Hi everyone. Doing the NOV OS this year. This is my 3rd OS but the first I get to take seriously in a few years. With 3 little kids at home and a job that has me working 60+ hours a week, I was on a "wife imposed" sabbatical for a while - i.e., only getting to dabble in training and racing. Turning 40 next year and made myself a few promises that I fully intend to keep! (I know, you have heard that one before.)
I am racing Rev 3 Quassy and IM Poconos (so far) next year.
Looking forward to training hard and seeing the results!
I have not done Syracuse in a few years. The bike course was fun. I agree that it is too close to IMLP. I did Tupper Lake Tinman last year before IMLP. It was only 5 weeks out as Syracuse is this year. I did not get the right amount of long into me before Ironman. I am not planning on doing either half before IMLP this year. If you liked the Syracuse bike course, wait until you ride Placid. It is a course that you need experience on before you race it. There is a huge amount of up and some very scary down. Good luck training.
Hi everyone, lots of newbies and lots of veterans for the Nov OS. Those of you that are new, you are in for some serious gains in fitness with these plans. I went from a middle of the pack guy to a consistent top 5'er just by doing the work ( of course I'm pretty old so most of the competition has died off ). My name is Jeff Braaten and I am out in Abilene Texas. Flat as a pancake but lots of wind. This will be my 4th OS after taking last year mostly off so have some catch up to do.
Not sure If I aleady did this...but will do again...JIC....Jumping on the NOVOS bandwagon....tentatively targeting IMTX....though may have to go IMLOU...decisions decisions....but I'm rarin' to go..so I'm in NOW.
If you want to hold off on a power meter then you can use Trainer Road instead. It has a virtual power meter. That is what I used all last OS. All you need is your bike, a trainer, a speed/cadence sensor, and Ant+ dongle for the computer and, I think, a heart rate monitor.
Of course once you start using any sort of power meter it is hard to go back to not using it. That is how I ended up with the Quark Riken. I 'needed' my power numbers.
@David I also am a Mac user. I use the one that came with my Garmin watch. I believe as long as it is Ant+ compatible you are good to go though. I used the Garmin GSC 10 for the speed cadence sensor.
Back for the start of my second year with EN and second NOS. I've been really lazy for the last 2 months coming off a summer of IMCDA and the Toughman Half (New York), so can't wait to get reacquainted with the pain cave and try out trainer road for the first time. One of my favorite parts of EN is the mojo in the OS forums and I'm looking forward to our daily diaries of suffering, disappointments, and success! IMTX '14 will be IM #4 for me
For the record...
Mike Weinmann, Summit, New Jersey
2014 A Races: IMTX (May), Toughman Half (Sept)
OS Goals: get faster on the bike & run, mix in a few swim drill sets and improve body comp
So in reading, many of you are returning for a 2nd, 3rd or 4th OS. You reference the "pain cave". Can you let us newbies in on this...just so we know what we are in for.
My name is William, but everyone calls me Skip. Not sure why I have not updated my screen name as this is my second year with EN and my second OS. The first year was excellent and I am looking forward to continued improvement in year two.
I will be on a slightly modified plan the first few weeks as I am running the Philly marathon in mid November.
I'm Mike McMahon. I've been with EN, well, a long time. I'm part of the Ottawa EN Sleeper Cell.
My planned races this year are Syracuse 70.3 and then a 70.3 later in the year yet to be named. Likely either Muskoka or Timberman leaning toward Timberman).
Greetings for the Great White North. I am Jud Deuling from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, and I'm getting ready for IMCDA 2014. My goals are to finally get some decent bike speed and to learn a new way to train. I am new to EN and new to online training partners (I just joined the Facebook and Twitter). Looking forward to hurting with all of you in the NovOS!
Howdy all, I'm Scott from St. Louis and this will be my second NOS. I am figuring out my calendar, but it does have IMWI on it again for sure. As for the OS, I look forward to the talk (and process of) fatigue build up that will mean at least once a week I am in bed before my 8 year old daughter. Seriously though, like many of you, I saw large gains last year and look forward to my work turning into those results again. Let the fun begin!
