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Evening gang hope you are having a crazy day! Not trained today as my back is a bit sore and well we are pretty ice and snow bound here so running is out. I'm having a sports massage tomorrow night which really helps, boy hurts at the time but really eases the muscles in my back, I'd recommend it a monthly one to all of you.

Great to see the goals coming on, lets look at them in the week. The conversation on running shoes is interesting, it is so so so important to find a pair that suit your own style of running and shape of your feet. A visit to a specialist running shop is a must, since I did this I’ve stuck with the same brand and model for the past 3 years and they are like slippers.

I’ve spent sometime today putting the basis of my race season together, this is first draft, I’m sure it will change.

The Leeds Olympic Triathlon will be one of my A races this year, probably the Beverley 10k too. These are the ones I’ll build my training towards. I have a nice little clump of 3 races in 3 weekends at the end of June which will be fun. I may chuck a dualthon in March to fill a space too.

Well only 5 days to Xmas, I’m hoping the snow and ice has shifted before Xmas Eve as I love running first thing that morning, gets me all excited! How are you all celebrating we have a quiet Xmas lunch planned, just the 11 of us around the table!!

2 May (09) Falls Duathlon (Cannon Falls) (short)

8 May Cinco de Mayo Duathlon (Stillwater) 3/20/3 (maybe)

23 May Albert Lea .25/20/4 (Pattie)

30 May MedCity Marathon (relay) (maybe)

6 June Buffalo Oly (maybe)

13 June Tri-Nona (Winona) Oly

20 June Rochesterfest Oly

18 July 70.3 Racine (Pattie)

25 July Chisago HIM (Jeremy)

1 Aug Waseca 1/3 Iron (Pattie)

15 Aug Lake Marion (Lakeville) .5/14/3 (maybe)

22 Aug Big Pig HIM (Jeremy)

29 Aug Minneapolis Du (short)

6 Sept Treadman Du (3/21/3)

Oct Mankato Marathon- Full Jeremy; half Pattie

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/5749137/

neuronet - 2009-12-21 5:59 PM Great to see the chatter here!

My main goal is to finish an Olympic distance next season. I want to simply finish before they close the race I'm fine if I'm BOP. I did three sprint triathlons last season, and want to go to the next level.

Saturday April 18: Beaverdam Olympic (1500/26.2/6.2)-- I love this lake I swim there all the time I'm just worried I won't be ready by then for this distance. If I have to walk I will.
Sunday June 29: Kure Beach Double Sprint--Swim 375 meters, Run 1.5 mls, Bike 12.4 mls, Run 1.5 mls, Swim 375
Saturday August 15: Mayo Lake Sprint (750/15/3.1)
Saturday October 10: Pinehurst Olympic (1500/30/6.2)

http://www.trinewbies.com/tno_trainingprograms/tno_10wOly.asp

neuronet - 2009-12-22 3:25 PM

RogerWilco - 2009-12-22 4:10 AM I checked with my annual training plan this morning after my swimming workout and found out that I planned this week as a testing week. I should have checked it on Sunday of course, and plan my week accordingly. But anyway, I will be more careful from now on.

So, I plan to do some time trials for all 3 disciplines this week. I plan to do a 1500 m swim, and 40 km bike ride (the course will be the same year round for me), but I have not decided what should I do for a running time trial? Should I use the 30 minute time trial which is also used for determining the LT? I will check with Friel's book of course, but I am curious what you people use for such a protocol, if any.

And next week I will be starting my "Base 1" period.

I'm in a similar boat. I've been thinking I was going to do my bike LT test in the rollers, and the run LT test in the treadmill. I'm curious what people think of this.

My rationale is that Friel says to have consistency for these tests, in terms of temp humidity conditions etc.. He also suggests a relatively flat course for the tests. Where I live that is very tough, pretty much impossible. With the bike roller/treadmill I would have consistency no matter what time of year or where I live (I'll be moving within a couple of years).

Plus it is getting really cold outside, pretty much beyond the time when I'll be biking outdoors very much.

Of course my worry is that roller biking (on my bike in my basement, lots of fun!) is not the same as regular biking out in the elements. For one, I don't have to worry about balance. Treadmills reproduce real running better than rollers reproduce real biking. On the other hand, since I'll pretty much be doing rollers for the next two or three months on my bike, isn't that the relevant exercise to use to get my heart rates fixed?

At any rate, I am leaning heavily toward doing all these tests indoors for now, and when spring comes perhaps I'll redo them outdoors.

Anyone have any experience, struggled with this decision? I guess it isn't that big a deal: it's not like I can't just redo a LT test if I feel I've short-changed myself. Not like I'm getting a tattoo or anything After all, most people do their swimming LT using time trials in a pool, not open water. And we all know how different open water is from pool swimming.

I'd definately go for the indoor option and base your winter training on the figures. Redo in the spring and measure the improvement, works well