kenj triathletes in training - IM and HIM focused - Closed (Page 57)

Does this start your taper Robin?

I hope you are having a great time canoeing!

Whether it is this year or next, I hope you find your motivation again Bill!

I know what you mean though, I think I raced too much this year and for a while was either in taper or recovery.  Next year I may do as many races, but it wont be as many long races. 

Thanks for the advice on the Sufferfest videos.  I like them as I can put them on the Iphone or I pad and still have a ball game or something else on the TV.  I haven't figured out a way to do that with the spinervals yet.

I like the format of the video, or at least the one I did. Cant say I am a fan of the music.  The one I did was ISLAGIATT, and I flatted out on the trainer about half way.  Probably not an ideal video for where I am in IM training as it is a lot of 5 and 10 second sprints, but I will definately use it off season to improve cadence range and improve VO2 Max.  I also have Violator to try out later in the week.

2 weeks of conferences and business meetings and my lack of dietary discipline has my gout acting up this weekend.  Right in the middle toes of my right foot.  Perfect!  I can still bike and swim so hopefully it passes before too long. 

Happy Sunday and again, good luck to our racers today!!

Awesome Adam!! Can't compare to the winners, those guys/gals are in another league than those of us that do this with family and work commitments! 

I look forward to reading your race report.

Awesome Jaime!!  Glad you had a great finish to what sounds like a tough race!!

Congratulations on the podium finish!!

Sounds like you had a great weekend of training Karen!!  Nice work!

I bought the new XLab torpedo bottle and cage for between the handle bars.  It worked really well other than it got kind of messy refilling it.  But, since the straw was in my face I drank better than I had been just grabbing a bottle out of a cage.

Nice work Eddie. I hope you get your rides in as planned!!

Almost 2 hours in the trainer this morning, I need to get moving quicker as the weekday rides become 3 hours starting next week.  I need to fit a swim in sometime too, but I get some flexibility on when I do the swim.  The bike and the runs are pretty tightly scheduled with certain efforts so not as much ability to move them around.

4 weeks from Saturday for me!!  It is going to be an exciting month for some of us!!

Happy taper!!  You are still far enough away that a hike on a nice day won't cause any problems at all.

I am sorry that your husband got furloughed Robin, hopefully it isn't too long.  My guess is that when the government removes their heads from their arses, they will include some back pay. 

With only 4 weeks left, there isn't a lot of time, but you certainly aren't over trained which means you really don't need a 2 week taper.  You could even do a long ride or swim the weekend before and have plenty of time to recover.  I would keep the run a little shorter, max maybe 10 - 12 miles as the recovery cost for a longer run is higher than the bike or swim.

I would highly encourage you to get at least one, preferably 2 long rides in of 5 or 6 hours.  The way I keep it out of the families way it to get up early and if it is dark, do it all or at least start it on the trainer.  I have a 10 am flight on a Saturday 2 weeks prior to my race so guess who is going to be getting on the trainer for a 5 hour ride at 3 am that morning. 

I wouldn't worry as much about the swim as the bike and the run as the swim at B2B is a little bit favorable as I understand you get some tidal currents to help.  Most people can walk a marathon in under 7 hours and with a power walk even get close to 6 hours.  But 2 things have to happen, one you have to get in before the bike cutoff, not sure what that is for B2B, and you need to be physically capable of walking.  This is why I am pushing you to find a way to get at least one long bike in and as many short bike rides in as you can. 

I know the race is close Eddie, but it is still to early to throw in the towel on your training!!

That is intering Bill!! 

I am doing well getting everything in this week other than a swim I missed yesterday.  I had a very stiff neck after the run yesterday that is better this morning but still an issue.  I did ok on the bike with it though.  Fortunately I can move the swim till Sunday and it will be ok. 

How are the rest of you doing? 

How about you guys that already did your A race?  Any fun training or racing?

Sounds like a busy month Maggie!  Glad you found some races to register for to get you focused again, but it is good to take a little mental break from training after your A race. 

Honestly I like the Spinervals a little better myself, or at least what I have seen so far of the Sufferfest, but 2 things I like better about the Sufferfest; 1 - the price is much better and 2 - they are easier to get onto my Ipad.  Although surfing around on the spinnervals site, it appears the downloads can be saved into Itunes and transferred onto the Ipad.