bigDH's accountability training a.k.a Beer Drinker's Appreciation Society (Page 59)

Beter for sure! The pressure is much more now as this is the second time for this race...scared of doing worse then last year...I will be very disappointed if I don't improve this year, all things being equal!

I've got the perfect thing to motivate you --> luke warm coors lite.  You have to drink a can for each minute extra it takes you... Worked for me and you're in way better shape them I am...  Good luck to both you and your son.

Ouch! That was a costly little stop at the LBS! My wife would not have been happy with that stop....

x2.  And you have to shotgun them in the parking lot immediately following your finish.  1 warm coors for each minute, shotgun style.

OK - Wasn't a huge fan of the aqua jog.  I've done it in the past but not with ribs that hurt.  Not even sure it helped with the tired muscles.  I did however burn enough calories to enjoy some guilt free cherry pie.  700 calories a slice (I had a little less than a full slice just for the record) makes for a damn fine tasting piece of pie.

Love the idea of the beer can on a rope... too bad the lake is not cold enough to make that happen.

In regards to the ribs - I've come to the realization that I've either pulled a muscle (likely) or broken a rib (not as likely).  I went for a swim lesson with my wife this morning and could only manage about 12 lengths of the pool.  Really gonna have to rest it if I hope to get the dam^ thing to heal.  What makes it tough is that I haven't had a really good night's sleep since I did it... maybe drinking more beer will help.

When my wife gets back from her workout (she hired a personal trainer up her for $20 an hour - how cheap is that!!!), I'm gonna head out on the bike for hill repeats.  I'm gonna go scout out the highest hill near our lake and see what happens.  

DH - did you get the bike fixed? 

This is awesome.  My wife takes a class at the Y led by a personal trainer ala biggest loser style, where they do like 10 excersises in 3 circuits in an hour.  It cost 5$ a class.  she does it 2-3 times a weak.  She's becoming such a bad a$$, and actually loves getting up at 5 am and going in and "getting the crap kicked out of her" as she puts it.  Hope your wife has similar experience and enjoys her time.  money well spent.

rest those ribs up.  maybe stop swimming for a week or so and test them out after an extended break?

clip in pedals are the shizzz.  I rode my 30 mile loop today.  I rode 3 days ago in 1:44 at 17.5 mph.  Today, with the first ride with the new shoe and pedal setup, I got 1:38 with  a 18.5 mph pace.  I felt way faster and could really feel the up peddle motion on the backside of the pedal stroke.  Thank you all for the advice and "push" to upgrade to the 21st century technology.  I'm thinking carbon fiber fork and race wheels next. 

"And you have to shotgun them in the parking lot immediately following your finish.  1 warm coors for each minute, shotgun style."

uuuwhaaa, uuwhaaa!  the sound of me dry heaving! Swim, bike and run faster even if it kills you...barf because you  pushed yourself not because you drank warm coors...gag!

Cynthia - if I read your post correctly - you hopped back on this bike in the heat even though your legs cramped up.  That's pretty hard core.  You deserved a couple of Spatens as a reward!  

If it ever gets too hot - feel free to come visit Northern Michigan.  It's 75 and sunny today! (Bragging now but will be hating life later in the week when it gets close to 90)

My wife needs to come and join your wife's gym... She hated her trainer.  It got off to a bad start when the guy - who she described as Hans - handed her a 60 pound barbell.  When she said there was no way she could lift it, he handed her a 50 pounder... not a great start.  

I agree with you about the need for rest.  I feel over today on my ride (I jinxed myself)  and thought that I had really broken them.  Just making it home was tough.  I'm gonna keep biking but I will skip swims for the next few days and see how it goes.

I had a good hill workout today.  Next week I'm going to need to up the ante and do hill repeats to build up the elevation (today's hill workout was 600 feet of elevation, which is 1/7 of the gain I'll do during the century).

Off to enjoy some smores and the all star game.  Weigh in tomorrow... Gonna have to be good!

add more beer so it sinks deeper to the colder water!

My wife will do train her for free...well other then a plane tickets for our family, food, lodging and, oh yeah beer, unlimited. As a bonus you would have me as a training partner...well beer drinking for sure!

Your right.  I have borrowed $1000 for each of the last 2 semesters of college extra.  My intention was to get a new to me road bike/tri bike with first installment in fall and home improvements with 2nd. 

