Beer Drinkers' Appreciation Society (BDAS) 2020 Version - ALWAYS OPEN (Page 51)

Both of these sound horrible!
I had this happen to me in a race a year or two ago. I could feel my tire going flat for a few miles (hit a pothole juuussstttttt right) but it got to the point of no return, so I stopped and asked them to call race support, but right before this happened, a girl had a horrible crash, so (obviously and understandably) all the race support went her way. I was about 2.5 miles from transition, so I just started walking. Race support found me about a half mile out and fixed my tire.

The girl I think has since recovered, but was in a coma for a little bit and had a long recovery. So not my best race, but it could've been worse.

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Went for a long walk Friday to get outside and enjoy the beautiful weather. Saturday woke up early and went to boot camp, then later went on a walk around the neighborhood to experience the celebrations after they announced the presidential election winner (not trying to make this political, it was just fun to see the excitement in the city).

Had a super lazy day yesterday so need to get out and about today!

Did a 25 minute run today followed by a 10 minute walk. I'm having cervical spasms (spine, near my neck) so was in a bit of pain at the end. Just took a muscle relaxer so hoping that kicks in soon.

Also signed up for an 8 week training program. 3 days a week there is a strength session and 3 days you are supposed to do cardio. Also supposed to eat clean (although they say no carbs and that's not really my style...I think carbs are important). Hoping to drop 10 lbs (at least) by Christmas. I often struggle with these types of things when I don't have accountability, but my friend that just finished the program said he would bug me so I stick with it...hopefully that helps! And the fact that I am paying for it.

Hour run today, including 4x7’ in Z4. There was nearly vomiting after the second interval. Otherwise, it felt pretty good.

Well I have been quite the sloth to start the week. It is a scheduled rest week, but 2 days off in a row, that hasn't happened very often this year.

This week I pulled the trigger, and purchased my smart trainer (got to do it before Mrs Bullfrog changes her mind )
It arrived yesterday, and after a few hours setting up my #2 road bike as a trainer workhorse, I got to experience my first taste of the world of Zwift. Only 50 minutes riding so far (it is a rest week after all) but so far so good. Changing resistance up and down simulated hills sure makes me pay more attention then mindlessly pedaling away on the spin bike. Next up is writing a workout and trying erg mode out (which is how I imagine most of my riding will happen.) and a ramp test to determine FTP (the welcome to zwift tutorial included a sort of ramp test workout to get a ball park estimate of FTP. but not sure how much I trust it)

I've also done 1 swim, where I did a fitness test to work out my LT swim pace (for the 80:20 training plan workouts) 400 all out, 2 min rest, 200 all out. I tried to do some cool down laps after, but felt like my arms were going to fall off.

Lastly, the forecast is looking good, so the family will be off to the beach for my 2nd OWS of the season tonight. Fun times.

Neck got way worse yesterday, so I didn't move much, but did manage to get an hour long walk in in the afternoon. Still really sore today so don't want to push it, and it's raining so likely no walk. Gonna do some yoga to stretch it out and hope tomorrow I can do more.

Nicole—so sorry to hear about your neck! I get a neck spasm about every nine months or so. They are awful! Doing anything hurts. I hope it gets better soon!

Andrew-how’d the ows race go?

I did a VO2 max bike ride this morning on the trainer. 8x2’ at 112% FTP. Not sure which makes time move slower, this or planks! Actually, the first six were great, the seventh made me question my life choices in taking up triathlon as a hobby, and the last one I was flying. Later, after the temp warms up some, I’ll do a 35’ run. No sense doing it in 32F weather when I’m working from home and can do it this afternoon.

OWS went well. 1000m (1039 on the garmin) so sighting wasn't too bad.
Finished in 19:46. Good for 47/90 swimmers, but only 4/5 in my age group. Placings very much depend on who show up on the day.

Happy with my results, the last race I was 22:36. so almost 3 seconds faster. Most of that's down to conditions, which last night were very, very good. But I feel that 19:36 is more representative of my swim fitness at the moment.

Photo of the conditions attached to make all you northern types jealous.



