TriAya's Group: SHUT like dog on steak, sorry! (Page 41)

Erin, I think your nutrition questions are all good!  I am also waiting for the answers....  I know that now is the time to experiment with different nutrition, and find what works, and stick to it on race day.  I am not quite to the super long workouts yet, but once I hit them, I will be trying out drinks, gels etc to see if I see/feel any difference.  I know on race day, like every day, I cannot function without my two cups of coffee.  It's just how I am!  Since I have 'only' done sprints so far, I haven't worried much about nutrition, although did gel while on the early part of the bike for a couple of races.  Once I think I had gatorade in my bottle but didn't drink it.

Today I ran 40 minutes, and around 25 minutes my darn blister on my right arch acted up again.  I totally spaced on the body glide, so I probably deserve it.  Still, I now have a blister on top of a blister.  Very annoying to say the least.....I am having terrible flashbacks to volleyball camp where this kept happening to me when I was 14.  I don't know if I need to change shoes, although they are new but the same as my old ones.  I guess I will give my feet more time and see what happens. They are comfortable and I don't notice any rubbing until well into my runs.  Darn equipment! I got new goggles but they leaked constantly during my swim yesterday.  Grumble.

Edit-There is a nutrition chat with Coach Marni Rakes on here on 2/17. I will be they discuss this issue!

Hi Everyone!

Still not much time for posting - the days are flying by and I haven't figured out how to access the internet from my apartment - I got my laptop, so hopefully after a call to the facilities people today I will be able to get on. 

I tried everything, should be pretty simple, shouldn't it?

Anyway, I joined a gym, and got a wralk in last night.

I'm having a bit of a dilemma as to what to do for training right now.  My first scheduled event is June 22 and is an Oly.  I am planning on doing the 16 week Oly training plan once the timing is right, but need to figure out what to do until then.

Any suggestions?  Should I do like the first X days of a training plan and then start over?  I'm not very good at just making up workouts.

Hey Beth,

Why don't you do the last few weeks of a sprint plan? Those numbers pretty much end up around the beginning of the Oly training plan.  You could skip the taper and race week at the end.  Look at the plans and see where they end up and go from there?  I finished up a sprint plan right before starting the Oly and I have not found the workouts to be too hard (yet!!!).  My struggle is still getting on the bike.  I will, I know I will!!!

Good luck getting the internet up and running.  I know I feel lost without my window to the outside world! 

Erin on swim workout breakdown

Honestly, 60% on drills is good, at this point. Pulls--no. Especially not with paddles, especially not with any recent history of arm or shoulder problems. But (shock, I do read them) from your logs I know you're ditching the paddles for now, so this is good.

You could even do a long straight swim every two weeks, if you like.

Hi Terri! Did you get your orthotics slippage taken care of? They do take a while to work with and sort through--just like a new house or new bike, I guess. Gotta tweak things a little, sometimes.

When I got orthotics, I had to get the absolute widest running shoe possible--before, I could let the sides of my feet "flop over" the edges (not recommended, but when you've got the biggest feet on BT ...), but not with the orthos, since they had rigid sides.

Shawn on swimplan.com, paddles 

It's not bad. I like how they incorporate drills and throw in a little bit of the other strokes, especially backstroke. It's also good they color-code each set to show how hard you should do it.

What I don't like is that they have pull sets. I have a special dislike for paddles except in VERY short and LIMITED drills (unless you're a very advanced swimmer, in which case you don't need to be using them, ha, ha). This is why. Take a less-than-perfect stroke, one in which there's some extra strain here or there, and now ADD A LOT OF FORCE to that strain.

One-liner: I like it, with some modifications. If you do the pull, do it without paddles, and make sure the workout is similar to whatever is on your BT (or other) plan.

Erin on pulling

Sigh--I'm not gonna say "not any," because this really isn't a black-or-white deal (I'll tell ya when it's black-or-white, have I held back thus far? ) ... and a pull buoy does give you some flotation which makes up for the extra resistance. My general recommendation, which you should absolutely tweak to your own experience, is no pulling for now. Give it a couple two or three more weeks, then carefully incorporate, with a pull buoy.

