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latestarter - 2010-03-11 7:11 PM Had my first outdoor ride of the year today.   YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Sunny and 13*.   I thought maybe the wind (20km/hr) would feel coolish but it was actually warm.    At times I was going 37 km/hr and I thought for sure there must be something wrong with the computer.       Outdoor riding is SO much easier than the trainer.  

Getting rain for the next few days and then the temp drops back down to normal for this time of year.     

I actually saw an older man running with NO shirt on and in BARE feet.   Weird.  

LadyNorth - 2010-03-11 9:27 PM

I'm envious of your outdoor ride but I think I'll be able to get out next week.  High temps and rain are melting our snow/ice like crazy.  And it's supposed to be even warmer next week.  I can't wait.

FoxfireTX - 2010-03-11 11:52 PM SteveA, glad your toe feels better!   The absence of pain is such a relief, isn't it?

Anne, glad you got outdoors for a ride.  I agree, it is soo much better than indoors!

I am beginning to believe that this 5K race for next weekend is simply doomed.  While my back is now better my training partner, and the woman who only entered so I would not have to do my first race alone, fell and injured her knee.  Her doctor said she can walk the race with a brace but no running.  She is planning on walking so guess I will do a slow jog to her walk and not worry about time at all.

But I made some real progress on the swim today.  Did a couple of laps at the end with continuous stroking and kept my form including legs and hips up.  It was very weird, got really spoiled with the slow strokes and long breaths.  Found myself gasping for air when I first tried it but the breathing came back eventually.  I figure I need another day or two of practice to make sure it is there, and without as much thought, and then can work on endurance and timing again.  I am backstroking for my warm up and cool down, so if I need to resort to that for the tri in May hopefully I can keep my speed up.  I know I am very slow at this, but figure it is better to get my form correct now so hopefully it will serve me well down the road.

manfarr1974 - 2010-03-11 6:44 PM Steve A - I hope you get some good news on that toe!  AND wow, the countdown is on for HIM!  Good luck with taper madness!

GrooveTimers - This weekend I am off for my last (this winter) Baxter Park trip - so that is why you won't be hearing from me...until Sun or Mon.

Today I ran 14 miles (trying to get my long run in before the trip) - saw 4 deer early morning!  Pretty cool.  One just watched me for a while until I was about 50 feet away.  I was disappointed with my pace, but happy with how I felt during and after the run.  Little calf pain, (yeah! I love PT), felt strong throughout the run.  This was pretty close for two long runs, for me at least, but I also didn't want to miss another long one before the marathon (8.5 weeks away? REALLY? AHH ) 

I am thinking my slower pace is due to the two runs together maybe.  Or maybe I am just slower than I was pre-calf injury .   I am not doing intervals anymore, but plan an 8ish tempo run next week (make sense, Steve B?) I want to run the marathon @9-9:15 min mile pace so I can PR (4:18 is my current marathon PR), this run was 10:50 so...I am not sure what that means if anything and can't remember what I ran before.  Next week long run is down to 12, should be good.

I want to have all kinds of catching up to do with y'all when I return!

Cheers

Mandy

stevebradley - 2010-03-11 2:17 PM STEVE - How is the toe??? I wanted to respond to your post from yesterday......but I'm still confused as to what the problem might be. I'll be very intersted to know what the doc's diagnosis is! But form how you describe it, a bunion of any sort is probably unlikely. But as to an alternative idea......? LET ME KNOW, PRETTY-PLEASE!!! As for time goals for Showdown: You ought to be able to keep both transitions under 5 minutes. Do you know how many people will be racing? I've done a couple of very large HIM, such as Eagleman and Timberman, and the transition areas weren't inordinately large. Of course, things change when there are long run-ups from the water, and I'll go to the race's website in a while and try to get an idea of how it all looks. On second thought, they might be around 5-6 minutes just because this is your first HIM and because you will be using it for SG prep. That means that you'll want to be 127% certain you have everything you need, so there is no point in rushing things too much. Your swim times are close to mine, but slightly better, I think, so 40 minutes is a good target for a first-time HIM. In my world I hope for 38', but out of about 15 HIM that has happened once (maybe twice.... when my fantasy life gets active). I'm okay with 40-42, and when I'm at 45' I think I've done not so well. The range of times for the bike is good, for all the reasons you cite. I will also look at the bike profile when I hit the website. And same for the run thoughts -- good rationale to support looking at 2:00-2:10. Just between you and me and the bike racks, I think you'll come in a fair ways under 6:25. In fact, I'm going to seal my guesstimate in a jar and open it after the race! May the doc have postive thoughts about your knees and toe!!

smarx - 2010-03-12 1:22 PM SteveB,



Currently enjoying the wonderful uncomfort of having decided to do a leg workout then spin class then 1000m swim last night...So pleasantly uncomfortable, but enjoyable!

midlifeinsanity - 2010-03-13 12:02 PM Happy weekend, everyone! Off to central Nebraska to see the sandhill crane migration with my daughter. Hope to get some walking in & some good pictures. M