Eli's If the world is ending, I'm going to tri!- FULL (Page 6)

Nice.

Turn the injury into an opportunity! 

Eli - I am training hard for the Mary.  I want it with a vengence.  I made memories the last time.. literally took a picture of very mile marker on so on.  Finished with my son running with me.  Next year I will run it like a runner. 

I have to be ready to step in on the Sprint (kids have to complete it with an adult) but I would like to do an Oly if I can work it in.

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hmm I'll definitely have to try that. I use itunes as my music software on the computer and the last time i hooked up the phone it opened up Windows Media Player and since I'm an itunes kind of girl i didn't quite get the setup of WMP and don't know how to just make it so that it only syncs a certain playlist and not all of the music that is on my computer.. some jams just don't do it for me when it comes to working out lol

I'll give your suggestion a whirl and see if it behaves better for me. Thanks

Chicaskeeper - 2012-01-04 7:37 PM Lexi - on the droid have you tried pandora?  I have used it a couple times and as long as I have preset 'playlists' I am ok.. robzombie really works when I need to be motivated   Watch that the pace of the music doesnt push you too hard. 

I love 'Dragula' by Rob Zombie definitely one to get you motivated lol I like pandora, but sometimes maybe it's just because I don't fix my playlists the right way I get stuff on the station that's just not my bag and I'm searching for the advance button. I'll try to get online and really customize a new playlist to see if that brings any luck. thanks for the suggestion :D

It is harder with Droid and Itunes. There are apps, but you have to make sure it works for your phone. If the itunes song was a recent purchase, you can drag it over. If it was older (more than 18 months I think) it may not play because of DRM.

400m swim at the Y this morning. First time in the pool since my bike accident and shoulder injury. Felt really good, much better than I expected. 

My first event is the end of April. Want to try to get to the pool at least once a week and increase the frequency in April.

45 min walk after breakfast to help the biscuit go down. (still trying to clean up my eating habits)

Looks like the upper 50's here this weekend. Bike will be back on the road. I'm logging an usually good bike mileage this winter with this warm weather.

Great news! I wouldn't do any sprints, but easy swimming might even help recovery.

I can't wait to get back in the water. It will probably be next week, as I have a little running to do this weekend.

Started the Jorge M cycling program today. First day (supposedly the easiest day) had me at a really good burn and sweat. I will keep you all updated on the hell this program is about to bring.

Also got in the pool. First time in over 3 months and I can definitely tell. 

Question for the group:

How are you supposed to 'kick' when you swim? Kick from the hip (locked knee)? Kick from the knee? And how many kicks per stroke? Once per stroke (left hand enter water, left foot kick, right hand enter water, right foot kick)? More?

Hey Justin!

I'm not the best kicker in the world, but don't kick with your knees. i'm trying to think of how to explain kicking without showing.. quite a challenge lol I don't know if this is gonna make sense, but a coach once told me it goes like a slight smooth rotation  1,2,3,(being in a neutral position about to transition slightly to the other side) 4,5,6. It's supposed to be kind of rotational i think.. I unno if that helps or if i'm totally off base, but I do know and have been told never kick with your knees. I usually have knees locked and toes pointed..

hope that helps :D good luck and once you start swimming some more it'll get better and you'll find what works for you and feels natural

 I was going to say the opposite, but then started to think more about how I kick. I kick from the hips, as that is how I kick when I scuba dive with fins.

Also found this site which is interesting

http://tri4health.com/2008/08/04/the-swimming-kick/

OK party people,

You are on your own for the weekend! Get your game on and get in a workout or two. Make yourself feel good.

Nick and I are running from Miami to Key West, so I need to get some sleep!

Well I've been avoiding posting largely because I was afraid of how today would play out.  I've been having knee pain while running for about 2 months and I finally saw a chiro who could try to clear it up (been going to doctors and PT before the chiro).  She worked on me 2 days ago and said to go run today and see how it feels.

I wanted to do 5 miles and break a 9 mm average and I'm happy to say I got both... 5 miles in 42 minutes!  I had slight pressure where the knee pain used to be but it was the first time I've run more than 3 miles without pain in 2 months...felt great.  My breathing didn't seem to take too large of a hit which was also encouraging as I was worried about that too.

It seems I'm back in business.  I'll probably do a 4 or so in on Monday and see how everything feels and then back to the chiro on Wednesday to make sure everything is still where it should be.

Great news Dave.  Must feel great!  Ease back in and you'll be back in no time...

Neil, I always love my post sickness runs.  Not very pretty but you know you're on the mend when you can get out!

I've got my Xterra 21k tomorrow morn.  Gonna be steep and technical.  I can't wait!!!

Thanks Mitch!!!

Good luck and more importantly....Have fun tomorrow!!!

Well, I'm not going to say I have bad news, but not good news, that's for sure.  It seems I Broke my big toe on my race today.  This was such an amazing trail and I think I was too much in my Zen. 

I'm taking this as a blessing in disguise.  I really need to work on my bike and swim as running is my best discipline.  Time to get in the water and get on the bike as soon as I can. 

All things aside I'm still very pumped from this run today.  It was insane. I'll write a race report soon

Oh my goodness that super sucks!  I hope you feel better soon.  Bruised ribs are the worst.  I broke one this summer going ove rthe handle bars of my bike.  I hope they gave the best pain meds!

And I was going to come in and say what a great weekend I had.  I got my friend a new bike and by default have a new (decidely slower) training buddy.  It's nice though b/c I am helping her with the biking and she is a swimmer so she gets to help me with that.  And we can figure out this running thing together.  Hope everyone is ready for the week ahead!

AWESOME! Hope to see ya there. I'm so excited/nervous about the run. Hopefully it won't be too cold. Sorry about your fall in your house.  hope you start feeling better.