T3 beginners welcome sprint and OLY = Closed (Page 8)

Originally posted by tacetman

Jeff, I am the poster child for strange biomechanical issues, having had surgery for a torn rotator cuff and a snapped tib/fib. I think the best advice I could possibly give is to ease off. As triathletes we are good at pushing through pain, training when we don't want to, and trying not to worry about aches and soreness, but there are times when our body gives us appreciable feedback that we are overdoing things. Tendons and joints tend to be the two aches and pains I take the most seriously. I think backing off of running (and maybe even riding) for a while is a good idea. I know you were looking forward to upping your mileage, but a short break to let your body heal doesn't mean you won't get to that mileage, it just means you'll do so without injury. And who knows what other biomechanical issues a short break might solve.

I'd also work in some one-legged squats, maybe even some solid weight training in the meantime. I would continue to exercise, just avoid anything that irritates your IT band -- you can be the judge of what those limitations are. I'd say odds are good that the issue will heal itself and you'll be able to attack the S,B, and Ring sooner than you expect.

For a personal anecdote, my ankle is chock full of titanium plates and screws and occasionally gives me grief. I was psyched to do a long run on Saturday and did so, planning on also making a long ride on Sunday with a brick at the end of it. For some reason, the Saturday run really irritated my ankle and I was having trouble putting weight on it. I rode a medium distance on Sunday and didn't run for a few days until my ankle felt better. Now I'm completely back to normal, but there's not a doubt in my mind that if I had pushed things with the ankle, I would have wound up in the orthopedist's office sooner than later.

Originally posted by handyhammer

jeff I have had some IT band issues at times. It has never been very to bad with me. I also follow mobilitywod.com and he has some stretches on there that might help. you can type in IT band on his sight and see what pops up.

Originally posted by handyhammer

totals.
Swim: 4h 36m 56s - 13643.61 Yd
Bike: 12h 57m 09s - 248.91 Mi
Run: 6h 33m 33s - 59.32 Mi

Originally posted by Dominion

Anybody else in a tri-club or group and would like to share anything?

Originally posted by handyhammer

well that is a good question on T3.

T3 started with 4 of us that were friends and trained some together, I headed up the group to see what we could do. Two basic reasons started the group. First being we did not want to pay the expensive rates to join our local group that is not very friendly unless you are in their in crowd and run tri's for a while. At the time I was new. Second there is buying power in numbers. I went to the local bike shop and talked to the manager, to see if he would be interested in helping a local team out. They gave us a 20% discount, and do race tune ups for our bikes before events. We wear their logo on our team kits and refer them heavily. To date they have tracked 16 bikes have been sold by referances from our team. That makes an impact that they appreciate.

T3 goal is to be good ambassadors to the sport, helping new guys with info or training tips, giving tubes or changing tires. We are structured more like an accountability group than a true team. I know I will have a message from Isaac that he has already hit the streets for his run and I am better get my butt out of bed and get my workout in.

Team workouts. We have a team swim on Wednesday night at our YMCA followed by a track session. this gets anywhere from 2 to 7 people together in the pool. Also we try to do girls and guy rides on the weekend. girls take off in the morning and guys watch the kid clan, when they return we switch. some times this is just one couple babysitting for another. We do some open water swims that we post up on the local sites to let other new triathletes come swim in a group in open water. If you make it out you will get in a swim and might pull a turn in the kayak to keep an eye on the swimmers and boats.

It is a lot of fun, but know if you start it up it takes a lot of time. our team has expanded to 11 people, and it takes me a lot of time to keep track of just what events people are going to and sharing info. Just doing a small team of a few friends would be a great thing too. If you have to order custom kits most companys will do an order if you order 6 pieces.

We went with Canari one pieces this year and it has been our best kit. I hope that helps out a bit.

On another note I have been a bit busy. I was selected for a hiring interview for the fire dept. I have had to retake tests and get through the PT tests with a final interview in 2 weeks. there are 85 of us left from the original 615. I had to get all this done before my vacation which I leave for in the morning. Keep training and be safe.