Beer Drinker Appreciation Society 2 - Closed (Page 52)

Originally posted by Qua17

Ok - it has finally happened and I am stoked. Tonight after dinner the fam went to the pool. When we got there - my eldest son asked how long a swim was for a sprint triathlon. I told him and he said he wanted to do it. Being the supportive dad, I told him that people sometimes do plans that take weeks to work people up to a sprint distance swim but he said he wanted to try. So, he dove in and swam 400 yards! Then when he was done he asked how far I had gone (500) and proceded to swim another 5 lengths so he could beat me.

As we were walking home - he asked if we could do a 50 mile bike ride so he could get his 50 miler award. Scouts and tri - it doesn't get any better. Then it did - he asked if he could get a BT account. Guess what were gonna do next!

Awesome!

Originally posted by kevinbe

A big fat nothing today. Took daughter to theme park yesterday and her and I got the poisoning from the park food. Me worse than her. (go figure, I ate half of her food). I projectiled 4x and lost 8 lbs. The Silver Lining: I'm under 200 at 198! Hoping for energy to hit it hard tomorrow and erase the sickness memory. I'm pretty drained.

Originally posted by Burd

Well Felt officially launched it's '14 lineup today with the prices. You have to check out the new Felt IA FRD LTD. Smoking sweet looking bike with a hefty $13,999 price tag on it. At that price I think I'd better grab 2 of them One can dream can' they.

Originally posted by Qua17



Damn - Should have bought one before I went on sabbatical.

BTW - Love your new quote on the bottom of your page Nancy Boy!

Originally posted by Burd

Well Felt officially launched it's '14 lineup today with the prices. You have to check out the new Felt IA FRD LTD. Smoking sweet looking bike with a hefty $13,999 price tag on it. At that price I think I'd better grab 2 of them One can dream can' they.

Originally posted by Qua17

I need a little accountibility...

I'm at home with my youngest - so I haven't been able to get in my ride today. I would go after my wife gets home - but my iphone broke so it's off to the apple store I go. Then I have to make dinner. And then I pledge to sneak in a short ride. No reward other than the ride itself.

However - I'll be sucking down a warm coors light if I fall short.

It's hump day - how is everyone's week going? Anyone racing in the next few weeks?

Originally posted by Moonrocket



My iPhone is dying too- I'm just hoping it can limp along til they release the new one in a month...

I have totally been slacking this week- but should get a lot of mountain biking in over the LONG WEEKEND!!!

Originally posted by Qua17

I need a little accountibility...

I'm at home with my youngest - so I haven't been able to get in my ride today. I would go after my wife gets home - but my iphone broke so it's off to the apple store I go. Then I have to make dinner. And then I pledge to sneak in a short ride. No reward other than the ride itself.

However - I'll be sucking down a warm coors light if I fall short.

It's hump day - how is everyone's week going? Anyone racing in the next few weeks?

Originally posted by kevinbe

I didn't make it this morning as I was still in recovery mode. Tomorrow, one way or another, I'm getting a w/o in. I may be lifting and running, or just running, depending on what wife does. (we swap days, but she sometimes is up quite a bit with our newborn, so it puts small wrench in the schedule)
w/o or bust tomorrow.

Originally posted by Qua17

Been a little quiet on the forum here lately. Hope everyone is doing well! I'm enjoying day 4 of the sabbatical. I did have to interview for a substitute job but other than that I've gotten to spend the day with my daughter Kate. She loves to run and just keeping up with her is a workout in itself.

Gonna get out there for a quick run tonight.

I've got two questions for the group:

1) I noticed that when I run my left knee doesn't stay inline with my thigh and calf. Instead when my foot strikes the ground, my left knee moves about 2 inches to the left away from my centerline (the right knee, which doesn't hurt) stays in line). Does that make any sense? I've got to think that this movement has got to exacerbate my ITB problems. I've got to think that its because the muscles in my legs aren't keeping it steady. Any ideas on what leg exercises I could do to build strength in order to stabilize the knee?

2) I've been rolling my ITB for about 1 minute on each leg each daybut it doesn't seem to get any better. I asked DH (a former member of the group who's got another 100 mile ultra marathon coming up. The guy is hardcore and knows his stuff) and he said I could really throw caution to the wind and grind away at it. Has any one else taken this approach and if so - how long did it take to get relief? Today I'm going to try it for 5 minutes on each leg and see how it goes. I've got an off day tomorrow so I'll have a little time to recover.

