Beer Drinker Appreciation Society - Open For Business (Page 62)

Originally posted by aviatrix802
Nicole,
Definitely get it checked out - it could be simple or a strained or torn rotator cuff muscle - ouch, I've had both. It could be a damaged or torn labrum (yup, I've got that too). I have never needed surgery to this point and lots of PT has enabled me to avoid it and still function pretty well doing everything I've wanted to do - rock climbing, tris, skiing, etc. Hopefully you'll be as lucky but if it's hurting, there's no need to damage it any further. Rest up. You are lucky to work at such a great place!! How convenient! Good luck and I'm sending you positive vibes!!
Best,
Jenn

Originally posted by chayes

Did my long run (16 miles) for the week. The weather was nice and roads and trails were 90% clear, but what wasn't clear was ice.
My Garmin (105) died about 5 miles in, which was frustrating. I was at 75% battery when I left the house, so I hope it's an anomaly and doesn't mean it's going bad. Fortunately I had my phone with me and could use map my run to track my mileage.

QUESTION: Any advice on how to stay motivated to finish strong on long runs? My previous long runs, I've been hurting by the end, but this week it wasn't any particular pain, I was just sick of running. I would take a short walk break... then keep walking... and then it was a huge mental struggle to finish. Same thing at the HM last weekend. Granted, conditions were terrible, but the last 3 miles I did a ridiculously slow walk/ shuffle that physically, I don't think I needed to. What can I do to get myself to not give up?

Originally posted by nicole14e

Hi everyone,

Checking in after a long weekend (I never get on my computer over the weekend if I can avoid it b/c I'm on it all day every day at work). Catching up takes some time on Mondays!

A couple things are going on with me. First, I am officially carless, and it could not have been a more perfect time to start walking to work. Today is beautiful outside, and we are expecting a high of 55. After work I plan on going on a run with some girlfriends. First one in awhile, so it's going to be slow, but I'm okay with that. Just excited to be outside.

The second big thing is that I'm worried I hurt my shoulder pretty badly in my accident. I've always had a bad right shoulder, but it's so painful right now that I'm worried I tore something. I plan on making an appointment today to see an orthopedist. I'm nervous. Hopkins (where I work) has a lot of great surgeons, but I'm trying to avoid surgery if possible so may try to find someone who doesn't specialize in surgery, so maybe they will find other options for me.

All that being said, I have not swam in a bit. Some days are better than others, but I'm afraid I will make it worse in the pool. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

As for my favorite thing about BDAS, I love the support and positivity. We are all at different places in our training and our experience level, and even have people who are injured and fighting to get back into a groove, and everyone has advice, gives support, and recognizes the effort everyone is putting in. I thrive off positive energy, and this group is overflowing with it.

Originally posted by mirthfuldragon

Theme for the week suggestion:  What is holding you back from your goals?  What is the name of that little devil on your shoulder that is whispering those negative thoughts?  And conversely, what's the angel on your other shoulder?

Originally posted by Moonrocket

I get what you're saying, but according to the Internet we have 18% humidity right now and it's not that unusual for this to happen once or twice a year to me. Starts with blowing my nose and just struggles to close. I've had doctors look before (okay, not in while) but they always say your capillaries are close to the surface and it's dry out. It stops when I'm doing nothing. I will hit up a doctor if it's not better in another day or so.

The measure we use for horse nose bleeds is bucket or tea cup- and this is more a tea cup level of bleed.

Originally posted by Qua17



Nicole - I wouldn't wish as sore shoulder on my worst enemy or even a Ravens fan Seriously - I hope you can find someone to take a look at your wing so you can get back into the swing of things! Remind me - when was the accident?

Originally posted by nicole14e

Got a run in yesterday. The weather was mid-50s and perfect. ran a little over 3 miles at about 9:20 pace, which I am pretty happy with since it's my first run in over a month. I hope to get out there a couple more times this week, and need to try to get a ride in.

Originally posted by whichwayisdown

Happy Tuesday y'all!

I've been terribly absent: bad weather and an awful school/work schedule last week plus the flu that hit me last thursday pretty much destroyed me until this morning. I also got some great/awful news: I'm going to be spending most of my summer running a Duke summer camp in Winter Park, FL. This is a great job with solid pay and serves as a wonderful safety net as I graduate and try to find a real job where I can use my masters. However, it means that I won't be able to compete in the Columbia IronGirl I was planning on signing up for. I'll be flying down, so I can't take my bike and the timing is just off. All of that aside, they have a beautiful outdoor lap pool and a great track and I look forward to getting stronger/faster and continuing to make gains. It's not the worst thing in the world as I can continue to baby my heels with the PF, I'm just bummed.

So my big question is: does anyone have experience renting road bikes long term? I'll need one for about two months, and more than a racing bike I'm really looking for a bike to get around town on since I won't have wheels.

Additionally, are there any mid-atlantic sprints happening in September/October that folks are planning on racing? Since I can't do the IG, I'd like to sign up for something in late September so I still have some motivation.

Re-scheduled my personal training session this morning due to still feeling off from the flu, but I managed yoga and I'm gonna do an easy swim tomorrow AM. Here's hoping we're done with the snow, and I can get back on track.

