Ran a 10k in June (4 Viewers)

[Sand]

In honor of Darrin and Steve's upcoming races (not really, but it sounds good!) I did a couple workouts today.

Swam 2000 yards today - kids were with me. As brutally slow and awful my Thursday was, today was smoking. Started off with 10x100 intervals on 2:00. I was ripping them off anywhere from 1:15 to 1:20. Smokin'. After doing some other longer sets I finished with a last 100 that clocked off at 1:14.

Ran 8 miles this afternoon - kept it pretty slow and relaxed. Feet were killing me afterward (and still hurt). The tops of my feet are giving fits along with the outside of my feet forward of my ankle. Hopefully a passing thing.

 

[Dexter]

Biked 30+ miles today at a pretty good pace. The Iceman Cometh is one week away.

When I did this same ride last year I was dying. This year I feel really good. I still think I'm at 50% of where I should be, but I'm still going to do a lot better.

Did I mention 1 week from Iceman?

Looks Like No Snow This Year. Are You Happy or Bummed About It?

It's up north. we'll know what the weather is the moment it happens.That being said, I'd prefer no snow.

 

[tri-man 47]

Biked 30+ miles today at a pretty good pace. The Iceman Cometh is one week away.

When I did this same ride last year I was dying. This year I feel really good. I still think I'm at 50% of where I should be, but I'm still going to do a lot better.

Did I mention 1 week from Iceman?

Fire up!FL boys ...

Prosopis - great news!!! So glad to hear the heart is OK. Milk it this afternoon ('honey, could you bring me another beer?'), then enjoy the week or more of solid rest.

 

[prosopis]

Biked 30+ miles today at a pretty good pace. The Iceman Cometh is one week away.

When I did this same ride last year I was dying. This year I feel really good. I still think I'm at 50% of where I should be, but I'm still going to do a lot better.

Did I mention 1 week from Iceman?

Fire up!FL boys ...

Prosopis - great news!!! So glad to hear the heart is OK. Milk it this afternoon ('honey, could you bring me another beer?'), then enjoy the week or more of solid rest.

I have never been one to milk an illness or injury. Having said that I have milked this to the nth degree. I think I have one more day of this. I have not had to get off the couch at all. I scored even more points by taking the kids trick or treating. Of course when I got home I was very sore and needed to sit for a while. I will follow doctors orders but I feel like I could get some exercise in. Better safe then sorry.

 

[SteveUK]

Biked 30+ miles today at a pretty good pace. The Iceman Cometh is one week away.

When I did this same ride last year I was dying. This year I feel really good. I still think I'm at 50% of where I should be, but I'm still going to do a lot better.

Did I mention 1 week from Iceman?

Fire up!FL boys ...

Prosopis - great news!!! So glad to hear the heart is OK. Milk it this afternoon ('honey, could you bring me another beer?'), then enjoy the week or more of solid rest.

Home and showered all before the NYC Marathon has started I finished in a rather poor 2:11:02 - I have had this ongoing issue with a pain in the ball of my foot and today it was agony for most of the way. Around 9 miles I stopped and pulled out the stupid gel pad I was using and it was actually better for the last 4 but by then my legs were shot anyway...lol So my slowest half marathon ever, but at least I HTFU'd enough to finish

Darrin finished as well - ran/walked his way to a 2:58:39 - again, the triumph was to finish. While we were waiting for Darrin, some 79 year old guy finished in 2:38 - hopefully, I will still be able to finish Half Marathon's when I am his age.

Results are Here

 

[Darrinll40]

I will take 2:59ish.

I followed my 12 m/m pace mostly through mile 8 then I hit the bridge, the second and last hill. I was slowing down after that and when I hit mile 10 I was pretty much done running. I waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalked - ran the next 2.5 and managed to jog in the last half mile or so. Overall just about what I expected going in. I am just happy to finish and looking forward to doing better in the next few long races. Steve posted the results link so I am posting the pics.

Once again my wife agreed to take oics of female types.

PICS

Woohoo, I did not finish last in age group, I beat one guy by almost 12 minutes.

 

[Darrinll40]

Unofficially Chad finished 25k in 1:56:07.

NYC Marathon has runner tracking.

 

[Darrinll40]

Here are some more details of what I was feeling so that you guys can help poor old fat me out.

My lower back started hurting about mile 9, but I really think that is caused by the extra weight, and will get better as I lose more weight.

My head felt like it weighed about 50 pounds somewhere between miles 8 and 10.

I had sore shoulders around the time my head got heavy.

My legs felt fairly well, a bit achy toward the end of the run, but that is probably because I have not deon more than 8 in training.

