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 2008-01-25 10:18 AM in reply to: #1175789 |
Pro  4675     Wisconsin near the Twin Cities metro |  Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peepsstinkyhelmet - 2008-01-25 10:08 AM I hope to learn more in the next couple of months. I will be visiting Gatorade Institute to help with their research, and dehydration rate and caloric intake will be the focus. Cool ! Are you going to share info with us? |
| 2008-01-25 10:19 AM in reply to: #1175702 |
Veteran 114 NW suburbs of Chicago | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps billgeist - 2008-01-25 9:32 AM So I was on the Infinit web site checking out their products and it looks like their drink is a combination of simple and complex carbs. They claim that you can actually get more calories by having a mixture of the two sugars, contradicting what Hammer says. I used Powerbar's sport drink last year with success. They also claim the mix of simple & complex carbs provides higher rate of absorption. Depending on the race duration and temps, I add in Carbopro to make it more caloric dense. billgeist - 2008-01-25 9:32 AM Anyone up to anything exciting this weekend? I attempted a bike threshold test last night and just couldn't get it done. I did a 1min and 5min power test instead, but what I really needed was the 20min test so I can create my zones. That'll be my exciting training event this weekend (I'm a bit nervous to see how far below it is from my peak fitness last summer). |
| 2008-01-25 10:23 AM in reply to: #1175809 |
Veteran 114 NW suburbs of Chicago | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps Birkierunner - 2008-01-25 10:18 AM stinkyhelmet - 2008-01-25 10:08 AM I hope to learn more in the next couple of months. I will be visiting Gatorade Institute to help with their research, and dehydration rate and caloric intake will be the focus. Cool ! Are you going to share info with us? Of course! I'll keep you guys posted. Have a great race tomorrow! 20's.... brrrrr. |
| 2008-01-25 11:12 AM in reply to: #1175813 |
Pro 4675 Wisconsin near the Twin Cities metro | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps stinkyhelmet - 2008-01-25 10:19 AM I attempted a bike threshold test last night and just couldn't get it done. I did a 1min and 5min power test instead, but what I really needed was the 20min test so I can create my zones. That'll be my exciting training event this weekend (I'm a bit nervous to see how far below it is from my peak fitness last summer). hmmm....I think I would wait to recover from the marathon a little longer before I attempted a FTP test that will give a true picture of your bike fitness. |
| 2008-01-25 11:13 AM in reply to: #1175822 |
Pro 4675 Wisconsin near the Twin Cities metro | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps stinkyhelmet - 2008-01-25 10:23 AM Have a great race tomorrow! 20's.... brrrrr. actually, I was thinking its going to be a heat wave compared to what we've had |
| 2008-01-25 12:30 PM in reply to: #1175803 |
| Veteran 144 Vienna, Austria (temporarily) | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps Birkierunner - 2008-01-25 9:16 AM Racing a half marathon tomorrow...temps should be in the balmy 20s Good luck and enjoy the warm temperatures  |
| 2008-01-25 12:55 PM in reply to: #1175916 |
Regular 56 Cherry Hill, NJ | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps Good luck |
| 2008-01-25 1:12 PM in reply to: #1175914 |
Veteran 114 NW suburbs of Chicago | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps Birkierunner - 2008-01-25 11:12 AM hmmm....I think I would wait to recover from the marathon a little longer before I attempted a FTP test that will give a true picture of your bike fitness. Although I feel good, you're probably right. Plus there's no hurry. I'll wait until perhaps next weekend. Thanks for the input. |
| 2008-01-26 3:21 PM in reply to: #1104567 |
New user 14 | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps I picked up a gret book on Nutrition by Brendan Brazier called the Thrive Diet. It's vegan recipes, if you're into that sort of thing, but he has some great recipes for Sports drinks, gels, puddings etc. The recipes include things such as dates, lemons, limes, Agave nectar and the like. |
| 2008-01-26 4:36 PM in reply to: #1104567 |
Pro 4675 Wisconsin near the Twin Cities metro | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps Speaking of recipes...here's my own personal smoothie recipe I made up on my own. I never measure ingredients (guessing on amounts below) so you'll have to play it by ear. Helps to have a powerful blender to really grind up the frozen fruit. Put 2 heaping tbsp of soy or whey protein in first Cut up one banana 3/4 cup frozen blueberries 3-5 large frozen strawberries 2-3 tbsp of fruit from can of Dole Tropical Fruit mix (pineapple, mango, etc), then pour some of the juice into the blender 3 heaping tbsp of lowfat yogurt (I use blueberry or strawberry) Then pour in orange juice to fill up air pockets in blender (guessing 1 cup?) Blend well to eliminate any chunks. I love this stuff after a long workout in the summer.
