Kenj - triathletes in training CLOSED (Page 6)

Robin - Nice shoes!  Enjoy 'em!  If you never had lower heel drop shoes before, take it from me and go slow in them, let your legs get used to them. It took me over a MONTH to finally not have any calf issues...drove me BONKERS, until Ken mentioned to me that it can take a while, and I should be going slow. If you are planning on LONG runs, use your old shoes for now, then work your way into the new shoes. I've done that and now I have no calf issues. 

Can I say this?!  Don't you *LOVE* it when you have a terrific training day totally unexpected?!  I was feeling slightly sluggish this AM, and overslept and missed my bike ride with a friend. I'm a chronic Insomnia sufferer and occasionally I have bad weeks, and this week was one of them.  Sluggish, and didn't feel like going out at all. Then by the time afternoon rolled around, I started to keep putting off my run. Finally I said, play video games until 4pm, and GET out.   I listened, and started my run fully expecting to be a little slowish. I told myself JUST do the 3.7 mi and get your chocolate milk and get home.   Well...3.7 miles went by. Looked at my watch and got really puzzled. Got in my car and said really loud, WTF?! Then I started questioning myself...did it feel like I was going too hard? No. Did I press Lap too many times? *checking laps* Nope. Did it include the short walking break? Yes. Did you run the entire time besides the 20 sec walking break? Yes (which is one of the GREATEST thing...I'm working on reducing my walking breaks).  WTF?! *evil laughter*

I love it! This is the motivation that I needed! For those who don't know, out of all three sports, I find the run to be the hardest thing and I've been struggling since I started running three years ago. Side stitches, lack of endurance, cannot seem to run without walking, took me a long time to finally be sub-12 pace - especially in longish runs, etc.

I think it's the shoes and the socks. I wore socks with flames on them. The cuff finally fits (damn you and fat ankles!).

Hope everyone had a good training day, and even if you didn't you still HTFU and got out there.   Hope everyone's weekend will be good. :-)

Robin - Nice shoes!  Enjoy 'em!  If you never had lower heel drop shoes before, take it from me and go slow in them, let your legs get used to them. It took me over a MONTH to finally not have any calf issues...drove me BONKERS, until Ken mentioned to me that it can take a while, and I should be going slow. If you are planning on LONG runs, use your old shoes for now, then work your way into the new shoes. I've done that and now I have no calf issues. 

Can I say this?!  Don't you *LOVE* it when you have a terrific training day totally unexpected?!  I was feeling slightly sluggish this AM, and overslept and missed my bike ride with a friend. I'm a chronic Insomnia sufferer and occasionally I have bad weeks, and this week was one of them.  Sluggish, and didn't feel like going out at all. Then by the time afternoon rolled around, I started to keep putting off my run. Finally I said, play video games until 4pm, and GET out.   I listened, and started my run fully expecting to be a little slowish. I told myself JUST do the 3.7 mi and get your chocolate milk and get home.   Well...3.7 miles went by. Looked at my watch and got really puzzled. Got in my car and said really loud, WTF?! Then I started questioning myself...did it feel like I was going too hard? No. Did I press Lap too many times? *checking laps* Nope. Did it include the short walking break? Yes. Did you run the entire time besides the 20 sec walking break? Yes (which is one of the GREATEST thing...I'm working on reducing my walking breaks).  WTF?! *evil laughter*

I love it! This is the motivation that I needed! For those who don't know, out of all three sports, I find the run to be the hardest thing and I've been struggling since I started running three years ago. Side stitches, lack of endurance, cannot seem to run without walking, took me a long time to finally be sub-12 pace - especially in longish runs, etc.

I think it's the shoes and the socks. I wore socks with flames on them. The cuff finally fits (damn you and fat ankles!).

Hope everyone had a good training day, and even if you didn't you still HTFU and got out there.   Hope everyone's weekend will be good. :-)

my new running shoes (New Balance Minimus)!!!!

I will let everyone know how I like them since they are a complete change from the stability shoes I have been wearing.  marginal heal drop, no insole and 4.6 oz. 

OK, then, great.  Ken sent me a message to join the new group so here I am. 

Scott Richardson.  They call me The IceMan.  

Age: 60.  But don't let that scare you and don't plan to take it easy on me.  I do kettlebells :D  I have the guns to prove it.

Normal, Il.  It is the only thing normal about me.  Central part of the state.

Married to a girl who went to high school with me, but we didn't meet until she emailed me at the newspaper about 6 years ago asking for help buying a bike.  I was a writer then, for 32 years, and wrote about bicycling, outdoor sports and other things including triathlon. We were married in May 2008.   Best decision of my life.  Took a buyout from the newspaper at the end of February.  We were bought by a badly managed corporation about 6 years ago that tanked the company and forced layoffs, etc while the CEO took a BONUS of $500,000 a year.  Time to get out.

Athletic history: Baseball was very very good to me as a kid. Swim team in high school. Ran as a result.  But fought weight, up down, up more, own, up more until finally at 54 I had a 50 inch waist and weighed somewhere around 400.  Started riding a bike in 2005, lost lots of weight, then diagnosed with cancer in 2006, beat it, rode relay triathlon for LiveStrong in 2007, 2008, then switched to solo in 2009.  Completed Ironman Wisconsin in the upper third of my age group in 2011.I am coached by Vision Quest, Robbie Ventura's group based in Chicago.  My coach lives here in Bloomington- Normal.  Stan Watkins.  In my 4th year with him.  He is awesome.  I think he is retiring from the coaching biz soon so I am taking a coaching certification course now through ITCA. Eventually I'll get USAT too.  A matter of when and where.