Oh, if you have not seen the movie Run, Fatboy, Run check it out. In the movie a guy runs a marathon with three weeks training. It was very funny.

 

[2Young2BBald]

Here are some more details of what I was feeling so that you guys can help poor old fat me out.

My lower back started hurting about mile 9, but I really think that is caused by the extra weight, and will get better as I lose more weight.

My head felt like it weighed about 50 pounds somewhere between miles 8 and 10.

I had sore shoulders around the time my head got heavy.

My legs felt fairly well, a bit achy toward the end of the run, but that is probably because I have not deon more than 8 in training.

Oh, if you have nto seen the movie Run, Fatboy, Run check it out. In the movie a guy runs a marathon with three weeks training. It was very funny.

A heavy head is a textbook sign of dehydration. Did you notice feeling dehydrated? The sore shoulders and back were probably just because your body isn't used to the pounding and, like you said, it's carrying a little bit more weight.Great job, it has to feel good to be back!

 

[bentley]

Made my return to running with a little 5K today in 24:37. It's two minutes slower than I went before the baby was born, but I'll take it. I'm happiest that I've run three times in the last seven days and have virtually no knee pain.

 

[2Young2BBald]

Unofficially Chad finished 25k in 1:56:07. NYC Marathon has runner tracking.

2:53:09 at mile 23, "Ho-Humming" his way to around 3:15 Quite the sandbagger saying this was just for giggles, huh?

 

[2Young2BBald]

Made my return to running with a little 5K today in 24:37. It's two minutes slower than I went before the baby was born, but I'll take it. I'm happiest that I've run three times in the last seven days and have virtually no knee pain.

Welcome back #2 on the day!!!

 

[Darrinll40]

Here are some more details of what I was feeling so that you guys can help poor old fat me out.

My lower back started hurting about mile 9, but I really think that is caused by the extra weight, and will get better as I lose more weight.

My head felt like it weighed about 50 pounds somewhere between miles 8 and 10.

I had sore shoulders around the time my head got heavy.

My legs felt fairly well, a bit achy toward the end of the run, but that is probably because I have not deon more than 8 in training.

Oh, if you have not seen the movie Run, Fatboy, Run check it out. In the movie a guy runs a marathon with three weeks training. It was very funny.

A heavy head is a textbook sign of dehydration. Did you notice feeling dehydrated? The sore shoulders and back were probably just because your body isn't used to the pounding and, like you said, it's carrying a little bit more weight.Great job, it has to feel good to be back!

Now that it is over it does feel good to be back.I had water all day yesterday and this morning. I took water at every stop, but I did feel thirsty after about a half mile from the water. They had water stops about every mile and a half.

 

[2Young2BBald]

Did another simulated trail run earlier this morning. This time, I decided to make it tough on myself. Ran 5-miles at a local park with a sled hill, soccer field & LL ball diamond. One side of the hill is a gentle slope, the other side is rather sheer. It is about 3 1/2 stories high or so and the two local high schools use this as their X-Country race course. I looped the field and the hills and criss-crossed the hill several different ways. I lost count, but think I went up and down the hill around 17 or 18 times. I can't wait to race on a real trail next weekend!!

 

[Darrinll40]

Unofficially Chad finished 25k in 1:56:07. NYC Marathon has runner tracking.

2:53:09 at mile 23, "Ho-Humming" his way to around 3:15 Quite the sandbagger saying this was just for giggles, huh?

3:19:34. Great finish Chad.

 

[2Young2BBald]

Intersting (well, to me at least). Sitting here watching football & NASCAR, I was toying around with my training tracking spreadsheet. As I eye a 1/2 IM next year, I know I need to get better on the bike by logging more seat time. So, I tweaked the spreadsheet to track how many days I've done each of the three tri disciplines since the 1st of the year. I was guessing my days on the bike would be a little less, but did think it would be so much lower. Through yesterday, I've swam on 72 days, biked on 47 and ran on 69 and have done at least one on 157 days this year (over 50% of the total days this year). This sure explains a lot. I have to figure out a way to break myself of hating morning workouts and get on the bike trainer a morning or two during the week. I have also printed several 1/2 IM traning plans, but I am not all in for any of them. The thing I don't like about them, is that I am at different training stages based on what I have been doing.

