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grrrrrr

Not yet, but I'll try this for a couple of weeks and the one eye in one eye out thing.  now the pull buoy, heard some comments that they are a risk and not that recommended.  any truth to that

Hey there!!!! Happy Friday everyone!  Get out and do something!

@Jason

"It does bring my training plan into question though. I am currently doing 12-15hrs a week with the majority of it taking place on the weekend (bike Sat 4-5hrs, run Sun 3-4hrs). The rest of the week is filled with short sessions of 1-2 hrs in zone 1-2 intensity.

I would just limit that long run to 3hrs at the most. If you need a few extra miles stick them during a new run during the week or add them to another run session. Sounds like you're around 40 miles a week....that is a good spot.

If you want more 'work' you can always ride longer, less recovery involved. The limitier will be your butt and shoulders before your legs generally.

Just got back from the gym, thank you very much

Now I'm eating my ham and feta pita with some hummus.

Happy Monday Team......Everyone make it thru the weekend without Freezing?  Those of us not in Mexico, that is.....?  I did, but bareley.  Kept watchin the thermometer yesterday cuz if it hit 20 I was gonna go run.  Never did.  They say we may just get north of freezing this week.  Could be a weekend to ride?

Have a good one all!

Here is my training recap of the week (Please post ours! )

1. Hit the workouts I needed to make. Starting swimming again, first swim with the masters program will be Tuesday. Groan.......

2. Weight, dropped a couple of LBS. Starting clean eating again. I'm all about rountines and eating clean needs to join the party.

3. AND I finally launched my coaching website. This took a lot longer than I thought!!!! I have zero skills in the web development field...

http://www.all3multisport.com/Home_Page.html

This week...More pVo2Max stuff on the bike and run. My new gym opens in the building so I don't have to walk to the gym at lunch. (It was eating into my training time, I'm not lazy )

do we get to see pics of your new bike?

I have several loops I use...My trick is to extend the loop the furthest point from my apartment. This way I'm forced to get back home

This week is BUSY. We just started the house-hunting process and man, is that a time consuming venture! BUT I am trying to make it to the pool tomorrow night, after a run at lunch. Got my boss to agree to let us go back to a flexible schedule to allow for workouts in the middle of the day --we were stuck in an 8-5 with a 1 hr lunch rut thanks to someone abusing the flex schedule. But it looks like that's over, for now anyway, so I am going to take advantage and get my runs in in the daylight! Mon and Wed. I will try and do a workout at lunch.

I went to the pool last night!  First time since my tri in October.    And it went really well.  I think it was the first time I've actually enjoyed swimming laps, for some strange reason I just felt like I found a good rythym.  Next time I go back I'l probably get two laps and want to die.  LoL.


I'm back to the grind as of today, so not sure what that's going to mean for training.  (Not like I've actually had much of a schedule lately, but still..)  Going to hopefully work out when/how to get in my workouts over the next couple of weeks as I figure out how heavy my workload is going to be for the next few months.

For running, I seem to be stuck in a 3-mile rut lately.  I just can't ever make myself run further than that, although I'm sure it's mostly an issue of boredom and definitely not of strength/endurance.  I just still can't really enjoy running.  Always seems like such a chore.  I'm thinking about signing up for a 10k on Jan 24th... it would force me to do more in the next couple of weeks.  My will power works much better when I have a deadline looming. 

we're also houshunting in GSO NC and my training suffered, so be careful!
I decided I need to somehow wake up early and get a big part of my training out of the way in spite the cold weather.  With all the running around in the afternoon, I just did not find the time.  and be careful with the food, we ended up having dinner out more than usual those days

one of the tricks I use that you might find useful is to simply plan an out an back. So if you deciede to do a 4 mile run, all you have to do is run 2 miles (no mental issue here since you regularly do a 3 mile run) away from your house then when you reach that point just turn around and head home. This will take away the option of quiting due to boredom or negative self talk.  Hope that helps, enjoy the run!
I will be heading to Arizona this weekend for the RR Marathon and am starting to get excited. I have done a semi taper over the last couple of weeks in hopes that it will result in a "fresh" run on Sunday. My top goal is to finish healthy, #2 is to finish healthy and under 4:15 #3 would be to finish healthy, under 4:15 and smiling, and somewhere deep in the unspoken is the fantasy of breaking 4:00.
Oh well, we will see and regardless of the outcome I will get in a good workout!!!

I have a few friends doing that race as well- I hear it's really fun.  It's going to be great weather for you this weekend up in Phoenix- in the 70s and sunny.   I thought about coming up to cheer on my friends, but I've decided to go dangle from ropes on the side of the mountain instead.  :D   Good luck! 

Happy Friday Everyone!!!  I am so ready to see the sun again.....might cheer me up and help motivated me

@jason....My friendly race tatic tip. Take the first 6 miles easy. Move into your target pace from miles 6 - 20. Give'em h*ll the last 10K....the last 10K just don't slow down. Its very mental at the point....well mental + you feel like you've been hit by a truck

good luck!

Happy Friday Everyone!  Gonna be a good weekend!  Rumor has it that us Chicagoans can go outside without fear of our faces falling off!  If some of this slush goes away, a bike ride may just be in order!

things are clearing up here too, although it might rain on sunday so I'll have to make saturday worth while
Have a great weekend

I guess I knew this trick, but it helps to have people point things like this out as a reminder every now and then.  (Probably the whole reason we're doing this mentor-group thing anyway, right?  )

I ran more yesterday than I think I've ever run in one go- just about a full hour- and it wasn't all that bad!  Not doing multiple loops of the same path really makes a difference, and helps me not get quite so bored.  So, now I've signed up for a 10k next Sunday just to force myself to run longer distances.  I'm doing the Ragnar Relay (if you don't know what this is, you should check it out!) in a little over a month, and need to be ready to run a lot more than what I've been doing.

http://www.ragnarrelay.com/delsol/index.php

A 24-hour, 202-mile race through the desert, with a 12-person team.  Should be a blast!

Well, you were totally right about the NO time, and the eating out. Here's hoping we can pull off everything that's on the agenda right now- including not eating burritos 3x in a week and skipping all exercise...

Edited by kerryleigh5 2010-01-17 11:14 AM

So my favorite way to trick myself into running longer is to go on google pedometer right before my run and map a new route (even though i'm almost always running from home and have definitely covered all the nearby areas...), by mapping a route that's exactly how long i want to run that day i find that i'm less likely to say "ah, why not turn around now". and if i try and do multiple loops- forget it, i will have a GREAT reason why i don't need to do the last few loops...

Can't find athlete tracking @ RockNRoll....Hopefully Jason is kicksome butt.

Hey Thanks for thinking about me, that's way cool! The marathon was ugly but it's in the books! 2 in 2 weeks was probably not the smartest thing I've ever done. Around mile 10 I started having cramping issues and it got worse from there, by 19 I was walking more then running and the goal became how to find a way to finish upright. My final time was 4:59:32 and I was a dumb male who pushed to hard at the end to try and ensure a sub 5hr day. All in all I have no regrets and a lot of lessons to draw from. The true goal was to complete the run so that I would have the day in my bank for the Ironman in a couple of months. I beleive that I have done it without injuring myself and all though there wasn't any smilling at the finish line I have started to realize the accomplishment as the day goes on...Thanks again for the thoughts!

Bravo!  Nice job out there! 2 in 2 weeks---amazing!