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| 2008-01-26 6:17 PM in reply to: #1104567 |
Veteran 211 | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps how much rum ???? |
| 2008-01-26 9:09 PM in reply to: #1104567 |
Pro 4675 Wisconsin near the Twin Cities metro | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps A brief race report (no rum) |
| 2008-01-27 12:50 PM in reply to: #1177813 |
Regular 56 Cherry Hill, NJ | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps |
| 2008-01-28 4:16 PM in reply to: #1104567 |
Pro 4675 Wisconsin near the Twin Cities metro | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps Anything exciting happen this weekend? I'm sitting in a hotel in Denver, next to the airport, getting ready for an hour on the dreadmill because the roads around here are freeways. Me no do freeways. |
| 2008-01-28 4:42 PM in reply to: #1104567 |
Master 1671 West Bend, WI | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps I feel like all I did all weekend was work and run- ugh. Have fun on the tread- only an hour- could be worse |
| 2008-01-28 8:33 PM in reply to: #1104567 |
Regular 56 Cherry Hill, NJ | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps Something exciting on the weekend ..mmmmm... we saw "There will be Blood" with Daniel Day-Lewis, tough movie but Mr. Lewis give an amazing performance |
| 2008-01-28 8:49 PM in reply to: #1180802 |
Extreme Veteran 463 Fort Worth, TX | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps Nice race Jim....just good to get back to doing something for me. I too have to get off the 'holiday goodies'. |
| 2008-01-28 8:49 PM in reply to: #1104567 |
| Veteran 144 Vienna, Austria (temporarily) | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps Nothing too exciting this weekend. Had a swim lesson today. It is amazing how a little change in swim form can feel so different. Definitely improved on my stroke form tonight! |
| 2008-01-28 9:36 PM in reply to: #1180430 |
Veteran 114 NW suburbs of Chicago | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps Great race, Jim. That's one fast half marathon time, especially for January. Seems like you travel quite a bit. How do you adjust training when you're away? I used to travel a lot, 2007 was light, but I have a feeling 2008 will be rough. Based on your suggestion, I didn't do my FTP bike test but did get in a good ride. It felt great and don't feel any residual fatigue from the marathon. I'm pleasantly suprised. This weekend, I started building my new TT bike and I'm psyched. I hope to finish it this week and will post pics soon. |
| 2008-01-28 9:45 PM in reply to: #1180891 |
Pro 4675 Wisconsin near the Twin Cities metro | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps stinkyhelmet - 2008-01-28 9:36 PM Great race, Jim. That's one fast half marathon time, especially for January. Seems like you travel quite a bit. How do you adjust training when you're away? I used to travel a lot, 2007 was light, but I have a feeling 2008 will be rough. Based on your suggestion, I didn't do my FTP bike test but did get in a good ride. It felt great and don't feel any residual fatigue from the marathon. I'm pleasantly suprised. This weekend, I started building my new TT bike and I'm psyched. I hope to finish it this week and will post pics soon. Thanks. Frustrating to know that my PR is 10 minutes faster than I did in a recent race, but its only January. I really need to lose some weight. Yeah, travel is rough. I got a promotion last year to my dream job and my travel tripled and my email is tenfold. I'm on the road 5 out of the next 9 weeks. Altough I hate treadmills, I'm going to have to get used to using them because many of the places we meet at simply suck for running. I'm spoiled living out in the middle of nowhere. Getting to a pool is the big problem. The pool in the hotel in Denver is so small I think I might be able to get 2 full strokes in before I have to make a turn. The hard part is making sure I get a workout in early AM because its hard to predict how late meetings will run in the evening. Trying to eat right is another hurdle. I just need to make the best of it and be as efficient as I can. What frame are you building up for your TT bike? Take a look at my Felt DA in my albums....I wuv it Edited by Birkierunner 2008-01-28 9:46 PM |
| 2008-01-28 10:35 PM in reply to: #1180903 |
Veteran 114 NW suburbs of Chicago | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps Nice bike, Jim! I'm sure it's quite a different feel and ride compared to your road bike. I've posted a pic in my training log. Not done yet but almost there... |
| 2008-01-29 8:08 AM in reply to: #1104567 |
Pro 4675 Wisconsin near the Twin Cities metro | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps hmmmmm....last night there were 2000 views of our thread and now there are 2024 with only 2 new posts....somebody's spying on us |
| 2008-01-29 11:27 AM in reply to: #1181203 |
Veteran 114 NW suburbs of Chicago | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps Cool! We must be talking about something interesting. Maybe since our group is still open to new peeps, folks are checking us out??? It's 50 degrees today... weird. I'm getting out for a run now before temps dip back to single digits |
| 2008-01-29 7:54 PM in reply to: #1180903 |
Veteran 114 NW suburbs of Chicago | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps Birkierunner - 2008-01-28 9:45 PM Getting to a pool is the big problem. The pool in the hotel in Denver is so small I think I might be able to get 2 full strokes in before I have to make a turn. I did some research a couple of years ago on creative ways to get in workouts while away. Here's what I remember reading on swimming: 1. If there's no pool, I like to perform dryland swim exercises with stretch cords. It allows me to focus on the catch phase, and final phase of the stroke working on getting power from tricep. The bonus is stretch cords pack easily and this workout can be done anywhere. 2. If there's a tiny pool, attach stretch cord from ladder to ankles and swim. I've attempted this once and it was a bit weird. If I get desparate, I'll try it again on my next biz trip. |
| 2008-01-29 10:14 PM in reply to: #1104567 |
New user 4 | Subject: RE: Birkierunner's group - ROUND 2 - Temporarily RE-OPENING to recruit additional peeps Hi Everyone I've been very quiet here, somewhat intimidated, but I am learning a lot from the group. As a beginner and training for my first olympic in 3 months, I never factored in getting sick! I've been trying to get in some training since last Thursday (when I realized I was coming down with something) but it hasn't been going so great. So,what is the best course of action? What do you do about missed training? Do you pick up where you left off or just jump back in? |
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