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1:20 ride this morning and I was supposed to do a run, but it was raining, so I decided to wait until the afternoon, when it was supposed to clear out and warm up. It did not do either of those things! I ended up heading out at about 2:45, because the weather app said heavy rain was moving in at 4. Heavy rain moved in at 2:47. Not a pleasant run in the rain at 47F, but done and I got three medals in TP (it might be silly, but I like them!)—all for speed. Fastest 400m this year and third fastest 1km and mile this year!

Hour long run today with 3x8’ at high Z3. These all felt really good. I’m starting to see some solid gains in speed on the run lately, which is nice. Was a tough run though, with a 25mph gusting headwind on the way out! Yes, I also had a 25mph tailwind, but that doesn’t seem to make things feel as easy as a headwind makes it feel hard.

Finished off the week with a 60 minute zwift Friday evening, an 85 minute run Saturday morning followed by 30 min zwift, and a 2 hour ride Sunday.

All up about 7 hours for my rest week.

S: x 2, 1,950m 41 min (900m laps, 1050 OWS)
B: x 4, 113km, 4 hr 19 min (3 x zwift, 1 x outside)
R: x 2, 2 hr 7 min

Quite happy with my long workouts over the weekend, nice paces, right where I expect to be, and nice low Z1/2 heart rates. Felt very in control and like I could keep going all day. Which is what I'm after.

But, my FTP that zwift calculated for me, doesn't seem to line up with my LTHR that I've been using. After a 60 minute ride my HR was well above where it would normally be. So, either the FTP is too high. Or my LTHR is too low, and I should have been working faster... Only way to settle this is with some testing, so I'm planning on a day or 2 of rest followed by a ramp test Tuesday evening. Something to look forward too...

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

“Look forward to” a ramp test...said no one ever!!!

Sounds like a solid week Andrew! Good luck with the ramp test!

I will admit, I am somewhat nervous about it...

You succeeded....Looks amazing!

Hi all!
I've been in a good groove lately. After my neck got better, I started this program that involves a lot of strength and cardio, as well as eating clean. I haven't eaten as clean as they recommend, but I've been doing pretty well. I also demoed my basement over the weekend. It was really hard work so I'm counting it as strength work
It feels really good to get this demo done. I'm one step closer to having more space for my roommate and I. Going into a winter of working from home and not being able to go out will be a little more tolerable with some more space.

And one more, because why not. I'm in there somewhere...





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Okay, bucket list item for me is to go to NZ for a race (post-COVID of course). That would be great motivation for me in the winter!

Woke up with neck/shoulder pain again, so started the day off with some yoga and Aleve. Hoping to get a run in this afternoon if it can loosen up a bit.

You should totally do it. I shall look forwards to buying you a post race NZ beer.

1st attempt at a ramp test done last night.

My experience, it went from easy, to incredibly hard very quickly. The last few minutes of the ramp definitely sucked, but overall it wasn't as bad as I feared... Not brave enough to try a 20min FTP test tho

My FTP came in at 235W, down from the 250 that zwift guessed on the first ride tutorial. To be honest, I'm not sure I did a good enough job on the test. I'm not great at the super hard max effort type workouts, I'm more a slow and long diesel engine kind of guy. I think with a little practice I should be a bit higher. But at least I'm in the right ball park and can set up some workouts.

On to the rest of the week.
Hope you all are having a good one.

Andrew-I think ramp tests take a little practice to get them right. I’ve done three or four and every time I get a little better and more confident that the results are real.

1:15 ride this morning with 2x20’ at FTP. Ouch...it hurt. That was a big jump in total time from previous weeks (2x15’). Then this afternoon I did a 40’ easy run with a few strides that felt all kinds of awkward, like my legs and arms and torso were all being controlled by different brains. It certainly wasn’t smooth!

I'm gonna put it in my five year plan! I'm saving up tons of vacation thanks to COVID so should be totally doable

Did a strength/HIIT workout this afternoon. Feel good! My neck is feeling a bit better too. Just need to keep doing all my stretches so it doesn't get bad again!

Hour run this afternoon 4x8’@high Z4...oof. That hurt a bit. Enjoyed being outside at 60F with sun though, so that was good.