Howdy Judson, Glad to have you on board, this my first NOS also, I've been reading post from new teammates making a mental note of who's racing in IMCDA next year. Happy to see the numbers growing. My name is Doug Nyeholt and I'm from So. Cal. I haven't figured all this stuff out yet, but maybe soon we can start a side group of everyone racing CDA. Good luck
I'm headed into my temporary Pain Cave for my 5k test. The new fitness room won't be finished for 3 weeks. Of course, a shiny new room won't make a 5K treadmill test easier!
Good to meet you Doug! I think there will be a new Forum posted for IMCDA as soon as they clear out the older 2013 threads. I have never been able to train with other people for a common race before, so I am really looking forward to this! Have fun!
Glad to have you on board, this my first NOS also, I've been reading post from new teammates making a mental note of who's racing in IMCDA next year. Happy to see the numbers growing. My name is Doug Nyeholt and I'm from So. Cal. I haven't figured all this stuff out yet, but maybe soon we can start a side group of everyone racing CDA. Good luck
Sometime early next year (?March), a forum section for 2014 IM CDA will be created - to see what it's like, check out this year's thread:
My first 5K test is in the books! Averaged 6:46/mile. I'm hoping to make a good improvement on that for the next test. So, the OS has officially begun for me.
My first 5K test is in the books! Averaged 6:46/mile. I'm hoping to make a good improvement on that for the next test. So, the OS has officially begun for me.
@Edwin - I will fire up a "NOV OS Run - Week #1" thread tomorrow for everyone to start posting their run workouts. Be sure to "re-post" this.
@ Edwin - Roy put up a great post, so I will just cut 'n paste what he wrote:
Posted By Roy Ezell on 26 Oct 2013 03:50 PM As I have some downtown between football games, I thought I would add a little bit on 'threadology' (yes, I just made that up, feel free to use it) for the new folks in the house (specifically for the NOS warriors, those on the JOS JV team can handle their business separately). Each Sunday, Joe H and I will kick up new weekly threads, one for bike workouts and one for run workouts. These threads are intended to be interactive conversations among all NOS'ers to brag, complain, talk about our workouts, life, and other challenges over the next 14 weeks. There are many ways to use these threads.
1. Timmy 'the statistics guru' - posts every workout. Good/bad/medium, doesn't matter. Stats, pace, power, NP, total time, total miles, all sorts of pace/power metrics, acronyms abound that only those with advanced math degrees can follow. Includes a link to his workout so others can check it out (to glory in its awesomeness, to look for problems, to provide feedback if anything stands out).
2. Tommy 'the social butterfly' - posts workouts but leaves out hard numbers, like "Wow, got those intervals done, but it was tough" or "Crushed that FTP test today". Leaves out the hard numbers but gives a sense of how the workout went.
3. Sally 'the lurker'- doesn't post much about her own workouts, but drops in to cheer others on when they are down, congratulate someone for his good work, and to ask a question or two when they pop up.
4. Johnny 'the rock star'- posts only those "BOOM" workouts, with impressive stats and results.
5. Freddy 'the guy who didn't know about threads' - pops in about three weeks from the end of the outseason and says something like, "Wow, I had no idea these threads were here. I've spent the last three months in the wiki and on the dashboard and missed out on all of the fun." (DON'T BE THIS GUY!!!!!)
- With the exception of number 5, be any or all of the folks as best fits your style or come up with your own way to share in the threads. But IMHO, there is no greater value in the house than that of the knowledge, motivation, accountability and camaraderie developed in the weekly outseason threads. I have no problem motivating myself to start my workouts, day after day, week after week. However, within each workout, I know I push a little bit harder because I make myself post the results in the threads for all to see. I also draw positive energy from reading about everyone else and how his/her workouts are goings. Once you join the conversation, it continues to build and build.
- You will see some folks post some crazy numbers (or you may be posting crazy numbers yourself). That level of performance is awesome and "BOOM"-worthy. However, if you feel your numbers are not as shiny as someone else's, don't let that stop you from posting and joining the conversation in the threads. Everyone has a place, regardless of how shiny you thing FTP or VDOT may or may not be. Its all about you and doing the work you need to do to make your goals.
