Iron Distance 2012 Training Thread - Page 11 - Triathlon

Mrs SA

13/03/2012 at 20:10

Meldy .... never actually tried it!!! How does it work?

M...eldy

pirate

13/03/2012 at 20:13

I havent tried it myself but I do know that people have had a lot of success with it and it may be worth a try if it gets you <<cough>> back up and running ?

Hope

pirate

14/03/2012 at 07:48

Little brick session this morning, turbo and run. Really enjoying the mid week stuff now that I've got the hang of the training early thing.
I really REALLY have to do something about my lack of swim motivation though. Still only swimming twice a week and then it's really quite pathetic.
It's hard to make myself do something I'm really rubbish at lol!
I will have to use bribery. 3 swims a week for the next month and I'll buy myself something nice.... That should do it!

WildWill..... pirate

pirate

14/03/2012 at 08:15

Hope ...

I have only swam 2 or 3 times this year due to an on going chest problem ... i'm at the Doctors on Friday so hopefully will get that sorted so at least i can get myself to a get round level or not drowning skill level

Hope

pirate

14/03/2012 at 09:08

Oh well Ww, we can keep eachother company in the not drowning wave

Seriously, hope your chest problems sort themselves out soon.

seren nos

pirate

14/03/2012 at 09:11

We are all a great advert for fitness and health aren't we.....now I want everyone to report for duty at the end of the month in tip top shape please.....

I am going to try and go on the bike this morning.......today is the first day I could manage going down stairs after the ultra on the weekend.so hopefully I will be able to get on the bike

JCDigger

14/03/2012 at 09:14

How did the Ultra go Seren?

Hope

pirate

14/03/2012 at 09:20

Enjoy Seren.

Dubai Dave pirate

pirate

14/03/2012 at 11:57

managed a 3K swim today that the longest swim I've done since IM Austria, it was surprisingly OK.

Ridgebackmax

14/03/2012 at 12:57

Nice hilly 22 mile commute in this morning its getting light at 05:45 now woohoo will force myself to the pool tonight to start swim training proper (all be it with a pull bouy)

spongecake

14/03/2012 at 13:37

63 miles on the bike this morning in just over 4 hours,just hope the cycling gets easier.Running club tonight,yikes.

Darkness

pirate

14/03/2012 at 13:51

Hope wrote (see)

Little brick session this morning, turbo and run. Really enjoying the mid week stuff now that I've got the hang of the training early thing.
I really REALLY have to do something about my lack of swim motivation though. Still only swimming twice a week and then it's really quite pathetic.
It's hard to make myself do something I'm really rubbish at lol!
I will have to use bribery. 3 swims a week for the next month and I'll buy myself something nice.... That should do it!

2 pathetic swims a week is a good week for me. I see little chance of me moving it up to 3. At the moment its one 20-30 minute lunchtime swim (which sometimes get missed if work dictates otherwise) and 1 1hr tri club swim (which includes drills, explanation of the session etc so solid swimming probably 40 mins at best?) The tri club swim is good and structured but distance is way down on Fink or the like - sub 2k in total.

Can I join you and Wild Will at the back please.

PO.dds: feel the fear, do it anyway pirate

pirate

14/03/2012 at 14:48

I'm with you Darkness - 1 structured tri club swim pw and if I get out of bed Monday morning 1 other........

So I'll be seeing you, WW and Hope at the back only slight problem being that the swim is supposedly my "strongest" (= least weak) discipline

Ridgebackmax

14/03/2012 at 17:26

40 lenghts before i got bored and got out

concentrated on good technique though, last year the longest i managedin the pool was 40 mins and not often but i did get two 1 hour sea swims in a week during the last 12 ish weeks and got a swim PB at IMW, i seem to have got my swim down from 1:40 on my first IM and doing the full fink program to 1:12 by giving it a bit of a good ignoring

Hope

pirate

14/03/2012 at 19:39

Well RB that's fantastic news because ignoring swimming seems to be my strongest discipline at the moment!

I'm having to re jig this weekends training around the kids. I'm quite looking forward to doing my long bike on a Friday for a change. I'm hoping I can take the weather by surprise and have a nice day in the sunshine!!

M...eldy

pirate

14/03/2012 at 19:46

I think Saturday is due the worst weather this week .. which is good as I am doing my long bike tomorrow

WildWill..... pirate

pirate

14/03/2012 at 19:47

Today for me...

AM
- An easy paced, but lumpy 35min run

PM
- 90mins spinning, then
- 60mins tempo run

Both nipples were bleeding by the end of session ... They are now officially sore

M...eldy

pirate

14/03/2012 at 19:49

Doesnt sound good WIll, wrong top or wrong nipples?

WildWill..... pirate

pirate

14/03/2012 at 19:53

It was a runnin vest .. So must be the nipples

Hope

pirate

14/03/2012 at 19:56

Darkness, I'll save you a spot.

Ouchy WW.