Ridgelake's Group - Filled up with Fantastic Folks! (Page 8)

Andrea, thats not fun.  It soudns like they have a plan to get you healthy again.

Last night, I was reading Jack Daniels' book on injury recovery.  One of the points he made is that its MUCH easier to regain fitness than earn it the first time.  Yes, you will lose fitness in the short term by taking a break.  But in the long term, you'll be much better off.  Daniels actually lays out a plan for getting back into form based upon how long you've been out, whether you've done other fitness stuff while away from running, whether you've gained weight. 

Please remember that you are young.  You have a lifetime of fitness ahead of you.  What is a couple of months compared to a lifetime of fitness?  Take a long view.  You can afford to.

BTW, here's a link to a good discussion about heart rate training.  Its posted by the coach that I've worked with some in the past, Mary Eggers.  Some good stuff.

http://www.upstatemultisport.us/forum/showthread.php?t=90

OK, Cole.  I'm going to ask you much the same questions that I asked everyone else.

First, what is it that you (and your husband) want to get out of doing triathlons?

Good stuff, Cole.  You obviously do a LOT of riding.  2800 miles last year?  Oh yeah!

Ok, so the next question is this.  What do you want to get out of being part of this group?

Oh, and my name is Rob, not Ron.     Ron is actually one of the guys who run this website. 

Jo, I'm not aware of degredation of the immune system at levels that we're exercising at.  In fact, getting moderate amounts of exercise like we're doing is generally beneficial to the immune system.  In contrast, major elite level competitors can jeopardize their health with really hard training.  But at the levels we're at, thats not an issue.  Again, generally the opposite.

 Jo, have you talked to your doc about what might be going on?  I'm guessing you have, but just thought I'd throw that out there.  Definitely seems like a medical question.

Hey, you're not being a whiner.  Being sick is no fun.  It affects EVERYTHING.  So don't worry about whining a little.  Its not.

Cole, starting to run can be a challenge, even for someone who's fit like you.  You have a decent aerobic base from all your cycling, but I'm guessing your muscles and body just arent used to the runnign motion and its stresses.  Without knowing what you've been doing so far, perhaps try a starting 5K plan.  A beginner plan.  This would incorporate a lot of walking first.  Then gradually add in small doses of running.  Doing walk/run combos for a while definitely helps condition the body for more running.   Is something like that workable do you think?

Cole, for what its worth, I started back to running this summer after a long injury layoff.  I started with walk runs.  Mostly walk, a touch of runs.    I've slowly been able to build up.  A couple of weeks ago, I ran a 10K for the first time, averaging about an 8:45 min/mile.  I hope to continue slowly building up my running.  In fact, I was able to run 8 straight days the last week or so. 

I found that I got into decent enough run condition that I could get into a very peaceful, tranquil state while running easily.  Very therapeutic.  Some times I would go out, and just lose myself while running.  It probably took me a couple of months or so to get to that point.

Jesse, absolutely, welcome!

It looks like you've been through a lot the last couple of years.  Kids, the autism diagnosis, the throat cancer scare, the career change (hopefully) to grad school.  You definitely need the relief that exercise gives! 

I saw your signature.  J-Mac is a great story, isnt it?  Incredible.    It actually happened in the town where I live. 

Anyway, welcome.  Glad to have you aboard!  This is rounding out to be an awesome group!

Jesse, over the next few days, I'll ask you some questions that I've asked the others.  So just giving you a heads-up.