jsiegs and slornow's Train Hard and Have Fun group - CLOSED for Training (Page 41)

OK I apologize I know its been awhile, well like two weeks,,,,,,,,

Training for a full ironman REALLY eats up a lot of time and energy and I am only on week 10!!!!  The heavy stuff does not get here until weeks 14-22.   Last week rode 5 hours on the bike, that was fun made it about 85 miles, that was a long ride.  I stopped a lot.  Made some amatuer mistakes with nutrition and rest.  I guess that stuff is important. 

Anyway I hope to be more regular and join in the conversations about races and menstral cycles (is that how you spell menstral????)  lol

Have fun everyone enjoy the ride! 

How is the bike search going?  I don't know much about buying a bike, but it is fun!  I'd go to a shop where you feel comfortable.  Can't wait to see a picture when you get it!

Christy

Thank you for the laugh!!  

I'm going to go check out your logs.  They must look great! 10 weeks in, 10 to go? When is the race?

Christy

U R welcome   Great Floridian is Oct 22nd in Clearmont Florida.  Logs are not too impressive don't look too hard.  this will be my first (and probably only) full IM.  Just doing what I can to survive it. 

I realize I'm all over the place right now.  The Oly race I was thinking about doing is august 14th.  That's 4 weeks away. My logs, sadly, are up to date.  Think I have enough time to get ready for it?

Christy

I'm glad you're feeling better about your race.  It looked awesome to me  Hope you had a good trip home.  Enjoy some easy weeks.

Christy

Sorry to hear about your fall.  Glad you're ok!

Christy

Wow I have been out of it for awhile. Weddings, work, interviews, and a little vacation time have kept me pretty busy the last three weeks. I am finally settled back in and working toward my next Half Ironman in about 4 weeks. Hope everyone is doing well with training and everything. I will try and stay more involved in the next few weeks.

-Matt

I have a busy, long weekend ahead.  My husband is out of town on a skate trip, so I'm out numbered!  Trying to find some fun things to do with the kids. 

I went for a run yesterday.  Felt really good to get out.  I'm going to do my best to do a spinerval video when my son naps today.  I haven't been on my bike in 3 weeks.  Hope I can find it

My husband leaving to skate for 4 days made me wonder how many of your significant others do active things, and what they do.  He used to mountian and road bike a lot.  I wish he still did.  It would be nice to do active things together.  And there is no way i'm getting on a skateboard!!

Christy

I really wish my husband were in to something! During our dating years we would spend our Friday nights at the gym (exciting, huh?!) He would also wait for me to get home from school and we would go in the wee hours of the night. He used to be really big in to bulking up and being super healthy.

NOW... pft. I can't get him to the gym for anything! He played baseball for one year in high school and that's it. He was never on any sports team growing up, so doing any of that just is not his thing. He's a computer guy (software developer) by day, and woodworker by night. Now that his priorities have switched to the garage, being active and healthy is just not his thing. it really makes me sad.

I do what I can to keep it healthy around here - I meal plan, I do the shopping, and I keep as much of the crap foods out of here, but I can't control what he eats for lunch. He's one of those guys that doesn't gain weight (although he has over the past few years, maybe 10 lbs) but both his mother and father have heart issues, so it really makes me worry that he will have a heart attack by 40. He already has high cholesterol at 30

I keep my hopes high that me doing all this training and spending time at the gym will get him there... maybe. one day.

Yep! Super pumped.

My bf absolutely adores riding his bike. And he is AWESOME at it. He rides 10-year-old a mountain bike with knobby tires though, even though we live in the midwest. He can get that thing up to 30 mph no problem. Never rides on anything less than the big gear and totally schools me every time we ride, even though I train like 8 hours a week and he basically does not train. I keep telling him that he needs to get a road bike and do races, but his dream is more like to take his bike and ride the northern part of Highway 1. That's the difference in our "active" lifestyles - he does it for fun instead of racing. I'm totally the type A in our relationship.

He also loves basketball and has about the prettiest shot I've ever seen. It's a nice break sometimes to get on the basketball court and shoot hoops with him. Though given that he's 6 foot 4 inches and I'm 5 foot 6, we can never play any kind of 1 on 1, lol. 

Well......I didn't get on my bike today, but I did go to the gym for a run.  Two days in a row!  Hope this is the start of me getting back into it.  Planning on going to a spin class tomorrow morning.  REALLY hope I make it.

Hope everyone had a great day.

Christy

Good luck Nicole!!!  Have a great race!

Christy

Good Luck Nicole!!!

