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I say go fo it.  You have to log a long run anyway right? It's not like you have a major race the next weekend...Run girl Run!

Funny, because my husband doesn't wake up at all...  Pager goes off, I get up, answer it, go to the ER, come back and climb in bed, repeat... He hasn't moved and says, "Quiet night, huh?"

What does she do?

And my feet get cramps while swimming, too.  I'll be taking all that advice.  Anything for headaches while swimming?  I have a suspicion they are CO2 headaches from poor breathing technique...only happens on longer intervals, never on 100s or 200s.  Thoughts?

This is the one I have, pretty sweet as you have some safety for cramps or if you freak out!!

http://www.triaids.com/SwimSafe.htm

I had a weird swim this morning.  I felt terrible yet my times were faster than normal.  My right arm took along time to warm up and it has happened the last two swims now.  The HIM program I am doing has me doing alot of 200Y repeats.  Before that I was mostly doing 100Y.  Today I was doing some desending time 100's and was suprised each time I got to the wall to actually see them desending (haha) even though it didn't feel that way.

5 x 100Y -1:37, 1:33, 1:31, 1:27, 1:24

Then I was shooting for 3x100Y @ 1:31 and went 1:32, 1:30, 1:28

Like I said it was weird but I really think the longer distance intervals helped build a little speed.  Hopefully this gets me one step closer to my 1:30/pace 1000Y TT goal.

tmoran80 - 2011-04-14 3:06 PM KC - I have decided to officially call you the Assistant Coach of the group.

I second!

Tim do you recommend a particular paddle. Ive been looking at few but cant decide.

Hey Team - hope everyone is having a great day!

Tim - seriously? Assistant Coach  - let me see - could it be because I have only competed in a Tri-A-Tri? Could it be because I can't swim 200 meters without water wings? Could it be my blinding speed running cross country when I was in grade 8? I know what it is that would support such a title, my prowess on the bike - that is it LOL. For more on my biking ability I invite all new members of this group to check out this link from our old group. Simply scroll about half way down to learn about my record breaking sprint of 3.7meters before my first tumble of the season - pictures included .

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=236880&start=1821

Thanks for the kind thought but you have to earn that title! I think I am better at cheerleading. LOL (although, I do hold a mean clipboard)

Karen - I am jealous of your weather. Regarding your swimming and thinking way to much - join the club - that is all I do. Think about it - balance, high elbow catch, rotate to breath, head down to swim, look back to breath, front quadrant swimming, 2 beat, 6 beat, 9 beat, sight, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc........................................................ Then, Coach here told me to shut up and just swim - seems to work better to be honest. As far as cramps are concerned, you must have muscle tension - try kicking with some flippers.

Coach- I like the swim tip - breath when you need air - I am going to give that a try tonight -LOL- and add it to my list of things to think about (see above)

Deb - wish I had an answer for your question about the HM. I guess if you are up to it and want to do it - why not?

Mary A - Thanks for support of Tim's suggestion, you are very nice . As far as headaches are concerned, I got a few when I first started swimming and I think it was from my violent action of turning my head quickly when I was looking for air. I try to slow that down and move my head more with my body when I rotate and I don't get them anymore. 

Jen - For some advice on paddles, I use the speedo hydrosity (link here to speedo paddles) but I would suggest that if you buy some, do not buy them with a big surface area. A guy I met at the pool told me he got some that were to big and he hurt his shoulder using them. http://www.best-deal.com/search/landing/query/speedo+paddles/s/google/koid/1002484021/?gclid=CP2b0ZCBnagCFYjsKgodaWgsIw

For me today: cold and windy here today so I decided to pull the bike back out of the garage and put it back on the trainer (very depressing) and went for a nice 50 minute ride while watching the golf on the tube. Swim tonight - wish me luck!

Have a great night everyone.

