knee pretty good too.  It is all swollen.  Didn;t have the heart to get on the scale today. 

I was at 137.5, so I think pretty much where I started. 

You will heal.  Let's get to the important part.  How is your bike?

Looking forward to 2010. What are you ladies (and Scott) hoping to work on?

Here are my thoughts for the new year:

Stepping up my tri training, I'll be getting a tri coach and I'm going to start logging my mileage as well as my time (only did time this year).

I am going to try to eat cleaner and log my food intake.

Get to 100 lbs lost (I think I'm halfway there now, new ironman body composition scale on the way) by April 12 which is the 1 year anniversary of me getting off the couch in 2009 but it may be more than I can handle by that date but if I can do it by June 12 that is a more likely scenario.

189 so I'm where I started too. I'm not bummed though for one thing my new scale is 1lb heavier then the old so really I'm still down, and 2 I made it through my husbands birthday, my birthday, xmas eve, and xmas without gain, so I'm cool with being where I started.

Yeah, Kate hows your bike? Is it fixable? How long are you out of commission?

Edited by IdealMuse 2009-12-30 4:20 PM

Great goals Lisa!  I'll think about mine and post later. 

I'm currently on a diet of vicodin and muscle relaxers.  The pain was so bad it woke me up last night when the drugs wore off.  I haven't taken my bike in yet b/c I can't drive.  My hubby has a huge work project so I'm not pushing it.  He eyeballed it and didn't think it looked like there was too much damage.  He thinks they can realighn the brake pretty easily.  keep your fingers crossed for me.  I really can't afford a new bike right now. 

We'll be hoping the best for you (and the bike!) Kate.

Okay so trying to figure out this milage problem on the trainer. I got like 6.9 miles today it's not even funny.

I'm looking at the "Tire Size" on my Garmin. It was set to Auto and it says 2096mm. I assume I need to change it to custom but I'm not sure I understand what number to put in.

I have 700 wheels that are 23 wide. Is there another # I'm supposed to use or just the 700? I'm assuming and hoping that the # in there is just wildly wrong and got mis-set when I had to replace my last Garmin. Anyone know?

Edited by IdealMuse 2009-12-30 10:37 PM

According to the Garmin 705 manual 2096 is the proper setting for a 700C X 23 tire.

Thanks Lisa - Sigh. I don't get why I'm getting such wacky mileage then.

My trainer is tightened the recommended 2-2.5 turns of the knob. Maybe something about how the sensor is positioned. I'll look into it. If I can't get it fixed I'll install the catseye I bought before I got the garmin and never even used. It has cadence as well.

221 today on my own scale up 2 since beginning. I'm ok with that for all the crap i've eaten the past week or two. I'm back on the wagon now and will be fine rolling down the line. I'm eager to start 2010!

Tomorrow will be all about taking it home on my mileage goal for 2009 - only 12.something miles to go...

Here are my thoughts for the new year. 

1.  Get to 2010 miles before everyone else (not sure I  can really beat people who are able to stay on the bike trainer for hours at a time, but I'm gonna try);

2.  I'm thinking about logging my food again (I still have a couple more hours to think about this.  I've been having headache and cramping issues and I need to see if they are nutrition-based);

3.  Train smart and avoid injury (I'm also planning to avoid crashing my bike as a way to avoid injury). 

I didn't sleep well last night (partially related to headache and cramping issues) and I just didn't make it to my swim this morning.  I still need to get my peach, but I think my legs need a rest.  We will probably walk into town and watch them put the finishing touches on the Sierra Madre Rose Parade float, which we pretty much do every New Year's Eve.  That will be about a three-mile walk, roundtrip.  Works for a peach.  We don't stay up to midnight or anything like that.  I also don't drink so we don't party hearty. 

Have a safe and fun New Year's Eve everyone.