dhyte's Group - (Full to the brim) !!! (Page 9)

Keep your pace moderate and build your base, and your endurance.  Do that and work on running with good form.  Try to focus on regulated breathing, so that you can stay loose and relaxed while maintaining a moderate level.

You'll have plenty of opportunity to start increasing your pace...
 

I would switch the tires for a smoother tread (less rolling resistance), but would skip the rest.  If possible try to borrow/rent a road bike to use for your races.  But at this point, have alot of fun and don't sweat it too much. 

Terrible situation....is it me or is there a story like this every few days lately?? 

Hi Mike,

Is it bike then run? or Run, bike, run ? 

1st time??  Make sure to keep a good heads up on the bike as you are riding in bike traffic.

Stay to the right unless you are passing (be sure to look before moving left or right to avoid any collisions).

Try to increase your pedal cadence and "spin" more towards the end of the bike to help flush lactic acid from your leg muscles prior to starting the run. 

Try to have your transition area organized very well so that you can get in/out as quick as possible.

Start the run at an easy pace.  Expect the legs to feel dead after getting off the bike.  With in a short amount of time you'll get your run stride going.

Try to cruise the middle of the run, and when you get closer to the end of the run, push the pace.

1st race...HAVE FUN !!! Thank every volunteer you see.

Looking forward tohearing all about it afterwards.

Danny 

Hi Carol!

I hope the doctor visit goes well.  Maybe some deep tissue massage is in order to help with nerve entrapment?  There area lot of good practictioners in the area.  Maybe that would help???

Get better soon !!!

Danny 

All this talk about shin splints....now mine are acting up!!

I will try to reduce my outdoor running for a couple weeks, and do some elliptical trainer time instead.  I'll still do my long run outside, but this will cut down on the pounding.

UGH 

Hi everyone,

I've been on vacation for the last 3 days. I traveled to San Francisco and Sacramento to visit some colleges with my daughter. She is graduating high school in June and is considering 3 Cal State Universities, and also is looking at 3 different Art schools (Chicago, Manhatten, and Providence, RI) that we may be visiting soon.

It was a pretty hectic 3 days, some flying/driving, and also I have been fighting off getting sick for the last 5 days (it has been a losing battle).

I wore myself out on sat with a 70 mile bike ride/ 6 mile run. I went to a party that night that was pretty late. By Sunday I was dealing with flu conditions, and an unhappy stomach.

By Monday (start of the trip that couldn't be delayed) the flu symptoms were gone, but my stomach was in full scale revolt.

We had spent Monday night at a hotel right on Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco.

I thought I was feeling better by Tues, so I got up that morning and decided to run to the Golden Gate Bridge and back (about 7.5 miles total). I left right at 6 am as the sun was barely up. It was overcast, foggy, and ready to rain.

You have heard the superstitious thing about having a black cat cross your path ...????
I had a skunk cross my path within 50 feet of the hotel.....I should have known it was going to go bad....

What should have been a totally COOL run turned into a total bummer...my stomach started to cramp right when I was in a long wide-open stretch about 1.5 miles from the bridge. Not a port-potty or public restroom around anywhere...

I thought I remembered there was a bathroom near the base of the bridge, and it was closer than anything I had already passed, so I kept going.

I made it to the bathrooms (thank god they were unlocked !), and eventually to the bridge, and back to the hotel (after 2 additional stops).

All in all it was still cool to run out there, but I feel like I got "robbed" of a great running memory - and replaced with a bummer...

Two days later (and now back home and work), my stomach is still not back to normal.

I may have to change my weekend workouts to staying in the neighborhood, or at the gym.

Sorry for the somewhat gross story....

Danny

Mike,

Congrats on your race !!  Looks like you did GREAT out there.  Sounds like it was a tough bike ride with the gusty winds.  Great job on the two run segments!

Everyone stop by and check out  Mike's race report:

    http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/training/races-view-container.asp?raceid=61611
 

Since this earlier post I have bought:

The Simpson's - Land of Chocolate
Assassin's Creed
Devil May Cry 4

I've gone off the deep end... 

Updated 2/21/08:

Brian (Txhokie) has got his first race of the year tomorrow (5K).

Let's all wish him good luck!

Brian, are you ready?

I saw you swam this morning. I hope you are planning on taking it easy the rest of today, eating light for the rest of the day (getting some good carbs), getting a good night sleep, and having everything organized and ready to go in the morning to minimize any stress/distractions in the morning.

Any goals for the race?

Danny 

In general, I like to stay warm until right before the race, and then get down to just shorts and shirt. Anything above 40 degrees and I'll be sweating withing 5-10 minutes of hard running. If you need anything extra, maybe an long sleeve technical running shirt over your short sleeve shirt.

If you can hand off your extra clothing to your wife right before the race, I would warm up in some sweats, or at least something a bit warmer -  and then disrobe.

If you warm up with the warmer clothes on, then remove all the extras 5 minutes before the race, you should be fine. Do you have a cheap pair of running mittens? Just having your fingers warm will help alot. You could wear them until the end or pitch them halfway through the run. If your wife can't grab your extra clothing before the race, wear a throwaway shirt or sweatshirt, or a trashbag.

I like to have fluids with me when running - even if it is just a couple of ounces to wet my lips when running. Don't carry a full (heavy bottle) with you.

Don't go crazy loading up on fluids before the race. For a 30 minute race you won't need to. If anything, you will be a little heavy, and have a FULL bladder...

For your warmup, try to do some really easy jogging for about 5 minutes, and then a few accelerations. Don't over do it.

Start the race just right at or over your race pace. Do not get caught up in running faster than you plan (at least at the start). RUN YOUR RACE, not someone else's pace.

Try to to maintain a nice steady effort, and increase your pace each mile. Last half mile should be a STRONG effort.

Have a heck of a great time!!!!

We're looking forward to hearing all about it !

Danny

You can add people as your "favorite" through the user control panel.

You can also add the table I created (see my post from yesterday) to your BT training log page.

The links in the table don't work right from within this thread, but will work from your training page.

You can see a working example on my training log page:

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=&year=&month=&day=

I was planning a 6 hour easy ride today.

I had 3  flat tires in 70 minutes....  dangit!  I hate it when that happens.

After the last one, I decided I was done for the day....maybe it was an indicator that it was not a good day for me to be riding my bike....

I called the SAG wagon and bagged it for the day!