I love the bike. I use power to train with a Computrainer.    I have learned to love the run.  The swim and I are making peace.  I did well at the IM in the water, but now I am swimming so much better. I am in the Masters program here in town, which has been a great help and I started doing semi private lessons with a coach recently that have really helped. 

I focused on strength training with kettlebells this winter and am continuing 2X to 3X a week for 1.5 to 2 hours weekly.  It really is paying off.  I also started the Paleo Diet on Jan1 and have lost about 18 pounds.   I wear 32-33 pants now. My run times have dropped significantly as a result of the strength training and weight loss.  

A race so far is Branson half IM in September with some shorter races before that.  I may add another half IM in Racine where the VQ folks like to go in July or the new Rev3 Wisconsin Dells where a lot of my tri club is going.

I'm also looking for some work.

Wow I had seen a ton of posts that came through my email today and I knew I had a bunch to read. It looks like everything is getting settled. So here are my thoughts over the past posts.

1) Awesome shoes! I don't know if I can ever do shoes like that, I absolutely LOVE my Brooks. Looking at Brooks Trance 11 for my next pair.

2) I remember a friend of mine that was getting into running and she had LARGE breasts also, but she finally found a great bra to wear and loved running after that.

3) I have a 20 mile bike ride at the end of the month that I am doing as part of a duathlon team. My GF is doing the running and I am biking. I think I just need to go out and just ride a bunch more. Been doing great on spin bikes but it is not outside.

4) I am starting to feel like an athlete. I am my own worst enemy though. I need to realize that after years of abusing my body with food that I am not Lance Armstrong or Crowie. I want to be like them but it just takes time.

5) Work...Why can't I just win the lottery so I could train all the time. Working 12 hr shifts and then getting my running/biking/swim in sucks. If there are any sponsors for a guy that is getting healthier and wants to train please drop me a line. In all fairness I will not be one of the ones crossing the finish line in the top 10 YET, but I am giving you a crack at getting me early, well and cheap. LOL

6) Need to start putting my training on here. I write it all down now but really do not log it in.

7) I have to work nights all weekend so will not be doing easter w/ the family, in a way thank God for that, but my wonderful GF will bring me something home on Monday. HOMEMADE RAVIOLI!!!!!

Now these one are VERY random...

8) Why buy sauce out of a jar? Yuck! Homemade is where it is at.

9) I wonder if there is a study on stem cell research where say, I get injected with stem cell from like a panther, and if I will be faster with my running? I know this is totally weird, but it is 3am so give me a break.

10) Really looking forward to spin class in the am and then I am going running right after it.

Well, that's it for now, wait, I need to go get some tri shorts! Ok have fun and get out there and tri!

Wow I had seen a ton of posts that came through my email today and I knew I had a bunch to read. It looks like everything is getting settled. So here are my thoughts over the past posts.

1) Awesome shoes! I don't know if I can ever do shoes like that, I absolutely LOVE my Brooks. Looking at Brooks Trance 11 for my next pair.

2) I remember a friend of mine that was getting into running and she had LARGE breasts also, but she finally found a great bra to wear and loved running after that.

3) I have a 20 mile bike ride at the end of the month that I am doing as part of a duathlon team. My GF is doing the running and I am biking. I think I just need to go out and just ride a bunch more. Been doing great on spin bikes but it is not outside.

4) I am starting to feel like an athlete. I am my own worst enemy though. I need to realize that after years of abusing my body with food that I am not Lance Armstrong or Crowie. I want to be like them but it just takes time.

5) Work...Why can't I just win the lottery so I could train all the time. Working 12 hr shifts and then getting my running/biking/swim in sucks. If there are any sponsors for a guy that is getting healthier and wants to train please drop me a line. In all fairness I will not be one of the ones crossing the finish line in the top 10 YET, but I am giving you a crack at getting me early, well and cheap. LOL

6) Need to start putting my training on here. I write it all down now but really do not log it in.

7) I have to work nights all weekend so will not be doing easter w/ the family, in a way thank God for that, but my wonderful GF will bring me something home on Monday. HOMEMADE RAVIOLI!!!!!

Now these one are VERY random...

8) Why buy sauce out of a jar? Yuck! Homemade is where it is at.

9) I wonder if there is a study on stem cell research where say, I get injected with stem cell from like a panther, and if I will be faster with my running? I know this is totally weird, but it is 3am so give me a break.

10) Really looking forward to spin class in the am and then I am going running right after it.

Well, that's it for now, wait, I need to go get some tri shorts! Ok have fun and get out there and tri!

I LOVE BIOSHOCK! I do not know about the new one coming out if it will be as good. We will see. Didn't like the L4D series. Fallout 2+3 are awesome. Love the maker of them, they also did the Elder Scroll series that is even BETTER then Fallout.

As far as being deaf and playing multiplayer, there are times that I wish I can unhear what people are saying. Some of the language that is on there is HORRIBLE and I am not a prude at all.