I'm housewifing this morning (i.e. cleaning, laundry and changing diapers!) and off to the gym for a swim after school drop off at 1230.  Then I will either use the trainer when I get home or hit the spinning class at 6.  That may not fit in as I have a kid coming over for a playdate at 330 so we shall see......so many playdates this week, argh!!!  I swear that if I can't ride before hubby is home, I am locking myself in the garage on the bike until I am done!!!!

Hey Cool Kids, Happy Valentine's Day

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

I've been swamped at work and with life . . . EVEN TRAINING is suffering, so you know I'm busy   I have gotten in a *little* but my logs are behind again . . .

On a positive note, I got registered for the Lincoln half-marathon in May.  A really good friend from MN is joining me & I'm SUPER excited!  Actually she will be in town the week of Feb 24th as well (on business), we've got some plans to hang out and get some workouts in (isn't that what most people do?) haha

I still need to sign up for an OLY in early April . . . Yanti I think you said there is one out there in that timeframe, what is the name of that event?

My plans for today . . . maybe a spin class.  I already did one this AM, is that bad?  I'm trying to keep my knees fresh for a long run on Sunday, but I NEED more for today after a less than satisfactory week!  I've got a 3 HOUR bike ride scheduled for Sat and probably won't be able to get outside . . . ughh!  There is a 1 hour spin class I could take - I thought of trying to do an hour before and an hour after, but HOW BORING!!!  Any thoughts/suggestions?

I know I haven't been here much, but I sure do love being a part of this group with all of you wonderful souls!  Hope you all have a wonderful V-Day!!!

Renee

P.S.  Leslie, I think I saw that I missed your Birthday . . . I'm soooo sorry . . .  HAPPY belated BIRTHDAY!!!  Hope you had a great one, I'll have to get back in here later and check that out!

Leslie!  Brilliant suggestion

I actually even figured out how to import portions of the plan so it worked out just right. 

I still need to juggle a few things around, due to travel schedule, but I feel better just having something to work toward.

Now if I can just get out of work early enough to get to spin class

Good morning everybody, TGIF!!!

Here's my dilemma for the day--my first Oly tri is scheduled for June 7.  There's a local sprint on May 31 that I was planning to do, until I realized the dates were so close.  Is it reasonable or smart to do both?  The sprint is a 400 m swim, 14.5 mile bike and 3.5 mile run, within just a few minutes of my house, and the bike route is my main training route (which, for the first time since last fall, I can ride tomorrow since it will finally be SUNNY!).  But I digress.  The down side is that the sprint is $70 to sign up.  I think it is tax deductible as it is for charity.  What would YOU do?

Today I will be swimming 44 minutes, getting pretty close to my longest ever.  My swim plan calls for 6 x 200 for the main set, so I need to figure some other drills for the remainder of the session.  What are you guys up to today, this weekend?

HI EVERYBODY! Yes, sorry I've been busy/quiet/blech/Answer D.

Now, what I would do and what I should do and what you should do are perhaps very different things .

The Oly is your A race, and every tri is a risk--so I wouldn't do the sprint, even as a warm-up or tune-up. You are awesome and could definitely hold down your pace; that's not the issue at all--but especially at sprints, so many crazy things can happen, especially on the bike, and you just don't want to risk an injury before your A race.

Oooh, I forgot that I am recording Kona!  Yay!!! Will look forward to that later on.  I am cleaning now, the house gets so messy in about five minutes.  Sigh, housewife complaints are so boring, huh?? 

I ran my allotted 27 minutes today, on a route that is exactly 5k!  During the run I had a sort of panic attack/wheezing and had to walk a little bit--I think my empty stomach + 2 cups of coffee + lack of sleep (thanks, kids!) + thinking about my to-do list all added up at the same time.  I was fine after a little breather.

I am going for a long bike ride tomorrow morning, as the weather is finally supposed to be sunny here!!!  Erin, where are you doing your OWS?  In the bay?  Isn't that coooooolllllddddd?

Have a great weekend, everybody!!!!!

Hi folks!

just wrapping up the weekend before I get on the plane to go back to PA - talk about weekends going by too fast!

I got two wralks in this weekend and feel like I am starting to make some progress

today I even did a run 3 walk 2 set - progress, slow but sure

I am finally back online during the week (figured out the connection situation at the apartment on Thursday of last week) so I should be able to catch up at long last!

have a great day!