disturbed275's Mentor Group - Closed! (Page 7)

ball6135 - 2011-01-11 9:00 AM For the Minneapolis folks... Gear West posted their "agenda" for the GW University.  Not sure if you were planning to attend, but it is a great event and always sells out quick!

http://gearwestbike.com/articles/gear-west-university-pg178.htm

nealham12 - 2011-01-10 11:22 PM Flew all the way across the Country yesterday from ATL to Reno.  Worked all day today but got out this evening and went on a 24 minute run.  Pace was 9:31 which felt pretty good considering the travel and the altitude here.  I'll be here for 2 weeks working so no outdoor bike riding for me.  Need to work my run, strength training, and some indoor bike intervals.

ball6135 - 2011-01-13 9:42 PM Had a killer Treadmill run last night with the weather here in MSP... too late to run outside.  In the pool tomorrow...   

Thinking about IMoo... combination of intensity, pacing, burn rate, caloric intake and starting to step through how I will train for all that stuff again this year.  I've been 100% Infinite for the past 3 years and it has worked, but I am thinking of switching the blend up a bit...  more thoughts to come.   

1ejp - 2011-01-14 11:28 AM Pool today. Took yesterday off to rest right ankle/foot. I got something going on. Posterior Tibial Tendon possibly? Scheduled a massage for Monday. Did a nice swim today. Got my first 750 yds non-stop 15min.

Swimming question: Has anyone tried this, swimming laps without touching the wall at the end of each lap? I stopped short of the wall and turned on my own and restarted, it took some effort. Would this help prepare for the rigors of triathlon OWS.

disturbed275 - 2011-01-14 5:18 PM Of course, if you really want to train for a triathlon swim, there is always this

peteweb55403 - 2011-01-14 8:55 PM

thanks. that made me laugh

peteweb55403 - 2011-01-15 6:01 PM i have been running a lot.  i am thinking about entering a half marathon in march just to see where my running is taking me.   I do need to start hitting the bike trainer harder to get my speed up before my oly on june 6th....

I wish the tri race season was not so far away.  

mikoy - 2011-01-15 9:05 PM Well I had a very interesting day today. I went out for a 2 hour ride, to be followed by a 30 min run. All was going well I was about 1 1/2 hours into the ride and riding better than ever. I was coming up my last big hill, and I was trying to catch these two guys ahead of me. I keep looking up to see if I was catching them. When I look up and one guy is on the ground and his friend is jumping off his bike and waving his arms to stop a big truck before it runs over his friend. I got up on the pedals and got up there as fast as I could. The man down (Mark) was totally non responsive. So I get someone in the car to call 911 and start CPR. Marks friend and I kept trading positions with compressions, they really wear you out. Mark seemed like he was coming around about 3 times but each time he slipped back out of it. We were finally joined by an of duty firefighter about 15 minutes into it. We could not figure out were the ambulance was. Finally it shows up but we were doing CPR for 25 mins before they got there. At one point he started vomiting blood. It was horrible. They brought in a life flight heli to get him out. We had to shock him once but I don't think it worked. It has really freaked me out. This guys ride all the time, they we also about 1 1/2 hrs into their ride. Mark had said he wasn't feeling 100% so they were taking it easy, and then he just goes down. 

So everyone just be careful and stay safe!

mikoy - 2011-01-16 12:39 PM Can someone look at my training schedule for the coming week and tell me if it is ok. I had to make some changes, can't do anything Sunday.

I don't know if Mark survived or not I haven't heard, but I would really be surprised if he did, it did not look good.

mikoy - 2011-01-16 8:13 PM Ok, I think I changed my settings so you can see my log. If you can not then I'll need some help fixing that.

I did get the call today and I'm sad to report that Mark from yesterday did not make it.