Newbz winter training group is FULL!!!!! (Page 20)

Just got back from the 10K.  Kind of a tough course with a lot of wind today.  I did a 48:55.  Out in 24:20 and back in 24:35.  At certain points I thought I was going to get into the 47's but that turned out to be at the end of running to the bottom of some long hills.  The last 2.2 miles had a lot of uphill and wind.  I think I hit mile 4 around 30:45 which looked good for me until the rough final 2.2.

My knee still hurts but I really think it is something I'll just have to run through.

Good tips on transition, David.

I am hoping to master slipping in and out of the shoes while clipped to the pedals this year 

I don't do well slipping into my shoes (that are already clipped into the pedals) either.  I did at least my last 3 or 4 races last year that way.

My shoes are regular road shoes with three straps.  I only fasten and unfastes the top two straps and leave the one closest to my toes alone. 

Here is an idea I just thought of:  What if I cut out the tounge?  Do I need a tounge that bad?  I only have one pair of shoes, so would I need a tounge during long training rides?  I'm picking on the tounge because that is the bugger that gets in the way and gives most trouble when trying to quickly stuff my feet in the shoes while riding.

I'm still waiting for the weather to warm up.  As soon as it does I'll be practicing the transisitions.  Thanks for the tips.

How do you get warmed up and stayed warmed up before a race?  We all have to show up at the same time for the race, but all 800 of us won't be starting at once.  How important will a warm up besides stretching be? 

Happy April Fool's !!! Check out Flora Polis on youtube.  I wish all of my students were as smart as her. 

 Nice 10k Thomas. 

I won't be checking in after tomorrow- Headed west for Spring Break.  I'll have access to a pool so I'm hoping to get a couple of workouts in.  I'm wondering how the altitude will effect my performance. 

Great transition advice. I actually did my first dual sport practice this weekend. The transistion (between swim and bike) took me almost 10 minutes! Yikes! 

The advice someone gave me was to have a bucket of water to dip my feet in to get off all the sand from the beach, then have a towel next to it to dry my feet before putting on shoes and socks. I will be wearing my running shoes for the bike and run because I haven't gotten the urge to put clips on my mt. bike. One thing I am considering is swaping out the regular pedals for a pair with baskets. Do you think this would be advantageous?

Another hiccup I had was my heart rate monitor. It is a Garmin 305- which is not waterproof. So that hassle adds to my transition time too. I really would like to have it on though for the bike and run so I know my pace and HR. Is it worth it?

Overall, the swim/bike combo was not too bad. But when I did a bike/run combo yesterday or "brick" as I have heard it referred to- my legs felt just like bricks!  I have one more month to do more combinations to get used to it. Do most people do a full practice  tri in before the real event?

Ever feel like Job??  I know...it could always be worse...but it's been one of those weeks.  Its been sick central at work...noone keeps their germs to themselves...and of course...now I've got it...and it's a nasty nasty sinus infection.  Ok...vent over.   Today I went to the Ortho surgeon - he's pretty sure I have a completely blown ACL and that I've had it for several years.   Evidently there's a small segment of the population with strong enough complementary muscles and ligaments that have, as he put it, a "remarkable tolerance for ACL injuries"...meaning you can still run/play sports (some can't even walk normally)...albeit at a reduced intensity at times, and only have it flare up from time to time - because of collateral damage from not having the ACL.  I may be reaching the point where my knee is telling me...if I want to keep playing...I have to get it fixed...everything else can't compensate sufficiently anymore...and I may be doing other types of damage. I'm getting an MRI tomorrow. 

I'm still hoping I can last the year... if I do need surgery...I'll ditch the Sept tri...and do it at the end of the summer so I can rehab over the fall and winter.  We'll see...right now I want to be able to run.  Heck..just him yanking on it this morning...I think it's a lot looser... maybe whatever shred of acl was left....he took care of.  My PT said trainers do that on the sports field at times..and on purpose.  I found that interesting.

Good luck with the injury Malcolm.  Maybe I'll get my left knee looked at too.  It gives me trouble from time to time and is the knee where I feel like it is hyperextended.  I was hit by a car when I was 26 and it has wobbled from side to side ever since.  I never went to the doctor after being hit by the car and chose instead to just limp around until it "got better".  I always assumed if I can tolerate the pain to walk on it then it must be OK.

You should definitely get it looked at.  You might have a partial tear...and although you can probably keep running on it - you're fine running linearly - it's lateral movement that really suffers without an ACL - you should at least get it checked to make sure you aren't causing damage to other parts of the knee or building abnormal arthritis from the injury.

Thanks David.  I'm sure I'll keep in touch whether via this group or on the individuals logs.

Travis, I hope you recover soon from the sickness and pushing through the 1/2 marathon.

David, are you racing the Delaware duathlon this year?  I'll be there again.