 

[El Floppo]

Intersting (well, to me at least). Sitting here watching football & NASCAR, I was toying around with my training tracking spreadsheet. As I eye a 1/2 IM next year, I know I need to get better on the bike by logging more seat time. So, I tweaked the spreadsheet to track how many days I've done each of the three tri disciplines since the 1st of the year. I was guessing my days on the bike would be a little less, but did think it would be so much lower. Through yesterday, I've swam on 72 days, biked on 47 and ran on 69 and have done at least one on 157 days this year (over 50% of the total days this year). This sure explains a lot. I have to figure out a way to break myself of hating morning workouts and get on the bike trainer a morning or two during the week. I have also printed several 1/2 IM traning plans, but I am not all in for any of them. The thing I don't like about them, is that I am at different training stages based on what I have been doing.

Exciting news about the 1/2 2young... you can do it.FWIW- my own training during my tri-days basically came down to 2 bikes, 2 runs and 1-2 swims per week. I forget where you are... but if it's anywhere where the weather holds above 32, get your rides in outside- the trainer sucks balls. (but good for getting wet/cold workouts in).I spaced on signing up for the NYC Tri last night... ####. Trying to figure out a way to get myself back into some kind of work out routine with the kid,job and wife... I'm amazed how you guys manage (it was just me and the gf/now-wife back when I was doing all of this stuff).

 

[El Floppo]

Unofficially Chad finished 25k in 1:56:07. NYC Marathon has runner tracking.

2:53:09 at mile 23, "Ho-Humming" his way to around 3:15 Quite the sandbagger saying this was just for giggles, huh?

3:19:34. Great finish Chad.

Hey Darrin! Great to see you back in here... gotta get myself back too somehow.And ####### Chad- 3:19 for ####s and giggles... unbelievable.

 

[2Young2BBald]

Intersting (well, to me at least). Sitting here watching football & NASCAR, I was toying around with my training tracking spreadsheet. As I eye a 1/2 IM next year, I know I need to get better on the bike by logging more seat time. So, I tweaked the spreadsheet to track how many days I've done each of the three tri disciplines since the 1st of the year. I was guessing my days on the bike would be a little less, but did think it would be so much lower. Through yesterday, I've swam on 72 days, biked on 47 and ran on 69 and have done at least one on 157 days this year (over 50% of the total days this year). This sure explains a lot. I have to figure out a way to break myself of hating morning workouts and get on the bike trainer a morning or two during the week. I have also printed several 1/2 IM traning plans, but I am not all in for any of them. The thing I don't like about them, is that I am at different training stages based on what I have been doing.

Exciting news about the 1/2 2young... you can do it.FWIW- my own training during my tri-days basically came down to 2 bikes, 2 runs and 1-2 swims per week. I forget where you are... but if it's anywhere where the weather holds above 32, get your rides in outside- the trainer sucks balls. (but good for getting wet/cold workouts in).

I spaced on signing up for the NYC Tri last night... ####. Trying to figure out a way to get myself back into some kind of work out routine with the kid,job and wife... I'm amazed how you guys manage (it was just me and the gf/now-wife back when I was doing all of this stuff).

I received a promotional email for the NYC Triathlon for USAT Memebers. I found it in my deleted items and it appears that Registration is still open. Give this a try. That is one spendy Oly at $245!!! I agree the trainer blows, but I am doing an indoor tri and have to get acclimated to spinning for a 1/2 hour. As for how I do it, I couldn't when the kids were small. Now, they do some of the training with me and are much more indpenedent.

Do you have any 1/2 IM training plans saved that you could share by link or email?

 

[prosopis]

If you asked me a year ago if I would be switching channels between the NFL and the NYC Marathon, I would have laughed at you. I did enjoy watching the marathon though. Good stuff.

 

[Darrinll40]

If you asked me a year ago if I would be switching channels between the NFL and the NYC Marathon, I would have laughed at you. I did enjoy watching the marathon though. Good stuff.

I followed gruecd online, but I payed for Sunday Ticket and I am damn sure watching the games. FWIW the Red Zone Channel on DTV is a great way to watch football, all the good stuff and zero commercials. Plus the commentator is hilarious.

 

[SteveUK]

If you asked me a year ago if I would be switching channels between the NFL and the NYC Marathon, I would have laughed at you. I did enjoy watching the marathon though. Good stuff.

I followed gruecd online, but I payed for Sunday Ticket and I am damn sure watching the games. FWIW the Red Zone Channel on DTV is a great way to watch football, all the good stuff and zero commercials. Plus the commentator is hilarious.

Especially when JaMarcus Russell and/or Derek Anderson are involved

 

[Darrinll40]

Right after the race I felt sore muscles and everything, then watching football earlier I was able to walk normally . Now about 9 hours after the race I am really feeling soreness in my legs. I am very glad I am not working tomorrow.

