SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed (Page 45)

Suzy won't like it but I probably won't have my RR done in 24 hours...unless they have internet on the 14.5 hour plane ride to China.

All I hear is excuses out of you!!!!!

I'll make you a deal...you get your PR and I'll give you an extra day to get that RR done.

Linda, I don't like to take anything either.  I am not 100% sure of the exact process, but I think there is a healing process that our muscles need to go through naturally, that is somehow inhibited by taking anti-inflammatories.   dang, and i am was a physiology major in college!  i should go research this and get back to you, but lunch is calling my name!

Well, well.  Look who went terpless today!!

Sorry mom!

IronGirl - Sprint - First race of the season

Big Sur Marathon - Sunday - 26.2 miles

'Running on the edge of the western world'

Linda!  I cannot see the elevation map...but I know you are going to do great this weekend.  You are a champion!  A big time machine on hills!  Eat those hills like candy pop tarts!  We will be cheering you on.  It will be a transcendant moment when you reach the top and fly down the other side.  I hope they still have the classical pianist even with the course change. 

You are going to have such a great accomplishment under your belt Linda, and you are going to feel like you are top of the world!

That sounds intense!  I'd better get my bike off the trainer soon!

Good luck out there, dress warmly and BRRRRRRRING IT!!! 

Amazing!

As far as I can tell from watching YouTube videos, here's what happens.  The doctor first apologizes.  Then he gently and tenderly stabs you repeatedly with a very sharp, very long needle, after which some fairies come along, sprinkle you with magic dust, and you're healed!  Actually, that last part may or may not be accurate since I stopped watching once that doctor started with the needle...

Suzy, was I close?

Suzy can't answer right now.  But I have heard her describe it just as Ryan just did.

She is out at a charity bash wearing a hot new little black dress.  Her words, not mine. 

Hey all:

I swam my longest swim of my life today 3700 yds. or 2.1 miles. I was cramping at the end. I think I was dehydrated by then. I have 3000+ tomorrow and will bring a water bottle. So far this year I have increased my swim, bike and run numbers month-to-month. With my bike tonight and tomorrows swim I will continue the trend. Saturday is a run and some strength to close out the month.

How anyone does an Ironman is beyond me. Good luck this weekend racers!

I have heard mixed reviews of Prolotherapy.  The moderator of the Injuries forum here on BT is not a big fan of it.  He is in the John camp I think about not enough peer reviewed studies on it's effectiveness type of thing.

Our massage therapist guy actually just had it done on a problem he had I think in his foot.  He tried all kinds of stuff first but in the end tried the Prolotherapy and it worked for him.  He said it didn't hurt at all, and when I asked him how it worked, he described to me pretty much word for word what I grabbed off prolotherapy.com. 

"Prolotherapy uses a dextrose (sugar water) solution, which is injected into the ligament or tendon where it attaches to the bone. This causes a localized inflammation in these weak areas which then increases the blood supply and flow of nutrients and stimulates the tissue to repair itself. "

I was actually surprised he went this way based on what I had heard previously about it and I believe him to be a very knowledgeble person about stuff like that as he has fixed many aches/pains/percieved damage etc on us, purely through massage, and perscribed stretching routines.

So there are my 2 second hand observations

Very nice Doug.  LOL, Swimming 4000M in a pool for practice is one of the things that would keep me from doing an IM distance race.  I think I would go (more) insane with boredom.

So we have it all in one place.

Andre - Bassman Sprint Tri
George - St. Luke's Half Marathon
DJ - IronGirl Sprint Tri
Linda (Velcro) - Big Sur Marathon
Tony - Bunny Hop Criterium (sounds menacing doesn't it)
Suzy - Cold a$$ bike and run.

What are all of your goals for these races? 

Mine for this weekend.

Primary goal: (always the same): Keep my bike and myself upright for the race.

Secondary goal:

Based on last race success I realized that my Weekly long group and group hill rides are much harder than the actual races.  Before my goal would have been for a pack finish, but now it's to get myself in the top 10 or so riders coming into the last turn (200M before the finish) so I can set myself up for the sprint and maybe podium. 

see that one red tree among all the green trees?  prolotherapy.  its science, baby!

4K in the pool is no different than intervals on the bike. Or a moderate run (or a longer run). My workouts this week (pick your own intervals):

400s/400k/200p (breathe 3-5-7-9 by 50)
3x(500 moderate on an interval that allows about :30 rest, 5x100 on a tough interval -- less than :10 rest) 
100w/d

^^^ That one is 4100.

500 swim
500 kick w/fins
300 pull breathe 3-5-7-7-5-3 by 50
Ladder as:
100 mod
4x50, descend 1-4
300 mod
4x100, descend 1-4
500 hard
4x100, descend 1-4
300 mod
4x50 descend 1-4
100 mod
200 w/d
^^^ That one is 4K. Choose an interval per 50 or 100 and hold it for the entire set. You'll end up with the most rest on the 500, and the least rest on the 50's.

I'm waiting for pics of Suzy's hot black dress. And John's hot purple shorts.

All of the Big Sur information says to plan on adding 20-30 minutes to your PR as a goal time - the hills are that intense.  I think I'm in better shape that I've been for any of the others, so I've discounted that.  HA!  3:59 is my PR.....I'd really like to beat that and have a better shot of getting IN to Boston for 2012.  In the category of bordering on the ridiculous, I've signed up for a 3:50 pace group.  I may die, or I may be really, really happy!

Cheering for all of the other MG racers-let's rock this weekend.

Also need pictures of Suzy's dress!

Uhm, sorta.....a doctor does use a needle--not long and very thin, depending on the issue he will inject STAB you anywhere from a few times to 30+ where the muscle/tendon attaches to bone;sometimes all the way down the muscle/tendon. Typically you will need 2-4 rounds spaced, 3-4 weeks apart for complete healing.   THe basic premise is the injected glucose solution insites inflammation which then speeds healing and strengthens the weak area.  Here is a decent overview.  There are plenty of nay-sayers (like MDs, John and maybe RP), but I have had tremendous success with it for PF, a torn adductor and other side issues caused from compensation during a primary injury.  SOme say the time is what healed the injury, but in each case I was able to train through it, including both Boston's...so there!

Sorry peeps, no black dress photos....we were running late last night and then got wrapped up in the evening.  It wouldn't have rivaled John's itty bitty purple shorts anyway

Don't forget Dave (copa####) with the Hervey Bay Olympic tri on Sunday!!