HILDEBEAST'S Mentor Group, CLOSED! (Page 7)

Dana_Scully - 2013-01-16 7:37 PM

Well...I almost didn't make it today.  I'm approaching the last 24 hours of what will be a 96 hour stretch of not interacting with the outside world (National Science Foundation proposals are due this week).  I was up at 4 a.m., but not to work out.  When I go that long without people, the gym is like culture shock, and I whined all the way there.  Today the ladies locker room was filled with 6 to 8 year olds getting ready for swim team practice.  I nearly died laughing when this tiny girl came out of the restroom stall, turned to her friend, and said, "I peed through my bathing suit," and then stormed out to get in the pool.

I opted for the treadmill over a swim workout.

wrkinprogress - 2013-01-22 5:08 PM

Grin-- I have one of these, too! Ninja Beasts, unite!

Hildebeast - 2013-01-23 6:07 AM

Ah yes, swimming woes.... my best advice is to get a coach or join a Master's team and get coaching.  Coming from a swim background, I feel for you guys that are just starting out.  To get your legs UP, push your head DOWN and when you breathe only turn your head enough to grab a breath, one goggle should always be in the water. 

Had a very successful trip to Dallas yesterday to Advanced Arm Dynamics.... LONG day, got up for a 5:30 a.m. swim, we left home at 8:30 a.m. and didn't get home till almost 7.  Over a 2 hour drive, had a crappy lunch, like REALLY crappy, and then spent 3.5 hours with the prosthetics consultation.  Reade does want to go with them, and time is of the essence, so looks like he will be going up to get his hand in a week or two.  They want him to come up for 5 days, they'll do a cast of the nub arm on Monday, he'll walk out either with a prototype prosthetic arm to allow for shrinkage temporarily, or the permanent arm on Friday.  In between they'll be doing more castings, training and practice on using the iLimb hand, fittings, building the socket, etc.  Very positive visit and they were VERY well informed and ONLY work with upper limb patients which are about 1/30 arm/hands vs leg amputations.  So now we have to get a statement from the insurance company to see exactly what we've paid for, pick up everything that we've paid for from the current prosthetics place and move on.  But it's good to be feeling proactive again and have a company that wants to work WITH the patient instead of expecting him to just take what they give him.  This is the first place we visited that asked Ron and I how WE were dealing with all of this.  It was nice....

We left there at 4:30 and got through Dallas traffic and it was good to get back home.  But man I am tired today, not looking forward to teaching AT ALL. 

lounav - 2013-01-22 7:19 PM

I'm back!  I have to confess that I finally burned out.  I was having some trouble with burnout going into my race a week ago, but after a bad race it just got worse.  In the darker moments I had these brief flashes of walking away from tri stuff for a long time.  I took some time off and now I feel great.  I think a lot of my burnout had to do with the fact I was mostly just running over the past two months (and doing lots of it and not enjoying it) and not cross training.  I don't think I'm meant to be a single-sport athlete.  It felt so fun to be back doing all three sports again and I think the break (physically and mentally) did me a world of good.

 

I just finished checking up on the forum, and wow, you guys are doing some great training and looks like some fun racing planned!  Next up for me is to finally write my race report and check in on everyone's logs.  Hopefully tomorrow!  

Hildebeast - 2013-01-23 6:07 AM

Ah yes, swimming woes.... my best advice is to get a coach or join a Master's team and get coaching.  Coming from a swim background, I feel for you guys that are just starting out.  To get your legs UP, push your head DOWN and when you breathe only turn your head enough to grab a breath, one goggle should always be in the water. 

