Beer Drinkers Appreciation Society (BDAS) 2023 Mentor Group - ALWAYS OPEN (Page 70)

I approve of the cinnamon roll decision.    I also get that alcohol sugar buzz in the middle of the night if I imbibe too much.  And Geneva is a platform, Janyne is a person over in the Manatees mentor group.  Thanks to Andrew for setting up our backup plan

Had a good week here kinda all over the place with the holiday but going to get in three runs, four bikes, a long brisk walk (both pace and weather) and a whole bunch of strength and core work.  This was supposed to be a recovery week but I was a little behind on TSS progression so I pushed through.  I'll be ramping up the "speed" part of the running this next four-week block.

Hey all and hope everyone is having a good start to the week.  If you look in T-Talk it looks like we got enough momentum to keep BT going for the time being, as a lot of people have logs going back forever and want to keep all of that (me included). 

I'm starting the next phase of my "get back my run" training and did more organized speed work today on the treadmill.  Mile WU, 5 x 30" at around my mile race pace (or at least my best guess at this point) with 2.5' walk/run recoveries in between, a little of over three miles included the cool down.  I'm starting to get my leg speed back which I'm hoping will translate to 5K speed eventually.  It's quite a process.  LOL

@Andrew:  enjoy taper - try not to bounce off the walls, and no you're not getting sick; nice OWS, too

@Gretchen:  when's your next race again?

@Nicole:  I struggle mightily with weight this time of year, though dropping alcohol helps - it's all experimentation to make sure you're happy mentally while doing right by your body/health (and you've finally gotten to the age where you not only can't outrun your diet, but what you eat/drink doubles down on impacting that trying to outrun )

@Nathalie:  have fun with your family and keep up the good work exercising a little while traveling

Tomorrow will be my first swim in three weeks (my hand still hasn't totally healed but it's fine to get wet now) and an hour on the bike.

Sorry about the sniffles, Andrew.  I'm assuming something hurts for no reason as well. 

Having a good week so far, three straight days of nailing my workouts including a double yesterday and lots of pushing hard intervals (well, not on the swim - that was a mess!).  Another double tomorrow with an AM swim and a lunch short bike and short run.

Hope everyone is having a good week!

Well, when comparing to Fat Thor month, anything is solid.  Still a good month with a work trip and the Thanksgiving debauchery:

Swim: 2h 18m 29s - 5250 Yd <<<< this was lower than planned due to me being an idiot
Bike: 9h 49m 36s - 182.79 Mi <<<< more or less as planned, still trying to figure out the optimal bike amount with my run focus
Run: 6h 59m 57s - 36.89 Mi <<<< very happy with this
Strength: 10h 21m <<<< still. so. weak. 
Hiking: 4h 46m <<<< fast-walking with the wife (happy wife, happy life and all )
Incline Treadmill Walking: 1h 04m (this is WU and CD for my treadmill runs)

December ramps up some intensity and a little more volume.  And some swimming.

Sooooo...my daughter qualified for USAT Age Group Nationals Olympic distance (while I was my working on my epic meltdown in my Oly last year) so I get to be sherpa in Atlantic City next September.  We've already planned a 4-day weekend around it.  She's doing her second half marathon in two months tomorrow, as well.  I think the "she's better than I am in the pool, but I'll beat her on the bike and run" ship is sailing away.  

I'm shooting for AGN this year - I have two races that are "special qualifiers" where a bigger field (top third of age group) qualifies so I'm hoping to join her (though she's doing the Oly on Saturday and I'd be doing the Sprint on Sunday).  I "age up" to M55-59 next year.  I can't believe I just typed that. 

Had a crazy weekend around here ourselves, starting with a swim/strength, then bike/run double training on Friday, 90-minute Bikram session Saturday, and a bike warm up and long run (5 miles, which is my long run LOL) on Sunday.  Very good training week - hit all the markers.  Then my daughter and I stayed up late watching some Nicholas Cage movie ("Knowing"...from like 2009 or something), and then we stayed up late last night going to see Pentatonix do their live Christmas show in Baltimore.  December is indeed nuts. 

@Andrew:  enjoy every minute of your kids being that age - yes it's exhausting but you'll remember it forever; great work getting all of the training in but at this point I think the hay's in the barn, so to speak

@Nicole:  don't beat yourself up and like Andrew says Dry December would be brutal - just be consistent as you can be with your workouts; it didn't help how depressing the weather was here this weekend (rained from about 2 PM Friday until Sunday afternoon, and it was foggy and dreary throughout)