kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2012 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 5)

karen26.2 - 2012-04-03 4:38 PM

uhcoog - 2012-04-03 5:01 PM You say the sweetest things Jeff. 

Oh lord, here we go again.  Rudy - it's group hug time!

LOL...

To continue the discussion on the Lance effect.  Article in Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/sites/freddreier/2012/03/31/lance-armstrong-brings-attention-bigger-business-to-triathlon/

Yeah yeah...we all saw your quads popping out of your bike shorts in that pic that's your avatar now! 

Which Plan???

So as it turns out, Sunday I'll be exactly 16 weeks out from my Oly, a perfect time to start an actual plan I suppose. Those of you that have e-known me for a bit (and those of you who don't) chime in and suggest a plan for me. Either the 2x/week, 3x/week, or one of the -focused ones (run, bike, swim). If I had to choose, running is certainly a limiter for me in terms of speed (and some endurance). While I'm not fast in any discipline, I'm definitely at the back of the pack in the run at a 10min/mile 5k pace on a good day. 

After looking through them on here (the freebies), I think I'd want to switch up the swim days. My gym has lots of water aerobic stuff going on M-W-F and those seem to be the swim days on all of the plans (either M-W or M-W-F). Would you swap something or just start the plan 1 day later, like begin it on Tuesday instead of Monday?

Are you going to sign up, the morning after, to run in 2013?

I you have extra time, I would go with additional biking.  One, biking has a positive effect on run fitness (and not so much vice versa), two you're at less risk of injury if you "add" biking than if you add running and 3 you'll get off the bike feeling fresher, which will allow you to run to your potential.  Really you should looking at a 5:1 ratio of bike:run volume. 

This pic, Jeff. Some good definition going on there.

So still the 3x plan and add biking where I can? OR do the bike- focused, which is 3x bike, 2x run, 2x swim I think? 

Did someone request a Hug???

I would do 3x a week and if you have more time, add in more biking (either in the form of longer bikes or more bikes).  If you find yourself short of time, I would drop a swim. 

I was up early for a trainer ride, but my brake pads kept slipping.  I couldn't figure out wth was going on, so I ended up having to squeeze in my ZR run instead, as I was running out of available time to train.  I'll have to do the trainer ride later this morning.  I was able to stay within the HR limits for the ZR run, but it was tough.  When will it feel natural to train this way?

I can't wait until it's warm outside again.  I really have to get out on the roads and start riding.  It's a different beast for me.  

Because our bodies are meant to carry offspring, so we have naturally higher percentages of body fat than men.  Pro women are cut and buff, but I would guess their bf % to be on the very, very low end, and that's why we see all the muscles in their legs and abs.....I bet most of them would have a difficult time getting pregnant if they wanted to because of it.    

Its tough to nail down a pace, first becaues so many things affect pace and second because with the run:walk the pace is a bit off.  Until you feel up to doing an LT run test, I would use something like the Maffetone method to set an aerobic heart zone.  Maffetone recommends that 180 minus your age is the top of your aerobic HR zone and that the majority of your runs should be just below this number.  While its not perfect (and obviously HR is an individual thing) its a good place to start out.

Welcome aboard.  Here's the "official" group list (and we're officially closed).

kaburns1214 - Kelly

uhcoog - Scott

Triguy1043 - Jeremy

Jarvy01 - Jen

Karen26.2 - Karen

Everlong - Scott

SkiTri - Maggie

Artist - Terry

Rizer22 - Jeff R.

abqtj - Steve

bulfrog - Andrew

Carrie639 - Carrie

Fit4Infinity - Mark

DDVMM - Michele

kidtri33 - Larkin

and special guests Jeff-y, Rud-y, Bryan and Shaun.