Asphalt Junkies Spring 2013 - Closed (Page 61)

Don't even get me started on car seats!

My foot has quite a nice bruise right over the knuckle.  I smashed it in the spot where people get bunions.  The swelling has gone down.  It's just a minor but colorful annoyance.

mambos - 2013-02-11 1:55 PM

strikyr - 2013-02-11 1:39 PM

jenbmosley - 2013-02-11 9:34 AM

mambos - 2013-02-11 7:43 AM Just finished my 1st 5x4 at 20mp, and this Jorge guy is evil! By the 3rd set my legs were screaming and now even an hour later I feel a little wobbly!
Good times.

I have got to start on this program.... feel like I've been missing out on all the fun.

Jen be careful what you wish for unless you are up for a lot of suffering and misery. In that case welcome to the party LOL! In all seriousness Jorge's program or any interval training program will definitely improve your bike fitness.

I second what To y has said, if you want misery this program is for you ! But it's benefits are good also, after 7 weeks I can definitely see and feel a difference! I have definition in my legs that I haven't had before. I guess this can also be from biking 4 days a week!

How the heck am I going to get 4 sessions a week in? I'm no stranger to brining on the misery. LOL.

I am starting to think that joinging the local tri club was a bad idea. As a single mom most days (I love my dear husband but being in law enforcement keeps him away a good amount of the week) my workout windows are short and leave no time for chatting or dilly dallying. Seems like everywhere I go lately, I run into a tri club member and the chatting time eats away into my workout. AAHHHH!

What are the best tactics to let them know it's training time/ not chatting time?

Always have ear buds in.  Even if you aren't listening to music, it looks like you are. 

That's a great question.  It shows wisdom to even ask it. 

I don't work sighting in to my workouts like I should.  At swim practice, it's just go, go, go or it's smooth technique work.

I need to start working sighting practice in to my solo swims on Wednesdays.  I also need to get myself in to open water more this year, not just in my races.

I feel a huge difference in a race situation when I am sighting.  I can just feel the oxygen being consumed by the inefficiency when I sight.  Then I need another 5 strokes just to recover to my previous oxygen level.

The good news is that I've become quite a straight swimmer and don't need to sight any more often than 10 strokes and I will often go 20 strokes especially if I have another cue to go by (like bubbles from a swimmer ahead, or the morning sun a certain degrees off center, or something I can see to the side while breathing.

I did read a few articles this morning and looked at the link that Warren posted. I am going to try and incorporate some of those techniques. I will defintiely keep the earbuds in from now on, except they aren't waterproof, so I wonder what I will do in the pool. Never stop is one option.

Jen you don't have to do 4 days a week. If you can manage two or three days that would help as well. I think you can do as little as two days of the program but three would be better. I would just drop the long ride. Trust me you will get a lot of benefit out of it along with all the misery and suffering that Jorge likes to dish out.

Yeah...definitely.  Let me know what/when and we can help anyway we can.  Can't wait to see you guys.  It's gonna be great!

Had an awesome hike/snowshoe yesterday.  Warren, you were missed.  It was the perfect day for it.  The dogs absolutely loved it.  The last one is of Bella (my buddy Ben's dog) breaking trail.  The snow was about 3 feet deep here.  She was just motoring through.  The view from the top of the hill is of my friend Jake...you can almost see Warren's camp in the background.  Here are a few photos:

Bingo.

I, like Warren and Jeff, don't practice it as often as I should.  I usually don't worry about it until a few weeks from my first races and then I'll try to get some sighting work in on a weekly basis.  I actually feel it's kind of hard to actually practice sighting in the pool because as soon as you raise and lower your head you have a line to follow again.

The actual work to do is to practice the proper body and head positioning required to sight properly in open water.  This can be practiced in the pool if you can sort of try to put aside the "looking" part of sighting.  What I mean is, don't worry about looking down the pool as much as thinking about where your head and legs are during the sighting strokes.  In a perfect world your head won't raise much, only enough to see above the water and then right back into the water.  The problem with raising your head is that your legs will drop causing more drag and slowing you down.  Then you have to try to pick up the pace again.

I am placing a picture to demonstrate a decent head position, not necessarily ideal, to give an idea about how low you can keep your head.  The idea is to keep your head as low as possible to keep your legs as high as possible.  In my first pic you can see that my shoulders are slightly higher in the water than in the second picture.  I am in a much more sleek swimming position in the second picture than in the first one.  The first one I am sighting and the second is just in my normal stroke.

Oops!  sorry, just missed this post I guess.......mouse.

Absolutely true on both counts!

The pictures are incredibly stunning!  I wish I could get over there and spend some time.  In all seriousness, I am trying to talk Lis into making a trip out that way next year.  I have already begun the suggestion process and the reminder that we have more disposable income since we aren't paying for parochial school tuition for 2 kids now. 

And Matt has nearly identical scenery as I do.  Matt only lives about an hour and a half from me and I trek to Ohio for storm related work in that general area at least once a year.  However, just south of Matt there are a few very small hills that would be great to ride on that I don't have around here.

