2016 IM Florida Week 12- Be a Scientist
Week 12 - Be a Scientist
Hello Florida Crew! Shout out to Scott and Jimmy last week- thanks for posting! @Jimmy- part of this sport is making sure we keep our families happy and that is not always easy to do- way to have a plan and I love it!
Hope everyone had a great BIG DAY!! Let’s hear about it!! Let's keep the mojo flowing!!
This week is a test week. The coaches want us to focus on the following:
- Measure
- Gather Data
- Don’t forget to Sweat Test
When you head to an Ironman event, you will see lots of athletes suffer because they did not know something as simple as having a nutrition plan. However- in the “haus”, EN’rs know how important EXECUTION is because we practiced and show up prepared. Lots of little things can take a toll on you over 140.6 miles. Having muscles be so tight on the run from poor form on the bike. Not knowing sodium totals to account for the change in temperature on the course. Not knowing their power meter numbers, not knowing thier heart rate numbers in case power meter fails, etc. Coach Patrick has said how important it is to have multiple "A games" because so many things can change within a race. This is what we talk about when we say "stay inside your box" You can adapt and change to the things outside of your control on the course but that comes from testing, gathering data about your body, how it reacts to nutrition, heat, cold, rain etc. And those results are gathered now. Be a scientist, a student of your body as an athlete in this sport. This is another reason why posting in the forum and weekly training recaps is critical!!!
Here are the sweat test rules in case you forgot or haven't done one in awhile
1) Weigh yourself nude right before a run.
2) Run at race pace for one hour, keeping track of how much you drink (in ounces) during the run.
3) After the run, strip down, towel off any sweat, and weigh yourself nude again.
4) Subtract your weight from your prerun weight and convert to ounces. Then add to that number however many ounces of liquid you consumed on your run. (For example, if you lost a pound and drank 16 ounces of fluid, your total fluid loss is 32 ounces.)
5) To determine how much you should be drinking about every 15 minutes, divide your hourly fluid loss by 4 (in the above example it would be 8 ounces).
6) Because the test only determines your sweat losses for the environmental conditions you run in that day, you should retest on another day when conditions are different to see how your sweat rate is affected. You should also redo the test during different seasons, in different environments (such as higher or lower altitudes), and as you become faster, since pace also affects your sweat rate.
P.S. Ya'll Rock - Now go out there and crush it!
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I had planned a big day / campish set of days but I'm in a hole and feeling crappy.
Friday I skipped out of work and got a 5hr trainer session in at race watts then a 40min swim. Had planned to reverse the order but a work emergency popped up so I did the ride, went to handle. Meeting at the office and swam. Then Saturday I did a 2hr build run.
Today is Sunday and I had a long ride scheduled but when the alarm clock went off I couldn't respond. Maybe if I move around a bit ill be ready later in the day.
I really don't mind the trainer either. Safer and more time efficient. No coasting. The downside is that it is less race specific. And you don't realize all of the little things that can be wrong with your bike - bar tape coming off, creaking in the drive train. But for me right now, the most important thing is that the body is doing the work that it needs to do to get to the start line prepared and healthy. No style points for this race for me. The good news is that IMFL bike is about as untechnical as a bike course can get. Flat single loop. and this will be my 3rd go at it anyway. So I will just keep cranking out the trainer sets and see yall in a couple of months.