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My condolences; I can't imagine what you're going through. My thoughts go out to you and your family.

Jamie - I had a very similar ride today ... about 3 hours just under 50 miles. Just the thought about how much more time I would have to put in to train for a full Ironman .... I am not sure if it would happen any time soon. 

Randy - Congratulations on the race. Nice results. I can't believe those run splits ... one day (dream)

Rene - I can't believe that you are already back to training ... 25 watts ... nice! :-)

Randee - My condolences! I had to put two dogs down in the past and know how you are feeling. Its like losing a family member. Time ... that is all I can say! Hang in there ...

Here are my March totals ... my running is still very low but I bike and swim volume are getting there. I am 3 miles shy of 1000 miles on the bike this year. I think I would have broken 400 this month if i wouldn't have had a race. 

Randy: Fantastic job with the race even with the issues. You're an amazing athlete! I love the pictures. Your daughter is adorable!

Randee: I'm so, so sorry for your family's loss. Big hugs to you all.

Rene: Look at you smiling! "Better than yesterday"... love that. I don't mind progress videos daily at all. Keep them coming! You inspire me.

Well, last month's training wasn't the best, but there was a "taper" week and a recovery week. I've only gotten a two hour MTB ride in since the race:

Rene when I had my knee surgery years ago it was two weeks before I could get my foot all the way over.  Keep at it and you will be fine.

With the broken arm, no totals for March from me. It was a totally lost month. While I was allowed to swim with the cast on, what it did to my stroke made any attempt completely pointless. I tried to run but because I was holding my arm in an unnatural position it altered my gait and I got bursitis in my hip. I am still not competely comfortable with the aero bars. No upper body work either.

Friday I got the OK to take the cast off to swim, ride & run but nothing else. 60 minutes max per day. So yesterday i rode for the first time. Feels like I regressed back to the first of the year. I have gained three pounds, can't climb hills, have not run in 4 weeks and almost no pool time. To make matters worse, I have completely lost my mental edge as well. This SUCKS.

My first tri of the season is in thre weeks. It was going to be an A Race but no more. I am going to train right through it, drop the May race and look at June a my first A Race of the year. That will leave just an Oly in Nov other than a few non-tri events.

I am glad to get back too it but really depressed at where I am at compared to a month ago.  Tomorrw is April 1st.  A new month and a new start.  No more feeling sorry for myself.

I hope everybody has a great April!

Well -- after spending most of the winter in pure run mode, I finally rediscovered the concept of "triathlon" in the last week or so.   Made it to the pool a couple of times (as mentioned before -- getting better!) and hit the bike as well, thanks to the much-delayed emergence of spring.  

First couple of rides I kept very short (15 min and 30 min respectively) -- my cycling muscles were still coming out of hibernation.  Today I bumped it up to 45 min, and now that my legs have woken up -- wow, I'm seeing improvements!  Nearly hit 16 mph average on a hilly, windy route -- where before I would have been lucky to maintain 14-15 mph.    In particular, I'm keeping my speed up on the uphills and recovering a lot more quickly than before.  Certainly not breaking any records but given the length of the break, not bad for the first week back!  

I suspect that the run training has had a great impact on overall cardio health -- plus have lost about 15 pounds since October which probably doesn't hurt..

My March -- for me, this was my best month ever!  Looking forward to keeping up the momentum in April. 

Randy -- well done on the race!

Randee -- so sorry about the loss of your dog.  We're very much a dog family -- we had 4 for a long time, now down to 2 big ones.  Have been in your shoes before -- I know it was a very difficult decision, but have no doubt that it was the right one.  

Scott.

Randee, I'm so sorry to hear you had to put your dog down. I have a household of 4 animals currently and the thought of losing any of them breaks my heart. You have my sincerest condolences.

Randy, Great job! Keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to seeing future race results!

Rene, Get well soon and nice job hitting that trainer so soon! May you experience a speedy recovery!

I'm pretty sure this was my best month of training to date. Had a few setbacks with swims, but I replaced them with bike or run. I kept up with the strength training for 2 weeks. That just killed me. I'll try again some other time

Thanks guys

Tomorrow starts a new month!  GO TEAM!!

Jason-the really fast guy won grandmasters....so I was really 3rd in AG but bumped up to 2nd when he took grandmasters.

Randee-sorry about the loss of your pooch. So much going on for you this time of year. Its like losing a member of the "family".

Stuart-one step at a time. You will regain your fitness quickly. Hang in there.

Pretty good March...hopefully it will pay off next weekend at Galveston. 

Mary/Scott-nice work on the training!