 

[wraith5]

Congratulations to Darrin and Steve!!

gruecd - business as usual, eh? Well done. I hope you enjoyed your NY trip. And an American won the NYC marathon, too? What a great day!!

Prosopis - best news of all from you! Very glad to hear your heart is in good shape!! No excuses now!!

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As much as I really wanted to take the day off in the name of rest, I'm getting too close to race day to be pulling that. So instead I decided to do my 15 nice and slow, then evaluate as I went. Feeling good, speed up. Feeling bad, slow down and/or drop to a 13 miler. I did sleep in the past 2 days (9am Sat, 7:45am today w/time change) and hoped that would make a difference. Official goal pace today was 9:13:

5 miles, 9:28s, 155bpm - kept it slow as planned, HR was a little high but in "normal" range for me. Felt pretty good.

5 miles, 9:11s, 161bpm - started pushing about 1/2 way through and was pleasantly surprised my HR didn't jump very much.

3 miles, 9:02s, 169bpm - got the fool notion that I could overcome my "slow" first 5 and still make my goal time...

2 miles, 8:50s, 174bpm - felt strong at the end to boot. Nice recovery over Friday.

Overall 15 miles, 9:12s, 162bpm I even made my goal for the day. Hopefully next week will be even better!!

 

[Darrinll40]

Right after the race I felt sore muscles and everything, then watching football earlier I was able to walk normally . Now about 9 hours after the race I am really feeling soreness in my legs. I am very glad I am not working tomorrow.

Woke up this morning and my right calf is fine, but the left calf, Hank from here on, is aching. Hank got a little stretching already and I have to go meet someone at 10 so it will get walked on a bit.Steve and I observed a few problems after the race so I felt compelled to send the race director an email.

I was one of the slower runners yesterday and everything worked well, but I do have a couple complaints about the end. Right after the finish there was no water that was easy to get. All of the water bottles were gone, and the only water was in one of 3or 4 coolers. The other coolers had Gatorade which I did not want bud had no choice but to drink. Also none of the food at the finish line, I had to walk some distance just to get a bagel. At the food area they had beer and mimosas but no water was available there. I did not have the strength to walk back to the finish line to try and find the right cooler. I was very disappointed with the setup at the end, but I am planning on running it again next year so please make the end better.

If they are going to charge 65 bucks a runner they need to have at least a couple bottles of water for each one.Hank had better stop aching soon, I would hate to have to teach it a lesson.

 

[tri-man 47]

Darrin (and Darrin's wife w/pics), Steve, Bentley, gruecd ...way to go, all!!!

2Young, I'm planning to log more bike time this winter too. Nothing too fancy, just getting my butt on the saddle a lot. I might have a number of 1/2-IM training schedules at home ...I'll dig them out, scan them in, and send them to you.

I noticed that triathlete Desiree Ficker was the tenth-place finisher for the women at NYC yesterday. Noteworthy enough, I suppose, but it gives me the opportunity to post her pic.

 

[BassNBrew]

October off month is in the books, capped with a great week of pheasant hunting, hanging with friends, and good eats and drinks. 3 runs for the month (24 miles), 3 bike rides (100 miles), and several trips to the gym. Did take the bike on the trip and hurt my good buddy on his local ride. Weight stayed below 225 so I'm happy with that.

Training for the 2010 season is now underway. Haven't planned out my races or goals. Will try to get in 3 runs a week, 2 bike rides, and 5 trips to the gym a week over the next two months. Also cleaning up the diet. Not sure about my swimming plans at this time. My focus on duathlon early in the season and add the swimming later. Already hit the gym today with legs and 2 miles of time on the stairmaster.

 

[pigskinliquors]

Great races Gruecd, Steve, Darrin and Bentley!!! Another kick-### weekend!! Darrin, please thank your wife for the pic's. It looks like the weather was quite nippy that day. Can you post the event's website, as I'd like to examine bib #237 and #335 a bit further to examine their "form." I hope Hank is hanging in there.

I'm still in taper mode. Just checked the 10 day weather, and of course the warmest day in the next ten is predicted be my race day Hopefully a cold front will magically appear between now and then. I am far from prepared to be running in mid-70's weather for this thing.

 

[Sand]

2Young, I'm planning to log more bike time this winter too. Nothing too fancy, just getting my butt on the saddle a lot. I might have a number of 1/2-IM training schedules at home ...I'll dig them out, scan them in, and send them to you.

Just as a note I will be doing this 14 week trainer series. Designed to increase VO2 and power over the winter.I hope to get out a bit, as well. The trainer work will (hopefully) allow me to improve the bike and let me have the time to get outside and really improve the run.

