MIke Danko's Group-open

richietran - 2008-01-07 2:09 AM

how do you feel about trek bikes?

Trek has some good road bikes and they are durable. I have a 1200 myself and it has been good to me. They also have some good entry level tt bikes.

i am super clueless at the moment when it comes to bikes... i spoke briefly with my friend who has been cycling for a while and told me that i should not get anything beneath a 105 level bike?

I think your friend is talking about components here...such as shifters etc......

so with that being said... i don't really have a bike and i've been doing the spin class at my gym... it lasts about one hour and i really push myself... i know that i need to get outside and do it... do you think the class will be alright? or should i just shoot for always riding outside?

I would ride outside when possible use the spining as an alt....

i was looking at the 20 Week Sprint - 3x Balanced Training Plan and the times for the workouts seem pretty low? i come from a swimming background and a 12 minute swim is not going to really push me at all... also... up until a couple months ago i ran 3 times a week for about a year consistently... and i've been throwing a run or two in here and there since just to keep my body used to it. do you think i should increase the times?

You want to begin to increase distance. Only about 10% a week for the cycling and running.

Log your workouts

If you have an off day and are tired. Rest if you feel rested do a light workout.

Hope this helps so far.

Mike

i'm sorry that im so full of questions... i want to work out hard and SMART... please let me know what you think... thanks mike!

mgsmith - 2008-01-06 10:40 PM

Hi Mike,

I'd like to join your mentoring group, if you'll have me. I am not really a beginner triathlete. Would this be OK?

I consider myself experienced, but would like to train better and with a plan. My training has been fairly haphazard.

I live in Ithaca, NY, which coincidentally will be hosting the 2008 USAT Sprint Nationals in early August; it's the Cayuga Lake Triathlon. I plan to compete in that race, as well as 4 or 5 others. I may do an Olympic length-race at the end of the season which is a distance I haven't done in the last decade.

I did about 6 triathlons way back in college (I'm 42), then took a hiatus for graduate school and focused on running. Twenty years and four kids later, I'm back into the sport. I had a good 2006 season, doing 5 sprint triathlons. Though I trained 3-4 times per week, I had no real plan and was fairly haphazard. Despite that, I was usually one of the top three performers in my age group. I didn't do much in 2007, since my training was minimal. (We were away on sabbatic for 7 months on the West Coast.)

For 2008, I want to follow an actual training plan that will help me peak for the Ithaca sprint race. I could use advice about planning workouts, and how to be ready for an olympic-length race.

Thanks,
Melissa Smith

Welcome to the group. Let me know how I may help you.