BamaDC's Mentor Group - Closed

phoenixrising404 - 2009-01-13 12:18 PM Hi Mark! I, too, am a chiropractor! I'm 42 years old and a mother of four--my youngest is just 5 months old. I took a mommy sabbatical and am ready to take off the 14 pounds of baby fat and get back into my hobby----so I just signed up for a sprint tri in my area in June. I've done it before and think it is a reasonable goal to get back into shape. Balancing family and career with fitness is always a challenge and I could use a little encouragement

Its nice to meet you.  Congrats on the baby arriving safely.  How long of a sabbatical are you on?    Chiros, triathletes and having small children around the house, I think we'll have plenty to talk and fuss about.  

What are the distances of your June triathlon. 

Ausie, Ausie, Ausie.  It's nice to meet you.  You'll be the third person from down under I've ever talked two.  First, my brother's roommate in college and the second a guy my cousin is dating.  It was very fun talking to my cousin's boyfriend, he telling me about all the things in the ocean that could kill you.  Fast swim splits in Australia.  I might need to brush up on my metric but your about 149 lbs. and 5'7".

I've never played crickett but in my younger years, I was a pretty good soccer/futball player.  What was your 10K time last year.  If my metric is right you have a lean body build.

The mentor program is for people that want to chat, ask questions and find support.  Best of luck with your up coming races.

phoenixrising404 - 2009-01-14 9:29 PM Welcome Stuart Little--I'm sure there is a really good explanation for your chosen name My mom spent a year down under teaching and is currently in Arizona being a snowbird and visiting with her Aussie pals who are also vacationing there. She is very smart to be someplace warm.

I'm not sure what you can learn from me, as you sound very young, very fit and very ambitious, but I'll be your cheerleader at least

Bama-- what did you do to correct your overuse injuries? I suffered a hamstring tear a few years ago and can still feel it twinge when running at times. I have a heel lift now to correct a 13 mm anatomically short left leg, but I didn't really know I had the leg length deficiency until this year (long story, but basically I am the daughter of a chiropractor who died when I was 14 and never did catch the leg length deficiency, a pars defect at L5 or my scoliosis.....it is really true...the chiropractor's kids have messed up spines just like the carpenter's kids have holes in their roofs and the shoemaker's kids go barefoot).

Rest, yoga and PT.  Thats the great thing about being a Chiro.  I have alot of cool toys.  Sorry abour the hamstring tear.  I've never torn a muscle, but I've fractured a few bones.  I have a 9 mm short right leg.  And I'm correcting my bike fit to make this better.  My wife has sacralization of L5.  Alot in common.

Sorry, me metric is a little off.  I'm the other body build.  I'm 5'9" and should be power lifting.  Personally I would more worried about the jelly fish than the sharks.

I had the same trouble in the past with running.  I increased the intensity of my running,  but still have had trouble in races.  So my problem comes with pacing on the bike.  In my sprint races I'm usually one of the first out of the water.  But have trouble holding back on the bike.

I'm in the Southeast US.  I live in the Huntsville, AL metro area.  We are proudly one of the top 10 smartest cities in the US, based of percentage of BS, MS and Doctorate degrees held.  And sadly we also have one of the highest divorce(above 60%) rates in the country.  So if your into family law not a bad place to setup.  Alabama is AL and Kentucky is KY.

Or a 4 hour drive up interstate 65.

Hello BamaDC,

I'm also from Madison, 23 y/o 2LT in the Army, currently stationed in Birmingham but I will be leaving for Texas in March for my first permanant duty station.  I'd really like to join your triathlon group, I did a sprint at Point Mallard this past summer with a really fast fuji bike from Madison Cycles that I enjoy.  However, after that I obtained an injury that my chiropracter told me that I hadnt stretched my hams out good enough, which resulted in me  severe back pain and inability to complete training. When I got my back readjusted it was only a matter of days until I could run again.  After recovery from that I'm back into the running and ran a 10 miler last weekend, training for the Mercedes Half in Feb.  I'm going to start swimming again when my gym membership kicks in, I'd really like to prep myself for a hardcore triathlon club I want to join when I go to Texas. I look forward to working with you, my main concern is preventing back injury again.

Thanks! Jess

Nice to meet you.  We have several active BT'ers in the Huntsville/Madison area.  I'm not sure about the Birmingham area though.  What Fort will you be stationed at? Cool, I also did the Wet Dog Tri this past July.  Had the fastest swim, second fastest bike , but had to shut it down early on the run.  Didn't want to risk straining anything before IMKY.  I'm also signed up for the Mercedes Half.  What are your goals for Mercedes? What Fort will you be stationed at?

Wow, Lanzarote.  I've heard the cycling is tough and hot.  What were your spilts in your other races?  I tried to check your logs, but its seems they're private.  Do you have any time goals for your IM or just get the finisher's medal?  Thanks for joining the group.  I hope you can take some pictures while your there.  This is a Bucket List race for me. 

As far as Ironman advice, I would love to help out.  Ask away.

I'm not sure about the BT plan, I'll give it a look.  In prep for IMKY last year I did 4 rides over 100 miles and 2 more over 90.  I raced IMKY at 172 and 12% body fat.

Okay for strength training.  It wouldn't hurt, as long as you can recover to have quality swim, bike and run workouts.  My weight routine is mostly body weight exercises and a few free weight exercises.  If you want more details let me know. 

How lean are you?  Like I said above I was 12% BF in 08.  For my goals this year thats way too much.  I want to be under 8% for 09.  Two reasons.  One IMKY is one of the hillier courses on the circuit and the less I have to pull up the hill the better.  Two most adipose tissue is subcutaneous or right under the skin.  This can trap some the body heat on a hot day.  So thin out this layer and it "may" help disperse body heat.  "may" is in quotes because its one of those theories, in which I've never seen studies.  But it seems logical.

On another note is the step it up challenge, the one where you race up the Sears Tower.

BF is a more specific way to measure your progress.  As some one training for an Ironman your body is constantly in an inflammed state.  This will cause your body will hold/retain more water.  Thus affecting your body weight when weighing by scale.  BF is only for fat/adipose tissue.

I'll use my self as an example.  RMR = 1900, job = 300, 1 hr bike @TP = 800 cal., 1 hr run @ TP = 900 cal.  So for this day I would have burned 3900 calories.  My charts are below

Run

Bike

Note: My workouts include a 5min warmup and a 5 min cool down below TP zones. 

Please ask more questions.  I may need to be more clear.