I am into a total recovery day today...........Well kind of, since I had to work all day too.  I just feel trashed!  After I got home from work I was trying to prepare myself to get on the bike and I felt exhausted.  After the way my legs felt yesterday on my easy spinning ride I think I need a full day off.  I honestly don't remember the last time I took a day off because I needed it.

I went back and checked my logs.  The last day I took off was January 2.  I am not sure why I took that off other than it appears I had ART that day, it was my first day back to work after 17 days off and I had run and ridden the 2 previous days and I couldn't swim due to scheduling.

Another thing I have noticed, and it is absolutely killing me, is that I have only swam 3 times this year.  The pool hours have been the worst they have been since I began training for triathlon.  They are simply ridiculous!!!!  I am trying to find a place to go but the fees compared to what I have been paying are much , much larger.  I'm going to have to make some kind of a decision if this stupidity continues.

Anyway, I will enjoy my rest day beginning.............................................................................................................NOW!

Jonathan thanks for posting the pics, that is an awesome view and it looks like the dogs really enjoyed themselves in that snow.

Dirk enjoy the recovery day it sounds like you've earned it. I hear you on the fustration with the pool as well. The pool I go to is 5 minutes from my house but the hours they are open keep getting shorter. I try and get in there between 11 am and 12:30 pm now. They are closed from 12:30 pm to 4 pm which is ridiculous. It was 1 to 3 pm last year which wasn't too bad. The early morning's, evening's and Saturday's are just too crowded for my liking.

Matt I hear you on the calories! I try and estimate everything I eat and log it here on BT. Sometimes it's pretty shocking to see how it all add's up but I think it's a good thing to do. I now have a pretty good idea as to how many calories it takes for me maintain, lose and gain weight.

Those photos are amazing and I am totally jealous! I miss living in the moutains! Thank you for sharing! I started snowboarding at 16 and it is my first true passion. Hiking and riding back country mountains

What's wrong with you people?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I decided I would do Jorge's plan - this morning was Day 1 of the plan. I thought I might skip Day 1 since I should be able to knock out a 45 minute ride pretty easy and could probably start with Day 3.... Oh, how WRONG I was. 13 minutes in I was totally drenched and couldn't even exert the power required for the intervals. I did my best, even though I couldn't keep up and now and my legs feel like jello.

I have learned one thing this morning - this is EXACTLY the sort of torture I need to be doing. Heck, what is WRONG with me?

Up until October, I was doing short hill climb sessions (10-20 minutes) on the trainers at the gym as a warm up and I have no idea why I ever stopped. I will be incorporating those back into my schedule.

mambos - 2013-02-12 6:46 AM

jenbmosley - 2013-02-12 6:03 AM

What's wrong with you people?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I decided I would do Jorge's plan - this morning was Day 1 of the plan. I thought I might skip Day 1 since I should be able to knock out a 45 minute ride pretty easy and could probably start with Day 3.... Oh, how WRONG I was. 13 minutes in I was totally drenched and couldn't even exert the power required for the intervals. I did my best, even though I couldn't keep up and now and my legs feel like jello.

I have learned one thing this morning - this is EXACTLY the sort of torture I need to be doing. Heck, what is WRONG with me?

Up until October, I was doing short hill climb sessions (10-20 minutes) on the trainers at the gym as a warm up and I have no idea why I ever stopped. I will be incorporating those back into my schedule.

This is coffee spray worthy! I couldn't stop laughing. And don't worry it only gets worse...I mean better from here

Jen welcome to hell! Jorge will provide you with plenty of pain, suffering and misery for the next 16 weeks. On the positive side I promise you will be stronger both mentally and physically if you stick with the program. Good luck, you can do it.

strikyr - 2013-02-12 9:11 AM

mambos - 2013-02-12 6:46 AM

jenbmosley - 2013-02-12 6:03 AM

What's wrong with you people?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I decided I would do Jorge's plan - this morning was Day 1 of the plan. I thought I might skip Day 1 since I should be able to knock out a 45 minute ride pretty easy and could probably start with Day 3.... Oh, how WRONG I was. 13 minutes in I was totally drenched and couldn't even exert the power required for the intervals. I did my best, even though I couldn't keep up and now and my legs feel like jello.

I have learned one thing this morning - this is EXACTLY the sort of torture I need to be doing. Heck, what is WRONG with me?

Up until October, I was doing short hill climb sessions (10-20 minutes) on the trainers at the gym as a warm up and I have no idea why I ever stopped. I will be incorporating those back into my schedule.

This is coffee spray worthy! I couldn't stop laughing. And don't worry it only gets worse...I mean better from here

Jen welcome to hell! Jorge will provide you with plenty of pain, suffering and misery for the next 16 weeks. On the positive side I promise you will be stronger both mentally and physically if you stick with the program. Good luck, you can do it.

Glad I could make you laugh. I plan on sticking with it, but heck, it's only Day 1 which means I have a loooooooooong way to go.