Asphalt Junkies Spring 2013 - Closed (Page 72)

wbayek - 2013-02-25 5:03 PM

I've got a question for y'all.  I'm on a ski vacation this week.  Day 1 today, and my legs are FRIED!  My boys, particularly the older one, has just about caught his old man on the slopes and pushed me quite hard his afternoon.  So my question is this, should I do any S/B/R this week?  I just don't know if my legs would appreciate anything after the work I did today, and I'm planning on skiing probably every day, at least some.

There is a pool here, and my wife also wants me to do some snow shoeing with her.  Should I just take a cross training week and call it a day?  I have no races anywhere near the horizon.

michgirlsk - 2013-02-25 2:31 PM I had a second session with the new PT.  Since it's only been two sessions, I don't really want to jump to any conclusions, but I do think I like his approach better.  Maybe it is a result of how the past sessions went and so he's trying something different from before, but he seems to be more about the whole body.  I have a lot of discrepencies with my structure (sigh!) and he was saying this and that could be relaying to problems with the hip.  For example, he watched me run on a treadmill for a mile today, and he noticed my left scapular area barely budged while moving.  Incidentally, that is also the side I have had issues with my shoulder with swimming a year or so ago, and I *think* the shoulder which I also slightly dislocated my shoulder a few years back (it popped out while I was playing rugby - don't laugh - but I popped it back in leaning over)... but he said it may or may not be related.  Anyway, the fact that he's looking at various functional issues I think I like, instead of just "stretching will fix everything" which I feel was basically how it was before!  (Okay, slight exaggeration maybe, but you get the point!)

trigal38 - 2013-02-25 8:41 AM

I would be getting very concerned about my own safety at this point. So sorry you have to go through this again and please take care during your own workouts .

KWDreamun - 2013-02-25 7:45 AM

Wow. I have a hard time being on the computer during the weekend and ya'll are ACTIVE!

Samantha, are you feeling better?  How's your PT going? 

Warren, great article on the cadence, thanks for posting!

Jo, glad your son's deployment was canceled.  How are your sisters?

Tracy, sorry about the fatality.  Do they know what happened?  Also you had a GREAT ride, so you be careful too!

Jen, so sorry to her about your grandmother.  It is so tough to lose a loved one.

We are 5 weeks out until our TRI, so unless you are just using your typical 3 weeks hard 1 week not as hard, keep er gassed.

Bhargav, welcome back!

Tony, riding the trainer is much harder than riding on the road...to me anyway.  you are doing so good, you will be going uphill and thinking you are just coasting down hill.  You are gonna kick butt!  Congrats on a great winter cycling program.

Matt, congrats on the 10M race, great time reduction.  As far as looking back, it is just a tool to use.  Remember, how you feel, have you been sick, weather (heat, wind, rain, humidity) are all factors too and they change during the race.

Dina, so glad your puppy OK.  I bet you gave a lot of loving after that and gave him a warm cozy seat in front of the fireplace.

Dirk, great article on your history of starting triathlons.  That is what makes you a GREAT mentor...you have been there, had injuries and learned.  Thanks for sharing.

Jeff, the article in IronWar, I'm not sure if it is factual or not but they seemed to indicate that they trained long and hard with high intensity.  I am also reading "I'm Here to Win" by Chris McCormack and in 2002 he swam 720 miles, biked 18,275 miles and ran 2907 miles.  Broken out daily, that is 1.97 swim miles, 50 bike miles and 7.97 run miles.

Well we have been getting rain, rain and more rain.  I did get out and got a few runs in between showers but the humidity is HIGH and the  temp are about 70.  I'm also riding on the trainer (funny note, wife loves the trainer, she can ride and not worry about falling while clipping or unclipping and doesn't have to worry about cars).

Remember I missed 2 weeks of swiming due to work an sickness, well I can't seem to get the swim back.  I was swimming 800 - 1,000 yards non stop, well I'm back to like 200 non-stop and I'm sucking air!

I'm feeling good right now, no major injuries but ya'll know me by now, I'm not that smart, wife had to reign me in! I want to train more and harder, reading those books is NOT helping...lol  Give me a few weeks and I'll be hurting from something stupid I did.

Sorry this is so long. 

Jo63 - 2013-02-25 7:08 AM Good morning Junkies: crazy past couple of weeks, hope everyone is doing great, I am going to have to go back a catch up! We got some great news yesterday, my sons deployment has been cancelled, he is not happy, he said he was prepared to go and was looking forward to doing this (as a mom I don't get it) but I understand! he had to put a semester of law school on hold so he is not sure what he will do until he can resume.... I on the other hand felt a sense of relief just go away, I can't explain it. I have been told all my life to put it in Go hands and he will take care of it, this is very hard to do but maybe this was my lesson to learn, and I am so grateful!! Have an amazing day everyone!

