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 2011-03-09 4:02 AM in reply to: #3256772 |
Extreme Veteran  371   Mobile |  Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSEDGood Morning Everyone, Lori - I didnt know it was the bike that was fast, I thought it was me. Great when I come flying through the finish line everyone going to say wow that is one fast bike and not wow that is one fast person. Darn it I knew I should have gone with the purple bike. Steve - Glad you made it to Nations. I looked yesterday and it was 83% full. I shuld meet with a TNT sometime the end of April and I hope the info I get will be good enough where I can go to the race. Adam - All I can say is Wow, and thank God. Looking at the car I'm surprised that no one was seriously hurt. Glad to hear everyone is ok. Johanne - Again congrats on your Marathon that is a huge accomplishment. Well off to ride the White Lightning and drink a lot of pool water.. Have a great day. |
| 2011-03-09 6:23 AM in reply to: #3389578 |
Champion 10618  | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED GEORGE - Well, it's along way to The Nation's (Sept 11), which gives you all the time you need to get ready for it --- if an olympic-distance race is what you want for this season. I may be wrong here (so check with the TNT contact first!), but I think TNT is assured a certain number of spots; they might even be unlimited. If that's the case, then those numbers as to how full it is don't apply to you or anyone else who is doing it through TNT. But for mere mortals such as I who have no social circles from which to tap into for donations, those registration numbers need to be heeded! That's the decision for me for The Nation's. I now have to figure out whether of not I'm doing USAT Nationals on Aug 20 in Burlington, VT, only about three hours from here. It makes sense, and I've already qualified for it, but seeing as how I can't/won't* go to Worlds in New Zealand if I qualify for THAT based on how I would do at Nationals, I'm not sure Nationals make sense. I still have lots of time to decided about that one, though, I think -- at least into early July. By then, though, I really want to have my season't plans in place! * Can't afford it (probably), and won't subject myself to all that time in a plane. I mean, Lynn is in Australia now and I passed on it due to those two reasons, mostly, so I'm not about to go to NZ for a race. I'm sure I could qualify, but I'm not going ---- why bother? Decisions, decisions! |
| 2011-03-09 6:35 AM in reply to: #3389622 |
Champion 10618 | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED LORI once more - A couple more paddle thoughts: (1) For wonky shoulders, small is best -- just less resistance for your shoulders to strain against. (2) I was petty last night with my comment about holes and fel for the water. There is much to be said for the fact that if one is going to use paddles, one's paddles might as well have holes so that at least some water can be felt. That is valid, and I shouldn't've dismissed it so cavalierly. I used to have more shoulder soreness than I do nowadays, and I suspect this is one of the benefits of fairly regular lifting, which I didn't EVER do until early '05. I can't see that musculature is over-obvious, but when I crashed in June '09 and separted my right shoulder, the doctor thought that my relatively rapid recovery was due to my shoulders being relatively strong. So, I guess there's something there! Paddles are often touted as a way to make your arms and shoulders and back stronger, but I think it's dangerous to use them for that purpose. Unlike using equipment in the gym where the weight or load is controllable, it's a big x-factor with paddles in the water. The variables would be type of paddle, pre-existing strength, specifics of one's mechanics, and the speed and force of the pull. (I suppose there are other variables, too, but those are ones that jump to mind.) Blah, blah, blah! |
| 2011-03-09 8:30 AM in reply to: #3389400 |
| Member 179 | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED Well... I can use all the motivation available. I am supposed to:
I suppose the Saturday bike is a key workout so I shoud try to get it done. I would do it indoors, in my basement. We'll see. Stay tuned. Ellen
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| 2011-03-09 8:36 AM in reply to: #3256772 |
| Member 179 | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED George, I hope the TNT thing works out. Whenever I see the members of TNT at a race they seem like they are having a great time. And why not? They have trained hard and raised money for a good cause and the race is the end product. See you at Nation's if all goes well. Adam, The picture is frightening. Glad everyone is ok. Ellen |
| 2011-03-09 8:41 AM in reply to: #3389792 |
