kaburns1214 Mentor Group - CLOSED (Page 49)

I find my OWS race times quicker too.  Never worn a wetsuit though.  Think adreneline (sp?) has something to do with mine.

Pool workout today.  Had some fish in the lanes to either side of me.  Really motivating actually.  Working on moving from unilateral to bilateral breathing.  Finding it really challenging.  I however do find that it balances out my stroke much better and makes it easier to sight which is what I was looking for.

About to hop on the trainer for 4.5 hours.  Whoo hooo.

With regard to swimming TTs, the distance doesn't matter -- the purpose is to bench mark your swim time over an endurance distance and then to have a time to measure improvements against.  I've seen 500s, 800s, 1000s, 1200s and 1300s.  The distance really doesn't matter.  My coach uses 800s. 

ugh....have "fun"!  

I think swimplan.com uses 500's

Yuck!!



I use a complete workout time to guage my progress. I have a "standard" 4000 yd set that I do and I time myself through the whole thing to check my progress and push myself to beat past times. Yesterday I made it in 1 hr 3 min and change - previous best to that was 1 hr 5 min and change... Whooo hoo!



Edited by RockTractor 2011-02-19 11:24 AM

You're like a fish, Jay. That's about my total time, with rests, for 2000 yds

SNowing heavy wet snow here. I am snow depressed. Spent an hour shoveling out my driveway and walk and the neighbors too. I rammed my quad into a bleacher support last night while taking pictures at the basketball game-hard to watch where I am going looking through a viewfinder. It is very tender and swollen so I am taking it easy today

Of all the Mentor Groups this session, we are 5th in total posts!!!!!  Not that it really means anything, but I like to think we are more committed, and have a great group, with a commited mentor.  Thanks again Kelly!!

mentor groups can be funny, i have been in a couple that almost never communicated, you all are lucky, you have a great group of mentee's and a great mentor that keep in touch, it is what the mentor groups are for!!!

 

I agree

Have a great weekend, everyone!

I wanted to agree - even though I am not a very active poster, I read everyday and update my logs. I think Kelly is a great mentor! So supportive! I have learned so much!

ever think it may be you rudy?

Supposed to run with Kelly, Shaun and Erica, but wind chill is below zero with 25mph winds, so that didnt happen.  I'll figure something out in terms of running.  supposed to go away with my wife for a much belated 10th anniversary over night to the Berkshires, of course it is going to snow tonight.  I am so ready for winter to be over.  I cannot bear a notehr 2-3 hour trainer ride, more time on the freaking treadmill!  Argh! I want to run on a hot day and jump into cool ocean water.   

Edited by jsklarz 2011-02-20 7:12 AM

"I am snow depressed" -- That's a great line and exactly how I feel too.  As Jeff mentioned cold and super strong winds here today and snow tonight.

I may try to run outside in the early afternoon, if not I'll hit the treadmill.  Then tonight intervals on the bike.

I'm really hoping that it warms up enough over the next two weeks to be able to ride outside the first weekend of March.

Weigh in: 210

Sloppy week for me with all going on at work, I knew it would be. 

NEVER thought I'd be able to say this:

I just got back from a 6 mile run , my first at that distance.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/69307134 

wow my rt heel hurts a lot now

I felt it throughout the second half of the run, but it didn't bother me much, just uncomfortable. Now it's making me limp. Maybe running that distance in newer shoes wasn't the best idea? Or something else?? 

Inside your heel (e.g. muscle / tendon / ligament pain) or outside of heel (e.g. blister /chaffing)?

it's outside edge about even with my ankle bone, but more like "strain" feeling, not a blister/chaff (I don't think). Not tender to the touch at all.

How do your calves feel?  Any tightnesss or knots?

calves feel just fine.

quads down near my knees are sore, but they always are after a longer run for me. 

Oh yeah, when I said newer shoes, they are the newer TRAIL shoes I bought last month. And today I ran 80% on pavement in them. Could that be a big part of it?

Unless they're Newtons, its likely not it.  You're describing pain in the ligament on the outside of the ankle that connect the heel to the fibula (the calcaneo-fibular and talo-fibular ligaments).  I'm actually really familiar with them because these ligaments were surgically reconstructed on my left ankle.  Generally pain in this area is caused by trauma (and ankle sprain/strain) or something strange going on further up in the leg (such as calve tightness).  If the shoes are really different and are affecting / changing your stride, it possibly the shoes.  This would happen if you went from serious motion control shoes to neutral shoes or vice versa.  I'm wondering if you were off balance at all during the run (or even at work) and caused a strain without knowing it.  

And as with any soft tissue issue - RICE

Rest, Ice, Elevation, Compression

Back from sobe (south beach) in miami I got a nice run in yesterday. I ran for and hour on the the beach . I'm guessing about 6-7 miles. I couldnt workout today due to a case of whiplash! Eat way to much.....