8 Weeks to IMWI
I don't believe it!!! I get to start this thread this week???? Everyone else must be too exhausted from the 3300 yds to type!
Got my En Chicka Visor this weekend, thanks MUCH to Gina for taking good care of me! Game on now folks! Knocked out 4 hrs in the heat & super humidity and only managed to get sprinkled on Sun. For the chickas, they know I had to duck under a bridge for abt 20 mins Sat during my run when a pop-up thunderstorm took me by surprise. Had to rearrange workouts last week coming off a funky leg thing going on so rest & test week couldn't have come at better time.
So- anyone know what we can anticipate weather wise (temps) race day?
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Got in the lake and had a shortened WU/CD since I had to get the run in as well. But I loved every minute of the swim. Amazingly I got the run done and part was on trail. Did all 5 efforts of 1/2 mile at TP/IP. I am switching Tues/ Wed permanently. I can not do bike intervals and run the day before the long run. So road bike on computrainer tomorrow, swim Wed.
Hope we all got the week off to a great start!
Had a great brick yesterday with some local buddies. PRE through the roof on the run, but the legs felt great. Looking forward to getting out early for the hard run tomorrow a.m! Shuffling this week around a bit to allow for some time to play up in LP.
Early case @ ; work today, so looking down the barrel @ ; both swim & run later today. Send me some mojo!!
Also, SI joint seems a bit aggravated so I am working on my mobilization stuff and using my muscle stimulator. If it's not one thing......
As for weather on race day, based on previous years, it could be ANYTHING!!
Sounds like the week is off to a good start for everyone so far. It was a good day for me, too, with a solid 8 mile run this morning nailing the 3 x 1 mile intervals between Z4 and Z5. My goal is always to negative split these and I did just that going 6:08 / 6:01 / 5:54.
Then hit the pool at lunch for 3300m. Man, that 2 x 500 / 2 x 400 / 2 x 300 set was tough but it felt great. Stroke was on today and I nailed them right at or just under T-pace.
So far, so good. Stay focused guys - this seems to be the time in IM training that the mind starts losing interest in the training routine and the body is easily convinced to skip a workout because it's tired. Keep at it!
After 82 miles on Sat. and 70 harder miles than I should have gone on Sun. I was concerned about todays run ( especially after getting up in the night to go the bathroom, and thought "I have to run on these legs tomorrow.)
Felt surprisingly well, crashed on mile 3, did not negative split like you did Jim. 1) 6:15 2) 6:03 3) 6:28
Swam the 3300 yds at lunchtime, felt tired but good.
Some nagging ailments seem to be healing, and I'm starting to get some speed back. Definately making a concentrated effort to get some more sleep, whci is helping.
VO2 max bike tomorrow am, that will be a nice change.
Bob and Jim- holy crap, you guys are screaming fast!
Michele- I've been bouncing around that Tues/Wed workouts as well. My legs would like a rest between the Ride and Long run, but sitting here after the Sat & Sun rides plus todays run intervals, ugh, I admit I'm looking forward to "just swimming" tomorrow!!!
went to 50 m pool that I don't normally go to and forgot was there! and did 3,000 with daughter playing but asking me "how many more?" a hot day here so had a frozen water bottle at lane's end, outside pool so pine needles at bottom .. so ran 12.5 a.m. and swam that. I am going to bed on time today!! for lake swim in the a.m. Patrick approved my week's schedule in gen forum so pressing on! while swimming I had this thought
only 6 more weeks of tng and then the taper! now is the time! m
Yep, I got it done!! I was good once I got moving in the pool. Hit the run on the dreadmill- just too freakin hot/humid @ ;4pm !!
Jim -- Your observation about the mind wandering about this time is spot on for me. I slept in this morning, because I stayed up way too late last night concert-going (Sting) and had grand plans for running at lunch. Nope. Work was a bear, and lunch plans were thwarted. It took a power nap and an iced coffee, but the run got done. And I ran some fast person's 5 x 1/2 mile splits. I realized I was pacing the first one a little on the hot side, but decided it would be fun to see if I could hold that pace, or negative split it -- like Jim.
1.) 7:24 pace 2.) 7:16 3.) 7:14 4) 7:06 4) 7:02. (Current TP is 8:02)
Head was tired, but legs were obviously hungry.
I'm doing an Oly on Sunday, so I'm counting today's swim and the Wednesday bike/run towards that and do Sunday's bike on Wednesday.
Beth, that was one hellva workout, way to keep getting faster and faster. I think you need to stay up late and go to more concerts more often.
Anyone else feel like the "just a swim" day was really hard. Ugh, I'm tired!
Perhaps I need to try Beth's ice coffee prior to running??? Nice work!!
I am doing the bike today as I swapped Tues/Wed early on. The old skool version of this works much better for me in the grand scheme. Glad to see 30/30s (I think) on the schedule.