Bike: 24h 44m 24s - 542.51 Mi
Run: 14h 29m 52s - 103.93 Mi
Swim: 12h 36m 46s - 40480 Yd

Race report:http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=482875&posts=1&start=1

Stuart-Sorry to hear about the troubles with the arm, that has to be frustrating, but hang in there! Time will pass, and you'll be back in the game.

Randy-Like the new profile pic. Nate and I ran by Furman today; that campus sure looks nice! Your daughter is going to love it there.

Here are my March numbers, which happen to be my best ever:

Those bike miles should be larger, but I don't track distance on the trainer. I'm really happy with these totals, especially the run, as it's my first +100 mile month ever. I'm feeling good at this point, so I just hope I can hang on until August 25! This is my Spring Break, so my Rest Day tomorrow is going to be total rest: no work, no workout; I'm not really sure what I'll do with myself!

Randee - so sorry for your loss.  I lost a dog over a year ago, and it still hurts when I think about him.

Randy - great job on your race!

Stuart - you will get your groove back!

This month has not been very productive for me.  I'm glad it's over and I'm ready to put in some solid hours from here on out (through IM AZ).

Randee: So sorry for your loss. Our pets are such a wonderful part of our lives and I know how hard it is to lose one.

Randy-Love the pics of you and your daughter at the prom. she doesn't look like she minded dancing with you at all. Congrats on the race.

Stuart and Rene-Good luck coming back from your injuries. Hang in there. Rene-I'm really glad you will be able to run again.

Mary-All I did to warm up for a sprint is get in the water and make sure I'm comfortable with the temp. I also swam just a little to get a feel for the water. Just enought to be comfortable and feel ready to go.

So I finally met with the nutritionist Friday. She thinks I'm eating too many carbs/not enough protien so I need to completely overhaul my diet. She also thinks I can cut back on calories if I eat less carbs. she says the carbs are mqking me hungry. I spent all day yesterday trying to work out the details on an excel spreadsheet. It's actually really hard to stay under the recomendations for carbs and get enough protein on a vegetarian diet because all my main protein sources have carbs. The real bummer is cutting out almost all fruit. I really thought by eating it I was doing something healthy and can't help feeling like I'm cutting good healthy foods completely out of my diet. It's all going to take a few days to figure out.

My long run yesterday didn't go so well. I stopped when my leg tightened up a lot after 3 miles then walked a mile home. I'm really hoping if I take it easy I'll still be able to run a lot of my HM next month but I think it's definitely going to be a run/walk event. It's just the ratio that's up in the air. I'm really worried that I might not be able to finish in a reasonable amount of time. If it wasn't for the charity money I raised I'd skip it and move on to something else because I'm not really doing myself any favors right now. I'm really looking forward to getting beyond it so I can refocus my training and not worry so much about saving it up for my long runs. It's not working out welll anyway.

I'll post my March numbers later. They're not great but better than February. I cna't copy/paste from this computer for some reason.

I appreciate your 2 cents and am guessing it's worth a whole lot more than I paid. I agree and I am feeling a little dubious about it which is why I posted about it. To be clear, no one really suggested that I stop eating fruits (although, she thought I ate too many) but by restricting my carbs to under 250/day with a protein intake of 120 it makes it difficult to fit them in. As a vegetarian my main source of proteins are beans and quinoa. I could also include nuts and nut butters and probably will but they are high in fat and calories which I am also restricting to 

March's numbers:

Really not great but better than last month. To be honest, I feel like I'm just in a holding pattern-unable to train properly for my HM and unable to move on to the next thing because I have to train as much as I'm able for it. My heart is really not in it. Tonight my SO called to say he was at my house and I skipped my swim entirely. I'm not even sorry. We almost never get to see each other but tomorrow is his birthday and I won't be able to swim then either. Maybe I can get a very short run in after he leaves tomorrow, though. It used to stress me out a lot to miss these workouts even when I made the same decisions but now I don't even care. It's not that I don't want to work out or I'm too tired I just feel very laid back about the whole thing. I like it but at the same time-I don't know-I'll just be glad to get beyond this race.

Sorry my posts have been so long. Maybe if I posted more often but I have to admit it takes me a few days to check in sometimes.

Catwoman - 2013-04-01 10:24 PM

Chunga - 2013-04-01 8:25 PM .

I swam a mile tonight! It took me 58". Not fast but I was thrilled to do the distance. I usually do my bike and swim on the same day so don't have an hour to swim but today was swim only so I decided to see if I could do it!

AWESOME!!

Agreed! Great job, Mary!!!