Veteran 358 Taoyuan, Taiwan | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED Well, despite your advice Steve, I went out to see what a higher cadence felt like. I decided to run 3 laps with a higher cadence (I run on a 200 m track at school) and then count cadence. After getting my first count of 88, i figured I would try and see if I could hold it for my planned run of 3km. I counted again at 8 minutes and again at 13 minutes... both times cadence was 88. It was hard, and tiring, it felt much harder than doing 8km yesterday, but it was nice to do it. Question. Do you always run at about 90 cadence? It seems to me that to always run at that cadence you would always have to be running pretty fast. However, advice on the forums always seems to be run lots and run slow. Not sure how to combine these two, or which to follow. Oh yeah, bike arrived at the shop today, but it was my mother in laws B-day, so that was the priority. They are closed tomorrow (ARGH!) but I should be able to head over on Friday evening! |
| 2011-03-09 10:18 AM in reply to: #3389803 |
| Member 179 | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED Steve, I need to think about high elbows underwater. I was thinking that referred to out of the water, the finger dragging thing. Now I have something specific to concentrate on. Sounds like fun. I'm off to the pool. Ellen |
| 2011-03-09 10:25 AM in reply to: #3256772 |
Veteran 244 | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED Completed my longest run to date last night with a buddy. 8 miles of hills, I think he said it took us about 1 hr 13 min or maybe 30 min. I figured that was not bad at all since my last long was a flat 5k. Oh man do my hips hurt today though. I right hip is super stiff and I am not too sure what the cause of it is, maybe too much too fast but its only a guess. I just thought I would share the good news with you guys. check back in later. |
| 2011-03-09 11:10 AM in reply to: #3256772 |
Member 42 Ohio | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED Steve I am still here... I have been lurking hoping the nicer weather (except for the rain today) will give me a little more motivation!! Although my first race is not until the begining of June I still have some areas to work on!! We are not under water yet, just a few roads closed in my area, the river here usually only floods one area and luckly that is on the other side of town! Adam, Glad to here no one in your family was seriously injured!!! It's amazing to me what people will do while driving!!! Happy training!!! Shannen |
| 2011-03-09 11:23 AM in reply to: #3389792 |
Champion 10618 | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED ELLEN - I think you have the motivation; now all you need is more hours in a day and more days in a week and less calsses in a day and less students in a class and for your son's school to award him a full ride. Doable?  Seriously, though....... If I read your posts correctly, you have already made one workable change, which is doing the swim today and thus freeing up tomorrow so all you have to worry about is the run. So if you do those, plus the 45-minute ride tonight.......that's two days down and done. Two more decisive steps forward! I'm seeing your schedule as a heavy one, though; is that your read of it? You have a longish run tomorrow and then a bonafide long run on Friday, followed by a seriously long ride on Saturday. Maybe I'm thinking "soft" today and need to screw my head on tighter so it's in HTFU mode............but that seems like it is gearing more towards a full iron in June as opposed to a half-iron, or possibly a half-iron in late April and early May. I really am scrambling right now, looking at a calendar and also a book of training plans (Matt Fitzgerald's, published by "Triathlete"). As of this eweekend you will be 13 weeks out from Eagleman, which means that in an 18-weeek plan you would be in week 5 or 6. Fitz breaks down plans into 10 levels of athlete/golas, and I'm placing you in Level 5 --- "....aiming to better their performance in previous half-ironmans using a highly time-efficient training plan"; does that soud like your M.O.? If so, for week five he has a long ride of 2 hours. And just jumping ahead some, the long ride on week 9 is 2:30; for week 11, 2:45; for week 15, 3:15; and in fact, for Level 5 his longest long ride is 3:30, in week 17. Moreover -- For a Level 10 athlete ("If time is no object and you have trained as much as 18 to 20 hours a week in the past....."), he doesn't introduce a 4-hour long ride until week 11, which for you would be the equaivalent of something like late April! Sooooooo.........does that make you feel any better? What I'm suggesting is that you are working with a very aggressive schedule, and it's making you feel guilty and inadequate and pressured. I will be more than happy to compile Fitz's plans if you want to see a bigger picture, so please let me know if this will help! I know you also have Columbia to swim-and-bike-train for, but even so far out from that what you're expected to do now just seems too over-the-top. For the umpteenth time, which plan are you following? This is really messing with my head! All my instincts support what I have said, and it comforts me that my read of Fitzgerald's plans supports my instincts...............but I wonder if I am mis-reading him AND being too much of a softhead myself. His plans take some studying to get the hang of, and when I'm done here on BT I will delve into them more deeply and see if I'm missing anything. For now, though, ease up on the plans for a 4-hour ride on Saturday, okay? |