 

[Darrinll40]

Great races Gruecd, Steve, Darrin and Bentley!!! Another kick-### weekend!! Darrin, please thank your wife for the pic's. It looks like the weather was quite nippy that day. Can you post the event's website, as I'd like to examine bib #237 and #335 a bit further to examine their "form." I hope Hank is hanging in there.

I'm still in taper mode. Just checked the 10 day weather, and of course the warmest day in the next ten is predicted be my race day Hopefully a cold front will magically appear between now and then. I am far from prepared to be running in mid-70's weather for this thing.

Here is the event website.Here is results page.

The professional picture page does not have any pictures up yet.

I went out to get my hair cut and walked around Walmart and Target for a bit. Hank is protesting a bit but not too loudly. I did feel a bit woozy so I came home to rest more.

 

[tri-man 47]

Intersting (well, to me at least). Sitting here watching football & NASCAR, I was toying around with my training tracking spreadsheet. As I eye a 1/2 IM next year, I know I need to get better on the bike by logging more seat time. So, I tweaked the spreadsheet to track how many days I've done each of the three tri disciplines since the 1st of the year. I was guessing my days on the bike would be a little less, but did think it would be so much lower. Through yesterday, I've swam on 72 days, biked on 47 and ran on 69 and have done at least one on 157 days this year (over 50% of the total days this year). This sure explains a lot. I have to figure out a way to break myself of hating morning workouts and get on the bike trainer a morning or two during the week. I have also printed several 1/2 IM traning plans, but I am not all in for any of them. The thing I don't like about them, is that I am at different training stages based on what I have been doing.

An unusual sports day yesterday: Football, basketball, baseball, and hockey ...not to mention a big NASCAR race and the NYC marathon. 2Young, you made me curious, so I checked back over the first 304 days of the year (thru the end of October). I did one of the three disciplines on 228 days, other training on 48 days (dumbells, reps, or now yoga), and 32 rest days ...about one true day off every week and a half. Of the 228 primary training days, I had 50 swim workouts, 77 on the bike, and 129 running (magnified by the marathon training). 28 of those days included two or more disciplines. For training purposes, I'm very fortunate to have a one mile commute to work, grown children, and an independent wife. I did virtually no swimming or biking during the two months of intense marathon training. I was very deliberate last season to increase the swim and bike workouts, which paid off, though my flaw was not getting in nearly enough bike workouts that were long and/or hilly. My early leaning is to go for the June 1/2-IM again ...but with smarter bike training.

 

[meeka]

I am alive. The procedure was not to horribly bad but not fun either. I have two holes in my groin area which is still pretty sore. I am not supposed to lift anything over 10 lbs for 1 week and I should stay away from running for aprox 1 week. I was told my heart is great. I have no ASD and all the blood vessels look good. The doctor went into both sides of me my heart and measured the O2 sat. They were all what they are supposed to be. I was able to watch the whole thing on 4 monitors. I could see my heart, lungs, and cath. I could see stuff being squirted out of the cath. I think that was dye? I could see the cath moving into different heart chambers. The worst part was at the end when they closed up the vein. Doctor said this is going to hurt and he was not kidding. He put a closure device, ? 2 sutures into the vein at my groin. That is what still hurts. Because of this closure device I was able to leave 2 hrs sooner then I expected. Thanks for all the support here. I still dont understand why I run out of breath sooner then other folks. Maybe I should just stop thinking about it and........ wait for it.........HTFU

Great news. Glad things turned out ok.

 

[pigskinliquors]

I am alive. The procedure was not to horribly bad but not fun either. I have two holes in my groin area which is still pretty sore. I am not supposed to lift anything over 10 lbs for 1 week and I should stay away from running for aprox 1 week. I was told my heart is great. I have no ASD and all the blood vessels look good. The doctor went into both sides of me my heart and measured the O2 sat. They were all what they are supposed to be. I was able to watch the whole thing on 4 monitors. I could see my heart, lungs, and cath. I could see stuff being squirted out of the cath. I think that was dye? I could see the cath moving into different heart chambers. The worst part was at the end when they closed up the vein. Doctor said this is going to hurt and he was not kidding. He put a closure device, ? 2 sutures into the vein at my groin. That is what still hurts. Because of this closure device I was able to leave 2 hrs sooner then I expected. Thanks for all the support here. I still dont understand why I run out of breath sooner then other folks. Maybe I should just stop thinking about it and........ wait for it.........HTFU

Great news. Glad things turned out ok.

