Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 91)

I have a coach (actually same one as cusetri - although really he has the same one as me as I've been with her for a few years now and he's only recently seen the light   )
I'm also USAT certified coach and I love figuring out other peoples training and I absolutely LOVE not having to figure out my own!  (my coach also has a coach)

Hehehe...I was just looking for someone to swap recipes with...tofu is murder, too....I'm sure they hear those soy beans screaming as they get mushed into that perfect block of spongy yumminess.

I eat a block of tofu a week in salads.



b?tw chick peas are 2die4

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seriously? how did we go through all this volunteering/planning/hangingoutness and not know we were both vegetarians?? 

well, technically i'm a ovalactopescatarian (mmmm, sushi). i'm all over the tofu and seitan. 

 

No coach. Combination BT Beginner IM Plan and common-sense-and-other-races-I'm-doing-and-trying-to-incorporate-into-IM-training plan.

Hey, has anyone ever used Swedes instead of "regular" goggles? I'm so sick of the raccoon eyes look I've got going after every flipping swim workout now.  (I swim before work and I'm getting a little tired of the "Are you ok? You look like you haven't slept at all" comments). Someone recommended them to me. Anyone have any experience using them for swimming workouts and/or races? 

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I used the sweedish speed goggles in high school.  No problems in workouts or meets.  I havent bought any in years, but I couldnt imagine they would be to expensive to try out.  I always used part of the extra head strap for my nose piece, which gave a more custom fit and was more durable than the string they gave ya.

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Did 3000 Y swim this AM... I really love swimming in the morning. Does anyone else find that they pick up pace as the continue on a "long" swim. My last 1000 is always fastest,  and my middle 1000 is always the 2nd fastest.

I am the same way. I am always afraid of getting hypoxic by going out too fast so I seem to baby the first 400. The middle is always my best as I am warmed up. The back end is usually faster as well since I have an endpoint I am working towards and focus more on the clock. During the race I would probably need to monitor that towards the end to conserve energy for later in the day.

Seems like an expensive proposition for something you would only use maybe 2 times a year. Does transition time count as well? If so I wouldn't think its worth it. If you already bought one and transition time doesn't matter, then I would use it. I would think an Oly would be the min you would want to use one of these in.

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Yeah. You're starting to talk to yourself. I'd say a rest day is in order.

 

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I've never had a coach and my training is fairly unstructured.  I know what I need to do to build my volume in each discipline and in what time frame, so I just go with that.  This far out, I don't really even plan my weekends much and just decide depending on what's going on in my life and how I feel.  I push myself along the way and listen enough to my body and will skip workouts or take a rest day as needed.  I wouldn't necessarily recommend this for a beginner doing their first IM, but it's worked okay for me.

re: swimming, the first 1000-1500 meters feels like I'm still warming up.  I don't think I have much fast twitch in me (for any discipline) and I've spent these last several years working on my slow twitch anyway, so that's what it feels like I've got.  Guess, I'll never be particularly fast this way, but I can go long.

I guess we have a significant weather advantage here in California (even in Nor Cal) for biking during the pre-spring months since we can mostly bike year round (that and I bike to work every day which is good for about 350 miles/month).