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phoenixrising404 - 2007-05-19 8:34 AM

Thanks Liz! I think there's room in my van down by the river for you to be my partner motivational speaker!! I'm going to try a set of goggles today that I bought at the Y when I forgot my others and then Noah snatched them up. But I'm snatching them back!! Or at least I'll test drive them at the pool today. And if the bloody things don't do the trick, I'll keep looking. That bike store has enough of my money so I've been avoiding it. But,.....if that's the quickest place to get a decent pair, then I'll have to suck it up!

I'm thinking of getting a bike rack for my Blazer. Any suggestions? I know NOTHING about bike racks and would prefer to jimmy one up behind the car rather than on top of the car, but there is a rack on top.....I have my bike, Noah's, Micah's and the third wheel to potentially haul to trails, duathlons, etc. The third wheel detaches and folds a bit so it can go in the back. So, I need a rack that can handle at least three bikes of various sizes and types! Right now I carefully squeeze my bike in the back and let the handle bars go over the back seat. My kids can't ride back there too good with it, but so far they haven't been with when I take it to the course site. For Noah's Du, I did the same and the kids just managed, but when we got the bike home, his front wheel was twisted something fierce and the neighbor guy took a really big wrench (my biggest wasn't big enough, but I just had to point out that I DO have tools, including an impact wrench!) and fixed it for him, thank goodness. I don't want my bike to get twisted the day of the race!!!

Prof, I went up to Bronze here to read more articles as my Velma personality was having a field day yesterday! I even got a del.icio.us account set up to save my favorites as some of them are pretty intense and will take a bit to digest. I'm reading about lactate threshold and the Friel method of using a heart rate monitor to find your F2 zone, etc. Will have to play with that now. But, my Q for you is this: one coach DEMANDS that all his people get a Power meter. Period. He even tells them to sell their bike and get the meter (no, not all their bikes, as they need one to train on....). And the Gordy Paulson dude had a Cervelo (of course), with an Ergomo PM (of course) and the nicest legs I've seen in a loooonnngg time! So, I think it was working for him! I would consider saving for one, but wondered if a used one would be adequate for my purposes, and where in the heck you'd look to get one used, or if you just suck it up and spend the $1200 for the Ergomo? Which, btw, is more than I paid for my tribike! I'm one that will need to be on a trainer almost more than on the road due to my kids, work, lack of warm weather here year round, daylight limits, etc. If I need to do 150 miles bike a week for IM training, I'll need to do some of that indoors. Even if it does suck. I do think my leg power for this tri is adequate, my problems with the bike outdoors are purely getting used to the wind, the daintiness of the bike, and FEAR! Fear of traffic, fear of crashing and getting hurt, fear of not knowing the road (conquering that one!), and fear of speed! But, I make it up our not so gently rolling hills 99% of the time, so I'm not a total failure on the bike.....my leg power for an IM, however, is entirely another matter. I'm not even close for that yet. And I'm not even close for the century ride yet, either. And I read over and over that the bike is the thing to master! Makes you stronger for the other sports.

BigGirlTri-ing - 2007-05-19 7:06 PM

Okay, I am trying to get back here. I did not back read cause you guys are busy. In the last two weeks I have feel apart in many areas of my life.
Tri training has stopped, I am down to walking and swimming, which would be fine if I did not have a tri in 6 weeks. I have gained weight and that really shakes me up and gets me into a shame spiral.
I am actively using food to feel (same as a alcoholic drinking beer) this is not good. I am really struggling to get and stay clean. For whatever reason the food is louder and more powerful that recovery.
Anyway, I go to 12 step for that. You guys are here for tri support so let get back to that.
I want to " type in my training" the same way I call in my food. I need some tri accountability and support. I need some inspire me's ( I also need to give some out) and truth be told, I need to hear that I capable of reaching goals in training and tri completion. My internal positive voice is broken and I need an outside voice until I get mine back.
I will take any support I can get.
Quiana Big Girl Tri-ing!

Robb - 2007-05-20 12:44 AM

Oh Pene, it's ON!  I have been slacking on my swim there is no doubt about it.  I just don't enjoy it I think (compared to bike).  And I am just not that good at it which makes it less fun.

 

I have been doing some self-reflection as of late, and have realised I have put too many things on the back-burner (career wise).  I find myself spending hours online researching and reading triathlon and race websites.  I am not saying I want to do less training, but I need to get off this computer and do some other things.  I literally spend about 6-8hrs a day on a computer.  Where ever i am I have my laptop going or a computer on and its such a waste.

I feel like I have no time for anything and I am not even working.  I look at my training logs and I am only spending about 1-2hrs a day with excercise, so I can't blame that.

So anyway, I am not going to leave, I am still going to come by this forum and update my logs, but I am going to try to make an effort to not do it 12 times a day lol.  Once a day, check it and move on. 

 

hope everyone is doing well 

Mark Stanley - 2007-05-20 10:16 PM


Anyhow, I spent last weekend at a Total Immersion swimming workshop in Manila.

prof40 - 2007-05-21 10:04 AM




I've been intrigued by the claims I've heard about that workshop. And from your post, all I can say is -- wow! So it was worth the money? No regrets at all?

I tried a move last week from that clinic that I'd read about and was pleasantly surprised by the result. Now you have me seriously considering attending.

