Jszat's Group- full (Page 5)

Ok, it's official...20 miles on the bike did not kill me...yet.  We'll see what the quads are screamin' tomorrow, but so far, so good.

On the Athens course none the less.  New goal, to be able to finish that course in under 2 hours. 

the Magster was rockin' dat dragster last night!!!  eeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwesome!!

jszat - 2007-12-26 12:35 PM So is everyone getting mentally ready for the jszat mentoring experience?  It may astound you with its intensity, physically perhaps, but primarily mentally and spiritually.  Know that it is ok to cry and you will be fine.   Is Jan 1 go time for everybody or what?

Dude, crying is for sissies.

I'm good to go...been working on consistency...now I need to write it all down and build, baby, build!

maggyruth - 2007-12-26 12:51 PM

jszat - 2007-12-26 12:35 PM So is everyone getting mentally ready for the jszat mentoring experience?  It may astound you with its intensity, physically perhaps, but primarily mentally and spiritually.  Know that it is ok to cry and you will be fine.   Is Jan 1 go time for everybody or what?

Dude, crying is for sissies.

I'm good to go...been working on consistency...now I need to write it all down and build, baby, build!

As a woman you have never been kicked in the ballz or even worse, grazed just the wrong way.  Painful.

I am already proud of the consistency on the bike these past months outta ya and think that is going to help tons.  Are you going to make your own plan or use something on BT for 08?

jszat - 2007-12-26 12:58 PM

maggyruth - 2007-12-26 12:51 PM

jszat - 2007-12-26 12:35 PM So is everyone getting mentally ready for the jszat mentoring experience?  It may astound you with its intensity, physically perhaps, but primarily mentally and spiritually.  Know that it is ok to cry and you will be fine.   Is Jan 1 go time for everybody or what?

Dude, crying is for sissies.

I'm good to go...been working on consistency...now I need to write it all down and build, baby, build!

As a woman you have never been kicked in the ballz or even worse, grazed just the wrong way.  Painful.

I am already proud of the consistency on the bike these past months outta ya and think that is going to help tons.  Are you going to make your own plan or use something on BT for 08?

No, but one day I will go through child birth. I think that trumps ball kicking. 

Moving on....

Here's where part of my problem lies.  I'm not sure which BT plan to go with.  The beginner ones I'm a bit beyond. They don't have a ton of intermediate ones.  I have the Triathlon Training Bible floating around my house somewhere, but it is currently MIA.  Any suggestions would be much appreciated.  Part of my build strategy is still going to be focused on increasing time vs. mileage, at least in running, but I know Dave wants to torture me with some intervals.  I might be at a point where I can start incorporating some other things as opposed to just going all the time.

jszat - 2007-12-26 12:35 PM So is everyone getting mentally ready for the jszat mentoring experience? It may astound you with its intensity, physically perhaps, but primarily mentally and spiritually. Know that it is ok to cry and you will be fine. Is Jan 1 go time for everybody or what?

JANUARY 1ST?!?!?!?!?!?   DUDE.............THAT IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FAR AWAY......CAN WE START NOW BEFORE I START CRYING?!?!?!?!?!?!?

EEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWSOME!!

maggyruth - 2007-12-26 1:14 PM

jszat - 2007-12-26 12:58 PM

maggyruth - 2007-12-26 12:51 PM

jszat - 2007-12-26 12:35 PM So is everyone getting mentally ready for the jszat mentoring experience?  It may astound you with its intensity, physically perhaps, but primarily mentally and spiritually.  Know that it is ok to cry and you will be fine.   Is Jan 1 go time for everybody or what?

Dude, crying is for sissies.

I'm good to go...been working on consistency...now I need to write it all down and build, baby, build!

As a woman you have never been kicked in the ballz or even worse, grazed just the wrong way.  Painful.

I am already proud of the consistency on the bike these past months outta ya and think that is going to help tons.  Are you going to make your own plan or use something on BT for 08?

No, but one day I will go through child birth. I think that trumps ball kicking. 

Moving on....

