Fred D Mentor Group - Part II (Page 50)

Hello Adrienne. You seem to run a lot.

Never done it myself, but I know there are some good BTr's in the Georgia state forum that have enjoyed HUGE (like OA placement huge) improvements using the BarryP plan...

Thanks for reminding me to put "duct tape" in the Special Needs sublists of my gazillion, gazillion-item Ironman lists.

I actually do have duct tape in the bike saddlebag and put some in the run special needs, but for some reason it just isn't on the lists.

May I also suggest combining it with the ST 100day/run challenge that starts about mid December.

The two work really well together.

I have found that bolded part to be really true in my case!

Dang  - between your shoes and Fred's race pic it looks like there is a lot of heel-striking going on in this-here group....

Hey - don't go and do that!

I asked this before and have now lost the answer - put it somewhere safe...

I'm borrowing a 404 for the HIM, and want to runa latex tube.  Plan to use a 60mm Michelin Aircomp.  Can I couple that particular tube with a zipp extender? 

+1, it is worth way more than saving a minute or two overall.  The fitness benefits are huge, the comfort factor in the water is huge as well.  Being able to get out of the water relaxed and with minimum energy spent is worth a ton in my books.

WOW! 

What kind of truth are you spreading?  Some people can’t handle the truth it offends them.   

At the end of this week I'll pass my swim total for all of 2011 - and that's after not doing much for the first quarter of ths year.  I've been spending anwhere from 3-5 sessions per week, usually 4, in the pool since May.  I'm not really any faster, which is pretty disappointing, but I do contribute the improved race results to the fact that I'm much stronger coming out of the water, and hence much stronger overall.

Thanks for all the thoughts on swimming.  I definitely take the point about pushing myself not only with a coach but other triathletes.  I am just not strong enough to know if i am doing the right things in the pool.  I do like it and it would be nice structure for an otherwise unstructured year coming up - so i sent a note to the coach.  It turns out i am too late though, the session I want is full.  On the waiting list.  We'll see.

My other challenge i think for the winter will be to try to improve my bike.  I will definitely look at doing Jorge's plan over the winter - it's just I don't really like the trainer. And i think following through with the plan will take some huge mental effort.

Still, for now, I am going to take it easy until the weather starts to turn. Nice weekend rides and training for an upcoming trail run which should be fun.

I would definitely recommend it.  I did it last winter building from 25mpw to 40mpw and was a great way to build mileage safely and effectively...and I got faster!  Eventually started adding in tempo runs once/wk.  If you can read all the BarryP articles on Slowtwitch those are all very good reads as well.

As I was adding volume to my run I lowered volume and increased intensity on the bike.  I did not have much issue with recovery.  Ran 6x week, cycled 3-4x week, swam 2x wk.

I agree with this completely. After my two halfs that i actually swim trained for, i was much more comfortable out of the water for my bike legs. The sprint i did, where i had to go harder to not lose time to the front guys(which i did anyway) i got out of the water and had a hard time finding rhythm till the second lap of the bike (cost me around a minute or so) i could not recover from the swim and get to max effort for the start of the bike because i had not swim trained. 

I would venture to say that if  you are not strong on the bike, this might even be a bigger issue.