bigDH's accountability training a.k.a Beer Drinker's Appreciation Society (Page 55)

Well anniversary 17 for me and my bride! Kids were at aunties so we went to a spin class then swam some laps. Coffee afterwards! Never would have predicted this 17 years ago!

I also bought her the 12 pack IPA beers because as we all know IPA's are the 17th anniversary gift.(pale ales are 16!)

So far the Rye ipa has been a pleasant surprise. A great summertime drink!

Happy Anniversary to you!  Not sure what's better - all the beers you tried or the fact that you got to enjoy some kid free time!  

As for the anniversary gift - the fact that your wife got you a box of IPA's is proof that she is an incredible woman.  You know what my wife got me for my 13th?  She took me to have my back waxed!  To be fair, I asked for it... but I can think of a lot of things I'd rather have!

Last week someone mentioned Bells 2 Hearted Ale.  After my ride on Saturday I made my way over to the Racer 5 tap and right next to it was a newly tapped Lagunitas IPA.  Really?  Suddenly I find myself in the center of my own universe.  Or perhaps the beer monger just wanted me to shut up once and for all.  Oh and they also have a Green Flash?  Every had it?  Nice.  I think its from San Diego.  Anyway I digress.  After a blind taste test comparing the Lagunitas to the Racer 5.  Lagunitas won the tasting.  Oh right...Bells...so they did not have the Ale but they did have the Oberan.  It is described as a "wheat" but I tasted it and I didn't get any wheat at all.  I hate wheat's.  This was a clean crisp tasting beer and it makes me look forward to the Ale. 

Sunday arrives and thusly my beer free week ensues.  Until I get down to fighting weight I won't drink a beer until Friday.  I drink vicariously through you.  

I ran for 2 hours Sunday morning and stayed on my feet all day cooking for the week.  I didn't rest until 7ish last night.  I kept thinking of it as time on my feet and I can't get my head around the ultra distance...my feet were killing me.  They still are today and I fear the onset of Plantar as I massage and ice the back part of the arch of my foot.  I think next weekend I am definitely going to wear band-aids because my nipples almost fell off in the shower this morning.

Yes.  With the 4 weeks, build 15 miles each week.  You just did 50, taper for your OLY.  Do your OLY, while you ride like 35 miles for a long ride that week.  Then the weekend following your OLY, you have 4 long rides left, go 65, 75, 85, 100 in the last 4 weeks before taper for the 115 miler.  up your intermediate rides as well, and make sure you take an off day the day after your long rides to stretch, and take an off day when your body tells you you need one.  Maybe 2 off days everyother week or so. 

My .02

Training for 2 events is not ideal, and you've done a great job doing it, and you can and will ride up to 100 miles to train for century ride.

a back waxing?  I bet that hurt like a son of a-

176.2 this morning.  still a loss, barely. I traded a bigger loss for a new brew last night.  Ironhorse brewing is out of Ellensburg WA, And I had their Ale.  at 7.8% it almost tasted like a barleywine over an ale.

 Same story this last week.  I climbed all the way back up to 181, then had to really manage the last 2 days to get back down.  This weeks goal is to keep it back down, so I can make gains towards 168 lb. goal. 

Got a 21 miler planned on the bike today, yesterdays 6 mile run has me with some achilles heal pain, thinking I'll ice that tonight.

Good luck man.  Since I have been started being conscious of my weight I feel slimmer but I still am afraid to weigh myself.  I think on Friday I will finally weigh in and see how bad the winter/spring really was.  On an up note I do feel more gaunt and my runs have been getting a tad faster. 

This is a great topic, and one I've not mastered or even noviced at yet.  I started Marathon training in the winter of 2009.  I ran 2 in 2010, one in the spring, one in the fall.  between them, I had a month down time.  I ran 2 more in 2011, back to back with 3 weeks between them.  My second race being my A race.  I failed miserably on race #2, even with 3 weeks between events, largly because my body just cannot perform at peak with that short of rest.  That was a huge dissapointment for me, and I didn't even race the rest of the year, because I never got back on the horse.

Then I started tri training, and threw a marathon plan together last fall into this year.  With a good taper, I almost met my goal.  I'm currently at peak training phase for upcoming half, (tired as he77) and will do a solid 2 weeks tapering down prior to race. 

My question is how to maintain fitness over winter this year prior to starting upcoming training for next years Half?  Also, do I start at the beginning for base phase, then build, then peak, taper, on HIM plan again, or can I jump into a plan with more intensity training (while working on form with recovery efforts) prior to build phase to increase overall fitness and speed.  My overall goal for next years HIM distance is to place better, higher than this year respective to the venue, pushing forward to the following years IM training.  How I shape this off season going into next year, is how I'm hopefully shaping the following off season going into IM training, and then repeat the process for a better IM the 2nd time than the first until I KQ or die trying. 