KC

PS - since we now have a Jen in the group - this is for you Jen- one of my favorite movie quotes of all time - from Eric Liddell in Chariots of Fire and it goes something like this I think-

"where does the power come from Jennie, to see the race to its end? To win the race? It comes from within"

In case anyone is interested - a chance to win a free bike - but you have to subscribe to a emailed newsletter - no charge.

http://triathlon.competitor.com/winthisbike

C Ya!

i have also heard the race starts at mile 18.  i also heard to expect the unexpected.  there are many plans out there to help one get physically ready for the distance but there is not much on the mental or strategy for the race. 

i know that when i am training sometimes i wonder why i am  doing  ????all this work but when i am finished i cant wait to start again.   i hope the race is like that as well.  

Do it and have fun!!

tim-  with those times you are a fish!!  that is awesome.

when is your HIM?

I agree you really want shoes. 

These are the shoes I have and I really like them.  I don't have anything to compare against though since this is the first bike I have had with clipless pedals.

http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_170216_-1_202642_10000_202362

The pedals are similar to these.

http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_175584_-1_201502_10000_202363

I really do like them though.

18 Miles on the bike this evening averaged 15.6.   I need to get faster but I feel better than last year at this point.

Also did 2100 yds in the pool, finished in 46:20.  I am very happy with my swim, last year at this time I was averaging 3:00/100 on 500 yd swims.  I think I will be much quicker with wetsuit on as well as I have a tendency to stop kicking and my feet start to sink.

This is going to be an active group, glad to be part of it.  Well I am hungry and it's time to eat.

Hey Team.

Bad night in the pool tonight - oh well - better luck tomorrow.

Hope everyone had a good day.

Off to the wrapper.

KC

Whats's a bad night in the pool?  You lived, right? You had to learn something, doing something right or realized you did something wrong.  The only bad workout is the one I miss.

Tim, You rock in the pool.

Deb, if you are feeling healthy, have the time to recover, why not go play? You probably need another T shirt, right   I feel for you on the food thing.  They want me to eat 2600 for resting metabolism plus whatever I'm burning.  Hell, that is 4,000 plus most days.  Who can eat that much?  I'm only at 2,000 today with a snack tonight.  I may go eat some popcorn just to add some cals. On long workout days I'm practicing fueling, 250-300 cals/hour usually a fluid like GiU in water or Carbo Pro in Powerade Zero.  Those days I'm getting up to 3,000 in but that is still low.  Everyone says I'm in starvation m,ode but I feel good, sleeping good, no energy letdowns.  And I got into size 32 shorts and they fit over the weekend!  So what the hell.   

Toes cramping?  Do you stretch in your cool down?  Foam rollers? 

Thanks for the link to the bike...it's mine.  Actually if I won one, I have got a couple of guys hooked on triathlon, one last year, the other this year.  I'd pass it on.

I swam with the Masters this morning working on stroke efficiency.  That is my big deal right now, down 17-20 for 25 yards. I did a light bike I wasn't scheduled for - 60 mins with single pedal and high cadence drills to raise my metabolism for the weight and PT I was scheduled for.  Yoga, rollers, all good.

based on that, I say go for it.. the run will likely be beautiful (but hilly), and you'll have almost 2 months to recover from it..

Thanks, Charlie and Deb.  I've changed my mind about the sandals, thanks to you guys.  I'm looking into shoes now.  Tried on one of these today: http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bc/SBCEqProduct.jsp?spid=56687, but at $90, it's still on the high side for me.  I'm cautious about buying shoes over the web without having tried one on at a store.  For example, I wear 11 normally, but it turned out the 11 were too tight on me.  Who woulda thunk?

Training today, I swam 400 yrds, then biked 7 miles, then tried to run a mile.  But my calves started to cramp after running 0.25 miles.  Am I taking on too much too quickly?  Am I not drinking enough?  Am I not taking enough calories?  

I like the TYR Catch Paddles - http://www.swimoutlet.com/product_p/8514.htm.

Last month I bought some bigger ones to get a harder workout and am wondering if that could be why my shoulder is starting to bother me a bit after KC's comment.  Plus this program I am doing LOVES the pull and I HATE it.  Maybe I need to cut it down a bit.

I know you have had a rough offseason with sickness and now this knee but with your experience I think you are underestimating yourself.