bhoover10001's Group - Closed for the holidays! (Page 10)

And the flowers are still standing!

At least the treadmill is sparkly and pretty now! lol  In al seriousness it's good that you weren't injured - you are very lucky.

Basically our mentor group has distilled into a "what kind of goofball stuff has happened to me" message board.  I think I'm OK with that, it's pretty entertaining!

Not sure why your back would hurt, but I'd say up your core strength training (or include it if you aren't).  You may want to have your form evaluated by a coach too, they can pick up on things you'd never dream of - could just also be posture like you said.

As far as running shoes, I would recommend you go to a run specific store if possible.  They will recommend shoes based on watching you run on a treadmill, your gait, etc.  That said, you might also want to check out Chi Running or the Pose method of running.  I ran barefoot on my treadmill  and my calves are still murdering me, but it was the best running that I've ever done, so I am fully invetigating the pose method.  Then, you just use any old basic trainers.  For now I wear the Brooks Trance 8 bc I'm a heel-striking over-pronator.  I am a big fan of Brooks - but brand loyalty varies from runner to runner.

Be careful with your back!

So, Michael & John - (OK, Brian you can know too, haha)

I created my own plan to fit my schedule and uploaded it.  I'm so excited!  I no longer have to look at my day and say "Oh, that won't work for me today".  Woohoo!!

Edited it to make sense :-P

billsorg - 2009-01-27 2:14 PM An ice bath, huh? I've never heard of such a thing... at least not total-submersion. When I played baseball in high school, I used to soak my left arm after pitching a long game, so I can relate to how excruciating it must have been. I had a GREAT swim this morning. 60 laps (1,500 yards) in a little under 40 minutes. Yes, I know, it's slow, but I feel like I made some great strides on my form. I borrowed a DVD (Tri Swim Coach) from a friend and realized my stroke is pretty ugly. I was slapping the water rather than slicing through it. This made a world of difference. I think with some practice, I should be able to shave a good chunk of time off my swimming. As the northeast prepares for our next major snow storm, my triathlons seem like 100 years away. Also, my wife and I "took the plunge" and had a big, beautiful pool put in our backyard last fall. We haven't been able to swim in it yet and it's depressing seeing it covered in snow. SPRING... WHERE ARE YOU?!?!?

Ice baths.. yeah, they're great.

Congrats!  Nice swim.

 Spring comes and goes on a daily basis here.  Today it was spring -- warm (60 degrees) and rainy.  I ran in the rain, which I love to do.  Tomorrow it will probably be 35.

Hey everyone -- I'm just catching up with the messages after a day or so of pure hell at work.

Falling off the treadmill sounds scary.  That's what you get for having girls.    I have boys, and all they do is take things apart and burn them...

I had an exciting day today.  I ran fast for the first time since my (most recent) knee surgery couple of years ago.  Granted, it was only for a short distance (1/2 mile once, and 1/4 mile the second time), but it sure felt great...  I love running fast.  I'd probably love swimming fast too, if I could do that...

Lol i wish it was 50 here.  I've got 1.5 hours on the trainer followed by a 30 minute run with my adventure gear and pack with 100oz of water.  Sunday i'll do a medium distance run at 8 miles.  I'm trying to work up slow so my tendonitis doesn't come back in my foot.

Weekend:  I hope I will run tomorrow -- I've had some minor hip pain lately, so I'm treading lightly.  I will bike Sunday.  Hope to get some swimming in somewhere along the way.

Have a great weekend everyone.

It's actually not too cold here this weekend, I may run outside on Sunday!  Excited for the superbowl.  Rooting for the Cards - love that Kurt Warner, total sweetie.

Today I did an indoor Swim-Bike brick!  I swam 700 meters and then did a spin calss for an hour.  It was great!

Tonight is the UFC fight between Georges St. Pierre and BJ Penn - hoping GSP kicks butt!

So, I have a Forerunner 405 from Garmin and I love it.  The 305 I think is a larger face on the watch but the monitor piece that you wear is the same. The Forerunner, in my opinion, is awesome.  You can use it for bikes AND runs.  It tracks your distances, HR, speed, course, etc.  That's all uploadable so you can compare past data to current to see imrovements on specific routes. 

You can also program in locations to the GPS.  This is helpful because if you ever get lost, you can use it to find your way back! (Not that I have EVER had this happen to me, haha)  OK, so I did get lost trail running once and had to use it - paid for itself at that moment.

So, what I recommend is buying the forerunner watch and ordering the HR monitor through Amazon.  I save $15 bucks by buying it separately, and it was brand new.  I also picked up a new cadence monitor separately on Amazon for a bargain too!

BTW all, I am picking up my new bike on Saturday!   I went with a road bike .  It's a 2008 LeMond Alpe d'Huez.  It's Carbon on the top tube, for, and stays and aluminum elsewhere.  It's on the shorter side for me a little so that I can get it aero'd out once I get my cycling muscles. 

I am so excited!  Once I have it I will be sure to post pics!

PLUS, Saturday (when I go get it) is supposed to be 43 degrees.  I am hoping for no rain!!

I personally didn't start using a HR monitor until this year.  I have always had a garmin because i am a numbers junkie and love to know where i'm at with my pace.  But i never really used the HR.  I've done 4 70.3's with out one so you don't have to have one.  But i am going to use it for my Ironman this year.  If you do get one, they aren't very helpful unless you know your zones.  The only way to get those is to do a test.  So if you don't care about your pace then just get a HR monitor.  About the downloading stuff, it's cool, but i never upload my workouts here.  I just type them in.  It's to much work to find it and hook it up when i decide to enter the workouts.  It is cool to use the software that comes with the Garmin to see your zones and speed etc. when you are climbing vs the flats.

So, just to clarify -- 43 degrees is supposed to be 'warm', right?  Not around here it ain't!  (However, we've had pretty cold weather here recently, for us -- I woke up to 22 degrees this morning, which is beginning to remind me of when I lived in the upper midwest...)  I think I've become a cold weather wimp.  I did my Sunday ride indoors on the trainer even though it really wasn't that cold out.

HAHA, 40 degrees is SUMMER as far as I'm concerned at this point.  If we have 40 degrees on Sat & Sun I am pretty sure I'll be outside most of the weekend biking & running as much as possible.  Not swimming yet though - we wait until it's at LEAST 60 here - haha, that's a lil jokareeno.

Though hopefully this will be the last of the 0 temps here!