cayrip's sufferers- FULL (Page 8)

jtaddei - 2009-02-11 9:39 PM

wetsuit question, sorry i'm short on time so if this has been answered in one of your above links just go ahead and kick me out of the group. (not really)

So I have a pretty high tolerance for cold water.  Yes i'm the guy that will happilly jump quickly into a freezing cold pool first thing in the morning.  What i'm wondering is that with wetsuits i find that it's kind of overcompensation for me in terms of warmth, but the bouyancy cannot be beat.  It's like swimming with pull bouys!

Are there any products out there that are like tri wetsuit bottoms similar to swim jammers (no top)?  They would help with the bouyancy assistance and some time off T1.  If so let me know, i'd rather buy that and spend a little less than buy a sleeveless wetsuit that I may not need.

Thanks in advance!

AlexanderSmith - 2009-02-16 7:54 PM

I was in Indiana this week for business and was lucky enough to get a tour of the ZIPP factory.  That place is amazing.  I have just now lifted my chin off the floor after seeing rows and rows of complete carbon wheels.  First time I have ever laid my hands on a sub-9

karen26.2 - 2009-02-22 6:33 AM

What's with the snake photo Cameron?

I ran a 10k race yesterday to try to get a qualifying Peachtree Road Race #. I knew I wouldn't make the 1A time group (under 50 minutes) but I did make the 1B time group (under 55 minutes) with a time of 54:30. I was pretty excited about that.

What has everyone else been doing? We keep dropping to the 2nd page...

jtaddei - 2009-02-22 9:45 PM

'm all paid up and registered for my half iron man!  I'm worried I made a huge mistake but honestly, the only way i'll get a DNF is if my legs disconnect themselves from my torso.QUOTE]

Thats what I thought last summer with my first Kansas 70.3, then a thunderstorm rolled in, lightening struck and they yanked me off the course with 10k to go in the run. The odd part being it was a beautiful before and after the storm rolled through, it only lasted about a half hour. My avi pic was taken about noon, you can see how dark it got right before the ligtening hit.

Even with the DNF, it was the best day I have ever had doing a race. Train for it, then enjoy the experience as much as you can allow yourself. It was surprising how fast the day went, even at my pathetically slow times.

Good luck on your knees, I can't help there.

Edited by bvfrompc 2009-02-23 10:11 AM

karen26.2 - 2009-02-22 5:33 AM

What's with the snake photo Cameron?

jtaddei - 2009-02-22 8:45 PM

In other news I think i'm getting a knee injury but i'm not sure if it's going away gradually or getting reinjured.  I've never had a knee injury before but it's really tight after running or riding my trainer and it's never happened before.  Yes I have increased my distances over the last 2 months but I don't think i've been overtraining (check my logs).

Any advice on the matter is appreciated.

jtaddei - 2009-02-22 10:45 PM

i'm all paid up and registered for my half iron man!  I'm worried I made a huge mistake but honestly, the only way i'll get a DNF is if my legs disconnect themselves from my torso.

bvfrompc - 2009-02-23 10:59 AM



Congrats on your qualifying time! My wife and I visited some friends in Atlanta about 10 years ago over the 4th weeknd and thought we would jump in on the Peachtree 10k. We got signed up but didn't submit qualifying times so we were way back in the bunch. It was hilarious, we had both trained pretty hard and we thought surly we would be putting PR's up coming down from Colorado. Then the gun went off and we ended up having to walk the first three miles of the race......

I don't know if its still the same but there were only 10 waves for 50k people when we did it. We were used to the Bolder Boulder which at the time had 52+ waves for ~35k runners and everone who walked did a decent job of staying to the right. We still had a great time and spent the rest of the day and well into the evening at one of the outdoor patio establishments on Peach Tree enjoying way too many adult beverages. We still laugh at the lofty goals we had.

Nice job with your qualifying time, 1B sounds like a much more pleasant way to start that race.

cayrip - 2009-02-23 2:33 PM Yikes. Where is the stiffness in your knee? IT band can cause stiffness and eventually pain and can be associated with an increase in mileage. My wife suffer's from swelling behind the knee every now and then but it has never developed into a Baker's cyst. She scales back her runnning when it starts to bother her. Runner's knee hurts under the knee cap. What exactly are your symptoms. Another thing to look at is bike fit. If you saddle is too low you knee can come too far forward during the downstroke causing overuse and tightness. This happened to me when I first started training for my first IM. I would ride my wife's bike (a 52cm specialized and I'm 6'0" with long legs) on long rides since it was much more reliable than my bike at the time. I would end those rides with throbbing knees but I didn't know any better then. 80 miles and four hours of abuse!

anyway, on to the video...it looks to me like you have a pretty decent aero position especially in the upper body.  if you take a look at your video again you can see that your arms make approximately a 90 degree angle at the elbow and your shoulders are  in that line as well.  (this is good from all i have read and been told) putting your weight in this position helps make it more comfortable and less fatiguing to hold the aero position.  also that shoulder to elbow line falls pretty much right in line with the imaginary line coming up out of the fork so that's good too.  the only thing i would probably adjust is the seat height.  Does it feel like you are getting a good extension on your leg?  it looks like you could go a couple of centimeters up on the seat and be in a more efficient pedaling position.  you want your knee to be slightly bent since all the way straight overextends your leg and more bent takes away from the ability to use your whole leg to pedal.  raising your seat will also raise your hips and close the angle your torso makes with your lower body.  this angle effects your breathing since it creates the area that your lungs use to expand.  To small an angle and you won't be able to take a full breath; to large an angle and you are probably really upright and not in a very aero position.  once you feel like you are getting a good leg extension, it will be time to look at the front end again...this time for height.  at this point, just see how comfortable it is to breathe and hold the position.  the lower the front end, the more aero you'll be but you will compromise on comfort and breathing so you'll want to find a good balance between being low and comfortable enough to actually ride.  since you have the front-back position pretty well set, it will be just a matter of putting spacers in or taking them away from the headset which is pretty easy to do yourself.

jtaddei - 2009-03-03 12:19 AM

i got laid off today.  May completely leave my field and work elsewhere.  We'll see where I end up.

tbcotten - 2009-03-04 7:48 PM I've been getting some lower back and left shoulder pain during my rides.  The shoulder pain is by far more of an issue then the lower back.  Its towards the back side of my rotator and I have slow down and stretch it out or else it gets really painful.  Any suggestions?