Beginner 1/2 Ironman Plan Group (Page 47)

akrenik - 2011-02-26 12:33 AM

So the cold weather today is freaking me out a bit.  brrr!  I am wondering about using a neoprene cap for our swim.  Has anyone out there used one?  Complaints?  I hate ordering things online.  Anyone know where I can pick one up in a store?

Matt True - 2011-02-26 5:55 AM Hello all,
My name is Matt and i am a Firefighter/EMT looking to increase my distances this season.  I have 2 seasons of Sprints under my belt so I would just now call myself a beginner!  Looking forward to this year and have my first Sprint done and looking for a few others along the way.  Doing my second mini April 30th my be a Sprint or two prior to that and have an Oly planned in June  HIM isn't till July.

Started the plan this past week and looks pretty good so far pool time is near impossible for me, it is at our local middle school and I work swing shift and the pool is only open so many hours so many days a week.

Week 2 Monday Run what is 20 second strides* ?  I see the Astrix but don't see an explanation

Thanks for the help! 

DV 1 - 2011-02-26 8:11 AM If you can avoid it, peeing in your wetsuit is the wrong thing to do. It may make your skin feel warm for a few seconds, but what you're actually doing is emptying your body of 98* liquid.

Humans aren't built for the water, so our body kind of gets this wrong. When we swim in cold water, our body conserves heat by sending it to our core. Muscles in the walls of dermal blood vessels are stimulated to contract, decreasing the flow of heat-carrying blood throughout the skin and storing it in the core. This extra core fluid triggers a response in our bladder saying, "you have excess liquid, get rid of some of it." So we feel like peeing, releasing precious 98* fluid, further cooling our body, and continuing the cycle of "heat conservation." It's one of a few instances where our body doesn't inherently get things right.

So resist the urge to pee unless absolutely necessary.....and don't pee because you're cold.

cheekymonkeys1 - 2011-02-23 8:37 AM Great swim this am - 2300. Biked for an hour last night with a really short jog after, it felt good considering I did a HM two days prior :-)HORRIBLE weigh in today though. I have gained almost 6 lbs since beginning this plan. Clearly my nutrition is WAY off and I'm obviously to stupid to figure it out. At this rate I'll be switching from Athena to friggin Clyde :-(

kathy caribe - 2011-02-27 8:21 AM Ok, so here's my intro   after jumping right into the thread (I was looking at old posts for inspiration/ideas).

I'm 50 (though my FMTri card says 51 as we count by the end of the year age) and live in Mexico.  I did a HIM in the early 80s and did centuries after burning out of swimming in my early 20s (I was a fish 11-early 20s) but stopped all that in the late 80s to go to South America for 3 years then came back to the US and started having babies and 2 years ago decided to start losing all that baby weight.  I'm down about 15 kg and have maybe another 10 to go. Who knows.  I'll reevaluate at 5kg gone.  Last year I got it into my head to do a local race here - the Cozumel IM.  I'm pretty sure it is the only IM in the country and there are only 2 HIMs (though this year there might be 3) so this is really my only local race to do.  Not even an Oly unless I head way up north.  I live on the yucatan peninsula where it is Always Hot.    I only swim OWS as I have no pool, which can be nice but the last 2 weeks it has been super rough and so I've only been in twice.  I run on a jungle path loop of 5 km.  There is 1 paved road (the carretera) so that is my bike route.  Pretty simple but boring as I'd have to go to a town for diversity. 

I picked out a HIM in June and I've melded the BT and Trifuel plans as I think I need more bike time to get this old body ready for the November IM.  I also don't like all the swimming in the BT plan - well my bum shoulder doesn't, so I need to decrease that. 

I'm starting to think I might be able to finish a HIM (after yesterdays's 90km ride) but I'm totally discouraged that I'll ever finish an IM.  But I'll put my head down and crank out the training and keep Dory (from finding Nemo)'s song in my head and hope for the best.

Matt True - 2011-02-27 9:19 AM I think your right!  This was my first full week and I will say that other than planning pool time the week flies by because you have to get the rest of it all in!  

fifetriguy - 2011-02-27 8:42 AM Fifetriguy from Fife Scotland.  53 going on 23 depending who you listen too.  First dabbled in tri in late 80's!!  Now back and loving it!!!  HIM this year and hopefully a full next year.

fifetriguy - 2011-02-27 8:42 AM

Fifetriguy from Fife Scotland.  53 going on 23 depending who you listen too.  First dabbled in tri in late 80's!!  Now back and loving it!!!  HIM this year and hopefully a full next year.

cheekymonkeys1 - 2011-02-27 9:00 AM

Erm, has anybody else noticed how, leading UP to the training plan the weeks seemed a little slow. Now I'm actually doing the plan? OMG I can't believe the weeks are FLYING by. Like, seriously, fly....ing. I start week 16 tomorrow.

trigal38 - 2011-02-27 4:24 PM Do you guys move things around in the training plan to fit your schedule. I'm just looking a head a little and in a couple of weeks the long rides switch from Saturday to Friday. It is really not going to work for me to ride for 2 hours on a Friday unless I do it on the trainer. We just don't have enough daylight here for me to squeeze that in before of after my husband goes to work. I really hate changing things though because I figure there must be a reason. For all I know the weather won't cooperate and I'll be stuck on the trainer anyway!

I also think I'm a little type A about the schedule.........

trigal38 - 2011-02-27 4:24 PM Do you guys move things around in the training plan to fit your schedule. I'm just looking a head a little and in a couple of weeks the long rides switch from Saturday to Friday. It is really not going to work for me to ride for 2 hours on a Friday unless I do it on the trainer. We just don't have enough daylight here for me to squeeze that in before of after my husband goes to work. I really hate changing things though because I figure there must be a reason. For all I know the weather won't cooperate and I'll be stuck on the trainer anyway!

I also think I'm a little type A about the schedule.........

astig - 2011-02-27 6:37 PM

yes.  Started the 20-week for Racine 70.3 today...a day early.    Well it's good you're already looking ahead of your schedule to make the necessary changes.  For example, I have some small races (8k, HM, sprint, oly, and a duathlon) leading up to my A race so I have to take those into consideration too.