JohnnyKay's Group - FULL (Page 6)

Yeah, sorry, no particular "trick" for me either.  Drink a glass of OJ daily & take a multi-vit.  Otherwise, just try to get my rest.  I've always been relatively "resistant" to getting sick.  Not that I don't from time-to-time, just seems like if there's an illness in the house, sometimes I'm the only one to avoid it, others I'm the last to get it and often not as severe as others. 

Good genes maybe, but I guess that doesn't help you.  Feel better!

Thanks for the feedback.  Guess I need to up my OJ. 

My daughter has been sick and my wife just told me that she has been coming into our bed after I leave for my am workout.  (sleeping on my pillow)

Trying to stay injury-free.

With that in mind, sounds like staying away from you near transitions might be a good idea. 

Well, I'm focusing on building up my endurance, not necessarily kicking butt in triathlons.  I'd like to get faster/stronger on the bike and on the run this year, and then focus on my swimming next year.  I think I'm going to drop back and only do sprint tris this year, as I'm not getting in enough pool time for an Oly - but I'll wait and see whether my last tri will be a sprint or an Oly.

Other things I'm focusing on:

• Learn how to train with the baby in the house - talk about juggling a training schedule!
• Keep Momma happy! -- 2 1/2 weeks in Kauai in June should help.
• Make sure that my daughter realizes how much we love her - now's she's the Big Sis!
• Keep losing the weight - I've lost about 23 pounds since this point last year.  Still have another 15 to go.

Hope the training is going well for everyone!

I know that fuel choices are subjective, but I thought I would share with the group my latest fuel choice:

Champion Nutrition

Metabolol Endurance - pre and during meal replacement

Revenge Pro - during

Pro Score 100 - post

So far I have not experienced any GI issues with any of the products.  Taste great and less filling!  Mix up the Pro Score thick and it taste like chocolate pudding.  Mix up the Met Endurance with fruit and it makes a great smoothie. 

Best place to find Champion Nutrition - www.nutritionexpress.com

Cheers!  G-

Ok.  I am officially bored of lap swimming in the pool.  In fact, I dread it anymore.  Basically I've just been swimming laps continuously or doing some repeats.  Can anyone recommend some simple ways to make it more interesting?  How does that "golf" thing work? 

I think continuous laps are a big mistake.  Partly for the boredom reason, but also because all you learn to do is swim slow.  I'd suggest getting some specific swim workouts to follow and make them challenging.  If your trying to get enough recovery to hit the next repeat, you won't have time to get bored.

Another idea is to see if there's a Masters program you could join.  Maybe a group environment would help.  It will also probably have you doing other strokes which might help to "jazz" up following the black stripe.

If you're stuck on your own, you might check Swim Workouts in a Binder by Gale Bernhardt.  There are also hundreds of workouts on the USMS forum site.

Noz may have some other ideas.

In case any of you didn't see it, Ron posted this about the current program:

For my part, I'm not going to volunteer as a mentor this next session since I'll be right into my peak training for LP.  But I'm more than happy to keep this group going either formally or informally and will keep checking in on everybody now and then.  Of course, if any of you want to step up and volunteer I'm sure each of you would make good mentors yourselves.

Train well and have fun!

Thank you for taking the lead on this group and all of your great advice!!  I would like to keep in contact as we both move into the peak training for IMLP. 

Who knows...maybe we can all meet up in Lake Placid for dinner or something.

See you later and Happy training!!