Beer Drinker Appreciation Society 2 - Closed (Page 49)

Boy am I in trouble. Due to a semi injury (more just being cautious) I took 4 weeks off the run and 3 weeks off the bike while only swimming 3-4 times a week. I guess my base wasn't that good since now I have trouble in the pool after my 200-300 warm up. I am having a hard time doing even 100 non stop after the warm up. I really don't understand this since I did 1200 non stop 1.5 weeks ago on the 9th and killed it again last week on the 14th. Then on the 16th everything just caved in and I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

Is it a lack of fitness thing or just an off week? I'm kinda worried since my race in in 3 weeks and I can't even swim 440 anymore. Someone please help

I tend to agree with Dr. Molson.... I don't believe that not running or biking should really be impacting your swim. In fact, since you aren't spending as much total time working out - you should have plenty of energy left over to get the job done in the pool. Consider what would happen if you were tapering... You would be doing less so that you would have MORE energy. A week and a half would not result in any loss off fitness. So I'm not 100% sure why you are struggling with this - but you SHOULD be able to do this...

If flying a Canuk down to FLA so someone could scream at you in the pool is too expensive - I'm more than willing to have my 80 year old uncle come give you crap. He's been screaming at people for decades... He'll put the fear of god into you!

Evening everyone!

Well two interesting twists took place in my dream to complete an ironman in 2014. The first is that someone has offered to coach me for a reduced fee $25 per month) While She is young and only has a year of experience - I figure that she could be a huge help. Plus, in a weird twist, she went to college in Indiana (Rose Hulman) close to where I did (DePauw) and she dated a Fiji (which is my fraternity). So how bad could she really be? . I checked out her website and she seems legit - so in all seriousness - it's like a gift from God.

The second twist is that a friend heard about my quest and has family in chattanooga where Ironman is scheduled to race for the first time in 2014. The advantage of doing this race is that it is later in september - so it won't conflict with the opening of school and I will actually get to hear - David Qua, from Cleveland Ohio, you are..." which is part of the dream. Plus, the official charity is the Crones and Colitis foundation which my has suffered from for 60 years. Not sure which race I will do - but it's an interesting twists with pluses and minuses to consider.

Finally - the fam went out for Thai food today and I had both Chang and Singha beers. I liked the Singha much more... it was less malty and far more crisp and refreshing than the Chang. Thoughts.

I'm sure most of it is mental but I am feeling much fatigue in the past day or two. Is this something I need to watch and act on or just suck it up and it will pass. I noticed it started after I started to add in some strength exercises to work on some leg issues. I just want to make sure it's not something like over reaching that could put me out. Looking over my logs I don't see that I have been doing that much work but I don't know. I have not logged the leg exercises that I'm doing for 25 minutes each day for the past week.

The end of the month is creeping up on us and our weight challenge is coming to a close. How is everyone doing so far on it? As of today I'm sitting at a 5.2 pound loss for a 3% loss so far.

Alex - Let's see if we can figure this out... so you added some lift exercises which you are doing each day this week for 25 minutes. Is that correct? Question - When are you lifting in relationship to your swimming? Also, are there any other factors that might be tiring your out - stress at work, difficulty decisions over which beer to drink? difficulty sleeping? A change in diet (are you eating more processed carbs? Putting up with annoying canadians named after Norse gods

I got my second bike ride in this morning before heading out for wings with my family (I know god loves me because he created wings for me to eat!). I was only going to do 2 loops on the bike path in the town where my parents live (Fredericksburg Va) but when my wife was late picking me up, I decided to bike the 3 mile loop one more time. I'm not sure if it woudn't have been better to wait for her to get there. The My achilles hurt and my hip still aches. grrr. We are driving home tomorrow so that will count as a rest day - if that doesn't get me feeling better, I might skip my 3rd run that I had scheduled for Saturday.

I've got another thing to consider in regards to ironman 2014 - I sat down and did some research today about wich races I could do. Each has it's own pluses and minuses. My three options are Iron Man Mont Tremblont in Quebec (Good beer, takes place before school, close for the whole family but smack dab in the middle of our usual time in MI), OR Rev3 Cedar Point. Cheaper and close to my fam in OH, but smack dab at the start of school and a long car ride, OR Ironman Chattanooga (a great time of the year and no need for a hotel but flying the fam. down is going to be killer).