Tri Training today. Spin felt great. I decided to time my first mile run. Hoping that I actually ran 1 mile (I was told where the mile point is...) I came in at 11:06 - 1:05 off my race pace in May. I REALLY hope that is accurate. I don't really have anywhere I can go that is marked (no where close anyway). I am so excited to see if I have any race day improvements. I think right now, that's what's keeping me going!

The swim... I kind of lounged in the beginning, i was talking to my 'coach' about bike shopping. Priorities! lol. Anyway, I got a run for my money in the water today! There was a new girl who just kind of came out of nowhere, about my age (32). She was pushing me for sure! After practice we got to talking and she is signed up for the same Tri as me in Oct - but as a relay, where she is obviously doing the swimming. I think it's time to step up my swimming a bit! I've got my eye on her, ha!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!!

khharms - 2011-07-15 10:31 AM another bike focused question. Sorry, but considering this is the biggest expense, I want as many opinions as possible!

So this morning I asked Greg where I should go bike shopping at, he recommended three places and told me to mention his name for a discount. (I'll take what I can get!) We talked a little about tri bikes, road bikes, aero bars, etc. But when I asked about a trainer, him and another guy jumped at the opportunity to say: don't waste your money?!?! Before I go in to my own opinion, let me just say, these guys are avid cyclists. We're talking 25-30 mph on a long ride is an easy day for them. So I was quite shocked to hear them say that.

Everything I have heard about trainers are that they are wonderful, and just as good as being on the road. I've never heard of someone say that they are a waste. On the flip side, Greg did say that it will help me become a better rider. (Imagine my confusion!) I am a novice rider, I don't know the first thing about riding, including road rules (only some minor things like: on your left, and hand signaling to traffic). I am slow. My race pace was 16 mph, so on that ride last weekend I was probably averaging 14-15 mph, and every now and then I would ask and we would be going 16. So WHY would I NOT get a trainer if it would make me a better rider?!?!

Does it make sense for me to WANT to become a better rider to improve my tri time? I don't want to spend all this money on a bike and only be as good as 16 mph in a race.

I guess I'm just looking for some reinforcement here, I'm going out today to buy some shorts and start looking at bikes. I just want to make sure I won't be making a mistake if I DO buy a trainer.

Reasons I want one:
1. Um, I can't get on the road as much as I want, one weekend day isn't cutting it
2. I can use it when Audrey is napping, or on an 'off' day when I SHOULD be out riding
3. It would free up a weekend ride, where I can go on a run instead
4. It just makes sense, and people who LOVE them, RAVE about them

Please give me your honest opinion, at my level, is it worth it, or would I be wasting my money??

I am by no means an expert but...I think they are great. I hate "riding" my bike in the basement but sometimes that's all I can get.  It is easier to do interval training rides on a trainer because you don't have the traffic, people, other stuff getting in your way.  When I was training twice a day it was impossible for me to get 2 workouts in with the kids.  I'd do one in the morning then get on the trainer when the kids went to bed.  I can't imagine why it would be a bad idea.  That said, mine was a gift from my father in law who buys exercise stuff and never uses it.  SO i didn't have to pay for it.  I'm getting his treadmill soon

Christy

Christy

I am by no means an expert but...I think they are great. I hate "riding" my bike in the basement but sometimes that's all I can get.  It is easier to do interval training rides on a trainer because you don't have the traffic, people, other stuff getting in your way.  When I was training twice a day it was impossible for me to get 2 workouts in with the kids.  I'd do one in the morning then get on the trainer when the kids went to bed.  I can't imagine why it would be a bad idea.  That said, mine was a gift from my father in law who buys exercise stuff and never uses it.  SO i didn't have to pay for it.  I'm getting his treadmill soon

Christy

Christy

slornow - 2011-07-15 12:59 PM Have posted my Chattanooga race report on the race report forum.  Quickly forgetting how bad that run hurt...starting to look for more races

If they had race registration for your "next" race at mile 4 of the run I would never do another tri

Hope everyone has a great weekend.  Heading to the beach......

Randy 

hahaha, just had a literal LOL moment...you left you swim skin on for the bike??!?!?!  Maybe i missed it but I don't remember that from when you posted about the race here.  I'm sorry, I'm not laughing at you, but with you (hopefully).  perhaps that led to some of the reason for your disappointing performance?  That is funny though...did you have like 100 people on the bike being like "uhhh, hey man...did you know your sill wearing your swim skin?" And I can just picture your response of "Yes, yes I am."

I think you could definitely finish based on the base you had built for your HIM.  You haven't lost all of that yet.  You've got time for 3-3.5 weeks of solid training then a short taper no problem.