tripletmom01 mentor group - FULL!!!!! (Page 40)

So happy to hear the good news!

That is most excellent news!!! I am very happy for you!

I've found that if I ride the trainer with hugely a over-inflated back tire, it sheds less rubber (at one point there was a small black pile developing next to the fly-wheel!) That said, I'd get a new tire and keep the old one for next winter.

It'll blow out somewhere and I'd rather have that when the wheel is off the ground!

(Listen to us talk as if there's not going to be anymore snow/frost - optimistic aren't we!!

What a run today! I was going to go and plod in zone 2 round the wee loch and just work my way to 5 miles and go back to work, I reckoned it was just short of a mile round so 5-6 laps would do the job - the first lap was done in 5 min dead (I can't run 5 min miles - so I knew the map work had been rubbish!)

The revised on the job plan, was to try to maintain my steady pace and  just do the 9 laps it would take to complete the distance (based on my rubbish calculations of 9 min miles)

Needless to say my sums were pants and I was actually trying to give myself a coronary! (I assumed my high heart rate was because of a cold I'm trying not to get - actually it's cos I was runing my a$$ off and ended up doing 6 miles!) See below and criticise freely!!

time      av HR  Max HR

Yep, it's called cardiac drift.

If I remember the protocol correctly, you need to reduce your pace so that HR remains in Z2. Otherwise you are doing a much harder workout. But HR can be complicated by, as you mention, illness, or medication, or caffeine or whatever.

After boring myself to tears running in Z2 early in my training, I had to shift to a perceived exertion method. I was much happier. Also, determining HR zones can be tricky (there is a good article somewhere here on BT by Mike Ricci on the subject). Come to think of it, a poorly derived HR zone chart was probably the issue in my case.

Good luck, and Tammy I hope you do not mind my chiming in on the subject, but this question of keefmac's was one I had during my HIM training last season.

Some tires come bald to begin with.  I know I had some that were like that and I was fine.  If you are worried get a new one..... there is a lot of gravel out on the roads right now- so be careful

does it look entirely different from the front?

do we have HR zones for you?

I dont think there is anything wrong woth pushing the pace sometimes.... teach your body how it feels. I wouldnt do it for every run (unless you recover like a god. )

Do you ever do tempos??... For example warm up...9 minm iles for 2 miles then push that pace- suppose to be close to 10k pace... but maybe accordong to this run 7:20s would work- for maybe 3-5 miles then 1-2 miles cool down.
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So... I just hired me a tri coach!

And I am going to highly reccommend him to anyone looking for coaching- even just run or bike coaching.

So is this you finally getting serious and doing some proper training?!!

I just read (re-read actually - I've been there before and forgotten!) the Mike Ricci article on LT testing - I'll do some next week!

Ive got things to prove

And who is the mystery coach?

His name is Steve...hes from Chicago..... if you want his info- let me know.   He used to do BT.... screen name was...Steve

http://www.distancedvd.com/Home_Page.html

a little of me

I put in 10,000 yards of swimming last week. Swimming has been a big struggle for me. I had been easing up on bike and run due to nagging hamstring tendonitis that I would really like to go away before the season begins - so that has left me time to focus on swimming. When I can run, I much prefer it and find I have little energy left for working on swimming. So, anyway, the opportunity has presented itself and I can't say I've gotten fast in the pool, that's for sure - but maybe a little less slow ;-)

How are y'all? The group's been quiet ...