My wife has been making statements that lead me to believe she wants a bike.  She asks yesterday what a crossover bike is, and I have great enjoyment talking bikes with her.  I'm thinking that part of that first 1000 may go to purchasing her a new road bike/crossover.  I'll keep exhisting bike, then when we ride, she won't feel left out pedaling next to me on a 50$ used mountain bike she currently rides.  Then the next $1000 the following spring can go to a bike upgrade for me.  The cool thing is that the pedals and shoes I purchased can go to my next bike.  The upgrades to this one can be advertised for sale on craigslist, or I could keep this one to use as a trainer, and keep the other one fresh for races.

Plus, my wife's getting on board.  She detested the idea of doing a tri months ago, but she has been riding and running more these last few months than ever in her life.  She's already signed up for a 4.3 mile race in July we're doing together, and she can regularly ride 10-15 miles on bike for excercise.  I think it surprised her when I quietly mentioned that she was already doing the distances of a sprint triathlon regularly in her normal workouts.  We have 2 all woman tri's in the area, and she has a good friend that's done both of them.  I think she's in.  I may be married to a future IronMan!

The family ride went well (as well as a ride witha  2 and 7 year old can go.)  The 2 year old's first time riding in the seat w/ mom.  it's a new style where the seat goes up front on the tube from seat to handlebars, she loved it.  The seven year old is on a new bike with training wheels.  we just need to get her going more, she has very low confidence right now (lot's of tears).  I ended up falling with my first time clipping in.  I forgot I was clipped.  fortunately it was in the neighbors lawn as I was next to the curb.  Just fell, right in front of whole family and neighboors.  Good times. 

Getting first training ride in today.  30 miles with new shoes and pedals.  I'm excited!

This heat is killing me. Last night ended up with a taper of a couple of cold beers and BBQ. Got the Big Daddy combo 3, smoked turkey, pulled pork and my fave, brisket!

I managed to get up and on the spin bike this morning. Going to try hit the pool at lunch for a quick swim.

After weighing in the 180's for most of last week, I managed 3 days of staying healthy and was back down to 175.5 this morning.  At this point, I cannot afford  to go back up to 180's again.  Going to have to show a little restraint on some of my food intake choices.

Good swim today.  I had to flip/flop swim and run workout as I'm pretty well cooked after yesterdays heat-a-thon.  I took the 100 yard repeat workout in the pool and lessened the intensity, but shortened the rests.  It worked pretty good as I kept all of them at 1:56-2:00/100 except the last one.  I will run 11.5 miler tomorrow in 95 degree heat.  This should make for some good times.  I may have to really go inside myself to finish.  Shooting for an 8:00/mil pace.  This will be a good tune up for race to see if I can hang.

Unlimited Molson... totally worth it!  When you come out - you can pay me the $20 for winning the bet.  3 pounds to go!

I weighed in today at 181.5 - my first loss since I ate an entire cow 2 weeks ago.  I've got 2.5 pounds to go... With my fraternity brother here this week, a loss next week will be a miracle!

Kevin - good job on the weight loss.  Just think off all that beer you'll be able to buy when you win your part of the bet!

My ribs are killing me.  I sat down last night to watch the all star game and it hurt so bad I let out a yelp.  Not good!  So I took today off.  It's a pisser since I will probably miss out on a swim lesson tomorrow morning with my wife.

Oh well - off to drink a beer.

PS - I'm gonna buy the total immursion DVD today - so I got that going for me!

Yeah, your experiencing extreme muscle fatigue in that area (ribs).  You just exerted yourself big time, (OLY), and hate to say it, you probably made it worse.

2 suggestions: 1)  Ace bandage and Ice.  20 0n, 20 0ff x2  each night while on couch drinking beer.  The beer will be a pain relief, no joke, also take Ibuprofen.  They say 3 every 6 hours, or 4 every 8 hours, but I've been known to pop an extra or take within 4 hours.

2)  See a doctor to find out if you have a cracked rib.  They can't do much except tell you you have a cracked rib and to stay off of it.

Well first race of the season this weekend. My son races Saturday and I go Sunday(Oly). All week predicting sunny and 31Celsius(87F) and now they are predicting cooler and showers. I can live with the cooler but not so happy about the showers, unless they hold off for the run. 

A lot of hills on both the run and the bike. Last year I had major cramping in the quads on the run. Had to walk up some of the hills. Hope to avoid that this year. 

After that we are off to Penticon for the rest of the week for holidays.

Question: How far/long do you warm up for your swim? Basically in the past I tend to just get wet and get moving for warmup.  I find my arms feel fatigued after about 200 meters but feel better as the race goes on...

Good luck Thor.  Not sure about the warm up but the fact that you're hurt at the start might point to a need for more warm up time.  I would warm up for as long as you warm up in the pool.