I had an awesome weekend prior to this news. It just got a ton better!

 

[pigskinliquors]

FWIW: I just registered for my race this Saturday! It's on.

Here's a link that shows the elevation (click the elevation tab near the bottom). It shows a 5,559 ft. elevation gain over one loop (two loop race). Having not trained on hills, this will be a battle of attrition; with me fighting my HR throughout. IF the temps are high this will certainly be a tough battle to win.

 

[Darrinll40]

FWIW: I just registered for my race this Saturday! It's on.

Here's a link that shows the elevation (click the elevation tab near the bottom). It shows a 5,559 ft. elevation gain over one loop (two loop race). Having not trained on hills, this will be a battle of attrition; with me fighting my HR throughout. IF the temps are high this will certainly be a tough battle to win.

Hank saw that and started aching even more. I hope that the cold front comes through.

 

[Sand]

FWIW: I just registered for my race this Saturday! It's on.

Here's a link that shows the elevation (click the elevation tab near the bottom). It shows a 5,559 ft. elevation gain over one loop (two loop race). Having not trained on hills, this will be a battle of attrition; with me fighting my HR throughout. IF the temps are high this will certainly be a tough battle to win.

Hank saw that and started aching even more. I hope that the cold front comes through.

That total climbing number is BS. The barometric sensor tends to bounce around a bit and you end up with a lot of "climbing" being due to bobbing. I took a look at it and one program reported 1260ft of climbing in that loop, the other 1950. It really depends on how much bumpiness you want to count. Probably 1500 is a good number. It is also important to note that this is a pretty choppy course - lots of little hills. Altitude bounces around from 300 ft. to 430 ft. No such thing as a sustained climb here, nor are the climbs terribly steep from what I can see.I think you have less to worry about than you might believe.

 

[Darrinll40]

I don't know if this article has been referenced here, but it claims to be a good way to increase VO 2 Max.

Most of it is what the more experienced runners have been saying.

 

[Darrinll40]

Hey tri guys. Waterproof garmin. I did not go back and see if it was posted before.

The 310's sealed body protects it down to 50 meters underwater and the watch is rated for several hours of submerged activity. Now you would think that this would make it ideal for open water swims and triathlons, but the 310 loses the GPS signal when it is submerged in water. While it is quick to reacquire the signal when it resurfaces, the process of losing and reacquiring the signal results in wildly inaccurate distance measurements when you swim with the watch on your wrist. Most of the time it seems to over-measure the distance, recording a one-mile swim as 2.68 miles, for instance. Some die-hard open water swimmers get around this problem by tucking the watch into their swim caps, but I haven't tried this yet. I might just wait until some enterprising triathlon company develops a cap with a built-in GPS pocket first.

 

[Sand]

Hey tri guys. Waterproof garmin. I did not go back and see if it was posted before.

The 310's sealed body protects it down to 50 meters underwater and the watch is rated for several hours of submerged activity. Now you would think that this would make it ideal for open water swims and triathlons, but the 310 loses the GPS signal when it is submerged in water. While it is quick to reacquire the signal when it resurfaces, the process of losing and reacquiring the signal results in wildly inaccurate distance measurements when you swim with the watch on your wrist. Most of the time it seems to over-measure the distance, recording a one-mile swim as 2.68 miles, for instance. Some die-hard open water swimmers get around this problem by tucking the watch into their swim caps, but I haven't tried this yet. I might just wait until some enterprising triathlon company develops a cap with a built-in GPS pocket first.

I just can't see ever putting a Garmin in my cap. If you get kicked not only is it painful, but your nice waterproof $300 Garmin is now part of the lake bed. No thanks.

 

[El Floppo]

I am alive. The procedure was not to horribly bad but not fun either. I have two holes in my groin area which is still pretty sore. I am not supposed to lift anything over 10 lbs for 1 week and I should stay away from running for aprox 1 week. I was told my heart is great. I have no ASD and all the blood vessels look good. The doctor went into both sides of me my heart and measured the O2 sat. They were all what they are supposed to be. I was able to watch the whole thing on 4 monitors. I could see my heart, lungs, and cath. I could see stuff being squirted out of the cath. I think that was dye? I could see the cath moving into different heart chambers. The worst part was at the end when they closed up the vein. Doctor said this is going to hurt and he was not kidding. He put a closure device, ? 2 sutures into the vein at my groin. That is what still hurts. Because of this closure device I was able to leave 2 hrs sooner then I expected. Thanks for all the support here. I still dont understand why I run out of breath sooner then other folks. Maybe I should just stop thinking about it and........ wait for it.........HTFU

Great news. Glad things turned out ok.