Originally posted by Qua17

Been a little quiet on the forum here lately. Hope everyone is doing well! I'm enjoying day 4 of the sabbatical. I did have to interview for a substitute job but other than that I've gotten to spend the day with my daughter Kate. She loves to run and just keeping up with her is a workout in itself.

Gonna get out there for a quick run tonight.

I've got two questions for the group:

1) I noticed that when I run my left knee doesn't stay inline with my thigh and calf. Instead when my foot strikes the ground, my left knee moves about 2 inches to the left away from my centerline (the right knee, which doesn't hurt) stays in line). Does that make any sense? I've got to think that this movement has got to exacerbate my ITB problems. I've got to think that its because the muscles in my legs aren't keeping it steady. Any ideas on what leg exercises I could do to build strength in order to stabilize the knee?

2) I've been rolling my ITB for about 1 minute on each leg each daybut it doesn't seem to get any better. I asked DH (a former member of the group who's got another 100 mile ultra marathon coming up. The guy is hardcore and knows his stuff) and he said I could really throw caution to the wind and grind away at it. Has any one else taken this approach and if so - how long did it take to get relief? Today I'm going to try it for 5 minutes on each leg and see how it goes. I've got an off day tomorrow so I'll have a little time to recover.

Originally posted by Qua17

Been a little quiet on the forum here lately. Hope everyone is doing well! I'm enjoying day 4 of the sabbatical. I did have to interview for a substitute job but other than that I've gotten to spend the day with my daughter Kate. She loves to run and just keeping up with her is a workout in itself.

Gonna get out there for a quick run tonight.

I've got two questions for the group:

1) I noticed that when I run my left knee doesn't stay inline with my thigh and calf. Instead when my foot strikes the ground, my left knee moves about 2 inches to the left away from my centerline (the right knee, which doesn't hurt) stays in line). Does that make any sense? I've got to think that this movement has got to exacerbate my ITB problems. I've got to think that its because the muscles in my legs aren't keeping it steady. Any ideas on what leg exercises I could do to build strength in order to stabilize the knee?

2) I've been rolling my ITB for about 1 minute on each leg each daybut it doesn't seem to get any better. I asked DH (a former member of the group who's got another 100 mile ultra marathon coming up. The guy is hardcore and knows his stuff) and he said I could really throw caution to the wind and grind away at it. Has any one else taken this approach and if so - how long did it take to get relief? Today I'm going to try it for 5 minutes on each leg and see how it goes. I've got an off day tomorrow so I'll have a little time to recover.

Originally posted by mirthfuldragon



I was having some hip tensor issues before last Sunday's triathlon, so I went for a 90 minute sports massage. She spent probably 40 minutes working on my shoulders, and it hurt, in a good way. I could feel the knots releasing. Personally, using the foam roller, I've spent 10 minutes working on hamstrings and quads and calves. I keep at it until it stops hurting. And, if you're doing it right, it will hurt, but it's a good hurt, feeling the muscles release.

Originally posted by NeverTri'd


Besides rolling, are you doing any ITB specific stretches? I'm religious about mine before I run.

Originally posted by Qua17

First off - thanks for all the help. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.

Yesterday, I booked the hotel rooms for Mount Tremblant. Holy cow - $1450 for 4 nights! That doesn't even include the change for the minibar

That amount of money + not having a job + a fear of failure make me really nervous. What I keep telling myself is 1) It's about the experience. Even if something happens that prevents me from finishing the race, I need to value all the other things that go into the experience each day and 2) that when my head hits the pillow after completing the IM, I will say to myself right before falling asleep, "It was worth it". Its a nice dream - I intend to make it happen.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

PS - I invited someone to join our group. She is from Sweden (think of all the beers she could suggest) and she is training for a sprint in order to raise money for charity. Hope y'all don't mind.

Originally posted by Qua17


PS - I invited someone to join our group. She is from Sweden (think of all the beers she could suggest) and she is training for a sprint in order to raise money for charity. Hope y'all don't mind.

Originally posted by mirthfuldragon



I'm right there with you. I've fallen off the wagon across the board lately. We got a dog this month, and that took a huge bite out of our finances, along with a bunch of other stupid stuff. My run mileage has sucked this month, and I'm 7 weeks from a marathon, with my longest run to-date being 14 miles. Next weekend I"m set to volunteer at IMWI, to register for IMWI 2014, and that's a $650 bite in the rump too.

I have no motivation right now, and a sneaking suspicion that my weight's back over 190.

And after last week's nutrition failure, I'm a bit stung right now about getting back out there. I'm not sure if it's post-tri-season malaise, or what, but I'm just out of sorts right now, and it's not a fun experience.