kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2011 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 60)

kaburns1214 - 2011-06-10 12:58 PM

With the "mixing it up" -- remember that one of the most efective ways to use run:walk intervals in a race is to time the intervals to aid stations.   A common strategy is to "walk the aid stations" that way you make sure you're able to take in enough fluid and your walk break serves the dual purpose of helping to delay perepheral system failure whi;e making sure you're hydrated / getting in calories. 

Also walk breaks should be brisk.  Its not a slow down, but a walk briskly to keep your HR as high as possible before you start running again.

carrie639 - 2011-06-10 9:21 PM

So I think I have to retire my running shoes (blue ones)!!!  They are squeaking . . . it is kind of sad and emotional because they are really my first pair of real running shoes . . . the shoes that got me to my first 1/2 marathon and kept me going strong afterward!!!

It is dorky to make them a shrine as a rememberance?

karen26.2 - 2011-06-11 6:44 AM

Mapped out an 80 mile ride for this morning, heading out soon.  And I've got a 30 minute t-run.

I'm soooooo tired, just want to crawl back into bed.  My husband is heading to the lake today, hoping I can sneak in a nap when I get back from riding.

How many hours of sleep do you all get?  I'm averaging about 5 to 6, and it's just not cutting it.

karen26.2 - 2011-06-11 5:44 AM

Mapped out an 80 mile ride for this morning, heading out soon.  And I've got a 30 minute t-run.

I'm soooooo tired, just want to crawl back into bed.  My husband is heading to the lake today, hoping I can sneak in a nap when I get back from riding.

How many hours of sleep do you all get?  I'm averaging about 5 to 6, and it's just not cutting it.

uhcoog - 2011-06-11 9:19 AM

Bout to head to the other side of HTown to hit the beach and check into the hotel for tomorrow's race.  My daughters have never been to a beach so this could be fun.  If you wonder why we live an hour from the coast and never have been to a beach google the beaches in Galveston.  When you can see the oil tankers the water tends to not be so blue.  If Kelly comes and races with me next April she'll be able to attest to said nastyness. 

rizer22 - 2011-06-11 8:43 AM

HeyScott, my mother lives in Corpus CHristi, so I know how big Texas is, and a drive across town usually means 2 hours.  Anyway, I was thinking, maybe just leaving earlier inthe morning to get to the race would be better than getting a hotel.  It would save money for the new bike or Ironman Tx.  Just a thought.

uhcoog - 2011-06-11 9:19 AM

Bout to head to the other side of HTown to hit the beach and check into the hotel for tomorrow's race.  My daughters have never been to a beach so this could be fun.  If you wonder why we live an hour from the coast and never have been to a beach google the beaches in Galveston.  When you can see the oil tankers the water tends to not be so blue.  If Kelly comes and races with me next April she'll be able to attest to said nastyness. 

Artist - 2011-06-11 12:01 PM Did my first group ride with some serious riders. I had been hualing concrete and stuff up stairs from a demo project we got going yesterday and my legs were hammered. But I went anyway and it was a push to try and stay with them. Made it half way before they left me in the dust. I told them not to wait because I was slow and knew the route. Fun ride, did a little drafting and pushed myself harder than I would have riding alone. Four straight training days this week-feels good to be back hitting it again after a mental bonk on the training and some traveling.

kaburns1214 - 2011-06-11 9:01 AM

Not enough.  Usually around 8.  In bed at 8:30 p.m. up around 5 a.m.

uhcoog - 2011-06-11 9:15 AM

I get nowhere near enough.  Caffeine is my friend (Isn't it every parent's friend?).  Kids go down around 8, spend as much time as I can spending quality time with the wife before I pass out on the sofa (usually 9:30 or 10), alarm goes off at 4:20.  So MAYBE 7 hours.

Artist - 2011-06-11 7:58 PM I don't have kids anymore either, but there are many nights when I fall asleep early (9-10) and then am wide awake about 1 and can't get back to sleep. Last night was sure one of those. I definitely suffer when I do not get at least 7 hours. I could not survive well with an average of 5, but it happens sometimes for days.

carrie639 - 2011-06-11 8:22 PM So I am pretty sure that I let my running shoes get way too many miles on them, and they only had about 200-250.  It is the only thing that explains my lower back and my knee being sore that last few days.  I guess the run/walk could do it since it is new, but my God I wish I understood better when the shoes go out.  Good thing I have a couple more pairs lying in wait for their turn . . .