Leegoocrap & Newbz rowdy Mentor Group - Closed (Page 7)

I haven't swam since September, but have been meaning to get back in the water soon, maybe even tomorrow morning if I get the chance. I'll see if that has any effect on things. I do know it doesn't bother me on the bike, so that's a plus at least!

Also, no, Chris, I haven't had it checked out. It's not incredibly painful, so between it being the off season and that, I haven't been motivated enough to deal with all of the hoops required to make an appointment. Hooray HMOs! :P If my current plan to further decrease my current distance combined with more rigorous icing doesn't pay off, I'll definitely be looking into it at that point. I've never had a running injury I couldn't take care of myself, so if that's the case here, it's new territory for me...

i went swimming yesterday since my ankle/foot has been preventing me from running/cycling.  really helped loosen things up, feels a many times better now.

I haven't had to share a lane yet.  The pool at the Y I go to is tiny but it's also always empty.  Most people I saw doing laps at once was 3 and there were enough open lanes for all.  I'd feel bad for the person in my lane because I imagine I just take up a lot of lane.

I have a question about training twice a day...

Is it necessary? And if many of you do, could you give me an example of your schedule for those days?

Bit of a strange question...

I like to swim at 6:00 a.m. and then run at night.  This way I knock out two workouts in one day without really stressing myself.  Naturally I will also do bricks but that is more of practice than workouts in my eyes.

As far as if it is necessary, can you go without sure, but I feel you SHOULD perform bricks (manly bike to run) on a fairly regular bases before a race to acclimated your legs and body to what you will be asking of them on race day.

I almost always train twice a day. You can check out my logs, but for the most part it's a run in the morning and either a swim or bike in the afternoon... although it's a bit reversed right now due to class rides at the lbs in the afternoon. When that's not happening I generally swim in the a.m.

At a certain point it will become a necessity to continue to improve, but only after a good base is worked out (and you've come to a point where you need to split days up to get in enough workouts) and you slowly get used to the added stress.

That right there shows what a dedicated Mentor and Triathlete you are.  Off to bed at 6:44 P.M.  Well, dedicated or you have even more screwed up work hours than me.  Couldn't pass this up because it made me think of those Ironman Animations on You Tube were the guy can't go out on a date because he has to be in bed really early for his morning workout.

It was 7:44 here

I DO try to make time for dates... if nothing else!

That makes sense. I think for now I want to run twice and swim twice a week, until I get my bike

I can see why you get up so early if you need to train twice a day.

I wish! Since I currently am limiting my running to 1M at a time because of my ankle, I don't think I'll be entering myself into any road races soon...

What I am hoping for this weekend is to get in an outdoor ride on Sunday. It's supposed to be pretty warm, and hopefully a decent amount of the ice will have melted off so it won't be slippery. I'm glad I have the trainer, but I do miss getting outside!

I agree with this!  It's supposed to be 60 degrees in central Ohio. Ever since I saw this on the forecast I was hoping to get a ride outside.  However it may pour rain for about 3 days (starting now), so we'll see.  I haven't ridden in very inclement weather before, so not sure if I'm comfortable with that quite yet.

Yeah, riding in the rain isn't that much fun. I've done it, but it's usually only when I get caught in a downpour, so it's not something I generally choose to do.

After working 3  - 15 hour days,  Everyother week I work about 65 hrs in 5 days Its a lot of fun.   only 5hr today I finally got a run in. 

6.2 miles 47:30 

I also want to get out for a ride tomorrow,  55 degrees in Cleveland in January?  this is nuts,  I just ran outside in shorts and a T-shirt,   I am soo looking forward to riding outside tomorrow. 

hopefully I can get in the pool tomorrow too.