I didn't know anything was up... now that I do, that's great news that things are turning out ok.

 

[Darrinll40]

I just used the heart rate monitor that came with my Garmin 305 for the first time to measure my resting heart rate.

It came in at 53, which is not bad, but when I was slimmer and fitter I could reach 44.

Resting Heart Rate Chart Higher than it was but still normal for an athlete my age.

 

[Darrinll40]

Garmin data for the half yesterday. For those of you that are NASCAR fans, the big loop at the left side is the speedway. It is so coll running on the race track.

Link

 

[Darrinll40]

Everything I have read on training recently has stressed running right at your lactate threshold. I wonder, what the hell is that.

After a little research I found one measurement.

Beginner Triathlete.com

ield Test for the Bike and Run:

Determining Bike Training Zones

In biking we want to know our heart rate training zones. To make this as easy as possible, we will use a standard 30 minute TT. From this TT we will be able to determine the correct training zones. I do advocate doing both an inside and outside LT tests.

Bike test protocol:

The warm-up is 15 minutes of cycling, moving through the different gears, always keeping the cadence above 90 RPMS. Do a few short sprints to get your heart rate up and ready for the test!

You should start out in a gear that you can maintain 90 RPMS in. Make sure you remember what gear you started in.

The 30 minute TT begins.

At 10 minutes into the test, hit the 'Lap' button on your heart rate monitor, to get the average heart rate over the final 20 minutes of the test.

The average for the final 20 minutes is your Lactate Threshold or LT.

You should finish knowing you gave it everything you had.

15 minutes easy cool down.

--> Plug in the bike LT # from the above test into the BT Heart-rate zone calculator to get your training zones.

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Determining Run Training Zones

In running we want to know our heart rate training zones as well. To make this as easy as possible, we will use a standard 30 minute TT. From this TT we will be able to determine the correct training zones. This is best if done on a flat uninterrupted path or trail.

Run test protocol:

After a 15 minute warm-up of easy running, finish with a few quick 20 seconds bursts to get your heart rate in the correct training zone.

The 30 minute TT begins.

At 10 minutes into the test, hit the 'Lap' button on your heart rate monitor, to get the average heart rate over the final 20 minutes of the test.

The average for the final 20 minutes is your Lactate Threshold or LT.

You should finish knowing you gave it everything you had.

15 minutes easy cool down.

--> Plug in the run LT # from the above test into the BT Heart-rate zone calculator to get your training zones.

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Bike and run training efforts are based on heart rate zones and perceived exertion. For swimming we will use pacing, as it is difficult to determine heart rate zones in a pool.

Determining Swimming Pace

In swimming we want to find out what our 'average pace per 100 (meter or yards)' is. In order to determine this number we can do a number of tests. The simplest test, in my opinion, is the 1,000 yard (or meter) Time Trial (TT). In the TT your goal is to swim a fairly hard effort for the entire distance. The key is to not slow down in the second half of the swim. It's best to start out at an effort that you can maintain by the end, but you must also be able to push yourself the whole way. You should finish knowing you gave it everything you had.

Swim test protocol:

300-500 yd warm up.

6-8 x 50 yds on 10 seconds rest.

1,000 yd TT.

300 easy cool down.

Example:

Johnny swims 17:45 for his 1,000 yd TT. This tells me Johnny's swim pace is 1:46 per 100/yds. His 1:46 is called his T-pace. Now that we have the T-pace of 1:46 we can create swim workouts adjusted to this pace. For example - a very hard set for Johnny might be 10x100 @T-5 seconds on 20 seconds rest. This would mean Johnny's goal is to swim the 100s at 1:41 pace. An easier set might be 10x100 @T+10 seconds on 30 seconds rest. Johnny's goal for the 100 is 1:56. Another set might be 10x100 T-pace on 10 seconds rest. This means Johnny's goal is to swim the 100 in 1:41.

As you can see there are many of variables and many workouts we can derive from that TT. It is recommended that you re-test your TT every 4-6 weeks.

 

[SteveUK]

I just used the heart rate monitor that came with my Garmin 305 for the first time to measure my resting heart rate.

It came in at 53, which is not bad, but when I was slimmer and fitter I could reach 44.

Resting Heart Rate Chart Higher than it was but still normal for an athlete my age.

In my experience this is a *remarkably* low resting HR considering you are carrying excess weight and do not have years and years of athletic background (unless you count repeated trips to McDonalds...lol). Mine is usually in the 60-63 range while when I was running in my 30's is was around 55-58 usually.The lowest HR I have heard about was the Spanish professional cyclist Miguel Indurain - 28 allegedly.