RunningYogini - 2013-02-24 11:35 PM

~sigh~

I know the man who was killed.  Straight stretch of road with the "typical" local shoulder on a busy stretch of 4-lane road for non-locals.  It was a local who veered off the road and killed him.

~sigh~

Like I said, living in a small town with a small group of avid runners and cyclists puts me at risk of knowing about all of the ugly stuff.

Please.....go hug your loved ones.

wbayek - 2013-02-25 4:59 PM

Gotta agree with this.  That start may have been a tad quick, but you held the pace pretty much to the end.  A real drop off would be 1:00 or so, which I bet is typical for 10+ mile races. Incredible improvement.  As the guys are EN say, work works.  All you consistent work is clearly reaping benefits.

strikyr - 2013-02-25 7:02 PM

Samantha that's good to hear and it sounds like you are making some progress with the new PT. I hope he can help you through some of the problems you've been dealing with and maybe you should layoff the rugby matches until you can get yourself healthy!

mambos - 2013-02-25 7:37 PM This is so sad, and one of the reasons I am actually thinking about keeping my bike on the trainer for a lot of my rides even when it warms up!

RunningYogini - 2013-02-24 11:35 PM

~sigh~

I know the man who was killed.  Straight stretch of road with the "typical" local shoulder on a busy stretch of 4-lane road for non-locals.  It was a local who veered off the road and killed him.

~sigh~

Like I said, living in a small town with a small group of avid runners and cyclists puts me at risk of knowing about all of the ugly stuff.

Please.....go hug your loved ones.

mambos - 2013-02-25 7:43 PM Hey you guys know me, it's never enough when it comes to my races! I always feel I should of done this or that and finished 10m faster! :). But one thing this does is makes me wonder how quick I can do my HM in 2 months! Lots of time to get some endurance built up, an maybe even a little more speed! I'm thinking of targeting a 7:50 pace! I held that for 6 miles in October so I think it's doable.

DirkP - 2013-02-26 5:30 AM

At times I have considered doing this myself but I can never wrap my mind around spending that much time of the thing.  I seem to get a better work out when on the trainer because it's easier to have a focal point with out all of the stops, rollers and traffic.

Also much of the riding I do is on roads with much less traffic than many of you may be used too.  If a person is even remotely alert they can see me up to a half mile away in most cases.  I simply don't feel the danger that many people feel.  Of course there is always an idiot that's not paying attention or who simply doesn't care about anyone else, but no one can stop that person anyway.

DirkP - 2013-02-26 5:30 AM

At times I have considered doing this myself but I can never wrap my mind around spending that much time of the thing.  I seem to get a better work out when on the trainer because it's easier to have a focal point with out all of the stops, rollers and traffic.

Also much of the riding I do is on roads with much less traffic than many of you may be used too.  If a person is even remotely alert they can see me up to a half mile away in most cases.  I simply don't feel the danger that many people feel.  Of course there is always an idiot that's not paying attention or who simply doesn't care about anyone else, but no one can stop that person anyway.

KWDreamun - 2013-02-26 6:48 AM rain rain, go away...  had to ride the trainer again today, no running, it is POURING outside...

wbayek - 2013-02-25 4:03 PM

I've got a question for y'all.  I'm on a ski vacation this week.  Day 1 today, and my legs are FRIED!  My boys, particularly the older one, has just about caught his old man on the slopes and pushed me quite hard his afternoon.  So my question is this, should I do any S/B/R this week?  I just don't know if my legs would appreciate anything after the work I did today, and I'm planning on skiing probably every day, at least some.

There is a pool here, and my wife also wants me to do some snow shoeing with her.  Should I just take a cross training week and call it a day?  I have no races anywhere near the horizon.

RunningYogini - 2013-02-26 10:56 AM I'm going to try running today for the first time in 7.5 weeks!  Woo hoo!!!!!  Here is the plan I'm going to use.  Thoughts?

JeffY - 2013-02-26 9:35 AM

I like that plan.  During that plan, the times when it suggests water running you will of course be doing bike or swim.

Just one thing I'd like to add to what he says...you actually may experience minor pain at the site of the stress fracture but it should be considered OK as long as it's minor, does not increase during the run, and is not worse later in the day or the following day.  Any worsening of any sort means you pull the plug on the run for the day.

Good luck!

 

 

RunningYogini - 2013-02-26 2:14 PM

Thank you looking at it, Jeff!  I'll give a report this evening!