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Ryan- Good luck with the half!

Scout-Cycling club (I just go on my tri club's group ride...so it is not hard core biker-only group)

 pros: others to help you push the pace, to show the way, to chat with, and learn things from

 cons: you have to push the pace (if you have an ego and want to keep up)..not a lot of time to smell the roses  Oh..also, rumor is, if you have a tri bike, they may think you do not know how to handle a bike or group riding.  Oh--another con..if you are not use to riding in a group, or on someone's wheel...it can be scary if you do not know the person in front of you.

ok- off to bed. sorry I have not been more active.  I'll chime in more this weekend....long swim tomorrow night, long bike ride saturday, and long run on sunday.  Long, long, long....oh...and I can pm you more info on infinit if you would like Tam, just let me know!

Mel- what you up to?

I forgot what a strain tri training puts on relationships. I'm doing the Olympic beginner HR plan . . . in bed before 9pm, up at 5am, working my usual 10-11 hour day -- sometimes squeezing in a lunchtime run -- if not doing something after work. Back home at 7pm (or later if I have a work committment) -- dinner with family and by 8pm packing my gear for the next morning's workout.

Although I've been doing this for a couple of tri seasons, husband is not amused. Next week I'm going to try and finish work by 5pm and if the weather cooperates, do my second workout from home (bike or run).

I reduced length/distance of workouts this past week as a "recovery" week.  Still felt fatigued at the end of the week so I took off yesterday and today. Worked out well since I was out of town anyway.  Looking forward to getting in a good run or bike tomorrow evening when I get home.  My first race is 5/30 so I am going to push it (reasonably) for the next 2 weeks and then taper the week up to the race.  Hope to practice ows and ride tri bike course next weekend.   Recovery is SO important.  Even more so when you have nagging injuries.  Hope everyone has a good week.

Randy 

Good checking in and seeing I'm not  alone -- I'm revisiting my training plan because I cannot continue the beginner olympic plan and do my job, plus be a mom.

Also, I have this habit of training really hard the first 1-2 months and then dropping off of the face of the planet until 3 weeks before my event. So I'm going to scale back and try and go for the longer haul.

So, I'm going to dial back the number of sessions, make sure I have 2 rest days/week . . . something like the 2xbalanced plan.

Wish me luck!

Good news/bad news

Good-after 2 days off and long day of travel/work on Monday it was back to training.  Had great brick Monday evening with 45min on bike at 20mph avg then straight into 20 minute run with sub 8 min. mile pace.  These are paces I am shooting for in first sprint May 30.  Felt great and 2 days of rest recharged the batteries.  Hope you get the same result from your break Mel.

Bad-got up for masters swim class.  Last week after TI clinic I was averaging 1:50/100 during 1000 swim-easy, felt good, felt like I could go forever. Today did warm up, drills etc and then did sets of 200's.  UGH! was averaging 4:00 to 4:10 (2:00+ per 100).  Tried to make adjustments, glide....... but just never clicked.  Seemed like I struggled more with each 200 than I did with the 1000 last Thursday.  Frustrating!  I have only been swimming for about 10 weeks so I know there will be ups and downs but what a bummer.  Guess I will be more drill focused over the next 2 weeks.  Got the dvd of my swimming from TI workshop so I will review it and see if I can figure out what is going on.

Hope everyone has a good training week-the 2 days of recovery really helped me although it was hard not to feel like I was falling behind.   

Greeting everyone!  Hope the weekend/Mother's day was great for you all.

Last week's training kinda ended on a flat note.  I've been fighting this depression/blue mood-thing for a few days and it finally caught up to me.  Managed to do a transition set on Friday, skipped Sat. completely and got a nice run in Sunday.  This is Boise's Bike Week, so there are several rides planned that should get me some additional miles.   Ordered a new pair of Pearl Izumis, so that should give me a mental boost.

Bike Clubs:  Pros-meeting like minded people.  Can be a great motivator to see the dedication some of these people have for their sport.  Cons-Can be a huge 'downer' to see the dedication some people have for their sport.    Seriously, make sure the club has the same objective as you.  Is this a "racing' club or do they cater to the more recreational riders? 

May 10-may 15 is National Police Week.  Please join my in a silent 'thank you' to the men and women of law enforcement. 

There are many good articles on the Runners World website with different plans for different distances.  The best resource I have found for running in general is a book by Jack Daniels on running.  I swear thats his name-I am not putting you on.  Lots of good information about different types of run workouts and the purpose of each.  General rule that seems to be preached the most is to build up a solid base before starting to do speed work and such.  Some of the information in the book is real technical but there is alot of great information about recommended pace etc...