 

[prosopis]

I don't know if this article has been referenced here, but it claims to be a good way to increase VO 2 Max.

Most of it is what the more experienced runners have been saying.

Nice article.The problem with these articles for me is I dont know what a "race pace" or "5k pace" is. Do I have to have a garmin thing to figure this stuff out?

This paragraph which I copy/pasted is like reading russian to me:

THE WORKOUT: Two to eight mile repetitions at goal race pace with two to five minutes rest. "Pay attention to the stride, the arm swing, and the breathing rate," says Paul. "This will help your body 'memorize' that speed." When you first try the goal-pace-mile workout, do two to three intervals followed by a three-to five-minute recovery jog. As you get closer to your goal race, add more repeats and decrease the recovery period. To fine-tune your timing, include this workout in the final three weeks of training.

I just dont get it. I need one of those running for idiots books.

 

[gruecd]

I noticed that triathlete Desiree Ficker was the tenth-place finisher for the women at NYC yesterday. Noteworthy enough, I suppose, but it gives me the opportunity to post her pic.

Yuck. Back later (tomorrow?) with NYC RR. Thanks for tracking, guys!

 

[Sand]

I just used the heart rate monitor that came with my Garmin 305 for the first time to measure my resting heart rate.

It came in at 53, which is not bad, but when I was slimmer and fitter I could reach 44.

Resting Heart Rate Chart Higher than it was but still normal for an athlete my age.

In my experience this is a *remarkably* low resting HR considering you are carrying excess weight and do not have years and years of athletic background (unless you count repeated trips to McDonalds...lol). Mine is usually in the 60-63 range while when I was running in my 30's is was around 55-58 usually.The lowest HR I have heard about was the Spanish professional cyclist Miguel Indurain - 28 allegedly.

Is it really that low? Just for kicks I just measured mine (not too easy when the Saints are on) and it was ~52. I need to measure it when I wake up in the morning - supposedly the best time to get a good measurement.Lowest I had ever heard was Lothar Matteus (used to be a stalwart on the German national soccer team) at about the same.

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Just a quick note today - taper week. I was supposed to do an easy 3 miler (yea right). Decided to do a pacing run where I held a decent race pace for the 3 miles. I was aiming for 8:00/mile and hit 8:01 per mile. Felt good after it was over. I actually negative split it and hope to do the same this weekend.

 

[Sand]

I noticed that triathlete Desiree Ficker was the tenth-place finisher for the women at NYC yesterday. Noteworthy enough, I suppose, but it gives me the opportunity to post her pic.

Yuck. Back later (tomorrow?) with NYC RR. Thanks for tracking, guys!

She's not a looker either, but you have to be really impressed with Joan Samuelson's performance. 17th place and a new 50+ record at 2:49.

 

[pigskinliquors]

I don't know if this article has been referenced here, but it claims to be a good way to increase VO 2 Max.

Most of it is what the more experienced runners have been saying.

Nice article.The problem with these articles for me is I dont know what a "race pace" or "5k pace" is. Do I have to have a garmin thing to figure this stuff out?

This paragraph which I copy/pasted is like reading russian to me:

THE WORKOUT: Two to eight mile repetitions at goal race pace with two to five minutes rest. "Pay attention to the stride, the arm swing, and the breathing rate," says Paul. "This will help your body 'memorize' that speed." When you first try the goal-pace-mile workout, do two to three intervals followed by a three-to five-minute recovery jog. As you get closer to your goal race, add more repeats and decrease the recovery period. To fine-tune your timing, include this workout in the final three weeks of training.

I just dont get it. I need one of those running for idiots books.

Race pace, is simply the pace that you anticipate running at. To calculate your "Race Pace" for different distances, use the following calculator, by simply inputing one race result in, to get pace for other distances. "

Repetitions (also called repeats or intervals) are simply running a distance/time at a faster pace, followed by a certain distance/time rest. This article is pushing 1 mile repeats/intervals, with 3 to 5 minute recovery jogs. It also mentions that you should use your half marathon pace as your "tempo pace" and 5k pace for "race pace."

 

[tri-man 47]

FWIW: I just registered for my race this Saturday! It's on.

I think you have less to worry about than you might believe.

Liquors, get your mental imaging prepped now. You know you'll be seriously challenged by this race. I expect that you'll endure and succeed, but it will be quite the contest! So plant some mental seeds over coming days and have them ready come race day. I've even taken to writing some 'cheat notes' on my arm by my watch just so I don't forget (like my daughter's initials for the marathon).