Fred D and Queen Zipp's SWIM, BIKE RUN consistency thread.... CLOSED (Page 8)

Six 10yo girls coming over for a party/sleepover today, I'm hoping to slip out for a run before that all goes down, but it just may be an off day for me.  There's lots to do here to get ready!  I've run the last 6 consecutive days, so I'm OK if I miss today.

I've added a few races to my planned schedule to add a little mental motivation.  The first one is questionable though, I'm not sure if it's a reasonable goal to be ready for it by the end of March.  It's a sprint distance, but offroad so it plays out more like an Olympic when looking at time on the bike.  I'll know more in a few weeks once I am back on the bike and the pool opens up.  I'll see how I feel then, and decide about that race at the beginning of Feb.

I was planning to ride today and run tomorrow but forecast is calling for rain tomorrow. So ran 8 miles this morning and plan to put in a few hours on the trainer tomorrow.

I also refrained from popping a cork last night =)  Time willing, I hope to try to out my new pressure cooker tonight !

Good day all !

When triathlon is a balanced part of that life I'm a happy guy. Too little or to much is less ideal.

I have several Rodney Yee videos.  Some I like more than others.  My favorite is "Ultimate Power Yoga" which is broken into 5 sections, most are 20 minutes.  You can mix and match how many sessions to the area you want to work on and your time limit.

Today we went mountain biking.  It was my first ever experience of "real" mountain bike trails.  They're graded like ski runs (european ones - so green, blue, red, black).  We started on the blue this morning, followed by a quick go on the skills loop.  After lunch we went round a red route.

The point of the mountain biking is to try to improve my bike handling skills and to improve my confidence, which was knocked after the crash in Switzerland.  I'm not sure if today helped or hindered that process.  On three separate occasions I was in tears because I was freaking out.  There were only two features on the red route that I couldn't manage, and strangely those weren't the things I was freaking out about.  But several times I felt close to panic.

On the positive side, if I can keep doing this stuff my legs are going to get MUCH stronger - 2000ft of climbing in 18 miles, and a lot of stuff that was scary at the beginning of the day felt much easier at the end.  So the plan is to keep going back until I can a) make it round the red route without crying and b) make it down the entire red route without wussing out or falling off!

Despite the fact that we only cycled 18 miles and it took us about 2.5hours total according to the Garmin, the trip took the entire day and we were very tired when we got home.  So the planned swim session has been pushed back to tomorrow.

yeah, another mountain biker is born. 

I like the attitude, keep at it and you will get stronger and more confident for sure.  It's tough to relate time to miles according to road biking, cause it's just so different.  I generally train by time instead of distance.

Well, Got my planned workout in (5k run) and it was better than expected, pace really improved over thursday's nightmare. 

 Then got a call from my sport Chiropractor buddy (saved my feet, literally, when I had the bout of Plantar Faciitis this past year) who I lovingly call Dr. Torture, becuase the work he did on my feet hurt like H#*&, but it worked.  He wanted me to join him for a bike ride this afternoon.   He's an avid triathlete, and works with a lot of us in his practice.   He gets it, and is able to relate and help with the physical aches and pains that come from training.   Grateful to have him for a friend ..

Anyway, he and I headed out for a short (17.7 mile) ride.  Felt good to be back on the bike.  Haven't been on the bike in a couple months.

No work out so far today because we took a trip into the city.  So while we were there, we stopped at a shoe store that I has heard about.  Result:  two new pairs of shoes to alternate for work & running!  Yeah!       My old ones definitely needed to be replaced.  I thought that the clerk was very good about assessing what I was looking for and needed. 

We stopped and ate a late lunch on the way home.  I did pretty good on not overdoing it, but I still am too full to run.  But I plan to run tomorrow and will probably be able to manage aerobics tonight.

I do yoga occasionally and really wish I did more of it.  I need to take classes because my form is so poor that I worry about injury if I don't have a yogi helping me out.

Got an easy 7 mile run in today and took my Christmas decorations down!

I have a friend like that.  He's a physiotherapist, and when I was contemplating my first sprint tri he was training for his first IM.  He was basically responsible for getting me to the point where I could do IM after my crash.  It's great having a friend who can be called on from another country for physio advice!

I love getting new running shoes.  It's the only kind of footwear I really get excited about!

I think many of us have invested way too much time in an online community of some sort and then realized how unhealthy it can be.  Good for youto realize that and do something about it.

Good for you also coming back to mentor people like us too though! 

It looks like just about everyone had a good day of trianing yesterday, so congrats to us all!

My cold has gotten much worse so I am going to play today a little bit by ear and see how I feel later.  I just don't want this thing to keep moving down into my lungs, as I woke up this morning sounding like a Barry White impersonator.

Nice job yesterday, everyone.   Me, resting today as per my normal 'routine'.  Will be back in the pool in the morning though.  Haven't got the full workout planned yet, but thinking about 2500 yards or so.  Have to see what happens.  I need to get my workouts more intense and focused.. particularly in the pool.   When those are strong for me, the other disciplines seem to improve.

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