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So far, so good.  Granted, I had to shuffle a couple of things this week, but I should still manage to get everything done, even the swims.  We've gotten a break from the bad weather for a couple of days so I hit the gym this morning for a swim.  Now I'm sitting at work, ready for a nap - swimming always makes me sleepy, lol!  It looks like the weather will hold out long enough for me to ride my bike to the bike tune-up class I'm going to tomorrow morning also.  The only iffy day will be Sunday - cold, wet, rainy.  Not a good day for a long run.  I'm really hoping I'll be able to get outside long enough for that - 7 miles on a TM is not fun.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Enjoy your bike ride Sunday!  Sounds like fun!

I quite enjoy running in the rain actually. As long as you wrap up properly you may find it refreshing? Just make sure you give yourself the option to get out of it if you want to (for example a loop circuit passing your home). Try it, you may be suprised!

Talking of which, there were questions about hardening up earlier in the thread. Well, i'm the same, if i look out of the window and it's not nice i think "Err, i don't think i will today" but if i start and it's not raining, but then it starts when i'm out i don't mind as "I'm already out now". It's just a mental thing and if you can't work with it then you might have some decent workouts in inclement weather! However, you do of course need to know when not to go out if it's too bad - a week or 2 off with a cold for example will do nothing for your training!

Well, don't do too much - there's a lot of advice here on the forums about not catching up on missed sessions. Replacing a certain session with a missed one seems to be ok to a point, but not stacking them...

Lewis.

Scott, when would you recommend a beginner start intervals for running?  As soon as they're comfortable with the race distance?  How often do you do interval workouts?

I wish I could tell you it was good.  I had an injection for PF and it was incredibly painful.  It seemed to help some, but not much and I'd rather give birth than do that again.  But ask your doc - it's entirely possible the location of your injury won't make it as painful.  For PF what helped was ice, lots of stretching and rolling a golf ball under my foot.  (The limping and moaning were good for sympathy too.) 

I also missed two workouts this week, a bike and swim, and am going to miss my swim on Sun.  Bottom line is my swim stuff is at the office and I blew off work today, so there went today's plan and Sunday's too.  But I got in the others, and weather permitting I can put in some extra bike/run time over the weekend.  The YMCA tri club is meeting for a bike handling skills/run workout tomorrow, which should be fun.

Anyone use Road ID or a similar ID bracelet when you're running/biking?  There was a thread about it in the general forum and I ordered one.  Got it today.  It's nice.  Hopefully no one will ever need to read it. 

Anyone use Road ID or a similar ID bracelet when you're running/biking?  There was a thread about it in the general forum and I ordered one.  Got it today.  It's nice.  Hopefully no one will ever need to read it. 

Yes i use a similar product (outdoorid), have done for about 4 years now. Mine is just a laser engraved dog tag but it gives my wife peace of mind when i'm out. Also, i'm a rare blood group and have a low RHR so have those 2 things engraved on there - it sure can't hurt and i'm very happy that it's never been needed.

Since i got my dogtag they've come out with small and permanent id's that form a great range and to be honest i'd be more inclined to get one of these now as they're on display - with my dogtag, i'm pretty reliant on someone actually looking for it.

Lewis.

It's a cloth bracelet with an engraved metal tag.  It lets you specify 6 lines of text.  In my case I have

Name and birthdate / City, state / Friend's number / Doctor's number / NKDA (no known drug allergies) and blood type / "It's only a flesh wound" (a lot of people put something inspirational or whatever on the last line - a guy on the other thread had "how's my bike?" ).

It comes in a number of colors and closes with Velcro, so it's one size fits all.  I thought it was pretty good for $20.  www.roadid.com.

Yeah, those are some crazy numbers!  Mine are a touch more modest...

Thanks for the good wishes!  Actually it's a week from Sun, so I'm still training "hard" this week - looking forward to the taper next week!

What is the bracelet and where would one find it?  I am super curious, do share!!

-Marnie

Hey guys!  I've been MIA for a couple of days.  After a good start to my workouts last week, things kind of fell apart.  I got most of my workouts in but missed a short run during the week and my long run on Sunday.  I'm not overly worried about it though since I'm not training for a long distance race at this point - just trying to keep my base up. 

I also wimped out on riding my bike to the bike maintenance class I went to on Saturday morning (it was cold that morning - but I did get out for a ride later!).  I loved the class - best $25 I've spent in a long time.  Some of it was pretty basic (what all the parts of the bike are called), but he also showed us how to adjust the brakes and the derailluers, the best way to clean a chain, and even how to maintain and change out cables for brakes and shifters.  And of course, I learned how to change a tire and also how to not change a tire  - my first attempt caused my tube to pop when I was reinflating the tire.  Luckily I had a spare tube and he showed me what had happened the first time (the tube got pinched between the tire and rim) and how to prevent it.  So now if I have a flat, I should be able to fix it myself. 

I've only set one goal for myself for this week - I want to do well in my 5k on Saturday.  It's not a race I had planned to do, but my DD asked me to run it with her (well, not exactly with her - she'll be waiting for me at the finish after she's done).  I did this race 2 years ago and finished just under 31 minutes.  This year my goal is a sub-30.  If I can do that, or at least come close, it'll be a good week for me.

Good luck with your run - let us know how it goes!

I too had a class this week - the 1st of a 4 week swim course designed to take those who thought they could swim and show them they can't! No i'm only kidding, obviously it's designed to improve technique. The 1st and last class include video analysis and i'm just amazed at seeing just how i'm doing things wrong on the screen.

Certainly going from a thought of "i'm not too bad, just need to tidy up a bit" to "whoa, what is that?" is eye opening. From just seeing it i would advise anyone to try and get a video analysisit done to see your stroke...

Lewis.

Hi all. I too have been MIA for a bit. Things have been rough on the home front. But, last week I did get released to run again!!! YAY! And I'm finally in a place where I want to start training actively again. I found out that my 10 year HS reunion is probably going to be sometime in the fall, so I'm starting to watch what I eat and get my exercise up! Hoping I look half as good as i did in HS!

Anyway, I have a dilemma. There is a race this weekend that is pretty cheap, near my parents house (which is ~2 hour drive) and I can even get reimbursed $25 of my entry fee. The thing is, I just started running again and I don't feel like my base is where I want to be. So basically my dilemma is this: should I sign up to do it knowing that it won't be a great finish, but may be a great motivator....OR just not even waste my money. Opinions, please!

Well I had a disappointing workout yesterday.  I'd targeted a 40-min run, maybe with some intervals worked in.  Instead I took a walk break at 15:30, and it was all over from there.  As soon as I'd stopped once, it seemed I couldn't get going again.  The body was complaining but not much; it was a mind thing more than anything else.  I must have walked at least as much as I ran on the way back to the car.  I logged 25 mins as a best guess at what I actually ran.

I'm 10 days away from my race - I don't need bad workouts now! 

Hello 'Groupies',

Been MIA for a couple weeks; survived the hurricanes of Arkansas, then my GF had eye surgery on Monday so I've been playing nurse for her.  I did manage to get some good workouts in while in Little Rock, but since I've been back in Boise-not so much.

Motivation seems to be improving along with the warmer weather here in Idaho, plan to go out for 30-40 miles tonight on the bike.  Forcast is in the 70's. 

Hope everyone is doing well.  Happy Cino de Mayo!