| 2011-03-09 11:38 AM in reply to: #3390154 |
Champion 10618 | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED ELLEN again - Yup! High elbows underwater, too! In fact, high elbows there are more importnat than when high out of the water on the recovery phase. Keeping your elbows high(er) during your pull will allow your forearm and hand to serve more effectively as a force-lever against the water. That's the quick-and-dirty overview of it, and I will say more later when I have more time. But in closing this I will give you another You Are Not Alone statement.......which I probably did last night, which is why you mention it today. That is one of my swim bete noires -- elbows not high enough on my pull. I work at it intensively, and while progress happens when I'm 100% aware of it, I can backslide into dropped elbows pretty easily. More later! |
| 2011-03-09 11:53 AM in reply to: #3256772 |
Extreme Veteran 371 Mobile | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED Ok since the talk is out there, how do you count cadence? Is it 2 steps equal 1. Steve - Yes my goal is to complete an oly this year. I already have planned to do 1 Sprint in June, In July I dont know if its an oly or sprint (the swim is .5miles, Bike 27.5 miles and run 7 miles), In August I have a sprint, In Sept I want to shoot for Nations and if that does not work then there is a local tri which is an Oly, and then Oct I have an adventure race and November I have my Half Marathon. |
| 2011-03-09 12:11 PM in reply to: #3380060 |
Veteran 418 , Louisiana | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED LycraCladChamp - 2011-03-02 5:36 PM Hey guys, I am wondering what GPS/HR you all are using? I currently have my Garmin Edge 305 from my cycling days, however this does not really allow me to use it for running. I am looking to get a new unit as soon as money allows for it. thanks.
Daniel, I second Johanne's recommendation of the Garmin Forerunner 305, and I used those exact links that she posted to convince myself that it'd be perfect for me. If cost is an issue, I'd say go with the 305 because you can still use it swimming, although you have to be a bit more careful about how you wear it and use it. Here's a link on how to swim with your Garmin FR 305: http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2007/09/how-to-swim-with-your-garmin-forerunner.html It's very easy to switch between swimming, transitions, biking, swimming etc, since it's meant to be a multisport watch and it's also very versatile. I've used it to measure speed and grade while snowboarding this season. I haven't tried swimming with it yet, because I'm just doing laps and don't really want to know exactly how slow I am. I'll leave that to seeing how many times I get lapped in warm-ups. But from what the above review said, it's totally doable and safe for the Garmin. And yes, you can upload workouts. I've done that many times and it's amazing! Kasia |
| 2011-03-09 12:11 PM in reply to: #3389817 |
Champion 10618 | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED DUNCAN - Good try with increasing the cadence......and even though you didn't exactly follow my suggestion about being gradual with it, at least now you have fast-forwarded to the issue of how to sustain it. Yes, it is hard and tiring, and yes, in time you will be able to sustain it. I think that your being able to hold 88 for 3km on a first try is superb, really and truly! And you're right --- doing that for 3km is much more demanding than doing ~80 for 8km. Welcome to the world of fast feet!!  For runs of 10km or less, I'm always aiming for 90+. I usually try to establish that right away, or at most with a minute at maybe 88. About 80% of the time I can get right into it, but that other 20% will find me at 88 or 89 for maybe ten minutes before I can "break" that barrier. I may feel like I'm doing 90, but the count is at 88 and I just assume that my feet aren't willing to work that quickly so soon into that particular run. At peak training for something like a half-iron, I can keep at 90 for about 20km. I was thrilled with my half-marathon this past October not only because of my time, but also because I ran the whole thing at 90+. That was the first time I had ever run a fast 21.1km with "fast feet", and that was very rewarding -- more so than I can really express! As for running fast, versus running lots and running slow, that's a big personal judgment call. The LSD (Long Slow Distance) approach is great for people training for marathons and sometimes half-marathons, or peolple who are expecting (and are comfortable with) a relatively slow time in a shorter distance. It is time on their