Beer Drinkers Appreciation Society (BDAS) 2023 Mentor Group - ALWAYS OPEN (Page 99)

YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mike, sorry to hear about the back. How's it feeling?

I continued to take it pretty easy through the last week ahead of my ortho appt on Thursday. Mostly tried to get out on a walk most days to at least move my body, and have also been using my standing desk more (mostly because it hurts to sit, lol) but it's something I definitely plan to do more of from now on.

So then my ortho appt came. I told them about all my hip issues, as there are really 3, though the bursitis one seemed to be the one most impacting my life. They gave me an oral steroid and that seems to have it feeling better a few days in.

Then I told them of my other two issues. Pain in my joint, that I've really had off and on since high school, and then the pain I've been having in my groin the last few weeks...
Apparently I may have torn my labrum Going to get an MRI on the 29th, so I guess I'll know more after that.
I let my friend know I won't be able to run in the race next weekend. I'm super bummed. The doc said he's not worried about me making things worse, but the fact that running 3 miles leads to not being able to walk the rest of the day...probably wouldn't make it past my first leg.
Now that the bursitis is feeling better, I might try stretching a bit again, though need to see what makes sense with a torn labrum (I'm running on the assumption it is torn for now...safer that way).

So for now, I'm going to focus on getting walks in, doing core and upper body stuff, and hoping for the best but preparing for the worst...

I think it came from John Cleese, but you guys speak 'simplified english' in 'Merica

Yup. 1 of many, many reasons we don't want to go there again

I've rarely done indoor rides longer than 2 hours. For my long rides last Ironman I'd do 2ish hours on the trainer at 4am, then outside for 2-4 hours starting at 6 (sunrise).

However, I don't see an issue with having some short breaks during your ride. In an Ironman you'd likely have a toilet stop or 2, and/or a stop at special needs. Also, I'm not sure how you guys handle a long ride, but if I'm doing over 3 hours, there would likely be a gas station stop for some cold drink part way through. And I'd say a break during a trainer ride is even more justified than outdoors. No stop signs/downhills on the trainer etc.

Also, FWIW, I know you don't do zwift, but they have a feature now 'coffee break' where you can take a 3 minute break (no more than 1 per half hour) without losing your place in the group/workout. I know you're not going to jump on zwift, but enough people want to have a minute off the bike they made a feature for it.

@ Fit Nat. She's back! Looks like you've broken out of that funk and back into the swing of things. Great job. Did you get everything done you'd planned? Our warriors played their worst game in like 2 years over the weekend, and we dropped out of a finals spot. It's a long season, hopefully it was just a wake up call.

@Mike, How's the back going?

@Nicole. Damn, that doesn't sound like a fun injury list. Sorry to hear that you've had to pull out of your relay. Even though we all know it's the right call, withdrawing from something still sucks. I have no doubt you'll be back, smashing the toughest legs for the 2025 race though. Hoping for good news from your scan.

@Gretchcen. Smashing it as always. How did your weekend HIM equivalent go?

@Me, Big weekend, long run and short zwift ride Saturday. No workout Sunday, but we did hire a digger, and made a big hole in the front yard. If you want to make a 6 year old boys eyes pop out of his head, take him to the digger hire yard I don't think I've mentioned it yet, but my pain cave is being evicted again, and we are going to get a portable cabin installed to be our office/gym/pain cave. This weekend was leveling the site (hence the digger) next step building a retaining wall around it.

Other than that a solid, but not perfect week. Still suffering a little from the post race hangover.
Swim: 0
Bike, x3, 2 hours all zwift
Run, x5, 4hr 33, 36km
S&M, x1, 10 min.

First big week of this HM build coming up. Onwards.

Almost, the 15k run became a 10k run because my running partner stopped after 10k as she was not feeling well and I did not continue without because 1) it's boring 2) my middle toe was banging on the shoe and hurting.

On the plus side, the 9 holes of golf turned into 11 holes of golf and the 40k ride a 48k ride (although very slow)

Yes, it was just a wake up call. 2024 is our year!

Mike, how's the back?
Nicole, sorry to hear you had to cancel your race, that sucks! hopefully you'll be back soon

@Andrew--I told my wife you are adding on to your house for a pain cave and she is NOT impressed. She thinks I'll be getting myself some ideas. :D She is not wrong.

Everyone else--jeez! It is like an injury/illness convention in here! I mean...you know it is bad when Andrew is the only one healthy! He's got little kids! :D Seriously--everyone heal up quickly.

This weekend seems like it is the race weekend that shouldn't be around here. Nicole is gonna miss the Seneca 7. I'm missing my marathon. Mike might miss his 5K (although we certainly hope not!).

