Slornow and Wannabefaster's Winter Mentor Group-CLOSED (Page 48)

Good Morning Gang, 

I got my swim in this morning and I had somewhat of a breakthrough ... again ... I think. I have been spending a lot more time in the water since hurting my knee back in November. The knee is fine now but my coach has me still swimming a lot more than what I would usually do on my own and its working. I woke up this morning and didn't want to get out of bed but finally was able to convince myself that my swim is important. I had some UCAN and drove to the pool. I want to post my times here which are all 100's with almost full recovery which was anywhere between 1 - 1.5 minutes. 

1:16.9 - 100 
1:17.5 - 100 
1:18.3 - 100 
1:18.3 - 100 
1:19.9 - 100 
1:20.0 - 100 
1:19.9 - 100 
1:19.8 - 100 
1:21.9 - 100 
1:21.6 - 100 

I have never, ever done this before ... I blew my past 100's out of the water. Now remember I am 200 lbs and have no upper body strength whatsoever. I wonder what I could do with some swim specific weight training ... or losing some weight. 

I got my first race of the season coming up on Sunday. St. Patrick's Sprint Triathlon ... can't wait to look how far I have come from last year. This is a C race and I only use it as another day of training. There is no taper for me for this race. I have an easy week of s/b/r leading up to the race.  Hope everyone is having an amazing day like me ... :-)

OK got the message.  Take the down time.  Intellectually I know its right but the competitor in me just wants to push.

Has anyone done a reverse tri?  A local HS is doing a fund raiser for the water polo team which is a good reason for me to do it.  It's in three weeks and short. 3 mile run, 10 mile ride, 400 yard pool swim.  What I am curious about is clothing.  In my upcoming races I will wear a trisuit under my wetsuit for the swim and all is good.  Not sure swimming in a trisuit is the best answer, or is it?

On the topic of nutrition, here is an interesting article on "Avoiding the Bonk" in an Ironman.

Stuart-for the reverse tri I think the trisuit will be fine. Its a short swim and you are a strong swimmer so it will not make much difference...especially if the trisuit is very tight fitting.

Had another TT during my swim today. This time 200 yards. Finished in 2:42. Really didn't know what to expect but that was faster than I expected. Long intervals on the bike scheduled for tonight.

I know I'm a few pages late but Jimmy I just wanted to say how sorry I am for your loss. My thoughts are with you and your family during this difficult time.

I've had 3 good days of training in a row which feels really good. It's doesn't sound like much probably but I managed a 4 mile run yesterday and was really happy about that. I was worried I had lost too much fitness but it was really my last opportunity to get on board with a (modified) training plan before my HM next month. I'll have to ramp up my long runs by a couple of miles each week but I'm hoping my base fitness will pull me through. This is my 5th HM in 3yrs. so I've been pretty steady until this winter.

Well the next few weeks should be fun.  I just returned from the doctors.  I have a small radial fracture at the wrist.  I have been fitted with an Exos brace that I need to wear for at least 4 weeks.  The good news is I can swim with it as well as ride and run.  Not what I was looking for but it is what it is.

I am not however going to do the reverse tri in 3 weeks and keep my target on the sprint in April.

Nicole-glad to have you back. Sounds like training is going well. Good job.

Jamie-safe travels. Hope the weather cooperates for you.

Busy day here but got both of my runs in. Looks like I will be on the treadmill again early in the morning since I will not be able to workout at lunch. Bike tomorrow evening with another ART session late in the afternoon.

Anyone racing this weekend?

Randy - I am racing this weekend. Its the first Triathlon of the season. I wasn't planning on doing it but my coach said "Gotta do it" so I decided to sign up. Thiis is the same race course and distance to one of the Tri's I did last year in October so its going to be nice to compare the two races. 

I went to the pool a few hours ago and was pumped because my workouts were great so far this year. I ended up sharing a lane with three other people. Not only were they all slower but it also made it hard to get the kick drills done I was supposed to do. 

Oh well ... going to bed now ... see ya in the morning!

Great responses so far! Not sure I could handle the Endless Pool......swimming and never getting anywhere is kind of my vision of Hell!

Coach-an excellent investment. Only been with my current coach for 3-4 months but he has me doing workouts I never thought possible 6 months ago. Hopefully, race season will bring the results I'm looking for.

Wheels/PT-a natural progression for many triathletes. I have a set of Williams Cycling Carbon Clincher 58s with a wireless Powertap Pro+ hub I may be interested in selling. If anyone is interested shoot me a PM and I will try to come up with a price and some pictures.

Me? I've been itching to try some of the recovery boots that are supposed to help with recovery. Probably some Normatec brand....about $1500. I'm a bit like Jason in that I have bought alot of the toys over the last few years of doing triathlons.

Keep the responses coming. Interesting to see what everyone has on their wish list.

Jason: It's actually comforting knowing the biking it tough for you too. The cycling fed. took so many awesome pictures of people smiling and rocking the bike race last weekend and in all my pictures I looked either horror struck or in pain. I pretty much was both the whole time! It's fun, but so hard!

Randy: I'd put it towards races. I'd have to travel for anything over an Olympic distance, so airfare is a huge chunk of triathlon expenses here.

Only got a 3 mile run in after that mountain bike session and I felt every inch. I'm still sore! Yesterday my usual 1650 open water swim took me an hour. My forearms and hands were so sore it hurt to push the water.

Just a run today then tomorrow morning going with a group to do the Xterra bike course.

Happy training!