How do you shape your offseason DH?  Do you take months off to recover, recharge for the following year, or do you just push through the whole year through?  What are your thoughts on how I might handle my offseason in regards to my goals at finishing my first HIM, placing better at next HIM, finishing IM, and improving on IM in four successive years?

This is a great topic, and one I've not mastered or even noviced at yet.  I started Marathon training in the winter of 2009.  I ran 2 in 2010, one in the spring, one in the fall.  between them, I had a month down time.  I ran 2 more in 2011, back to back with 3 weeks between them.  My second race being my A race.  I failed miserably on race #2, even with 3 weeks between events, largly because my body just cannot perform at peak with that short of rest.  That was a huge dissapointment for me, and I didn't even race the rest of the year, because I never got back on the horse.

Then I started tri training, and threw a marathon plan together last fall into this year.  With a good taper, I almost met my goal.  I'm currently at peak training phase for upcoming half, (tired as he77) and will do a solid 2 weeks tapering down prior to race. 

My question is how to maintain fitness over winter this year prior to starting upcoming training for next years Half?  Also, do I start at the beginning for base phase, then build, then peak, taper, on HIM plan again, or can I jump into a plan with more intensity training (while working on form with recovery efforts) prior to build phase to increase overall fitness and speed.  My overall goal for next years HIM distance is to place better, higher than this year respective to the venue, pushing forward to the following years IM training.  How I shape this off season going into next year, is how I'm hopefully shaping the following off season going into IM training, and then repeat the process for a better IM the 2nd time than the first until I KQ or die trying. 

How do you shape your offseason DH?  Do you take months off to recover, recharge for the following year, or do you just push through the whole year through?  What are your thoughts on how I might handle my offseason in regards to my goals at finishing my first HIM, placing better at next HIM, finishing IM, and improving on IM in four successive years?

We're nearing the end of our weight loss or pay up to the other members of the group program.  This is a challenging ballance, as this is the beer drinker's appreciation society board, and the two can sometimes conflict with each other, unless your name is David, then it doesn't matter what you drink, your still losing weight.

We're nearing the end of our weight loss or pay up to the other members of the group program.  This is a challenging ballance, as this is the beer drinker's appreciation society board, and the two can sometimes conflict with each other, unless your name is David, then it doesn't matter what you drink, your still losing weight.

Thanks for the kind words - but last week was a big drop off from previous weeks.  I still lost 1/2 a pound - but my vacation and the change in location and schedule are doing my diet no favors.

Question - I have August 6 as the drop dead date for our bet.  Is this correct or is the date July 6?

Thanks DH.  Knowledge is power, and this empowers me to looking into shaping the "offseason".  I just visualized myself doing two 20 week HIM plans prior to next HIM.  I will check out Jorge's program, and check out Bryan's logs.  Awesome stuff man.  I have a vision of doing Couer D'Alene in 12:00.  That's a pretty lofty goal, but I have 2 years to get there.  With increased volume, it can be done.

Whoa David, we're going till the 6th of August (thankfully).

OK - back on track... First - let me tell you how I got off track (what follows are details that would make the fattest pig in the barn proud): After a run on Tuesday morning, which I did with my wife (it was awesome!), I headed down with the family to visit a friend in Indy.  He and I share a love for the good things in life and so we decided to go to the best steak joint in the Midwest - St. Elmo's Steakhouse.  After beginning with a relatively harmless shrimp cocktail (the sauce had so much horseradish it nearly made me cry with joy), I demolished a 16 oz ribeye that was so tender I could have eaten it with my spoon.  But what was really unhealthy was the garlic mashed potatoes made with (you guessed it) half and half... I passed on the creme broulle and had low fat ice cream back at the friends house but with the beer, the scotch (balvenie 12 and 14), congac, and port, I imagine I ate more than 2500 calories.  

For breakfast, I enjoyed homemade bisquits and gravy (easily 1000 calories) before driving to Chicago to take my kids to a game at Wrigley Field.  I was hungry (how the hell is that possible) and thirsty (nothing new there) so I enjoyed a couple of pints and a braut at Goose Island Brewery.  On our way back to Michigan, I caved and had a quarter pounder and large fries at McDonalds...  

Today has been good.  I worked out for 90 minutes (bike and swim brick) and ate well.  I'm 1000 calories in the black and I plan on going for a walk tomorrow morning and doing a bike/run brick on Saturday.

Glad to be back on the forum... and even more glad that I've got 5 weeks to drop the last 3 pounds.

David, I prefer no picture...just kidding! Hey, if you can't enjoy yourself(ribeyes, BBQ, kettle corn, beer, rum) once in awhile than what is the point of all of this? The key is just not as often with some balance in exercise!

I am just getting over a case of gout in my foot...not pretty, should be able to run tomorrow...

Off camping with the inlaws this aft for the long weekend...beer/steak/chips/beer/bacon/eggs/beer/burgers/beer.

69, wow the last time I saw 69...aw skip it.

When we hit a 100 pages, we will have to have a get together in Banff or something. 

Have a good weekend everyone!