I'm enjoying the first days of rest week here. Yesterday I slept until nearly 8 am, only getting out of bed finally when the dog was ruthless in trying to get me up. Then, I just puttered about the house doing tiny chores throughout the day, interspersed with a fair amount of just sitting on the couch relaxing. This morning was a 2250 yds swim and the rest of the day is NOTHING. I'm not sure what to do with myself. There are only two double session days this week. I have to be careful, or I might end up building on to my house to add a pain cave too!

Re: Pain cave extension. We're not actually building onto the house. We're installing a portable cabin in the back yard. Not sure if it's common in your part of the world but quite common here. The building arrives on the back of a truck, pre built and is craned into place. Much cheaper, and no consenting issues.

We did look at an extension to the main house. Although that would have been a new master bedroom/ensuite etc. and a current bedroom would have become the office/pain cave after a reshuffle. But that is genuinely in the range of 10 x the cost of what the cabin project is going to cost. (NZ is expensive)

It's also not just for housing bikes (although thank you for thinking I could pull that off haha) Mr's Bullfrog works from home so one end of the cabin is going to be her office.

I do highly encourage Gretchen pushing to build her own extension though. If you move the pain cave setup to a new space, there is more room in the house for your wifes yarn. Really you're only being generous to her.

Training, Started the week with 50 minutes on the treadmill, the plan is to repeat the dose tonight.

Hey all!

@Mike - A seizing back is no bueno! Fingers crossed you're able to do the 5k this weekend! Which one is it?

@Andrew - This portable cabin sounds AWESOME! Though I'm sure it would've been nice to just add on to the house, stuff like that is crazy expensive no matter where you live. That can always be the long-term goal, but at least this way you get more space in the short term!

@Gretchen - Andrew has a great point! a portable cabin could really free up space for your wife's activities...

Sounds like you're resting well! I feel like you usually go a little bit more crazy during things like tapering, but I'm glad you were able to relax a bit. I'm sure your body appreciated the break!

@Nat - Sounds like a great weekend! Lots of activity but not a ton of stress!

Updates on my injury insanity:
Yes, I think I can still swim without pain, though I haven't gone in the last few weeks. Hoping to get back there this week, and swimming will definitely be my workout of choice this summer if that's the only cardio I can do without pain/making it worse. There's a pool in the park just 3 blocks from my house, and I've been watching the park page like a hawk waiting for the lap swim passes to be available. I feel like every year I miss it and they only sell so many (but then of course no one is ever using the pool during lap swim time when I run by in the mornings). Otherwise I would have to pay $110/mo to go to Merritt, which just isn't happening, especially when I can't do other stuff.

I tried playing vball last night b/c my hip felt really good, and it was great until I went to run to a ball and tweaked my hamstring a little. After that I became more careful and stopped running for stuff, though that makes me feel lazy and makes me feel bad for my partner. Going to keep walking and getting into core and upper body stuff so I'm at least doing something.

Not sure if I told you guys, but I've also been tracking my meals the last week or so. I'm doing really well and meal-prepped on Sunday (a pretty delicious greek salad). I also got below 170 lbs for the first time in a very long time. 169.9...but still
One problem, and sorry if this is TMI, but I haven't been regular in the bathroom, so trying to figure out what I need to change up/add to my diet to get back into the regularity. I feel like I'll lose another 4 lbs once it's moving again...sorry, way TMI

In this modern day age of trackers and social media someone really needs to invent the 'Sh1t Bit', (asin fitbit) it's a toilet seat, with loadcells in it to measure change in weight. Every morning you can upload your status and compete with your friends to see who had the biggest movement.

I really am a child.

And what does it make me for thinking it’s a great idea?

Yeah I love every little bit of this! Genius! Make it happen, Andrew!

Had a chiro appt today, so feeling loose and well cracked. He focused on shoulder and knee since there's not much I can do with my hip right now.

Also almost through the worst of my fire fighting I think so hoping to come up for air after a rough couple of weeks at work!

I leave for ONE day and I miss all the potty humor?!?!?! Figures!

Anyone else tried the old weigh yourself before and after? It totally doesn't work. I actually tend to weigh more after than I did before. No idea what that is about--weight of relief? :D

Rest week is going well! Yesterday was just a 49' run with Z4 intervals 4x2.5' and then an hour of Z2 spinning. This morning was 2000yds in the pool and that is it for the day! I'm debating mowing the yard, which kinda needs it, but my wife wants to go to Lowes and buy plants tomorrow, so maybe I'll hold off and do a whole afternoon/evening of corralling the flora around here tomorrow. (also...someone please save me from shopping for plants--I could.not.care.less about plants...except for the fact that I'll probably be the one to take care of them once purchased.)