Clyde/Athena Tri-N-4- Weight Loss Mentor Group -OPEN AGAIN!! (Page 51)

yeah I would not worry about the front wheel then. Well replace not true. Of course if you hit the bike trainer you will not need to replace the wheel yet until spring either.

My apologies for dropping off for a while. I've been crazy-busy with work, "back to school" for the kids and trying to squeeze in training too.

in answer to your bike needs... I love my Kurt Kinetic fluid trainer! I use it all winter and even during the year when outside is not an option. The cateye w/ cadence is great. It gives me distance and cadence, which is what you need to log the training.

I've been focusing on my bike training in preparation for the Princeton Ironman 70.3 coming up this Sunday. I have to admit, with everything going on, I'm ready for the race season to be over! I can't wait to get into a maintenance mode where I can swim, bike or run for fun and fitness, not with a goal race in mind.

Wow, I'm so far behind I do t even know where to catch up so I will just comment on what I can remember

Diets - I've done the low carb with some success but it definitely doesn't work with my endurance training. My wife says I'm like the Snickers commercials, only with carbs instead of junk food. I've been on the opposite end of the spectrum lately and am eating 200-400g of carbs per day, mainly fruit and veggies with some rice (most other grains make me sick)

Trainers - Craigslist is your friend! I know several people who have scored great deals that way. Couple an indoor trainer with trainerroad.com and you are all set! I bought the Garmin speed and cadence sensor for my bike (the old one so it works with my old watch) and trainer road estimates power and a bunch of other variables.

Crap to Buy - AMEN! My wife usually complains that she doesn't know what to get me for Christmas... Well not this year! Every time I turn around I either find something or my team is suggesting something I need.


I've been mountain biking a lot of late. We have 3 or 4 awesome trails within a few miles of my house so I get out 2-3x per week. My old bike from college (15 years old) was falling apart and the guy who runs the bike shop I frequent made me an offer I couldn't refuse so I picked up a new bike. Fortunately it uses the same pedals as my road bike so I can now ride clipless off road, which is really a terrible idea as I fall constantly.

I ran a 10 mile race last weekend as a tuneup for my half marathon in a month and did better than expected. I finished in 1:37 for a 9:42 pace. I ran the Mackinac Bridge with my wife earlier this year (5 miles) and my pace was 11:54, so big improvements!

I have a bike race this weekend, Le Tour De Donut. You have to eat at least one donut at every aid station and they deduct 3 min from your time for each one you eat. It will be my first group ride so I'm looking forward to it.

My second triathlon is in two weekends and it should be the last for the year as temps have been in the 40's and 50's of late.

Nice work with the run times!

I'd like to hear how this one goes... I daresay I'd be the guy finishing the ride with a negative time!

And you know we're going to want to hear the race report on the tri!

Could someone tell me where you can log body measurements on this site? I saw it yesterday but can't find it today. I am starting to use BT instead of my other calorie count site. (I am trying to eliminate the need for multiple apps and sites).

Oh.. and I signed up for my first 70.3 yesterday.

Gulp

just got real!

Edited by ceilidh 2014-09-17 10:26 AM

Training Log->Add Today's Workout->Body Metrics

Which 70.3? Where and when? I'm hoping to step up to that next year!

Speaking of stuff to buy... my wife showed me the ad for the new Specialized S-Works Evade helmet. Almost as aero as an aero-helmet, but with the ventilation of a road helmet. When I said, cool, but I have a helmet, she replied, there's always Christmas! Love her!

So my 2014 triathlon season comes to end tomorrow. I will be doing the bike leg for our relay team at the Princeton Ironman 70.3. The bike course is a little long, they say it's 57.8 officially. I dropped my bike today and did packet pick-up. I've done some large tri's (NJ State has 1500 racers), but have never done an Ironman race. It is quite an event! I am so excited and can't wait until tomorrow!

Mike: I hope you're about to make them eat some serious dust!

I'm stuck at work so.... SUNDAY UPDATE!

Last week was an invasion of real life. Of course I work on Sundays. As a matter of fact, I'm doing a pretty good job of riding the clock at the moment. Last Sunday I get to work with no problems, but when I get ready to go home, my truck just spins but will not start. Long story short, I'm pretty sure the fuel pump is fried, but after wasting 2 days trying to get to it I found that the tank is cracked and needs to be replaced. Went to get one yesterday, and it was all beat up so... Tuesday... fun... A lot of wasted time after work killed a bit of my training time.

Swim: I managed to get in 1050yds on Friday. It was one of those days where I felt great and seriously considered going for 2000+ (I'd love to hit 2150yds at least once by the end of the year), but I was out of time because I needed to get home and get the wife up to eat lunch with our oldest at school. Family is and always will be more important... even if i could legitimately argue that me getting healthier benefits the family . As a bonus, I got a good kick to the front of the pants as I was picking up Bethany (my youngest). I found out that after the 28th, there is going to be no more AM childcare. Now, not only does that jack up my Friday swim, but it completely ruins Amy's training since almost all of what she's doing right now is there because they can watch the baby... I'm quite irritated, to put it lightly.

