May Mayhem and Masochism Challenge (Page 5)

This is for you.

Woo!

:P

 I hate burpees. 

And the latest trend is BACON BEER (I am glad I am a vegetarian on that one)

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I found this Useful and thought i would share especially as it gets me out of my routine pace and better prepared for Upcoming Triathlon

Swimming

I like to see athletes test in the pool weekly, rotating the test below every four weeks. All tests should include a 200-600 yard warm-up and then 8x50 at desired test pace with 20 seconds rest.

Example: If you want to swim a 1:30 pace for your test, your 50s should be done around 45 seconds. For a cool down I would recommend at least 200 yards of easy swimming.

Main Set #1: 8x100 on 1:00 rest.

A short set like this lets you go gang busters and helps you understand pacing. The idea is to keep the 100s within a second of each other without slowing down as the set progresses. Over time you should see your average for the 100s get faster.

Main Set #2: 4x500 on 20 seconds rest.

Try to descend (make each one faster) each 500. The pace of your last 500 is likely to be your Ironman pace when rested, tapered and wearing a wetsuit.

Main Set #3: 8x200 on 10 seconds rest.

Add up the total time on the 200s and this should be reasonably close to your 1500m time for an Olympic-Distance Triathlon.

Main Set #4: A long time trial (TT); should be at least 1,000; can also be 1,500, 2,000, or longer.

Long time trials like this are mentally tough and provide a realistic look into how fast you can swim. There is nothing like a reality check!

Results: Once you have done these tests you have a pretty good idea of where your strengths and weaknesses lie. If you can drill the 100s in Main Set #1 at 1:15 pace, but you fall off to 1:35 pace on the 200s, you know that endurance may be a limiter. If you can hold 1:35 pace in both the 200s and the 500s but can't muster anything faster than 1:29 pace on the 100s, then you know you are lacking speed. If you fall apart on the 1,000-yard TT then it could be lack of endurance or even lack of mental toughness. Either way, you'll know your limiter after doing all four tests and you'll know what you need to work on.

Um. No. I'm not gonna try that.

Maybe we can talk Kristen into it, though.

***** RANDOM TASERING TIME! ******

OVERACHIEVERS
Pink Socks-Pam 58.80%
suefesta 56.70%
Chunga 50.20%
bswcpa-Brenda 48.60%

ACHIEVERS
enders_shadow 43.30%
OtisBrown 42.80%
deehtz 40.00%

TASER TARGETS
Ceilidh (Robin) 38.80%
Van_Paulus 38.40%
Blanda (Blanda) 38.10%
Hoos (Scott) 25.00%
Peto_Primo 24.10%
LeCrac 6.40%
1stTimeTri 0.00%

From Overacheiver to Taser.Target....... in just a few days (or Willing victim for 1stTT) , the perils of not updating are many
After a morning Reverse Brick i am at 42% ..... Safe For now i hope ...........?

Hm. Maybe. Maybe not.....

You should probably go work out, just in case.

Or sign up for a race
like a
Local 10k Saturday Morning
Good for 2 goals

I've had bacon beer. It is good.

Busy this week in class, so I'll do my best to update (and avoid tasering).

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Funny, my results reflect my commitment level - letting too much other stuff get pushed ahead of training, or 8 hr of sleep for that matter.

Electric Unicorn White IPA? Want! WANT!!!

Tonight's beverage of choice?


A little bit of IPA, special from this past weekend's century, followed up by some Belgian Trippel from the same brewery here in town.

Yeah, I'm like that too.

I'm *always* an overachiever when it comes to tasering.

Electric unicorn?

Does he use his horn to taser people?

Cool!

Well, it has a picture of a bicycle on it. I guess that's appropriate.

Shoot, it looks like I will miss one of my goals. Broke a toe last night. Wish the furniture wouldn't jump out at me in the dark.

Oh Damn! Owie! Bad furniture! Bad, bad furniture.