- Focus on/post about the OS, not your A/B/ or C race next year. Lots of talk about next year's races in the intro thread. Get your head out of that space. Focus on the rocking the OS and the workouts it has. Tons of time to think about racing after we recover from the OS, we'll start to build that mojo when the time is right.
My name is Susan Roman from baiting hollow NY. My A race is IMLP in July, and I'll be racing in Quassy as well. My OS goals are to get faster on the bike and run, and improve my swim technique; as well as get into the best shape I can for racing. I've made a bold decision 2 months ago to eliminate sugars and grains from my diet and I've never looked back. I feel great and hope it can help me recover and race better.
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I am racing Rev 3 Quassy and IM Poconos (so far) next year.
Looking forward to training hard and seeing the results!
Larry
Hi everyone,
My name is Kim McKenzie and brand new to EN. I might have posted here already
trying to figure out everyone to talk. haha
So do most of you use power meters? If so what would you recommend for a beginner? I just completed IMLT and my A races for 2014 are IMCDA and IMLT.
I am not over techy, just enjoy working out and challenging myself.
Thanks for any info. It feels great to be part of such a knowledgeable team.
Kim
Welcome,
I have not done Syracuse in a few years. The bike course was fun. I agree that it is too close to IMLP. I did Tupper Lake Tinman last year before IMLP. It was only 5 weeks out as Syracuse is this year. I did not get the right amount of long into me before Ironman. I am not planning on doing either half before IMLP this year. If you liked the Syracuse bike course, wait until you ride Placid. It is a course that you need experience on before you race it. There is a huge amount of up and some very scary down. Good luck training.
Ed
Not sure If I aleady did this...but will do again...JIC....Jumping on the NOVOS bandwagon....tentatively targeting IMTX....though may have to go IMLOU...decisions decisions....but I'm rarin' to go..so I'm in NOW.
@Kim (and everyone else) Welcome!
If you want to hold off on a power meter then you can use Trainer Road instead. It has a virtual power meter. That is what I used all last OS. All you need is your bike, a trainer, a speed/cadence sensor, and Ant+ dongle for the computer and, I think, a heart rate monitor.
Of course once you start using any sort of power meter it is hard to go back to not using it. That is how I ended up with the Quark Riken. I 'needed' my power numbers.
--Larry
What ANT+ dongle is recommended? I am using a Mac.
Thanks,
David
Thanks Larry. I will probably not add something new at this point. I will save that for 2015.
Seems like TrainerRoad could actually make going on the trainer a more interesting and productive thing!
Combine it with Netflix and trainer time is much better. Wish there was the equivalent for the pool.
Hi all,
Back for the start of my second year with EN and second NOS. I've been really lazy for the last 2 months coming off a summer of IMCDA and the Toughman Half (New York), so can't wait to get reacquainted with the pain cave and try out trainer road for the first time. One of my favorite parts of EN is the mojo in the OS forums and I'm looking forward to our daily diaries of suffering, disappointments, and success! IMTX '14 will be IM #4 for me
For the record...
Mike Weinmann, Summit, New Jersey
2014 A Races: IMTX (May), Toughman Half (Sept)
OS Goals: get faster on the bike & run, mix in a few swim drill sets and improve body comp
So in reading, many of you are returning for a 2nd, 3rd or 4th OS. You reference the "pain cave". Can you let us newbies in on this...just so we know what we are in for.
We keep getting off topic so I am sure Brenda will reel is back in. :-)
Here is a link to pain cave photos: http://forum.slowtwitch.com/forum/S..._P4146106/
Yes, it has been a slow day at work.
Got it!! I will have to work on my design!
I will be on a slightly modified plan the first few weeks as I am running the Philly marathon in mid November.
My A races for 2014 are Eagleman and IMChoo.
Look forward to training with everyone.
My planned races this year are Syracuse 70.3 and then a 70.3 later in the year yet to be named. Likely either Muskoka or Timberman leaning toward Timberman).
