first triathlonites 2006-07

[Bikingmomof3]

Thank you KSH for the book recommendation.

Right now, I know running is the only area that I am good at. Swimming will be okay once i can get back in the water. Biking is going to be a killer for me.

[light_sabe_r]

Well It's been SUCH a slow week for me. i got sick on Wednesday and Couldn't MOVE... So I did NOTHING

Thursday I did a short jog of 1.5km... THEN at night I did the MS Moonwalk. 10km around the brisbane river.

Even though I can't swim this morning I hope to make up for it on the weekend. ^_^

[eclectic]

Today was the first day on the trainer. I used Chris Carmicheals time trial DVD. I am not sure how the shifting is supposed to work, they are on doubles and I am on a triple ring. I kept it in the middle ring and shifted it up and down on the back ring
All I know is that I was sweating like a horse and the heart rate was definately up WHEW!

I did this DVD last winter and it really helped my cadence - I don't use a cadence monitor but I think that will be on my wish list, now that I called my health insurance company and discovered my daughter is still on my insurance - I thought she had to be a full time student and she is only part time. She had to go to the emergency room last spring and racked up over a 2000 dollar bill that I thought I would have to cover. Now it should go through WHOO HOO - from what I have already paid the deductible should be covered - I am rich hip hip hooray! (well not rich but better than before) Now that was digressing but what great news for the day. hmmm $2000 - new bike - Ouch - slap the thought out of my head

[tygab]

I've got a 5k on the schedule, next week, in Canada. My family is convening there at my sister's house in the Vancouver area, and she let us know of a run on Sunday AM (she's an accomplished marathoner). So I signed us up!

We'll both have jet lag, arriving late Saturday from the East Coast, so I don't expect a great race or anything, but it should be a lot of fun! Fortunately the 5k start isn't til 10!

I went to the gym last night and ran my fastest 5k yet, so I am making some progress. Still fighting a small cold tho.

And I need more cycling DVDs!

[Crankin]

Thanks for the book recommendation. I am heading over to Amazon right now.

And, I haven't run for a week. It's been so nice out, all I want to do is ride. I think I'll never be anything but a cyclist, but I will still try the tri.

[Offthegrid]

Tygab,

Good luck at your race! Sounds like fun! Go kick some Canadian bootie.

[eclectic]

Tygab,

Good luck at your race! Sounds like fun! Go kick some Canadian bootie.

Have a great time, good luck But don't kick the Canadian bootie too hard

We have a biathlon here in February. I was planning on partnering it (he runs, I swim) it is a 5 k run and a 500 yard swim. Now I am hoping I am up to doing a 5 k run by then and will enter it alone. The only problem is the run is outside. And why is that a problem you might ask Well, any given day in February can be 35 above or 20 below with a minus 35 windchill, I don't think I would run too well in -20 degree weather (although I have skied at 15 below w/ a -25 windchill )

Today did the elliptical for 1/2 hour then moved to the treadmill rather than the track ( a friend was on a stationary bike beside it so had someone to visit with)

Walked 1 minute then moved it up to 5.5 mph. stayed w/ that for awhile then bumped it to 5.7. Was still able to talk (found it hard though because as long as I looked ahead I was fine then the minute I turned to look at him my cadence was thrown off - or is the correct running term pace?)

I was able to maintain this pace for 22 minutes (2 miles) with no problem. I think I have found the point where I need to stay and then start adding 10% distance (speed will stay the same for awhile) As I build up time and distance running I plan on easing up on the elliptical proportionally until I can run the full hour. It is then that I will try to work on speed. My plan is to run 3 days per week. Re moving outside: I will deal w/ problems related to that when the time comes

Any thoughts on the running plan ladies?

[light_sabe_r]

Well I screwed up this weekend... I twisted my ankle during Indoor Soccer. While I was able to "take out" the opposing player, I played on! Now my ankle's bruised... I'll be taking it easy this week on the run...

Gotta get back into the pool!!! It's SOOOOO hot and humid here at the moment!!!

[eclectic]

sorry to hear about your ankle light_sabe_r hopefully it will heal quickly and well.

Hot and humid - you are moving into summer now aren't you and we can hear about it now while we are cold and freezing (but it's a dry cold

Will your ankle bother you while swimming?

[light_sabe_r]

Nah It won't bother me too much swimming. Or riding for that matter (I commute) It's visibly bruised and it HURTS when I'm standing up too long, but walking around it's fine. Shouldn't take too long to heal up I hope. I'm stretching a lot to help it get better. (the podiatrist at work... A noosa tri veteran for that matter... Suggested I do the stretching)

Yup! Us Aussies are moving into Summer. So Most of my TRI and organised rides will be over the next few months. ^_^

It is BLOODY humid at the moment. PEA soup is a good discription. BF and I fell asleep with the Air-conditioner on last night and we could REALLY feel the difference in the air when we opened the doors and windows this morning.

[KSH]

sorry to hear about your ankle light_sabe_r hopefully it will heal quickly and well.

Hot and humid - you are moving into summer now aren't you and we can hear about it now while we are cold and freezing (but it's a dry cold

Will your ankle bother you while swimming?

I know when I twisted my ankle, it HURT to swim. In fact, it was almost worse than running.

Why? Because my foot/ankle was just flopping around in the water as I kicked. Well, flopping is a strong term, but with every kick, I felt the pain. I also had to point my foot, which hurt.

Oh, and pushing off the wall... FORGET IT!

I basically did all pulling for the first week or so after twisting my ankle. Swimming wasn't bad when I pulled.

[Crankin]

Hey, I ran 2.85 miles in 30 minutes yesterday. It almost killed me, but I am getting close to the 10 min. mile goal...
Seriously, it took me like 2 hours to recover. I don't rmember cycling being this hard, but on the other hand, I built it up over 2 years.

Robyn

[eclectic]

Hey, I ran 2.85 miles in 30 minutes yesterday. It almost killed me, but I am getting close to the 10 min. mile goal...
Seriously, it took me like 2 hours to recover. I don't rmember cycling being this hard, but on the other hand, I built it up over 2 years.

Robyn

whoo hoo !! ! !

You are ahead of me I did 2 miles at 5.7 mph (5 miles total in an hour if I include the elliptical)

tonight is run night but i am just going to do 2 miles again (22 minutes) then up it next week to 24 minutes, then the next week to 26 minutes then 28 etc. Once I hit 30 mins it will go up 3 minute increments i am planning on reducing the elliptical time proportionally until I can run the full hour (hopefully by spring)

i am discovering the schedule that works for me isn't really a weekly schedule but more a rotation one, I am trying to fit 3 runnings for every 2 bike (trainer and spin class) sessions and 2 swim (1 hour - distance and 45 min. sprint) sessions.

Because of life commitments I will be off Thurs and Friday which probably won't be a bad thing

Keep up the great work everybody ! ! !

[tygab]

That's awesome Robin. I think we *are* progressing similarly, though I first got the distance and am just now working on pace.

To that end I did my 1st under 35 min 5k which includes a few warm up minutes (so a 10:45 pace once warm). This after a frustrating spin class (didn't care for the sub, who changed music mid song... got off the bike to basically hold a stopwatch and tell us stuff like 'keep it up' etc. I dunno, seems like a spin teacher should at least do the ride too, no?)! The class itself was 3 long hills... so legs were not exactly fresh for the run, either.

So there is hope for me yet!
-Tasha

[Offthegrid]

You gals are making me jealous. I still have to wait 39 days before I can start jogging. But it'll be worth it when I can do so with less risk of injury.

I am walking a charity 5K in 2 weeks and it'll be neat to see how much I have improved since mid-October.