Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! (Page 77)

DirkP - 2010-08-02 12:09 PM

I don't know anything about the Garmin 500 but I have "lost" training sessions and later found them in the multi sport section of the log.  It hasn't happened but a couple of times but I freak out when it does.  What I don't like about it is that I can't put the workouts where they need to go after I do figure out where they are.

jgerbodegrant - 2010-08-03 12:43 AM So we've got a problem.  We did the HIM course for Timberman yesterday.  swim is great, nice and clear cool water, bike is fine, some big hills, but overall nice course.  My problem is that every time I have a long hard workout I end up with a headache.  Yesterday, I got off the bike and had a slight headache, then after about 1.5 miles, it was worse.  I got a bad cramp in both sides of my stomach, sort of external oblique area and it would go away.  I could run no faster than a 10 minute mile without hunching over in pain.  They are still sore today.  Is this classic dehydration or what?  I drank 2.5 bottles of infinit and a bottle of water on the bike and three 6 oz bottles of water from my belt on the run.  I only made it 6.2 miles of the run.  I would be lying if I said I wasn't worried about the run portion due to this.

tri808 - 2010-08-03 4:22 AM So just when I thought I started to like climbing hills...my Saturday group ride introduced me to Satan himself.

The whole ride, I had no idea we were going to climb 2 new ridges (hill is an understatement) near the end of our ride.  The first climb was about 2 miles long, 9.11% average grade with a max grade of 18%, and 1085 total feet of climbing.
The second climb was a little uner 3 miles long, 8.14% average grade with a max of 18%, and 1220 total feet of climbing.  What made things even tougher was the 15-25 mph winds that were in our face on both climbs.

I told my coworker about this ride and he didn't believe me.  He said his wife's good friend lives at the top of one of those ridges and he has a hard tim DRIVING up those hills.  Literally his van can barely make it up there.

I was pretty ticked off though because my garmin 500 inexplicably deleted the entire ride from it's memory.  So I have no power data which would have been awesome to review.  I suppose that means I'll have to do the ride again to see the data.

dcon - 2010-08-02 8:52 PM

Was your stomach cramping or were your abs cramping?   If no nausea, sounds maybe like your abs and you're not used to working them for 4+ hours?     

jgerbodegrant - 2010-08-02 9:20 PM

Nope...not nausua.  I'm not sure about working them for that period of time.  I just can't figure it out.  I wasn't tired and had enough energy, just the headache and cramps....who knows. 

jgerbodegrant - 2010-08-03 11:34 AM Dirk,  I was thinking the same thing....maybe I'm just affected sooner by the lack of water??

JP, are you saying I may be pregnant?  haha, JK, what I need to do is figure out how much water I can take in without making it slosh around in my stomach.  I feel like I process fluid extremely quick.  If I drink a bottle of water, I will have to pee like fifteen minutes later.  It's sort of a fine line between enough water not to make my head pound and too much that makes me have to go to the bathroom all the time.  Super annoying.

jsiegs - 2010-07-31 11:33 AM Good luck! We'll see who has the faster run splits .

jgerbodegrant - 2010-08-02 9:43 AM

So we've got a problem. We did the HIM course for Timberman yesterday. swim is great, nice and clear cool water, bike is fine, some big hills, but overall nice course. My problem is that every time I have a long hard workout I end up with a headache. Yesterday, I got off the bike and had a slight headache, then after about 1.5 miles, it was worse. I got a bad cramp in both sides of my stomach, sort of external oblique area and it would go away. I could run no faster than a 10 minute mile without hunching over in pain. They are still sore today. Is this classic dehydration or what? I drank 2.5 bottles of infinit and a bottle of water on the bike and three 6 oz bottles of water from my belt on the run. I only made it 6.2 miles of the run. I would be lying if I said I wasn't worried about the run portion due to this.

newbz - 2010-08-04 12:33 AM how hot was it? how long/hard was the ride? knowing that would help clear up a lot of other things that it probably was not. (no other health issues right now?)

jpbis26 - 2010-08-04 3:12 AM Did not write a RR for my 5K but wrote about it in my blog. For those interested, you can click on the link in my signature

DirkP - 2010-08-04 10:09 AM A racing side note: I found out after my race that the modifies bike course for my oly last Sunday was shorter than the 40k usual.  they had to change the course due to construction and the new distance was 23.5 miles.  Then they didn't adjust the distance for the computer to adjust the times.  So, my 21.9 mph avg. is incorrect but I am still pleased.  My new avg. would be 20.5 which I am still happy with.  When I saw the 21.9, I felt like something was wrong because I didn't think I could go that fast in those conditions on a road bike.

jgerbodegrant - 2010-08-04 7:41 AM



About 56 miles, temp. around mid to upper 70's, ride wasn't that hard. First half of the ride was relatively easy. Correct - No other health issues right now.

DirkP - 2010-08-01 10:10 PM RR is up.  I was somewhat pleased by my overall results.  If I had my wetsuit with me I would have moved up at least 15 places but it wasn't to be.  I know I did well, especially on the bike, but it is really the swim that I am having trouble settling up with.

Enjoy the read

Edit: What I enjoyed most about this race was the family participation that came to support me.  I had all of my family there to literally yelling at me and coaching me through the whole race.  My oldest daughter was giving me some signals to get long through the swim leg (they could walk the whole course next to the canal).  Her signals helped me remember to try to stick to my form even though I was tired.  My girls made special shirts up to wear for the race that were pretty funny and showed support for me.  I will post pics when I get home and can remember how to do it.  It was nice to know they enjoyed being there with me.

newbz - 2010-08-04 10:39 AM my thoughts would be the headache was prob due to either over heating/dehydration/lack of cal (assuming you just didn't have a bug or something). the cramping i wopuld almost 100% blame on either starting too hard off the bike/things sloshing in your stomach.

jpbis26 - 2010-08-04 3:12 AM Did not write a RR for my 5K but wrote about it in my blog. For those interested, you can click on the link in my signature

jgerbodegrant - 2010-08-04 10:46 AM



How much should I be experimenting with stuff like nutrition at this point?

You're probably right about starting too fast off the bike, but why am I getting stomach muscle cramps? Why not leg cramps or something like that?

Dirk, those t-shirts are hilarious. Sounds like you have a great family.