Glad to have you on board, this my first NOS also, I've been reading post from new teammates making a mental note of who's racing in IMCDA next year. Happy to see the numbers growing. My name is Doug Nyeholt and I'm from So. Cal. I haven't figured all this stuff out yet, but maybe soon we can start a side group of everyone racing CDA. Good luck
I'm headed into my temporary Pain Cave for my 5k test. The new fitness room won't be finished for 3 weeks. Of course, a shiny new room won't make a 5K treadmill test easier!
Sometime early next year (?March), a forum section for 2014 IM CDA will be created - to see what it's like, check out this year's thread:
http://members.endurancenation.us/Forums/tabid/57/aff/463/Default.aspx
I'll be heading for my 10th go-round @ IM CDA
My first 5K test is in the books! Averaged 6:46/mile. I'm hoping to make a good improvement on that for the next test. So, the OS has officially begun for me.
@Edwin - I will fire up a "NOV OS Run - Week #1" thread tomorrow for everyone to start posting their run workouts. Be sure to "re-post" this.
Thanks, Joe
Joe, I am a newbie to EN & I'm not sure what you mean. I did see the worksheet from last year where you post your test scores.
Ed
Posted By Roy Ezell on 26 Oct 2013 03:50 PM
As I have some downtown between football games, I thought I would add a little bit on 'threadology' (yes, I just made that up, feel free to use it) for the new folks in the house (specifically for the NOS warriors, those on the JOS JV team can handle their business separately). Each Sunday, Joe H and I will kick up new weekly threads, one for bike workouts and one for run workouts. These threads are intended to be interactive conversations among all NOS'ers to brag, complain, talk about our workouts, life, and other challenges over the next 14 weeks. There are many ways to use these threads.
1. Timmy 'the statistics guru' - posts every workout. Good/bad/medium, doesn't matter. Stats, pace, power, NP, total time, total miles, all sorts of pace/power metrics, acronyms abound that only those with advanced math degrees can follow. Includes a link to his workout so others can check it out (to glory in its awesomeness, to look for problems, to provide feedback if anything stands out).
2. Tommy 'the social butterfly' - posts workouts but leaves out hard numbers, like "Wow, got those intervals done, but it was tough" or "Crushed that FTP test today". Leaves out the hard numbers but gives a sense of how the workout went.
3. Sally 'the lurker'- doesn't post much about her own workouts, but drops in to cheer others on when they are down, congratulate someone for his good work, and to ask a question or two when they pop up.
4. Johnny 'the rock star'- posts only those "BOOM" workouts, with impressive stats and results.
5. Freddy 'the guy who didn't know about threads' - pops in about three weeks from the end of the outseason and says something like, "Wow, I had no idea these threads were here. I've spent the last three months in the wiki and on the dashboard and missed out on all of the fun." (DON'T BE THIS GUY!!!!!)
- With the exception of number 5, be any or all of the folks as best fits your style or come up with your own way to share in the threads. But IMHO, there is no greater value in the house than that of the knowledge, motivation, accountability and camaraderie developed in the weekly outseason threads. I have no problem motivating myself to start my workouts, day after day, week after week. However, within each workout, I know I push a little bit harder because I make myself post the results in the threads for all to see. I also draw positive energy from reading about everyone else and how his/her workouts are goings. Once you join the conversation, it continues to build and build.
- You will see some folks post some crazy numbers (or you may be posting crazy numbers yourself). That level of performance is awesome and "BOOM"-worthy. However, if you feel your numbers are not as shiny as someone else's, don't let that stop you from posting and joining the conversation in the threads. Everyone has a place, regardless of how shiny you thing FTP or VDOT may or may not be. Its all about you and doing the work you need to do to make your goals.
- Focus on/post about the OS, not your A/B/ or C race next year. Lots of talk about next year's races in the intro thread. Get your head out of that space. Focus on the rocking the OS and the workouts it has. Tons of time to think about racing after we recover from the OS, we'll start to build that mojo when the time is right.
Looking forward to rocking this OS with everyone!
My A race is IMLP in July, and I'll be racing in Quassy as well.
My OS goals are to get faster on the bike and run, and improve my swim technique; as well as get into the best shape I can for racing.
I've made a bold decision 2 months ago to eliminate sugars and grains from my diet and I've never looked back. I feel great and hope it can help me recover and race better.
Sorry, don't have a photo handy to post.