Bike: Pretty good week... Since my truck was down, and Amy worked Sun and Mon nights, what I did was drive the van to Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, unloaded my bike, and rode to work. I rode the Denali the first day, forgetting how bad the roads are... so I took the Iron Maiden (40lb mt bike)... and after that ride I renamed it "The Proctologist". Both rides were a quick 6.7mi. I also managed a nice relaxing 19.1 mi ride yesterday morning.

Run: I only managed to get in a 1 mile run on Thursday. Need to do better there since I'm not a runner and all that.

Edited by WebFootFreak 2014-09-21 8:14 AM

Nope, haven't diddly-squat since last post. Really need a motivational kick in the pants. I always work better with specific goals/deadlines, so I went searching today. I have decided that my first sprint of 2015 will be the Kinetic Sprint on May 10th in Spotsylvania, VA. Now I have a specific goal to train for. What I want to be doing is training Olympic distance by then, so I should have energy to spare for a sprint.

It took me almost a half hour of searching to find my copy of Friel's Traithlete's Training Bible. Have to start re-reading that. And I need to charge my Global Trainer so I can start logging heart rate data for workouts. When I trained for my first tri, logging HR data and was the best way for me to actually see my progress and get excited about it.

Nope, haven't diddly-squat since last post. Really need a motivational kick in the pants. I always work better with specific goals/deadlines, so I went searching today. I have decided that my first sprint of 2015 will be the Kinetic Sprint on May 10th in Spotsylvania, VA. Now I have a specific goal to train for. What I want to be doing is training Olympic distance by then, so I should have energy to spare for a sprint.

It took me almost a half hour of searching to find my copy of Friel's Triathlete's Training Bible. Have to start re-reading that. And I need to charge my Global Trainer so I can start logging heart rate data for workouts. When I trained for my first tri, logging HR data was the best way for me to actually see my progress and get excited about it.

Leatherneck I agree with you on that. Even if I try to do too much too late I do make progress which is the whole point. I am glad you are finding your motivation.

I realized today I need to start counting calories again. Good news is I think I am in pretty good shape with the diet change over. Now I just want the weight to go down faster.

30 minutes on the LifeCycle at the YMCA. Apparently, the only way I can get Cindy to do any exercise is if I do it with her. She did 30 minutes on the treadmill. I need to increase the difficulty level because even though I maintained a cadence of 85-95 my HR never went over 120. Actually, I just mentioned to her that I would rather ride my own bicycle, so I can get meaningful data. So our Tue/Thu dates at the Y are going to become swim nights for me.

Oh BOY! I have got a LONG way to go. I went for my first swim since the surgery 18 months ago. I was kind of hoping to get a total of 500 yards in. Not even close. At the end of 75 yds my rotator cuff was complaining. By the time I finished the lap for a total of 100 yards my re-attached bicep was screaming. Decided not to overdo it. Went for a soak in the hot tub focusing one of the jets on each of those areas for five minutes each. Cold shower, then off to the sauna for 15 minutes. And it didn't get better then because I discovered I had no soap in my locker. What a day.

Another swim today. 4x25, 2x50, 4x25 = 300 yards

Only minor aches in either arm/shoulder. I'm rather happy. At this rate I will be ready to start my own modified "0 to 1650" swim program. She starts with 4x100, 4x50, and 4x25. I prefer to pyramid my swims, as you can see above.

I'm with Robin... Don't overdo it. Also, if you prefer a pyramid... Go for it! Whatever you're most comfortable with. I'm more of a negative split/finish all out guy m'self.

This is gonna be short....

SUNDAY UPDATE

I think the best way to do this is going to be to list what I did this week....

Run: 1.3mi (and slow at that) on Thursday.

Yup... That was my whole week... I'm really falling down here, and I'm not sure what to do to turn it around. I even shut off my alarm this morning, reset it for 90mins later and went back to sleep... I've got a really bad case of "What's the use?" right now that I need to push through. I'm looking for a new place to swim too. Oddly enough, the Head Honcho at the Y I use/used called to explain the "why" of them cutting AM childcare temporarily. While I fully understand why, and I support what they're trying to do, it not only eliminates my ability to swim without driving an hour one way, but it also eliminates easily 75% of Amy's ability to train as well... Now, there's another triathlete that lives less than 2 miles from me (funny thing, the closest we've come to a face-to-face meeting is passing each other on the bike going opposite directions at Riverbluff... so that'd be about 50yds, lol!... Back on subject, he's running Augusta 70.3 as I type, and the latest post from his wife is that he finished in just under 41 mins. Thing is, he doesn't train in the water. He's offered to show me what he does when they get back. I have a feeling he was a swimmer when he was younger tho...

Oh yeah... the scale is creeping back up: 254.5. I can't complain since there's been almost no training tho...

And I got my truck back on the road, finally yesterday at 2:30pm