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Man I haven't seen a Scorpio that wasn't "fixied out" in a long time... is it in good shape still?

It was one of Raleigh's mid-high end bikes at the time, here's a link to one of the 70's ads... I'm not sure what the year range for the model was. Got some pics to post?

Congrats on the steed!

Personally I always want to be on the closest thing to the road I can find if I'm inside... so the trainer. Despite my preference however... if the motion is the same on both and you get a better workout on the spin bike, I'd probably go with that one.

Hahaha that advert really brings home how old it must be!

No photos yet, it's quite far from me just now, I had to get my brother in law to pick it up for me. It apparently needs work, new tires, tubes, a new seat and I might update the handle bar.

Fortunately I live very close to quite a big cycling club who run triathlon specific coaching for bike

Thanks!

Thanks, that makes a lot of sense. I am running hills, I read that it was the most efficient terrain for runners to train on?

You could help me with a problem though; when I run I'm always aware to land on the balls of my feet and not my heels, but I still get a heavy juddering feeling with each step (not as much as when I landed on my heels but still slightly unpleasant), any advice?

Had to play Dr. Dad today but luckily my son is a trooper and the kid naps like no tomorrow when he is sick so I got in a decent workout in the basement while he was snoozing for 3 hours.

Those ads for that bike are awesome.  Definitely post some pictures of it.  Extra points if you can dig up some bell bottoms and have a floppy mop like you're from 1973.

As far as the "foot strike" thing goes, I don't believe there's anything to "fix" other than letting your body adapt to running and making sure your foot is landing in your center of gravity... whatever part of the actual foot hits first.

There's a lot of stuff out right now about forefoot running, and that's fine if it's for you, but there are tons of professional runners that heel strike every step. I will echo going to a running store and finding out what kind of shoe you do best in.

Also as above, running hills in moderation is fine, but it does put a bit more stress on you. At this point, just running "more" is plenty. There's a saying "Speed (in this case hill) work is the icing on the cake... and you don't have the cake yet."

I think this is actually the problem, I can imagine if I put my foot too far forward then it's sort of working against my momentum?

Please keep it coming guys I'm taking it all in!

That's pretty much how I approached it, started slow, when something came up I took care of it and eased back in and have had (knock on every type of wood within reach) very few problems.  I think there are absolutely benefits to running a certain way which is proven by x amount of people to be THE WAY to run, but I think you also have to take your own body into account and how it works, and no one knows that better than you.

I've been going back and forth on my races for this year, how many, length, etc.  I just found one for late August which was ideally when I wanted to do my first Oly distance, so I'm psyched.  Right now I have 4 races on the schedule for the summer, not counting some running races tossed in there with friends.

• 6/1 - Sprint.  Possibly doing the Oly to get used to the distances but kind of depends on how I come along with the swim.
• 7/13 - Sprint
• 8/25 - Oly.  This will be my A race for the year I think.  The timing of it gives me plenty of summer time to be able to get some good long bike rides and get my swim up to where I want.
• 9/22 - Sprint.  I did this one last year so my goal is to destory my old time from last year which was 1:32.  With the training I've done, things I've learned, etc, I think I can get below 1:20.

I think these are spaced out pretty well.  6 weeks between a sprint and my A race gives me time to get in some miles and also get whatever rest I need before the race.  Last year I had my one and only sprint planned almost 5 months ahead of when I started training and I felt that I didn't have enough "racing" in my training, you know, something to keep me motivated knowing that my race was still 2 months away.  I have some goals for each race this year which I think will let me know where I am in regards to my training in preparation for my A race.  Now I just have to put the time in.

That stinks.  Any chance of getting in the pool instead to limit the impact on the ankle?  I did a 10k on Jan 1 but haven't ran after that at all because I had some pain in my foot after the race but the pool time seems to help, maybe rotating it enough to stretch but not enough to hurt?  Not sure.

That stinks Sarah Have you had it checked out?

Got my hotel reservations for the USA Cycling Professional Road & Time Trial National Championships lined up today!

Extremely excited to go watch them, this'll be my first trip to a pro race!