Fred D and Jason's (Tri808) Half Ironman Mentor Group CLOSED! (Page 39)

Oh man, sorry to hear about the dogs.  That's such a bummer for your daughter's family…  I hope the other makes it through (and you get some sleep and can ride).

Matt

Interested in your thoughts, yes.  Tried them, no.  I just switched over to Newtons and ran a training HM today in them (longest in them yet), but I'm always looking for the next thing!  

Congrats (on this thread - and any other where I see you've so much as posted a reply)!!!  Can't say it enough.  

On this end (just posted this on another thread, as my mind is crossing wires all over the place, but meant it for the HIM group!), just did a ~57 mile hill ride (with a crazy climber friend who is doing b2b next weekend and is all rested - ouch!) and a 2 mile run off the bike.  The run feels a LOT different after a long ride than a shorter (25 or so) one, although the legs came back under me at about the same point they usually do - or even a half mile earlier.

I definitely need to push the cycling for Timberman, though.  Should be a fun (and brutal) couple of months!

Great weekend of training, though - got a HM in off a 30' spin and a 1.5 mile OWS yesterday and the long ride/short run today.  Wiped out, but feel great!

Off to my now 11 y.o. daughter's b-day party at a water park.  This might be tougher than the ride…  

Matt

For the first time in 11 months, I'm tentatively optimistic that my knee is, in fact, going to one day not be injured!  My physical therapist started doing Graston on my patellar tendon, scar tissue, and the quad muscles where they attach to my knee.  My knee has felt quite good since then.  

I promised myself I wouldn't try running until I have at least a week of my knee feeling good....I went out for a 7.2 mile walk this morning and it was hard to keep myself from running, but I'm trying to be patient with it so I don't end up putting myself back.  But I'm finally feeling like I'm seeing a light at the end of this long tunnel!  

Had a pretty awful ride yesterday, but I did learn a few things: 1. my gearing is not optimal for hilly courses (so I should probably do something about that before Vineman), and 2. drafting truly does work!  There were three guys on tri bikes who passed me and I decided to try to stick with them.  They pulled me along at 21mph for the last five miles of my ride and I was very grateful.  All I wanted to do was get off my bike and throw my saddle into a giant bonfire or something....so being able to blow through the last five miles at a quicker pace was definitely appreciated.

Here's to hoping the biking gets better soon!  And that maybe I'll be able to run a few miles on the Vineman course

Super cool!  What a great early Birthday gift!  Happy Birthday!

Tom - Very sorry to hear about your dogs and really hope your other dog pulls through. I have had some close calls with my dog friend and it's scary. Animals are very much a part of the family.

Fred and other Hoka runners - I'm interested to know what you think about the shoes!

Steve- congrats on finishing Bike Ride Across Nebraska! Is the course the same each year or is it different?

Jason - so exciting that you will be racing Kona! You didn't know it at the time, but the tough conditions at Hono 70.3 were preparing you for the big event. What a great bday present!

Matt - nice training weekend. I'm very jealous of all of the OWS you are getting in. Our lake is still too cold! I"m hopeful that this week I"ll be able to get into the water.

Nicole - glad the knee is healing up. I also had a similar relevation the first time drafting really clicked in my head. It's especially wonderful in getting you do go longer/faster than you would have otherwise done in training, and then when you do those distances on your own, not as intimidating.

Mike - very sorry on the loss of your friend. Take care of yourself this week.

So Saturday I posted that I was feeling pretty good after the long bike and brick run. That lasted for mayeb 2 hours. I took a nap and I woke up my body was completely exhausted. Fatigued feeling lasted throughout the weekend. The ride took a lot more out of me than I thought. But, my HR issues may be back to normal? Or at least getting there. Sunday's run was acutally a little high, I thought, but probably idicative of the fatigue I was feeling.

And calling all bike mechanics! On Saturday's ride I had a chain issue - lots of skipping at a set interval. I took a look at the chain and two of the links are stuck together. I gave it a good clean and lubed it up, but the links still stick together if I pedal backward. Pedaling forward seems to be OK but I"m not convinced that I have found a permanent solution. Any reasons to the cause or how I can fix it? Should I need to take it in? This chain has about 600 miles on it.