Beer Drinker Appreciation Society (BDAS)--OPEN (Page 8)

Today was my test day, tomorrow is 4.5 running and a pool workout. Debating on swimming for distance or doing swim speed workouts twice a week and a third long swim if I have time, although swim speed workouts are pretty long anyway.

on my phone now but when I can get to a computer I'll post what two BDAS guys do when they travel to WDW and a race gets canceled.

wow, lots going on here since my last post.

I had a reasonable weekend, a half hour run on Friday, followed by an hour and a half ride both Saturday and Sunday. I had planned 1 longer ride and one shorter one, but my riding buddy's knee started to play up midway through the ride, so we had to cut that short.

Overall, 3 runs, and 3 rides for the week ,a total of about 5 hours. And feeling fully recovered from the HIM last weekend, ready to go for a big week of Ironman prep.

I'll throw out some weekly goals.

Goal 1, 10 hours or more total training time for the week
Goal 2, Long ride of 90km+
Goal 3, at least 3 swims, 4-5 runs and 3 bikes this week
Goal 4, weigh in less next monday than this monday

As promised

NAME: John aka firebert (homestar runner reference, which is about as obscure as this internet geek gets)

STORY: 42 years old, 5'10" 177 (at the moment). Long time runner - ran in high school, took a break until age 30, and then started again with the 5ks. Every single season I'd get hurt at some point. First the shins, then the knees, then the hips - it was something every year that would take me out of contention. Loved cycling as a kid and always wanted to get into road riding anyway. My NCAA swimmer/experienced triathlete wife talked me into triathlon. All I needed to do was learn to swim. Started on an older Trek carbon road bike, and just this past Friday bought a proper aero bike - new sold as used 2013 Felt AR3. The deal was too good to pass up. The bike was in the shop's rental fleet, only it never saw grease on the chain or had the protective film stickers removed

FAMILY STATUS: Married to a triathlete for 8 years now, we have a nearly 7 year old daughter who wants to run like mommy and daddy and probably swims freestyle better than I do.

CURRENT TRAINING: I NEED A PLAN!! Right now I'm parlaying my Dopey Challenge training into a Half Marathon in March, a repeat of the first one I did last year to see if I can improve my time. I'm starting the plan at Week 6 of the 15 week plan. The distance is not a concern. I have run 275+ miles since October in the process of training for the Dopey Also doing HIIT strength training once a week.

2016 RACES: Two sprints in 2015 was my first year in Tri. In 2016 I did a duathlon, a sprint, and a 'long' sprint (.5 mi swim instead of my usual .25, and 4.3 mi run). I'm still strongest and most accomplished at the run - 2016 saw me make the leap to the HM distance in March, and just over a week ago I did the Dopey Challenge at Disney (5k, 10k, HM, Marathon over 4 days - except the HM got cancelled....). That was my first marathon. I've solved 90% of my running injury issues and am absolutely psyched for this!!

The Plan for 2017: I need a plan. Right now I have a dream. See, my wife did IMNC 70.3 last October. She trained to the letter for that - 6-7 days a week, at least 3 days with doubles. Once she was done with the race, she said she was taking a minimum 6 months off training, maybe do one sprint in 2017. In a two triathlete household, this is gold for me - MORE TIME FOR TRAINING. I haven't made a plan yet though.

Ideally, I have this HM in March, then will actually work my way down to 10k and 5ks through April and just into June. I'll do the Season Opener Duathlon I did last year with a couple BDASers, a sprint or two, all while working my way up to an Olympic in September. Now, my weakest event is the swim. Not just that I am slow (I am painfully slow), but I have no swim endurance. Last year I pulled that .5 mi swim sprint off (2:20/100yd pace!) by the skin of my teeth. From there it will be my second marathon in October, and hopefully Dopey Challenge 2018 first week of January. I wanted to do the Dopey once in my life, and I feel like I was robbed of it because of the cancelled HM.

BEER/WINE/BOOZE PREFERENCE: 1. Beer - prefer the hoppy stuff especially New England style IPAs, but really dig porters and stouts, as well as sour beers. Also have a love for a good European pilsener especially on a hot day. 2. Wine - red. I don't get much more educated than that. Booze - scotch (Lagavulin) and bourbon (Michters).

WEIGHT LOSS: I'm not too far off from where I want to be. When I was injured and not training at all, with a new baby in the house, I hit 200lbs which was my all time high. Once I found triathlon I've been as low as 167 in season. I'm at 177 right now but really not sweating the weight situation - it's going to fluctuate here and there and I'm totally ok with it. My goal isn't so much weight loss as just not putting it back on.

WHAT WILL MAKE ME A GOOD BDAS MEMBER: The same stuff that has (hopefully) made me a good BDAS member for the past two seasons. Some experience, dedication, positive outlook, and I cheer for everyone. Honestly it makes me happy to see people doing something they love and improving themselves physically and mentally in the process.

CHEERS!

And all three of those were with me! Dave, I have found the key to your consistency. Sign up for whatever I sign up for!!! :LOL:

Nicole- I thought I was the only one who watched ITU on TV! Thanks for the recommendation. I need something to get me through until cycling TV coverage starts. Yeah Tour Down Under starts tomorrow but not on my TV it doesn't

Andrew which full are you doing?

John any plan to do Dopey next year? I'm signing up opens on feb 3 for DVC.

Strongly considering it - this was a bucket list thing for me (both a marathon and the Dopey) and I really feel robbed of the accomplishment on the Dopey since the HM was cancelled. If it was the 5k or 10k maybe I'd be ok but the HM... But hey, at least we had Friday night off for a BDAS meetup:





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Ugh--feel better soon!!

I live The Wire!! j/k, I just live near it and drive through it semi-regularly. I stopped watching after season 3...need to finish the series!

Masters swim this morning. Much better experience than yesterday's pool party! We did sets of alternating hard 100/easy 50, then ez 100, hard 50. I'm exhausted!!

Goals for the week (I know I'm late):
1.) keep Whole 30 challenge going
2.) get at least one bike in
3.) enjoy the rest week of my HM plan (only 16mi this week, down from 22 last!)

So what are we doing this year?

Feel better soon bud! I'll be praying it doesn't get in the way of your procedure.

I am the same (Ravens fan here), although between Steelers and Patriots, I really wish there was a way they could both lose...

DQ, that definitely sounds like you're having a rough time. Focus on the positive! And good luck with the job, and hunting for a new home!

Goals for the week:
1) Be consistent with workouts. Not worried about what I'm doing right now, just want to do something every day.
2) Pushups every morning. That was the challenge from the boot camp I went to last night.
3) Eat as clean as I can. I have chili cooking at home, and bought healthy snacks and such. Meal prepping should get me through the week and hopefully get my body feeling well fueled.

I'm going to be doing Ironman New Zealand, first weekend in March. So far too soon.