SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed (Page 49)

Newbie totals...

Probably did a bit more than listed as I didn't start logging until April 4th and am sure I had Long, run, swim that 1st weekend...

Love to all!

Sounds to me like you're burning the candle at both ends with school and attempting to cram in workouts.  Is your daily nutrition solid? how much sleep are you getting? 

You know how I feel about that knee.  If you haven't seen a PT, I have nothing to add.   Time is not always the healer.

Ok, I have to tell you how I'm feeling after that adventure race I did with my hubby yesterday.  I feel like someone beat me with a big club!!  I'm seriously so sore I can't hardly bend over (lower back) or do stairs (quads).  There was no canoeing due to dangerously high water.  (John, I didn't get a chance to send hubby for a swim.  LOL)  We did somewhere around 2.5 miles of running (that part was ok) and 14.5 miles of biking.  The biking was a challenge for several reasons:  Trying to keep up with hubby, winds of 20 mph+, riding hybrid.  The soreness in my quads is from one of the physical challenges we had to do along the way.  It involved about 126 squats in 20 sec. intervals with 10 sec. rests between each interval.

Today, I feel like I must be kidding myself to think that I someday I might be a lean, mean, triathlete machine.  I too need some sexy purple shorts!!

Jayne-  That sounds really challenging, really fun, and really painful!!!  Great job on your adventure race and even more special to get to race with your hubby!  I think we all need some purple shorts! 

Suzy - I talked to my doctor about a PT, and he said there was no need very specifically.  Never referred me to one.  And this is someone who has looked at my knee, knows what I've been training for, watched me run, etc.  I have some stretches I've been doing, and a lot of icing.  I trust this doctor, and he comes highly recommended, so he would know better than me. 

Like I said, the knee was not sore for a while, only has been for my last couple of runs.  The soreness could very well be from the weather, considering all my injuries ache when the weather is what it has been this last couple weeks.  Because the knee is so recent though, I'm having a hard time telling which it is.  I know it's the weather when my back and elbow hurt because those injuries are so darn old and never hurt otherwise.  Hopefully my run today can be an indicator.

Doug - I need help with everything!  Ha!  No, I can't really ask for help since I have the exam and it would be "academic dishonesty" apparently, but I basically have to analyze a patent, along with its prior art and the potentially "infringing" item.  After taking this class, I don't know why anybody would want to work in patents.  You are a brave man!

Jayne,

Way to tough out the adventure race, great job!!

that's a great ride! sounds like you're getting there....

(i'm with you on the MIA - went on vacation, and couldn't keep up, and feel the same way about jumping in)

sorry to see this so late - hope you had a blast!

Crit done, it was a .8 mile loop, each lap took less than 2 minutes to complete, I think we avg'd about 23 mph for 30 mins.  Again I feel good as if I would have had myself in the right position I could have contended for the win, but on the 2nd to last turn I had someone cut inside me and I had to slow down to avoid crashing into him.  So same as last week, sprinting to catch back up, just in time to sprint for the finish.  Think I finished again 15th or so.

So another lesson learned which I should have learned from last week, stay at the front for the last few laps, don't wait until the bell lap to try and get up there.

Hope everyone else had (is having) great races this weekend!

What is the "official" diagnosis on the knee? I remember something about patella tracking. Even if it might not respond to PT, oftentimes there are exercises you can do to strenghthen the supporting muscles to prevent the tracking issue in the first place. I remember one woman on here did tons of squats and wall sits when she was having problems, and that really helped her. Not saying AT ALL those are what you should be doing, but I'm just wondering if there is a proactive approach you can take to healing??

Avoiding a crash is always a good thing, though. Sounds like great opportunity to work on speed, if nothing else (sounds like fun, actually!)

There's always room in the Womens CAT4 races, they are pretty civilized compared to the guys. 

Tony,

Great race for you, it sounds like you are tuned in to strategies and goals for your bike racing. I have watched Crit races before and they are fun! I am too scared to ride up on someone' s tire. I admire those who have the courage to do it! Impressive ride!

Awesome!  Way to go Linda!!! 

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome!!!! How did you find out? Did she text you? I've been trying to stalk her all day. That is awesome. She is incredible!!! BQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats to you & to Linda, too!

I just saw a pic of a couple of tri teammates who were at big sur - engagement ring one gave the other's the best SWAG I've ever seen....!

...hmmm...interesting...! I'm so new to biking (as a grown-up at least), that something like that's probably a ways away for me, but that's good to know - I like speed, and LOVE the bike....

OK...finished my sprint today!  Nothing incredible but I met my goals.  I finished and had fun - under 2hours!!!!

Set up easy...I was one of the first there.  SHould have warmed up more but I didn't know what to do...Went out for a brief dunk...wow cold!  (noticed problem with wetsuit right way!) - got out waited for slow line to move forward.  Got butterflies when I hit the mat.

The swim was terrible...very choppy water and cold (to me at least at 59 degrees).  I never got into any sort of groove in the swim and couldn't breath in the water.  Had to work to keep myself up...my wetsuit that some boy sold me was NOT AT ALL right -(zip upi the front kind...maybe for surfing???) it was dragging me down the whole time and I had to muscle through every stroke.  Rookie move mot to test it before hand... I rolled ever every so often for a break on my back... and was grateful for the rest. 

T1 - No problem, seemed quick to me...

Bike - Napa Valley = Hilly course.  Big up and then big down...up was hard but I passed several folks along the way. Down was fun...FAST...maybe 25MPH...but I felt in control the whole time.  Muscles in legs started to burn up in last stretch of Bike.  Ate a gu too late...gave me icky tummy on the way out to run...Also, feet went numb again at mile 5 desipe the new shoes.  Ugh...I have to figure this out.  Overall, I got into a great groove in bike and I liked it.  I am strong!

T2 - No problem.  Again seemed quick.

Run - Now I thought this would be the most difficult of the race but I felt good the whole time (except for the numb toes for the first mile).   Noone passed me until the very end and had I moved into a sprint I could have passed her at the final turn.  I smiled for the photographers who took a bunch of photos, my fellow participants along the way and the cute little deer I saw in the woods.  A good day.  Now, I am hungry....eggs?  Eggs and beer???? Yes!

Smiles for everyone here too,

Cheri

WOO-HOO to Cheri, Linda, Tony, Rob!!!!!!!!! I hope I didn't miss anyone....what about George and David?

Today was a tough weather day in Wisconsin.  Winds in the 25-35mph range with gusts to 40mph....I made a critical error going down a steep hill and touched my brakes...made for a not so nice landing as my wheel slid out.  Thankfully, I was wearing insulated tights (it was 40F), a coat and a turtleneck.....they're trashed, but the bod is reasonably in tact.  Bike is going in for a tune up for REV3 so the damaged pedal will get rehabbed at that point.....cut the ride short at 35m and hit the run which was equally interesting...but fine.  Overall, the hills were so much easier than last year, hit my power #s, nutrition still works and I realize I really like riding solo!

Off to stretch this sore, old body!

Just putting these all in one spot so I can look at them together more or less to compare ratios of disciplines trained.