BigGirlTri-ing - 2007-05-19 6:06 PM

Okay, I am trying to get back here. I did not back read cause you guys are busy. In the last two weeks I have feel apart in many areas of my life.
Tri training has stopped, I am down to walking and swimming, which would be fine if I did not have a tri in 6 weeks. I have gained weight and that really shakes me up and gets me into a shame spiral.
I am actively using food to feel (same as a alcoholic drinking beer) this is not good. I am really struggling to get and stay clean. For whatever reason the food is louder and more powerful that recovery.
Anyway, I go to 12 step for that. You guys are here for tri support so let get back to that.
I want to " type in my training" the same way I call in my food. I need some tri accountability and support. I need some inspire me's ( I also need to give some out) and truth be told, I need to hear that I capable of reaching goals in training and tri completion. My internal positive voice is broken and I need an outside voice until I get mine back.
I will take any support I can get.
Quiana Big Girl Tri-ing!

Mark Stanley - 2007-05-21 5:46 AM



Prof

Of all the junk that you can buy regarding triathlons (and it seems to be the place where self help authors go to die) this was by far the best expenditure that I have made.

My biggest challenge has always been the breathing. I swam like a bar room brawler windmilling down the pool and reaching the other end despite the laws of physics. That was my pre TI view of myself and when I was filmed first by the chap in the UK who I went to and then by the team in Manila my impression was supported. In the UK I had been through a series of drills (skating, side switches, sweet spot) which to me provided a different way of doing something that didn't seem to be necessary anyway (like lying on your side whilst swivelling nyour head to breathe etc) but after having attended the workshop and tied it all together I am astonished.

I am just going out of the door to the pool (it's almost 6pm here and in the middle of a typhoon) so I will post tomorrow as to how I get on without an instructor next to me if you're interested. The only thing I will say is that it is simply a complilation of existing ideas and training techniques rather than being anything totally new so you will, if you are a well versed swimmer, look at it and say, I know that, I know that and I know that. However, it is the way it is tied together.

Interestingly, two of the instructors (a 45 year old lawyer and a 55 year old mother of 6) both had completed ironman distances last year and they were respectively 3rd and 6th out of the water! Not a bad showing when you think of the average IM field.

androgenie - 2007-05-21 1:32 PM



((hugs)) It must be in the air...I'm in the same boat, add a mild ankle sprain, and stir. Be gentle with yourself...maybe it was your brain's way of saying it needed a bit of a break!

phoenixrising404 - 2007-05-22 12:44 AM

Also, I went to an endurance seminar hosted by the tri club and the UW-LaCrosse. There were three speakers and they echoed a theme I've been learning about: you need to find your lactate threshold and your F2 zone (aerobic, can talk easily) and stay in it! We need to do workouts in that zone 75% of the time in order to get better with this stuff! You only do VO2 max or lactate threshold 10-15% of the time during training. So, basically, for me, I need to slow to a walk frequently right now to stay in my zone, but that will build my base, or engine! And so I will be going for longer times, but not so high with the mileage. They showed all kinds of graphs and stats, and this is the way to go! You can retest LT every 6-8 weeks to see if your range changes. Eventually, you get to go faster and still stay in your zone.

And they also said we need to rest more. Race horse examples were given. Basically, the horses did much better with steadily improving performance with alternating training and rest days. The rest days were sacred--nothing other than a light trot on those days! And if they didn't get those rest days, the horses showed signs of overtraining syndrome: they bit their handlers, laid on their backs and refused to get up, didn't eat properly, etc. Sounds like ME on some very recent days where I was B-I-T-C-H-Y, had crying spells, wanted to run away, etc! Soooooo, why push yourself harder than a race horse????

Nerd girl needs some rest now Night night!!

BigGirlTri-ing - 2007-05-22 9:22 AM

getting better, anyone else notice we are on page 40 of prof's 40???
This whole swim challange, I have moved to doing one mile days instead of doing endless laps until July. I have 10 miles of the 25 down. 15 more one mile days, it only takes me about hour, hour and 15 do to. I get bored at 30 laps.
I will be doing another mile towmmow, cause I am going out of towm for memorial day, want to make sure I get my equipment required training in now. I also biked 13 miles today. Felt good, took about an hour, same distance as my upcoming tri. I also clipped in what it diffrence it makes. training rides and riding to work really feels differnt too.
Anyway.
Okay, 1 swim mile tommorw.
Quiana

phoenixrising404 - 2007-05-22 10:50 AM

My challenge to all: Do the lactate threshold test to find your F2 zone and do the sweat test for each sport. I don't want anyone having a heart attack or dehydrating!!! Also, try the race horse training and rest after hard workout days. In other words, do your swim-bike-run for the day, add in some weights or plyo's or drills or whatever and hit it hard! Then REST the next day doing nothing more than like Prof said--don't break a sweat and just go walking or do some stretches or even some mental training. Or go get an adjustment or massage or acupuncture and log that if it makes you feel better! (I get addicted to logging those numbers, too!) Heck, if I had a partner, I'd probably be logging our intimate workouts under "submissive wrestling"!!

Phoenix's flirt instinct is still intact You'd think with 15000 views, some hot iron dude would come and snatch me up..................maybe if I post an avatar in my swimsuit?????