Mad Manatee Mentors, Part 2! CLOSED (Page 40)

I like your positive thinking

It's true. Although I'm not asking so much whether to do it or not, but about the run ramp up.  

I guess there's no reason why I can't keep building all summer long towards the marathon.  It just seems like marathon plans have extra days of running, and if I'm focusing on tris, I'll be running three days a week, and not four or five like the marathon plans recommend.  Once I hit August I can add in another running day or two.  Although it dawned on me that an IM plan prob has three days of running, and that's it's not too far out to do it that way.

So Yanti, do I get extra credit for the early submission on the homework?

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The last pic is all manatee backs, there must have been over 100 of them.

This is great news!  It must be a relief to know about when she'll be out of your place.  Woo hoo!

This is an awesome idea!  Amazing work Stacey!

Jo, let us know when the photos have been ordered.

X2 on the positive re-enforcement!!!!

I'd be tempted to start your run at slightly below your current fitness level and ramp up the bike fairly aggressively until you are on track with the plan.  Remember that IM training is about balance and you will need to get into IM balance at some point. That being said, I won't begin serious IM focus for B2B until more like 12 weeks out.

What are your thoughts?

Congratulations!  Woo hoo! po-di-um!

You know the Manatee Mantra!

Seriously, though, it looks like your last tri is a sprint on August 21.   You'll need to increase your run mileage before the August sprint and overlap your tri and marathon plans but as long as you do that and don't try do do your entire mileage increase after the sprint, I think that you will be fine.  It will be fun!

Pfft.  A bit hard to train on them regularly then. 

(Cheering loudly) that's great news, Jo, YAY!!!!

I have a few trails in the area, but the difference is night and day. Oh well, they are nicer than what is available in many places, so I'll take it. But your point is well taken. 

You are right.  My opinion is that if you are at 13-15 mile long runs from tri training, and then you have 2 months of ramp up (assuming you are not doing an IM that will require a month of recovery), then I would say that is plenty of time.  

I would probably nix the doing tri's while Marathon training. Unless you have incredible control and are doing them for "fun", thereby not requiring any recovery at all.  It is my experience that when I get in race mode, and the adrenaline kicks in, I can't "slow" down, even if I'm not trying to win it.  I always try to beat my own personal times, or my own goals and this means I have to recover for a few days after any race, of any distance.  I would suspect a few days of recovery would throw off your marathon training.  

That's my 2 cents.... keep in mind, I am an aspiring coach and not actually a coach yet.

This is really cool.  Do they let you swim with them?  

I like what you are saying.  I have a 1/2 marathon (that I forgot about) in 3 weeks.  Going to keep my mileage fairly consistent with what I've been doing, and throw in the bike / swims starting next week.  I will ease into them.  Since I have wicked awesome legs I suspect my bike fitness will return fairly quickly.  

Serious IM focus 12 weeks out?  Is that enough time?  Of course, I don't know your fitness level, experience level etc.... Considering most IM plans have a 2-3 week taper, I would suspect a minimum of 16 weeks would be necessary and 20 weeks more comfortable (for me at least).   

A few pics from our SD vacay. You'll see why I enjoyed so much!

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12 weeks is when things get really serious. It's just regular build stuff until then. 

Ok, so I looked back at my logs and I was at up to 10 hours at about 16 weeks and then 10-12 hours for a month and then the meaty part of IM training. That's the focus part I guess.

Good morning Manatees! I kept up with the Manatee chatter over the weekend, via email, but haven't read the RRs yet. Looking forward to reading those!

My weekend was pretty good, considering. I got my training sessions in, in spite of having housepests. Even the visit went better than I anticipated. Maybe the fact that I did a 3 hour bike ride while they went site-seeing was part of the reason it went well

Now that I am back to the work week I need to figure out how to get my swim session done tomorrow! I have to be at work early so my normal Wednesday routine won't work. Getting to the pool earlier isn't really an option as the lanes are full from 4:30 to 5:00 (it looks like a scene from "Cocoon"). I can't swim after work because Wednesday is small group. So my options are 1) go straight from the pool to work, but I worry about having everything I need for work and swim, and I don't like to leave the dogs locked up that long, or 2) re-arrange the session with Thursday's bike or run but the locker room is closed this Thursday morning and I don't know how crowded the pool is in the afternoon or 3) skip the swim session

Happy Tuesday (Wednesday) all!

Super cute!! My bro and sis and I got around via beach cruisers while we were there about 98% of the time. I think I could live in SD ...

Glad the visit went well!

At least you have some options. Not that you are asking but I would go with option 1. Just make a check list. Don't skip!

The Olympic distance race is my final serious race.  The last one is for fun.  I was taking a look at Higdon's plans, and I think there's enough time to make the switch over.  I'll probably have to drop cycling after July, which is a bummer, but hey, a marathon is a cool goal (so much for riding another century this fall, I guess).

Nope, it is just an area near the power plant where the water that runs off is real warm. Most of them are visibly scarred from boat props, so we are encouraged to leave them be. It is a pretty cool use for something that just kinda happened/ And it is one that the manatees have taken advantage of. They don't fare well in cold water, and many would perish if they were elsewhere.

Hmmmm, is there a reason you want to run that specific marathon? Oh wait, you said it's Chicago, huh? That's on my list too ... Sorry, typing aloud haha

I think you can totally do it but I'm not sure that you are setting yourself up for a solid training cycle. The last 8 weeks of training is one half SERIOUS stuff (the peak) and then the other half is taper. 

If I were you, I would look at a few marathon plans and see if you can keep up with the weekly mileage during tri training.  Of course you will want to decide what are your "A" races and what are your "B" races so that if you have to make a choice during training it's more or less pre-determined.