Originally posted by whichwayisdown

Happy Tuesday y'all!

I've been terribly absent: bad weather and an awful school/work schedule last week plus the flu that hit me last thursday pretty much destroyed me until this morning. I also got some great/awful news: I'm going to be spending most of my summer running a Duke summer camp in Winter Park, FL. This is a great job with solid pay and serves as a wonderful safety net as I graduate and try to find a real job where I can use my masters. However, it means that I won't be able to compete in the Columbia IronGirl I was planning on signing up for. I'll be flying down, so I can't take my bike and the timing is just off. All of that aside, they have a beautiful outdoor lap pool and a great track and I look forward to getting stronger/faster and continuing to make gains. It's not the worst thing in the world as I can continue to baby my heels with the PF, I'm just bummed.

So my big question is: does anyone have experience renting road bikes long term? I'll need one for about two months, and more than a racing bike I'm really looking for a bike to get around town on since I won't have wheels.

Additionally, are there any mid-atlantic sprints happening in September/October that folks are planning on racing? Since I can't do the IG, I'd like to sign up for something in late September so I still have some motivation.

Re-scheduled my personal training session this morning due to still feeling off from the flu, but I managed yoga and I'm gonna do an easy swim tomorrow AM. Here's hoping we're done with the snow, and I can get back on track.

Originally posted by Qua17



I think this is a great theme of the week!

For me - I think there are four things getting in my way
1) Not staying the present moment and letting my brain get overwhelmed by how far I have to go to get back to where I was 6 weeks ago
2) A lack of a clearly defined goal that motivates me... Rev3 Maine just isn't lighting a fire under me!
3) Not being in a groove - I'm relearning habits that are difficulty to reform
4) Bad weather - It's tough to get outside when you can even open your front door because of the snow

Great topic Charles!

Originally posted by Moonrocket

I'm grumpy and need some advice. I got a nose bleed yesterday and every time I try and do something it starts up again. How do I get it to stop?

I decided just to walk rather than bike at lunch and it started up again! I felt like I was totally on the right track and now I'm falling back again.

What do I love about BDAS? That I can ask weird questions like this and get support and understanding!

Originally posted by adempsey10

I'm so pumped right now. I got home from school and the weather was nice so I decided to put the road bike together for the first outdoor ride of the year. I put about 20km in but most importantly I went out to my TT spot and did an 8km TT. Out and back (tail cross wind on the way out, head cross on the way back). Even after a hard weekend of training, no food no special prep just a jump on the bike and go, I hammered out 39km/h (24.2mph) average speed over the 8km.. Unfortunately my power data kept dropping out so I don't have actual figures but I when I did get power I was pushing out between 270-340watts. I also did a little sprint down my road and hit 1200watts. 

If you see this bike coming down the road... get out of it's way...

Originally posted by Juancho

10 minutes before the start of my last race (Oly, past October in southern Spain, with my wife Carmela).
Looking forward to do this race again!

Juan

Originally posted by Qua17 Hi BDAS - I hope you are all having a great Tuesday. It's 54 degrees outside and life is fine! Two quick thoughts: 1) I had a migraine this morning and as a result, I stayed at home. Once the headache went away, I went out and did some errands and was tempted to stop at my favorite brew pub for a burger and a beer. It's not often that I I'm out and about without the kids and as such, going to a restaurant is often an expensive proposition. the idea of diving into a juicy burger got me almost as excited the weather so I decided to use my carnivorous desires as motivation. So, 25 workouts from now - that burger will be mine! 2) OK - this is pretty cool. A few weeks ago, I found out that Clown Shoes Brewery, which is in Ipswitch MA, was creating a barley wine for release in MI which they had decided to name - The Legend of Minny Quay. How cool is that! What's even cooler is that Minny Quay is my 1st cousin 3x removed. Here's the story - Minny Quay was born in 1860 - when she was 16 years old, she fell in love with a sailor who was much older than she was. When her dad put an end to the relationship, Minny got so upset that she killed herself by walking off the pier in Forrester Michigan. Supposedly, her ghost- longing for her lost love - still haunts the town. The beer is a barley wine which I like as much as Kevin enjoys fruit beers (which isn't very much) but to hold a beer in my hand with my relative's name on it is beyond cool. http://www.prairieghosts.com/minnie.htmlTomorrow it's going to be 55 - I can't wait to go for a ride!

Originally posted by Qua17



Hmmm - interesting.... I wonder what you are really battling. Do you think it's fatigue? Motivation? Nutrition?

If it's fatigue - you may want to explore the galloway method - where you take walk breaks throughout the course of your run. Doing so give you more energy and that might help make the last bit - when you are getting fatigued - a little easier.

If it's motivation - you might try breaking down the final leg of your run into small section. So instead of running to the end, run to the next phone pole or try to pass the person in front of you.

If it's nutrition - you should really take a look at how you are fueling your body. When you run out of gas - it's really hard for you to focus on finishing strong - both mentally and physically. An easy way to test this would be to take a gel or have a easily digestible snack 30-45 minutes before the finish and see if your energy improves. You could also try drinking something sweet - studies have shown that simply tasting something sugary can help give you a mental boost.

Good luck!