bcagle25's Endurance Ninja's - Closed (Ninja school is in session) (Page 4)

My fears are running injuries and crashing on my bike. I've had a few run-ins but nothing serious.  I have a fear of going too fast and loosing control so I usually pump the breaks on down hills and turns which causes me to lose momentum. 

Week 3 of 20 Plan (Jan 9-15)

Monday - (S) 1,000 yds
Tuesday - (R) 4.5 miles tempo
Wednesday - (S) 1,500 yds; (B) 20 miles
Thursday (R) 5 miles intervals
Friday - Off
Saturday - (R) 8 miles
Sunday - (B) 25 miles 

OUCH!  That is super cold, I would be on the treadmill inside.  We have yet to see much winter here in Virginia, I had a nice run in the sun and 55 degrees today.

Fear #1 - injury

Fear #2 - not intense enough

Fear #3 - not enough time

Upcoming week will be a continued ease into the off season.  Biggest goal will be to set next year's race schedule.

In the Toronto area the weather Gods have been kind to us as well. Unfortunately, that is highly unlikely to last, and I get the feeling someone up there preparing to say, "Watch this".

Fears: those pesky running injuries which seem to be so out of my control, and aside from good shoes and rest I can barely influence. I'm trying to use the treadmill with the hopes of reducing joint stress, and starting to think I shoulda bought a cheapie with a piece of spaghetti for a deck since my legs aren't really feeling the love at the moment. The other fear is not seeing that fatigue from going faster/harder/longer is actually damage that shouldn't be run through. Sometimes HTFU is NOT the correct answer, but the correct answer of, "Take four weeks off running", is too difficult to hear.

One small word of warning to prepare you for that fit: although the price for the "fit" may be X, that doesn't cover any of the gear necessary to make the bike fit you. You can't really change YOU, so modding the bike is all there is. My "fit" cost me $2K - it was determined my frame was too small but I could change out the bars+cranks+stem+seatpost and get it to be ok, or just replace the bike, so I did what any aspiring tri wannabe would do

Sooooo I'm a slacker.

Totally got the ebola virus and disappeared for a week and missed 5 pages of awesome people.  Hi guys.

My biggest fear with racing is not finishing.  Espeically for a longer distance (70.3+) race.  So much time and preparation goes into it, and often times (with a 140.6 for example) there isn't another event that you can simply register for if you bomb your A race. 

I'm not fast at all, but absolutely have an issue with not completing something I start.

In other news, as of yesterday I offically cancelled my "meat market" gym membership and joined the YMCA.

There are pro's and con's to every gym in my area, the Y's major "con" is limited open swim time and it's a very small facility.  However, after one too many highly inappropriate sauna incidents (including my accidently walking in on a couple... ahem... taking care of business) at my last gym, I think it's worth it.

Granted, I will now inherit 70 year old men in white speedo's, but hopefully they won't be as pervese and grabby as the 25 year olds at the last place.

justinfss - 2012-01-09 7:17 AM My Fear.

 We haven't really been freely broadcasting this, but my wife and I are expecting our first child sometime in June, and I would like to be able to set a good healthy example right from the start for this little person! Well there ya go Folks that is some big news, as I said we haven't even told everyone about this yet, so I am going to ask all you guys to keep that under your hats .... Ninjas are good at keeping secrets right??

Congratulations Justin!!!  That is awesome news.

Welcome back Nicole, I hope you are feeling better.  Finishing is a common fear on long distance tri's, I did my first IM last year and it stayed with me until race day, then it was what it was going to be and I finished in 13.5 hours, way ahead of just finish and time goals of under 15 hours.  If you follow your plan you will be able to finish, trust your training at that point, that was the best advice I got from veterans and they were right on.  The key is staying healthy and injury free, which is a challenge if your body isn't used to the bigger volumes in those plans.  Keep the 10% per week rule in mind as you build your volume.

I see your from Sarasota, my brother lives there and I've been to visit him a couple times.  I totally love the area, Siesta Key Beach and SKOB are a couple of my favorite places to go when we visit.

So I scrapped my workout for today since I got in a car accident, but I'm ok (other than my totaled car), so I'm going to hit a good bike ride for tomorrow.

Erica, what happened?

Glad to hear yer ok.

Very cool!  If you're ever visiting and want to meet up, let me know.  I've met a dozen BTers or so at this point and it's always fun to meet people you "know" online.

That stinks!  I'm very glad to hear you're all right.

Bummer, sorry to hear that, but glad you are ok.

I was turning right out of a parking lot and started to pull in front of a car. The line of sight at the exit of this parking lot is completely obscured when there are vehicles parked along the street. I go out of this parking lot all of the time, and I'm always careful to stop a little further back where you can see better to  wait and watch, and look through the windows of the parked cars before I go, and I've never had a problem before. This time, though, there was a small car that I didn't see, and though I slammed on the brakes, the other driver said she accidently hit the clutch instead of the brake, and our front corners collided, so if one of us could have stopped about a foot back we would have avoided it. As it was, she hit me going full speed. It just knocked out her headlight, but the front end of my car is really messed up- there's some electrical damage so it won't even start. The car has been falling apart for awhile, so this was probably the last straw. Completely my fault, but it's kinda one of those things. I've seen several accidents in that exact same place. The cop even apologized when he gave me my ticket!

My nerdy side is going to draw up the location in CAD and do a few calculations with the line of sight and stopping distance and such things. I'm sure the area is up to code, but it would make me feel better