Tri with Seren - CLOSED! (Page 4)

I would like to join your group too!

My name is Karen.   I have been running for quite a few years.  I did my first supersprint tri about 4 years ago.  Last year I moved up to sprint and did 2, this year I'm planning on 1 olympic and 1 that is a bit longer (it has a 60 km bike which scares me!).

I'm not super fast at anypart of the triathlon, but I try to be consistent and keep improving.

Biking is my weakest part!  I live in Saskatchewan, and it is really cold in the winter.  I still prefer running outside and I'm just in the process of getting a trainer for my bike.

I'm 38 years old and am married with 2 young daughters (5 & 7).  I'm a kindergarten teacher and work full time.

I have a partner that I run with, and I usually compete with my sister who lives 2 hours away.

I really want to work on my cycling this year, I think that is the area that I can most improve in.

I'm heading to the pool right away and I'm going to check out the open finger thing!  I used to lifeguard and teach swim lessons and I always taught people to keep their fingers together like a paddle because once you open them the water slides through.  So, I'm going to experiment tonight!

Thats Awesome!!!  Since its so early in the season, is it a pool swim? 

Hi Beatrix,

If you look under forums, your state (Florida) should be there 3rd from the top.  Theres bound to be someone training.  the other way to find a training group is to find your race under the tab "Races" and add it to your planned race log (theres a button to do so)  There is a group thread attached to it and whenever someone writes there, you will get a little red notification 

Always a good idea to shower before but if its not feasible to do so......Unless you worked up a sweat before hand, you should be fine.  How rude of her to shave her legs though.  SHe should have done that in the lockker room

Welcome to the group Karen.   I really doesn't matter how fast or slow you are, as long as you are having fun!!!   Getting a trainer for the bike is a great idea.  I usually ride outside in the winter but right now we are in a deep freeze and I'm sticking with the trainer.....  If you look around the forum there is a Winter CYcling Program that my coach puts on every year.  Its based upon HR....if you have a heart rate monitor.   THere are also cycling videos that are great...Cyclo-core, spinervals to name a few. 

Yes it's a 300M pool swim.

How do you "friend" someone?

Go to "Training Log."  Scroll down the page, on the left hand side you will see a box with "friends."  Click the "+" symbol.  Then type in the person's name and hit "Update."

I entered this week's workouts, but my swims were entered in yards instead of meters, and I can't figure out how to retroactively change it without deleting them.

Anyway, I have a swimming question.  I have registered for a sprint tri, and want to do 2 Oly distances in the area this summer.  I am up to 2000m of continuous swimming.  It takes 1:06, and about every 10th lap, I still need to do the backstroke.  I do feel like I have a decent base.  So here is my question.  Is it better to work on swimming the entire distance using the crawl stroke, or should I start doing speed work?

So, I did my first swim since probably August last night.  It used to be so easy to just pick up and start swimming again, but I was really feeling it last night!  I did 1 km and the second half was easier than the first.

I'm heading out for a 3 km run tomorrow.  We are starting to train for a half marathon at the end of May.  It has been around -40 C here all week, so lots of layers!

   I combine both in my workout.  I would continue to swim 2000-2200 meters but swim some Easy some at a Moderate speed and some at a Hard speed. 

This is just an example:

WU: 300E, 6x50 swim/drill (25 drill - 25 swim incorporating the drill)
MS: 1x 200M, 100E- R:20
3x100H (R:10)
1x 200M, 100E- R:25
3x100H (R:10)
1x 200E - R:20
3x100H (R:10) (last one the fastest one)
CD: 200 E

Respect.

Great job getting out in that weather.  I have gone out in cold temps but that is really cold.  Good job. 

Nice job.  I don't know how you breathe in those temps.

Light yoga, upper body weights, and a sprint training video for me today.

Hello Seren,

Yes, I have been doing swim lessons every Wednesday night.  The drills are hard to make sure you are executing all the right techniques!  I am going to practice tonight.   I have been biking before my lessons on Wednesday.   I have been running mostly because my husband and I are doing 2 5k in March.

I will try to get my workouts logged from last week!!

LJ

Which trainer did you pick up?

I bought a cycleops fluid trainer three months ago.  It works well but sometimes it makes a whining noise.  It's pretty quiet otherwise.

I got a kurt kinetic road machine.  I've heard good things about them.  I set it up last night, but not sure how to get my bike on with the quick release.  So, it is still sitting there.  I'll have to see if there is a video.  I am  not very handy!

I headed out skiing again tonight.  It is a beautiful night.  We went 5km.

Question for the group: Say that you're following a training plan, and you fall behind.  You miss a workout, maybe two.  Do you:

a) Skip the missed workout, continue on with the next day of your plan like nothing happened;

b) Do the missed workout, push everything back by a day;

c) Cram the missed workout in, even if that means working out twice in a day or more consecutive training days without a rest day, than you would like;

d) Lump the missed workout in with the next workout of that exercise (e.g. if you missed a swim, then next time you swim do the scheduled swim plus the missed swim).

And does it make a difference if you have missed two workouts?