feet, and helps ensure that they will get to the finish line feeling pretty good, regardless of the distance. That is, someone training for a 5km can be viewing their runs as LSD if time on their feet in preparation for it is more important than setting a blistering pace that has them feeling like they might explode before they reach the end. For me, I have to walk a fine line. On the one hand, I can no longer do big mileage; my body will start to break down with injuries. On the other hand, I cannot do conventional speedwork for much the same reason, although in that case it is more a threat of dynamic injuries such as Achilles strains and hamstring pulls. So, I make do with high cadence, and that works extremely well for me. That half-marathon I mentioned above was 1:37, and I can usually run 45-47 minutes for the 10km in a olympic tri. (My half-ironman runs are at about 1:51 these days [years], while I can do a stand-alone 10km in 43 or 44). And again, that is without standard speedwork -- no killer interevals for this old guy anymore!  I would say that virtually all of my short- to mid-distance runs are "tempo" runs, from start to finish. I'm not sure this would be widely recommended, but it works for me with my less-than-bionic body. And by short I mean 5km, although about the only time I do those is when I'm coming back from a layoff, or as part of a brick. I will aim to do a 5km in training in about 21 or 22 minutes.....which sadly is about the fastest I have ever done one as part of a sprint tri! When I last trained for a marathon in Dec. '09 (which I had to bail on due to an ITB problem 10 days out from it ), I did a couple of LSD runs for my long runs, but even in those I was aiming for a cadence of 88 at my lowest sustained turnover. And as for the idea of doing your longest runs at a pace about 2 minutes slower than palnned race pace ---- I could never manage to do that. it just felt way too unnatural, and I felt strongly that it messed with my form. I just couldn't slow it down that much to not feel like I was almost a caricature of myself! Finally, now that you have sampled that this practice can be tiring, work hard at not overdoing it. One way to approach it would be to alter your kms, maybe for an 8km run doing them at 84, 87, 84, 87, 85, 87, 85, 88/85. (That last km would be 0.5 at 88, then a 0.5km cool-down at 85 [not much of a cool-down.....]). Let me know what you think, okay? |
| 2011-03-09 12:13 PM in reply to: #3390221 |
Champion 10618 | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED SHANNEN - Whew! Glad you've kept both your basement and your head above water. It's good you live on the dry side of the tracks! |
| 2011-03-09 12:14 PM in reply to: #3380373 |
Veteran 418 , Louisiana | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED Steve, Sounds like a nasty trainer accident. And I thought riding indoors was supposed to be safe... |
| 2011-03-09 12:17 PM in reply to: #3380735 |
Veteran 418 , Louisiana | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED DuncanQH - 2011-03-03 7:48 AM Haha... my Monday evening private lesson just requested 3 extra classes in March (he's preparing for a speech competition) and paid in advance for the month... 300 USD... so next Wednesday my bike is coming home with me. Duncan! The bike gods must've been smiling down on you. It's now next Wednesday, so I hope to see some pictures when I get to the most recent page of this thread. Sometimes being late to the party is in my favor. I hear about something and there's no waiting period to actually see it...kind of like watching a TV show after it came out on DVD instead of waiting a week for the next new episode in anticipation. Kasia |
| 2011-03-09 12:20 PM in reply to: #3390221 |
Champion 10618 | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED GEORGE (and all?) -- CADENCE-COUNTING: For running, one leg per minute, each footstrike (I always count the right). For cycling, one leg per minute, each revolution (I always count thr right, bottom of the revolution) For swimming, BOTH hands per length of 25m or 25y (each time a hand enters, count it) So, George, I guess how you express it -- "Is it 2 steps equals 1" -- is correct. So when I run for a minute at a cadence of 90, I'm really making 180 footstrikes in total, 90 left and 90 right. If you want to make yourself crazy, try counting total two-legged footstrikes or pedal revolutions for one minute. Hup-hup-hup-hup-hup-ad-nauseum!!! |
| 2011-03-09 12:20 PM in reply to: #3381798 |
Veteran 418 , Louisiana | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED gdsemiller - 2011-03-03 5:42 PM I have a question on swimming. I start Monday and I have 1 question, how do you keep up with your distance. The pool I will be using is 25 yards so that is a lot of laps to keep track off, along with the swimming.. I need to find an underwater ticker that I can click on every lap. I have a really had short memory. I will do a lap and then start thinking of other things and next thing you know I forgot what lap I was on...
