jsiegs and slornow's Train Hard and Have Fun group - CLOSED for Training (Page 50)

jsiegs - 2011-08-23 12:29 AM

 

And with that - I'm off to the Mediterranean for 2 weeks!

That's awesome!!!  Thanks for sharing the picture.  Have a wonderful time!!

Thanks   u made my day!

Hey everyone!  This has nothing to do with training, but we had an earthquake in Maryland this afternoon. How crazy is that?!  I'm REALLY going to get back into it soon.  Really soon.  Starting Monday I will be training for my half marathon.  Seriously training.  Actually running, not just buying shoes.  PLEASE check my logs and give me a hard time if they are still blank.

Christy

Congrats Joe! Beautiful picture - your wedding looks lovely. Have fun on the honeymoon and enjoy the relaxation!

Christy - My boss and co-workers claim they felt it in my office!!! I was on the ground, not on the 12th floor but they were all talking about it when I got back from lunch. That is crazy! 

I'm trying to convince myself to get out there and do 3.5 miles right now but I am so gosh darn tired for no good reason! And my allergies are bad bad bad. And I JUST finished today's work. OK, didn't FINISH, but got to a stopping point. Yikes. Well, there's no way I'm NOT getting my miles in, so I just have to go change and then pump myself up. Usually by the time my gym shoes are on the rest of my body knows it's go time

Also, I feel like I could eat an entire chocolate cake and a box of mac and cheese. Oy. I need sleep.

Joe! Congrats, beautiful picture thank you for sharing! Your brides dress is incredible! Have a great time in the Mediterranean!

On another note. not much going on for me right now. I have a sick baby so we can't go to the gym, it's so darn hot outside that even at 9 pm it's still 95 degrees.

I think my season is over. I had planned on doing a race in Oct, but we have decided to begin trying to  expand our family I'm going to keep on going until we have confirmation, but I think mentally I'm done.

I'll still linger around with the group though, cause I like ya'll, and well I want to hang out with the cool group

Good luck with the baby making   Sorry your little one is sick.

Christy

I hope you pumped yourself up and got out there!

I did. And, as usually happens when I'm dragging through the day and not wanting to run, I had a fantastic run. The weather was gorgeous - a cool little breeze, the moonlight was streaming down, not too much traffic, and just a fabulous energy in the atmosphere. Incredibly rewarding. I'm SUCH a night runner, which is an oddity in the running community, I know. It's very difficult to find workout buddies to do anything with me.

I would actually like to transition to A.M. workouts, but my problem is that my b/f is basically an insomniac. He's up and buzzing around the apartment until sometimes 3 a.m. If I asked him to be quiet starting at 9 or 10, that would limit a lot of his 'productive' time in our very small place. I've tried to go to sleep early, but that sort of throws off the balance of our household. So, I continue with the late-night workouts. Maybe once he finds a full-time job the morning workout transition will be easier (but even then I think I might miss the moonlight).

Hope you all are recovered from the East Coast earthquake. Apparently my building shook. I was underground having lunch (at a basement-level restaurant) and didn't feel anything.

Randy-I hope this year it won't be as hot.  Why was the swim so tough?  I'm thinking about doing a run to remember 5k on 9/11. 

We are getting some crazy weather up here!!  The storm should hit saturday/sunday.  Looks like strong wind and rain.  I'm taking my daughter to the hospital for a sleep study Saturday night.  Hope things aren't too bad. 

Christy

Hey all,

In a somewhat of a 'taper' week before my Oly on Sunday. Hurricane Irene was threatening to possibly cancel the race, however the race will be a go. Supposed to be somewhat windy, warm, and humid. I guess they call it the H.O.T. for a reason, huh? All is well though in my training and what not. Really using this race as a 'dress rehearsal' of sorts for Augusta 70.3 (one month from today! September 25th).

I meant to add in a previous post, Randy...I actually had bought an aero helmet off the classifieds section on here. My biking has really improved in the last 2 months, so much so that I am really excited to get on the bike and go. Whereas before I was more excited about swimming and running.

About the only thing I can complain about is that I bought some racing flats (Mizuno Ronin 3), and decided to run a few times in them this past week. The first time, I ran in them without socks, and now I have some great blisters on the back of my feet. Sweet! Looks like I will be putting socks on in T1, not what I was planning to do in an Oly race. However, I guess it is good practice since I planned on wearing socks in the HIM. Keep up the good training everyone.

P.S. Has anyone worn the arm-coolers? I bought a pair of Zoot sleeves for when I am riding, mainly so I don't have to put sunscreen on my arms...can't stand sliding around on my aero-bar pads.

Hi guys. 5 miles again this weekend. I posted some thoughts on the Hal Higdon novice training on my workout log if you're interested. To summarize, I don't really feel like I'm making any fitness gains with the novice program. I'm mainly doing this version because I have been injured in the past and I'm technically still recovering my IT band and hip/SI joint, but I really think I need to incorporate some more intermediate speed workouts into my schedule (tempo runs, intervals, ladders, etc.).

So far so good with the running 3x per week, but at four weeks in I really just feel like I'm maybe coasting vs. getting faster or stronger.

Question for Randy: At what point during injury recovery should you start to push it in terms of speed work vs. keeping things easy and, frankly, boring, to just get through the distance? My IT band/knee issues are a work in progress and coming along just fine (fine up until about 6 miles, then get tight and become inflamed), but my SI joint is sort of vacillates between being good and being really fired up. I can't just "run faster" during my regular training runs; I need dedicated days to focus on speed.  Thoughts?

Good advice. My goal is definitely to get to the finish line, and to do so around 2:10/2:15. And to not get injured. I know it's best to stick with it, I just probably needed to hear it. I do not use a HR monitor but have been thinking about getting one for a while. Do you recommend one? Why?

Good Monday Morning!!!!!

Just came off of 'taper' week, feel good going for a massage this evening after 3400 meter swim.  These next three weeks are going to be killer : P  

For motivation I have been watching Ironman videos on YouTube.  Even downloaded a few Eminen (hope spelt that right) songs to my IPod too.  I told my students that if I am tired, grouchy and short with them, deal with it, I am going to be an Ironman   

Thanks Randy! I actually think the HR would be more helpful for me on the bike than on the run - I seem to have no clue about my rate of exertion there; I always think I could be pushing more there. Re: Running, I have the same feelings about weather affecting performance and speed, etc. Plus, I have a mild case of exercise-induced asthma, so I try to pay a lot of attention to my heart rate and breathing anyway during my run.  I have been thinking about getting one... I may look for one on sale.

Rob - YOU ARE GOING TO BE AN IRONMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!! I bet your students are so impressed. Keep your spirits up, you're almost there!