What are you going to do differently for next season?

[Wahine]

I'm going to train more consistently, do more road races and mtn biking to get me out of my comfort zone in into the RED zone. And I need to find out how to make the first half of my IM Mary as fast as my second half. Unfortuantely, that means a lot of long bricks, ugh.

[buffbikerbabe]

I fell off my bike 2 weeks ago and broke my shoulder into several pieces. I'm in a sling for another 4-6 weeks. I'll start pt on the shoulder sometime in December.
any suggestions for starting totally from scratch? my whole body is deconditioned, and I can only walk 2 blocks right now.
I'm sure there are others out there who've had to do this.

[Wahine]

There are lots Buffbabe but many of them don't hang here in the Tri area. I would start your own thread in the health section maybe.

I know a lot of the ladies here with upper extremity injuries ended up spending a lot of time on the trainer while they were healing.

As a PT, I can tell you that there will be lots of things that you will be able to do soon and things will seem much better in a few weeks.

Sorry to hear about your accident and I hope you heal quickly!!

[GLC1968]

I'm going to join in the fun!

I just signed up for my first sprint tri in May. Yay!

(now I'm looking for more and I haven't even done the first one yet!!)

[HillSlugger]

I'm going to join in the fun!

I just signed up for my first sprint tri in May. Yay!

(now I'm looking for more and I haven't even done the first one yet!!)

Welcome to our addiction!

[salsabike]

I am quite happy with my coach and training, and plan to keep right on doing that. So the two major changes for me, and they are linked: stepping up from sprint to Olympic length, and learning how to deal with the increased nutritional demands of a longer race, because I have pretty much been able to not worry about food during a sprint length.

[Bike Chick]

I'm going to join in the fun!

I just signed up for my first sprint tri in May. Yay!

(now I'm looking for more and I haven't even done the first one yet!!)

You will have a great time!

[salsabike]

Gee, I forgot to say I am thinking about getting a new bike for races.

[Sandy Borthick]

...BTW, how are you doing with the Chi Running? My podiatrist recommended it to me but I just can't get into the book.

The book is a bit of a slog...but the ideas in Chi Running do make sense to me. That's partly because I have been taking a weekly Tai Chi class for abt a year. Also, since I really haven't run at all in, oh, 47 years or so, I haven't any old running habits to change or, for that matter, any running experience at all to compare Chi running to. The biggest thing I am trying to unlearn is, like many (most?) westerners, I am used to thinking of my arms and legs doing the work to carry my body along. Both Chi Running and Terry Laughlin's swim technique (and Tai Chi) emphasize moving from the core.

good luck healing up your foot!

[Becky]

The book is a bit of a slog...but the ideas in Chi Running do make sense to me.

+1! I've taken to using it more as a reference book than anything else. It's just not "fun" reading, no matter how much I try! But the ideas make sense to my head....now if only I could get my body to cooperate

[salsabike]

I looked on the Chi Running site for certified teachers in my area and took an 8 week Learn to Run Chi Running class from one of them. Always easier for me to learn hands-on than from just a book. She was a good teacher and it worked very well.

[Urlea]

Considering running barefoot in the sprint or oly tris. Until the snow fell, I was using VFFs 40-50% of the time on distances from 4-11miles & felt great. Once spring hits again I'll try going completely shoeless.

Would like to have more training rides with groups. It pushes me to go faster when I'm tired.

More OWS! Unfortunately the closest lake is 35+ miles away, but OWSing is like trail running for me, so much more enjoyable!

[HillSlugger]

Considering running barefoot in the sprint or oly tris. Until the snow fell, I was using VFFs 40-50% of the time on distances from 4-11miles & felt great. Once spring hits again I'll try going completely shoeless.

Would like to have more training rides with groups. It pushes me to go faster when I'm tired.

More OWS! Unfortunately the closest lake is 35+ miles away, but OWSing is like trail running for me, so much more enjoyable!

That's also a part of my 2010 goals. I need to travel almost 50 miles to do OWS