Thoughts?

Boulder!!! Just so I can cheer you on. I think Mont Tremblont sounds like it would work and it has the best name.

Kate - Are you trying to KILL me. I would spend every minute or that 17 hours sucking wind. Probably wouldn't even hear you cheering.

Now when I come out there for GABF in 2015 - you can come cheer my on. Hell - we can cheer each other on!

IMWI!!!

I had a blast at Rev3 Dells - reasonable prices, good experience. It doesn't get you the M-Dot tattoo though - only a 140.6. Cedar Point is pretty awesome though. That race is on my bucket list, but conflicts with Ironman Wisconsin for me. Seriously, it is very aggrivating that IMWI and Rev3 Cedar Point are the same weekend. They should be like three months apart

Rev3 Cedar Point - 1,411 feet of climbing
IM Chattanooga - 2,100 feed of climbing
IMMT - 5,600 feet of climbing

Personally, I'm a flat-lander.

IMWI!!!

I had a blast at Rev3 Dells - reasonable prices, good experience. It doesn't get you the M-Dot tattoo though - only a 140.6. Cedar Point is pretty awesome though. That race is on my bucket list, but conflicts with Ironman Wisconsin for me. Seriously, it is very aggrivating that IMWI and Rev3 Cedar Point are the same weekend. They should be like three months apart

Rev3 Cedar Point - 1,411 feet of climbing
IM Chattanooga - 2,100 feed of climbing
IMMT - 5,600 feet of climbing

Personally, I'm a flat-lander.

You guys all seem to be doing great! I am still slowly working towards getting my game on for crawl towards signing up for the Austin70.3 at the end of October.

I saw my sports Chiro just to check on my hamstring that has been nagging me since my April 70.3. Not too much of a pain but just enough to be a pain in the butt (literally). He thinks it is fine and I won't hurt it. Advised foam rolling like the dickens. I have taken that advice (I had been doing a fair amount but kicked it up). That seems to help. I guess it is time to toughen up.

Let's get a good workout in this weekend ya'll.

Gotta love the Ruinten!

I dug my head outta my a$$ today and stopped feeling sorry for myself. I stepped in front of the mirror before heading to the pool and had a nice little chat. The short and clean version was "suck it up Nancy boy". Headed to the pool and sucked down a gel so I couldn't use no fuel in the body as an excuse. I got in the pool and busted out a 1k with a 30 sec rest and then popped out a 500. I should have broke them into sets but I really needed the self confidence of going the whole distance. At 2:36/100 I was happy since that was ~10 sec off my normal.

Thanks for the reassurance about it being mental. I was headed to a real dark place about the swimming and second guessing my future plans.

Hope everyone has a fun weekend planned.

Edited by Burd 2013-08-23 6:57 PM

I would pay money to have been a fly on wall by the mirror.... Alex - that is awesome! It's all mental and telling yourself that you are the boss makes you the boss. I'm gonna take a page from your book and have a talk with myself. Your future is bright! You should make the most of the experience by creating a mantra for yourself that you can use in the future. "Suck it up Nancy Boy" is a good start.

You the man!

Great news! Good luck building on this...I know you can!

Cedar point. You and Fam can enjoy the awesomeness that is the worlds best roller coaster park after you kick A$$ on one flat REV 3. Your family will love you forever. It's a win/win. +, what good beer is in Quebec anyway, Labatt's? No thank you. (spoken for a Pacific Northwest pov.) Boo on Tremblant, Yeah on Cedar Point.
Screw the Mdot, 140.6 makes you a bad a$$ regardless of corporate affiliation. If you have any leave saved up, you can plan it with your school ahead of time and take a week off to just chill and refocus after your crushing successful 140.6 finish.

That's going to provide me with motivation for at least a month. Proud of That!
2:36/100 for 1000, That's fast. Way 2 go. No Canuck needed, just an old fashioned kick in the a$$ from numero Uno.