Here's where part of my problem lies.  I'm not sure which BT plan to go with.  The beginner ones I'm a bit beyond. They don't have a ton of intermediate ones.  I have the Triathlon Training Bible floating around my house somewhere, but it is currently MIA.  Any suggestions would be much appreciated.  Part of my build strategy is still going to be focused on increasing time vs. mileage, at least in running, but I know Dave wants to torture me with some intervals.  I might be at a point where I can start incorporating some other things as opposed to just going all the time.

Basework and frequency are your friend when in doubt methinks.  If you can gradually work on increasing time or distance (whatever motivates ya better) up to your longest race distances on their own, its probably a good thing from a confidence building standpoint.  I dont know that ints are the best idea right now, but I dont have Daves coaching background on the run.

djdavey - 2007-12-26 5:03 PM

jszat - 2007-12-26 12:35 PM So is everyone getting mentally ready for the jszat mentoring experience? It may astound you with its intensity, physically perhaps, but primarily mentally and spiritually. Know that it is ok to cry and you will be fine. Is Jan 1 go time for everybody or what?

JANUARY 1ST?!?!?!?!?!?   DUDE.............THAT IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FAR AWAY......CAN WE START NOW BEFORE I START CRYING?!?!?!?!?!?!?

EEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWSOME!!

 

Go nuts doot!

Alright...moving us back up in the ranks...

I think time works better for me, at least on running, just because figuring out 10% extra distance would probably drive me batty.  Bike and swim I could do distance, just given current training situations in using a pool and computrainer.

Intervals will be interesting to try...don't know how much I will incorporate them yet, but we'll see.  All I do right now is just go...there is a distinct sense of monotony that will drive even me batty.  Part of learning about different things is just my need to learn.  I hear people talking about different things and I have no clue what it means and I find it frustrating.  I don't know what a tempo run is, or what's considered a recovery ride, or any of that.  I want to know what they are so I can at least say no, I don't need to do that just yet, or hey, maybe that would be something that would be useful to me.  Part of it, too, is because other people around me get asked "What kind of ride (run, swim, etc) are you doing today?" and no one asks me... like they look at me and know that I'm not there.  It's an ego buster.  It's stupid, yeah, but it's how my brain works.

I think a lot of it is going to depend on building the cake so to speak, that is putting in the miles and repetitions.  Dont overthink it at this point.  I would just try and up my number of days running and biking, see how it feels and adjust accordingly.  I am telling the Mrs the same thing here too.  Speed work without adequate base is a recipe for injury.  I know this cuz two different attempts to reenter endurance stuff led to injuries from ramping up too quick.  My personal focus right now through about mid march? More miles at an easier pace to prep for speedwork nearer to the season.  There are varying approaches to this, but a lot of what I have read (and experienced) is that you gain a lot simply by upping your volumes, throwing in some speedwork once or twice every week or two (though usually I dont do much until about 1.5 weeks before an event.  Dunno.  I think this approach has yielded decent results for me and kept me more or less healthy (knock on wood).  I will be experimenting with more speed stuff this year in a few months, but cant argue with progress I have seem just by getting in the miles.  Speedwork running for me is generally fartlek stuff, tempo pick ups to light poles and other landmarks, nothing too fancy.  Base stuff aint sexy, but it works and I would suggest summoning your donkey heritage for this kind of stuff.  Throw in some pick ups when you wish, but again, picking up volumes will help ya methinks.

k, back at work and that means back on a computer that actually can get onto BT!!  how sad am i that i had to find our forum on page two..........ugh...........well, we'll just chalk that up to the holiday!!  hope everyones was fun and exciting and nobody got hurt or arrested!!

 gettin pretty darn close to "go" time for me.............others?

good to hear about the mrs!! now just get her into triathlons!!  my wife was going to start working out again (she used to be a dancer, ballet and modern, and was going to start doing that again with some local companies) but then we found out she was pregnant so she is backing off on that, just walking lots now....................and sorry to hear you need an IV drip now, tuff gettin old isnt it???

mine starts monday!!! swim/bike focus and maintain run level!!

put down the deposit for my new bike!!!!  will pick it up somepoint next week...........to far away!!

Congrats on the new bike.  Like Joe said, alot of unsexy base work going on right now.  My scedule will probably be.

May-Half marathon

June- HIM and sprint

July- Oly

August- HIM

September- IM