Had a very successful trip to Dallas yesterday to Advanced Arm Dynamics.... LONG day, got up for a 5:30 a.m. swim, we left home at 8:30 a.m. and didn't get home till almost 7.  Over a 2 hour drive, had a crappy lunch, like REALLY crappy, and then spent 3.5 hours with the prosthetics consultation.  Reade does want to go with them, and time is of the essence, so looks like he will be going up to get his hand in a week or two.  They want him to come up for 5 days, they'll do a cast of the nub arm on Monday, he'll walk out either with a prototype prosthetic arm to allow for shrinkage temporarily, or the permanent arm on Friday.  In between they'll be doing more castings, training and practice on using the iLimb hand, fittings, building the socket, etc.  Very positive visit and they were VERY well informed and ONLY work with upper limb patients which are about 1/30 arm/hands vs leg amputations.  So now we have to get a statement from the insurance company to see exactly what we've paid for, pick up everything that we've paid for from the current prosthetics place and move on.  But it's good to be feeling proactive again and have a company that wants to work WITH the patient instead of expecting him to just take what they give him.  This is the first place we visited that asked Ron and I how WE were dealing with all of this.  It was nice....

We left there at 4:30 and got through Dallas traffic and it was good to get back home.  But man I am tired today, not looking forward to teaching AT ALL. 

Hildebeast - 2013-01-21 2:27 PM So today is a holiday, no school, and I'm not feeling motivated... was going to swim, but sleeping in seemed like a better idea.  Was about to change and go run and daughter called with an invitation to go out to lunch, seemed like a better idea.... could change and go for a bike, but reading a book seems like a better idea, haha!  Even mentors deal with this crap, sigh....

hoffsquared - 2013-01-22 9:57 AM

So I had a very chilly commute this morning but was pretty toasty.  I have figured out all the right layering so I am not too cold but not too hot.  This is a terrific thing.  Too cold is a bummer but too hot can be just as bad.  Being too hot leads to too much sweating that leaves me chilled when I get to a certain part of the commuter where there are lots of stops and starts.

I wore my new full face balaclava.  Feel like a ninja rider.

lounav - 2013-01-22 7:19 PM

I'm back!  I have to confess that I finally burned out.  I was having some trouble with burnout going into my race a week ago, but after a bad race it just got worse.  In the darker moments I had these brief flashes of walking away from tri stuff for a long time.  I took some time off and now I feel great.  I think a lot of my burnout had to do with the fact I was mostly just running over the past two months (and doing lots of it and not enjoying it) and not cross training.  I don't think I'm meant to be a single-sport athlete.  It felt so fun to be back doing all three sports again and I think the break (physically and mentally) did me a world of good.

 

I just finished checking up on the forum, and wow, you guys are doing some great training and looks like some fun racing planned!  Next up for me is to finally write my race report and check in on everyone's logs.  Hopefully tomorrow!  

shadow67 - 2013-01-23 6:54 PM

Welcome back to the Beasties and to multisport!

shadow67 - 2013-01-23 7:22 PMOOPS! Sorry gang. I'm too much of a computer Neanderthal to figure out how to insert an image without a URL and write a post on the same page! That logo is from an actual photo of my sweet dog, Shadow. We lost her to cancer in November of last year. She LOVED a frisbee and would swim until she couldn't move as long as I would throw it for her. My partner's sister did the drawing for me. It was one of the best gifts ever and is the logo for my racing team of one (me). I am dedicating Ironman Louisville to the memory of her glorious life. Thanks for letting me share it here. In other news, I got in a great 2000 yard swim this morning. My coach wants to focus on building power and correcting some flaws in my stroke. In her lexicon, that means shorter, more intense workouts. WHEWIE! Tomorrow morning is another early morning run,probably a 4 miler. Happy Training Everyone!!

shadow67 - 2013-01-23 7:16 PM

hoffsquared - 2013-01-24 4:58 AM Snow here today. Not much but just enough to cancel and thoughts of bike commuting and running outside. I will have to settle for a treadmill session later today.

shadow67 - 2013-01-24 6:55 AM

http://cyclemeter.com/5a5edcc2612ed9cd/Run-20130124-0457?r=e 

 Good Morning Beasties!! Here's a  link to this morning's run. I'm really grooving on the Cyclemeter app for running and cycling. It gives my all the info I'll ever need and the GPS is superior to anything RunKeeper or MapMyFitness use. Never loses signal. Happy Training Everyone!!