Slornow and Wannabefaster's Winter Mentor Group-CLOSED (Page 52)

Randy – Enjoy your family and the soft surface to run on.

Jason – I’ve had many nights when I’m up all night doing surgery or taking care of sick people. I really appreciate my anesthesia colleagues. We’re in this together. I bet you felt real accomplishment just staying disciplined and getting that workout in.

Blanda – Good luck with your race next week. You’re going to do great!

I’m going to be absent for a week. I’m going on a cruise with my family (our first one) and we won’t have internet access. My plan is to continue to train in addition to snorking/scuba. I’ve been told the gym on this boat is very nice. I’m a little nervous about the whole deal with all the news the last few months regarding cruise liners in the Gulf. To all my BT friends, have a good week and I’ll do my best to keep the training on course.

Workouts for the day done ... a bunch of all out 100's again ... got a new breakthrough. First time that I got 100 yards in 1:14min.  Also did a nice and easy 90 minute ride in ... 

Tomorrow I got a 4 mile run followed by 90 minutes on the bike with a bunch of intervals ... reverse brick ... hate those ... :-)

Another 2 hour ride on Sunday and then I can't wait for my rest day on Monday. 

Michael/d3-great job on the 100's. 1:14 is fast. May want to consider working the Newtons into your running. Some people experience calf pain/tightness if they jump into the Newtons and run. The way they are set up encourages a mid/forefoot strike. Guy at running store told me some folks will be more prone to the forefoot strike which stresses the calves more.  I like the Newtons as they make my turnover quicker and paces a bit faster. Maybe 15-20 minutes the first time out to give yourself a chance to adapt. Others have no issues switching with Newtons but I would be on the safe side.

Whirlwind trip to Tuscaloosa. Back home now. Daughter played really well and we got in a couple of good visits with our son. Up early and got my 10 mile run in. Long bike ride tomorrow followed by a short run. We will be headed back to Tuscaloosa next Friday for a track meet at the University. First meet since the track was redone. Its really beautiful as whole facility has been redone with upgrades everywear and beautiful landscaping. Nice to see some of that football money trickle down to the less visible sports.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.     

Howdy all -- just finished a nice long run this evening -- 1:20, just over 8 miles.   Back to the treadmill as winter seems to have made a (hopefully) last gasp.

I also made myself proud -- I did indeed make time for a run on my business trip on Thursday.  (Once upon I time I was notorious for always bringing my running gear but never bothering to use it           Hotel had a decent fitness center and I knocked out 30 minutes while watching all the news about Pope Francis!

Did anyone race this weekend?  Congratulations and/or good luck to all!

Scott.

Scott - I got the same issue when I stay in Hotels. I never work out even though I bring all the gear .... 

I just finished a nice and easy 35 Mile ride ...... training for the week done ... rest day tomorrow ... :-)

Thanks Jason and Randy. I'll keep posting. I just haven't had much to say about the training this past winter. I'm disappointed it didn't go as planned but glad I'm back at it and just trying to figure out how to make it work.

Jason-Sorry you had such a bad on call night. I'm not a doctor but I'm a Respiratory Therapist so I see my share of things gone bad. Sometimes you can take it in stride but some cases get to you. For me a lot of our patients are frequent flyers and you build a relationship. These are the ones it sucks to lose. One of my favorite patients died this past winter.

So, I had a pretty awesome run today. I had just read an article in Runner's World about breathing patterns while running and gave it a shot on my run today. I had an 8 miler scheduled which gave me plenty of time to work into a groove with it. Once I got the hang of it I was able to run faster with less effort. My last few miles were 1-2 minutes faster than the previous ones and that was on a more difficult trail. I'm psyched-this is the first improvement I've seen in a really long time.

Unfortunately, my IT band hurts. I've been rolling the crap out of it since I got home but it's still really tight. Hopefully it will be better tomorrow.

Here's the article if anyone is interested: http://www.runnersworld.com/running-tips/running-air-breathing-technique. I only tried it today but I'm excited to try again!

Yesterday was a 10 mile mountain bike race in the morning, went with a group to help the Xterra Guam director mark the run course in the afternoon, which is very tricky, then had a soccer game at 8 freaking PM. Bananas.

Guess where and how I get hurt. Playing soccer. Someone stepped on my wrist! Xterra is this Saturday and I get my wrist stepped on. Swimming and biking with a hurt wrist is going to suck. Geeze Louise. Only me.

I'm nervous, but thinking positively about the race.

Here's a video of our trek through Xterra run course to mark it. Yes, we're supposed to run this, lol! I'm the girl in the long sleeved green shirt trying to look dignified stepping into a pond, then I step into a large hole.

Xterra Trail Run Course Marking

Sorry I've been MIA.  Got a punch in the gut on Friday when we went back to the vet and realized my dog's ACL diagnosis was wrong.  She actually has bone tumors - in greyhounds it's becoming more and more common to develop osteosarcoma.  It's always malignant and it's a fast moving nasty cancer.  All we can do now is medicate her and keep her comfortable until it's time.  I'm a mess.

She likes the red sox and she loves to shred paper

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/IMG_0470.jpg 

However, I've been running and swimming but just going through the motions and the "training" has kind of fallen by the wayside.  Hopefully I can just keep my fitness up enough to get back to it soon enough.

And somehow I have to get a ton of work done in the next 4 weeks.

So sorry to hear about that diagnosis. I have three dogs, and the day I get news like that, I think I'll be buying lots of alcohol and calling into work for a week. 

That's terrible news. I'm so sorry.

Randee-so sorry to here of the diagnosis for your pet.  Sad when these things happen.

Blanda-wow...what a run course. Triathlon is hard enough.....make it any harder. Sending much respect your way

Easy day for me. Optional swim done at lunch. Legs feel better than they did this morning. Swim was easy active recovery. Looking ahead at the week's schedule I'm going to need more recovery!