TIRED
I've always liked the 30/30's. They hurt but they are over quickly. Did 38 minutes on the trainer this morning at 4:30 for the VO2 max main set, then went outside and joined a group of neighbors for another hour of pushing it hard (averaged just over 24 mph).
Trying to add an occasional group ride to keep up my social graces, as well as a mental break from always suffering alone.
Will run later today.
I'm no good for the Monday interval run so I've moved it to Tues.
Bob: Good to hear you're on the mend---doesn't sound like the Lyme Disease slowed you down at all!
Jim: Totally agree with you on losing focus and sucumbing to "Eh, just skip this workout!" I've been so inconsistent this season that I'm feeling the urgency and anxiety of not getting what few workouts we have left done vs. the fatigue that screams,"Please stand down!".
Beth: Nice run! I should go a Sting concert too.
I successfully took yesterday off completely and can't remember the last time I did that so that was a big accomplishment for me. Of course that left me in a bad mood and I got up this morning feeling like crap. So went to the pool and just did 2000 yards of drills. Finally felt good towards the end so I did 5 x 100 (30") and averaged 1:13 which is really fast for me.
Marianne, maybe I don't need to warmup much because I never take time to recover. I sure have noticed that after a day off, it takes me significantly longer to warm up the next day (which is another reason I HATE days off).
Race Report from the weekend is coming soon, just need to edit/censor it first ;-)
PLEASE DON''T!! Edit or censor, that is.
Don't worry, the content will still be there and I share everything with you guys. My thoughts just don't always come accross right on the first draft so I have to re-read it and make sure I don't sond like a jerk. Censor was the wrong word choice, it's more like removing the really negitive comments.
I was actually relieved that the ride was scheduled for 60 minutes, not longer. It gets hard to do 2 hour workouts every day!
Did the run and held my pace fine. I always cut the interval short by 1-2 minutes since I have plenty of hill repeats on my way home.
Sounds like we are all in the same place- TIRED! My TSS was -40 today before I started the workout. Tomorrow's swim only day is gonna do me good!
Matt, what you grumpy?? oh no. can't imagine! you can put the unedited thoughts of race in here! we won't dissect you or otherwise over analyze! we really would like to learn from any insight you have! I love hanging here locally with what I call fast people. in fact I am surrounded by talent! I like to pick their brains and hear what they do. and if they have something figured out then I listen and normally quite good advice. so share your wisdom even in the race report that might be edited!! smile.
okay signing off. my mind is foggy. husband comes home tomorrow from outta town, son comes home from Guatemala on Friday, college son in too this weekend so tomorrow morning I will make the best effort with available time for training. oh the guy at the bike store saw me riding and told me yesterday that I "looked aero!" and I said was it me?? and he said well do you know other aero chicks out that early in the morning? "UH, no", I responded. so
guess what I am saying is sometimes you got it and sometimes you don't! but at least you are out there! m
Kate- what's a ECMO pump? Looks like I'll be joining you this weekend for fun in the heat and humidity of DC! Hmmm I shoulda checked the weather forecast!
Obviously Sting concerts make us faster. Can we hire him to play IMWI?
AIP and just back. I did lots of drills and it felt really good.
Marianne - good luck!
Babies have been bad lately so getting very little sleep. Got dropped off the back by mile 5 of the Aloha State Games RR 28 mi on Sunday. 28 miles, 2100 vertical feet with approx 1000 ft in 4 miles per lap. Subtitle was Pineapple Loops from Hell. Good workout though. Worked late on Mon morning due to a 26 wk admit less than hour before supoosed to be off so went home and slept rather than doing the run/swim combo. Did the run Tues morning, the first with the new paces. Went better than expected as planned pace was 9:07 and was 8:50, 8:57 for the 2 miles. Good news for the night is the 25 wker from AS is not getting here until after 6 am and then I'm off the next two nights. This weekend is the third in the North Shore Swim Series, a 1.6 mi race from Chun's Reef to Waimea Bay.
Lynne
However, things went a little different than planned and the long run crushed me...
WU miles went well and then I started the first 2 miles at HMP. I was pushing pretty hard and missed my target pace by 5 sec per mile. I figured the legs just needed a little longer to warm up after not running for close to 72 hours. I recovered at EP, noticed I was sweating buckets so got some water in and then started the second 2 miles at HMP. I got the first mile done at MP (missing my HMP be about 15 sec) and then suffered to not even be able to hold MP for the second one. The rest of the run continued to get worse from there and I was not happy when I got home.
Then I noticed the dew point was 71, temp 75, making it over 90% humidity, and sure enough the current weather conditions said very humid. I still think I should have been able to hold it together better but I'm not going to get worked up over it and I'll just move on.
On the positive side, I made it the full 1:40, never went slower than my EP and only lost 4 pounds which is much better that the last few week. I still need to get more water in, but I'm making progress.