Beginner 1/2 Ironman Plan Group (Page 71)

My friend I train with says her legs do not feel like that so I thought I must be doing something wrong. She is a stronger cyclists than me and has been racing triathlons for a long time.

Last full week of training before the taper starts! Starting to stress already about "should have done this missed that, need more of this". Keep telling myself that there is not much more I can do at this point but put 100% in this week and be confident in the work that has gone into the last 17+ weeks!

Help me stay sane!

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Caught a break in the rain and managed the 2 hour ride/30 min run portion of the race day prep workout. Now it is raining again so I feel really lucky to get that workout in. 

Man my legs feel terrible when I get off that bike. They always have. I really tried to maintain an easy pace during the ride - kept holding myself back thinking RPE 2. Had a little wind and some rolling hills but I geared down and kept my spinning easy. I got off the bike and felt like my legs were rubber bands going every which way. I was so frustrated. I just kept running though and pretty soon they felt much better. I finished the run really strong and not even tired so that made me feel a little better. Does anybody else struggle with rubber legs?

Just about everyone struggles with rubbery legs off the bike. I do not think it is possible to train to the point where you do not feel that. It is normal. And it is normal for the feeling to go away after a mile or two. We practice transition runs to mentally learn to deal with it not so much that it eventually goes away. It may diminish a bit but I've never heard of it totally going away.

My friend I train with says her legs do not feel like that so I thought I must be doing something wrong. She is a stronger cyclists than me and has been racing triathlons for a long time.

Your friend is a liar.

Ha ha ha!!!!

Relax and enjoy your taper. Look back on all those months of training and how far you've come!

Wow! that's smoking fast! Congrats!

Are you doing all of P90X in addition to BT plan? I just got the DVDs and was wondering if it would be too much.

Good luck!!

LMAO!!! Now, *that's* one way to decide .  Mine was at a restaurant when I overheard gal #1 ask gal #2 "how was Steelhead?" Gal 2 said "I finished it." Voila.  I'm doing that too. ( btw, "what's Steelhead?")  LOL

Five months is more than enough time to get you there with the swim.  Good luck!

Thanks for the encouragement.  I actually pulled out a mile OWS today with the tri club!  Straight through!  I didn't know I could do that!  That's what I love about training in groups - they push you to do your best.  Definitely a confidence booster.

Woo-hoo! Another Steelheader! I've seen several of us here on the forum-- hope your training's going well!

Just checking in. How is everybody doing this week?

I'm in Week 7 and pushing the mileage hard.  Had to rearrange a couple of workouts, but I will hit them all.  Weather in the East has been humid, which has been a real challenge, but good practice for the race in June.  Been experimenting with hydration and nutrition this week and have had to dramatically up my fluid intake.  Last week, I took in 1.5 bottles of fluid during my 90 minute run, this week I just about polished of all four.

The highlight of my week will be running a mile with my daughter and her first grade class.  Best part is that she's gunning to be the fastest girl in the grade.

So I'm new to Tris. I've Mt. Biked for the last 15 years. Grew up swimming. Hate running. But I got off the couch at the end of last year and gave it a try. I signed up for the Boulder 70.3 in August. I don't know squat about training. I'm running 6 miles twice a week,  I did 12 once. Can bike 30-40 miles easy. Swimming 2500 yards twice a week. Last week I did a Oly distance brick.

What I really want to know is what distances should I be training at to do a HIM? I realize I will be ramping up some more, but I have no idea what I should be shooting for in July.

I don't mind biking and swimming, but I want to limit running... but obviously I want to be trained to do it. As I 'm sure you all know it's tough trying to figure out how to fit it all in.

That's really cute about your daughter and it sounds fun!

I ran my 90 min run tonight without a drink of anything. Of course it was pouring rain, thundering and 55 degrees. Didn't make me very thirsty LOL!

Okay, so I blinked and somehow months have flown by and I'm only three days away from Wildflower!?!  Busy work schedules have kept me off this Forum but not off the bike/road or out of the pool.  One more open-water swim tomorrow to gain more comfort in the wetsuit (I didn't get nearly enough practice in it during this plan).  Reading through the pages of posts have been tremendously inspirational and educational, if not calming as I stress out counting down the days/hours.  Thanks for all of your great posts and the amazing energy and encouragement you share with each other.  It's helped me a bunch!

Good luck! Your training looks excellent, have a great race.

OK... I guess what it throwing me is I keep thinking distance and most seem to speak in time. I'm not toally clueless... I have the "Tri Bible". Friel goes in depth of how to put a schedule together and concepts of volume and intensity.... but I just don't get where to start. I realize everyone is different, but I just don't see any sort of mile markers or benchmarks of where I'm at or where I should be.

Looking at periodization, I uderstand the concepts, but just don't know what numbers to "start plugging in". I am a tri newbie and I'm 44. Friels says if you are a rookie and a masters don't even worry about all the periods for first year just stay in base and build endurance... which is pretty much what I have been doing for the last 4 months.

So it does not seem like I am too far off. I think I will  look more at adapting this plan here. I have looked at it before but it did not seem to match what I wanted. Running is really my concern. How much do I need to be doing to get in a HIM?  In June I have a 100K bike event, a 10 mile hill run event and then my first Sprint. In July I have an Olimpic tri, and then the HIM in August. So while I'm not getting too fancy with my training and periodization, obviously I want to "peak" right and maximize my training.

I'm not worried about finishing (as long as I don't bonk which has happened to me), and my goal is to finish in 6 hours. Seems achievable but lofty.

So.... hard... to... get... back... to.. training..... after... your... first... HIM......

Help.....  Hahaha!