George, I've heard people also use pennies to count laps. Like bring a handful and leave them on the deck and move them over to another pile every set number of laps or distance (maybe 100 yds, so 2 laps). Or you can break up your workout into different pre-planned sets and then add up the distance when you get home. I usually do the latter. Kasia |
| 2011-03-09 12:32 PM in reply to: #3384565 |
Veteran 418 , Louisiana | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED Jeff, WOW! You're handy. That trailer looks like it's coming together very nicely. Kasia |
| 2011-03-09 12:40 PM in reply to: #3385557 |
Veteran 418 , Louisiana | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED David, I'm sending lots of good mojo to you and your pup. Glad to hear everything went fine with the surgery and I hope by now she's feeling better and mostly painless. I understand your feelings towards your dog and the time commitment with her current situation. My husky is in a very similar boat and since she's with my parents and not with me, I only hear about what my mom and dad have been through these past couple of years. I hope everything turns out well and she's back to her energetic lab self sooner rather than later. Kasia |
| 2011-03-09 12:42 PM in reply to: #3385706 |
Veteran 418 , Louisiana | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED Johanne, CONGRATULATIONS!!! And even better that you had such a good experience! Kasia |
| 2011-03-09 12:45 PM in reply to: #3385853 |
Veteran 418 , Louisiana | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED gdsemiller - 2011-03-07 6:14 AM Last 10 laps I tried swimming doing the bilateral breathing, boy that was tough. I kept switching from bilateral to breathing on the right side (less water intake) :0 Anyways it was fun but its not as easy as it looks. I'm for sure moving my swimming from twice a week to three times.
George, Bilateral breathing is hard. I still can't really do it. Last time I tried, it was more of an exercise in drowning. I had to stop mid-length every time to cough out all the water I'd inhaled in the first 10 yards or so. For now, I'm sticking with one-sided breathing. Keep at it. It'll get easier. At least that's what I'm hoping for my sake as well. Kasia |
| 2011-03-09 12:58 PM in reply to: #3385938 |
Veteran 418 , Louisiana | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED Blister update, Thanks for the suggestions! I have a whole tub of Vaseline that would work great for preventing blisters, it sounds. I could finally wear real shoes yesterday and thus laced up my cleats and went to practice. I couldn't find duct tape so I just used athletic tape and slathered Vasoline on top of it. So far so good, in that my heels didn't hurt and the skin didn't seem to rub. Granted, I wasn't in my cleats running continuously for a full game, but rather did spurts during practice, but I think you guys are onto something. At least I hope you are because I really need to be able to wear cleats to play! |
| 2011-03-09 1:01 PM in reply to: #3385938 |
Veteran 418 , Louisiana | Subject: RE: Got Your Mojo WORKIN'! group - CLOSED As for the Padres, I have no idea. I don't really follow the off-season stuff so I'm clueless. But I'm a true Red Sox hater (which doesn't mean I like the Yankees, in fact, I hate the two teams equally) and for that reason hope he doesn't go to you guys. Other than that, I have no clue. Sorry, dude. |
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