Okay ladies, this is all your fault... I signed up for a tri

[Running Mommy]

OHHHH that would be SOOO cool! I'm so stoked that I'm going to have such a great cheering squad. Even if it is from remote.. like say a birthing room somewhere in Chicago! ha ha ha
Now I have all this pressure to "deliver".. OY!!!
Actually I'm putting alot of pressure on myself. To go through all this traning and not finish would kill me. I keep having dreams of exactly how I invision the race playing out. Well, that is when I can get to sleep! All of this training has really interupted my sleep patterns. It's been rough lately. UGH

[Lise]

Believe me, if I can't get away, I will have "ironmanlive.com" dialed up on one of the computers with a big warning not to change the screen! I know it's hard to sleep when you're training so much. Doesn't make sense, right? You should be so tired that you just go to sleep, but not necessarily. I guess just rest as much as you can, remember that rest and recovery are vital to your training, too, and nourish yourself every minute of every day. L.

[mommelisa]

lol! I watched the entire kona race on ironmanlive.com. My dh and kids thought I was nuts. Well, anyone who trains for ironman has to be a "little" nuts, don't you think, Denise??

RM - regarding your sleep. Are you waking up frequently, or not able to sleep at all? Going to bed too late? More details, please!! I know that based on my "cycle" (not bicycle!) I have more difficulty sleeping at certain times. You're training levels too are to a point where its almost as if your body is just always going. Have you tried anything at night - chamomile, warm milk? I take a calcium/magnesium supplement at night, and that puts me right out.

Tracy - regarding my dh and all... I work for a big hotel company, managing a database that is used for marketing purposes. One of the best things about my job is that I can work from home, which gives me ample opportunity to train. I usually do one of my workouts first thing in the morning before everyone is up and going and then if I have a second - its at lunch time. Since I work from home, there's no getting redressed or redoing my hair or anything like that, so for tri-training, its a good fit. I'm in "preseason" technically right now for IMFL. My training is run-focused until April because I'm doing the Big Sur marathon on the 30th. I'm doing about 4 runs per week, 2 or 3 bikes (short), and two masters swim sessions. All in all, maybe 8 - 10 hours a week or so. (isn't that the length of one of Running Mommy's long bikes??) I have two kiddos, aged 11 and 9, who are both in school from 8 to 3:30, so once they come home, I'm done with work and done with working out and all theirs.

Now... is my dh supportive? Well THAT is a whole 'nother story. I should start a new thread!

[Running Mommy]

MM- Do you workout w/ the sund devil masters? I've heard great things about them.
The big sur marathon huh? Wow! That is one pretty race. My favorite race of all time is in that area. It's actually only a 6 miler but it's called the "beach to beach" run. It goes from Santa Cruz to Capitola. It is SUCH a fun race, but super crowded.
Anyway, sounds like you have a sweet gig! When I start working for the husband I'm going to try to make it so that I can work from home when I want to as well. Since I'll be my own boss I should be able to.
This weekend I'm going to ride part of the course. I'm going to try to do two loops but Tony's going to be riding with me and I don't know how much he can handle.. heeh heeh heh
Today was my long run day but my hammy is still giving me issues so I pulled the plug at 10.2 miles. UGH! So hopefully I'll be able to do something longer by sunday. The pain isn't super bad, but I don't want to chance it and REALLY injure it. I figure if worse comes to worse I'll walk the last half of the mary! UGH! Not what I PLAN to do... But I can only do what the old bod lets me..
I'll have to try taking my mag at night. I never realized that would help put me to sleep. Once I'm asleep I'm fine, but it's getting to sleep. It's like my body thinks it's on constant over drive. But then the next morning I can't get going..OY! I know it's prolly just the training volume right now, but ugh, it's getting to me...

[mommelisa]

MM- Do you workout w/ the sund devil masters? I've heard great things about them.

Nope. I have been swimming with Scottsdale Aquatic Club's Master's group. They have Master's swim in the morning (a lot of the really GOOD swimmers go then! :-) ) and then again at noon. That's the one I go to. I like the coach and I really feel like I've improved having someone watch me. I refuse to cut the workout short, too. The majority of the fast swimmers finish about 10 minutes ahead of me, but I stay till then end, even though I'm the last one in the pool. There are some other people my speed, but they usually just leave without finishing the workout.

How's the hamstring today? I think you said you were going to try to run a little longer tomorrow, let us know... One more week and then do you TAPER???

I ran my long run today - about 2:20:00 or so. It was good. I'm trying to find a route that will simulate the hill in the middle of the BS marathon. There's an elevation gain of almost 600 feet over a two mile stretch. I'm thinking about walking that...

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Hi Ladies!

Lise, I'm crossing my fingers that you can come watch! BTW, I saw that picture of you at a marathon on one of the other discussions and it is SO awesome! You look beautiful and happy! It just made me smile so I wanted to mention it!

So, Denise, when do you actually start to taper? I know Melisa already asked but... how's the hamstring - any change since Thurs??? Please be careful (I know you are)! What training have you done and how are you feeling?????? I have watched that run in Santa Cruz but never done it. My DH works out of Santa Cruz and we lived in Scotts Valley before moving to So Cal so I'm pretty familiar with most of the bigger events. Some of the biking events I've done and I miss them!

Melisa, you are very dedicated! I don't know if I would have the discipline to not cut the swim workouts short - I suppose if you do though, you really only short yourself huh? What a great job you've got! I tried going back to work last fall but it just doesn't work well with DH traveling. Since I never know which days he'll be gone, I'd have to get after school care for every day. Then, if I didn't need it, I'd be bummed about paying for it. I was able to work from home but still it just didn't work very well. I'll probably try to do something p/t next fall... but for now I'm hangin' out eating bon bons! So what's the story about your DH being/or not being supportive? I'm so curious after your ... "that's another story"... statement My DH is probably somewhere in the middle.... very cool about it all until it disrupts his golf or something I did go do a ride today and he was very okay! I was pretty happy about it actually - he didn't even huff and puff about having to take the kids to their little league game! Maybe I'm making progress????

I did the 22 mile Tour of Borrego today!!! YIPPEEEE! I was fine and felt pretty good. If I hadn't been so worried about my arm I probably would have bumped up to the 40 miler... maybe its just as well - I'm forced to start slowly. The pool at the lodge opens sometime this month so I think when it does I'll start swimming one morning a week... its the whole jogging thing that is the hard one for me!

Have a wonderful afternoon everyone - I've got to take a shower... salt...

Trac'