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My opinion is that a stationary bike is certainly better than nothing, but use your real bike as often as you can. The muscles used are different between the two, and as a general rule, it's best to train as close to race conditions as you reasonably can. But as I said, if the stationary is what works on a particular day, opt for that rather than nothing.

I had to use a stationary bike all last week when we were in Florida, and I could definitely feel the difference in the muscles I was using. Also, the different body position seemed to aggravate my IT band, where riding my regular bike does not.

Have a great weekend!

Hi everyone!

I'm sitting in an office in Manila, Philippines as I type this. I'm here for work for 12 days and it is HOT HOT HOT. It's about 10:20 am here, and it's 91 degrees with a 102 heat index. Makes it impossible for me (who is extremely unaccustomed to this kind of heat) to train outside, but luckily the hotel has a nice pool and workout room.

How's everyone doing? Josh, how's the training coming along? Have you considered using the training logs here to track your workouts? I find it really helps me be more consistent.

Kelly

Hey everyone, how are you all doing?

If you haven't already read them, I would like to suggest that you read PirateGirl's thread in Triathlon Talk about her DNF at IMAZ, and also her race report. I found her comments really inspiring.

So Kelly, Manila sounds interesting although I guess since it's for work it's probably not that exciting. The weather sounds like upstate New York in August

Absolutely. I find the training logs really help keep me on track.

Have fun everyone!

Anthony

Hi everyone. I hope you all are feeling good and having fun.

I have been busy, busy, busy. Busy training, busy around the house now that Spring is here, and really busy at work. I've been very happy with my training, and this week I'm really psyched because I decided to do my first race this weekend; The Bassman in southern New Jersey which Lea has also signed up for. It's a sprint, but pretty long with .5 mi. swim, 29 mi. bike, and 4 mi. run. I'm going to approach it more like a training day, which will give me a good excuse for being DFL in my age group.

BTW, getting up at 3:30 AM, and driving 150 miles so I can swim, bike, and run is perfectly normal behavior, right?

Take Care,

Anthony

Very exciting to have a race so early in the season. I just checked the website and it says the water temp will be in the 50's. I have a Promotion sleeveless wetsuit, but I just get the extra sleeves that they make to make it a full so I'm glad for that. The weather forecast looks good, though. It looks like the bike course is very flat, so oddly enough, that worries me a little because I am used to riding hills, so I don't know how I will do on a long flat ride. BTW my bib numer is 238, and I hope we can say hello. I'm hard to miss; I'm a  really dorky old guy, plus I'll have kind of a lost puppy dog look on my face because my wife will not be with me. I tried to convince her that we should go to Atlantic City Saturday night, but we don't gamble so we decided not to.

LeaYag - 2007-04-26 4:33 PM  I think I am ready. My training lacked a little the last couple of weeks because of my shins, just hoping I finish Good luck if I don't see you. Lea

You'll be great I'm sure. If I may make a suggestion, try not to push too hard on the run in the excitement of the race, especially at the beginning.

2 days until the first Tri of the season. How cool is that? I am totally psyched!!

Anthony

I know you two had a race last weekend--how did it go? Water temps in the 50s??? Wow, COLD. I'm sure you both did very well.

To everyone else, how is the training going? Mine has suffered pretty badly this month due to the family trip to Florida and then the work trip to Manila. I've got a LOT of work to do between now and my first tri on June 3rd.

Have a great week everyone!

Hi everyone, and welcome home Kelly and Terry.

The race on Sunday went pretty well. I am working on my RR, but the race results have only the total time with no splits, and I only timed the bike, T2 and the run. I think I did the swim in under 20 minutes which for me for a half mile swim is pretty good. I even passed some people in the wave in front of me. The cold water didn't bother me much except for when I swallowed some and it hurt my teeth

I did not meet Lea before the race, but a couple minutes after I finished I heard the race announcer call her name, so I got to say hi to her and her family. I was happy to see that she didn't seem to be limping much since she is dealing with shin splints. Ouch!! The women's wave started 3 minutes after mine so I figured our times were pretty close, and it turns out we were less than a minute apart which is pretty close considering that the race took us about 2 hours and 40 minutes (it was a looooong sprint).

 I will try to finish my RR tonight.

Anthony

ETA That was odd; Lea posted while I was typing my post. I don't have much time now, but I just want to say I thought you did really well. I will try to post later.

Hey Lea,

Thanks for the update. Seriously, go and read my race report for the very first tri I did--the Buffalo Triathlon in 2004. I am a decent swimmer, but the swim ended up being the worst part of the whole race! It was the longest quarter mile of my life! I had the same experience you did--could not get my face in the water and could not catch my breath for anything, felt like I was choking, etc. The water was about 60 degrees, if memory serves, so yours was even colder. I'm certain that was an issue for a lot of people.

I just took away the lesson that I need to get in the water and get fully acclimated long before the race starts so that I can breathe when race time comes. So like you said, just use this to prepare for the next race!

Can't wait to read your race report. I'm sure you did better than you think. Congrats on finishing your first!!

I think you are exactly right, Kelly. The water was cold, and I didn't get a chance to get acclimated; we just kind of walked in and swam so I assume Lea's wave did the same thing. I normally like to swim around for 5 or 10 minutes to get used to it.

So Lea, I see that you were on the OW Panic Attack thread on triathlon talk so you see how common it is. Here's the way I look at your race: You got in the water and you couldn't breathe. At that point, most people would get out of the water. They would either just walk right back out or grab a kayak, but you didn't. Instead you did what ever you had to do to keep going. You did backstroke for half a mile, and I'm sure you've never swum backstroke a half mile before. Those buoys looked pretty far away on the other side of the lake, especially from water level. But you persevered and finished the swim. Then, after doing all that, you got on your bike and rode 29 miles, and THEN you ran 4 miles even though you have been dealing with an injury. So, I think you did a great job. Plus, you learned something so you can do even better the next time. Congratulations!

Excellent attitude.

Anthony

Hi everyone. Hope you're all feeling good.

Your welcome Lea. I think there is always something to learn from each race, and I am sure you will take that lesson and do even better on your next race. I learned something that I thought I had learned last year but apparently forgot which is I need to always push harder on the bike.

It's great that your family is going to do some training and racing. That should be so much fun. I'm trying to get my wife to run, but she's reluctant.

Terry and Robin are both racing this weekend, so good luck to you two. Terry's race is a long duathlon, so he'll get to really try out that nice new bike.

BTW Robin, it's good to hear from you, but I'll have to remember to not get near you when there are rocks around

Anthony

Hi everyone. How's it going? 

Definitely a great job on a pretty long duathlon. That second run in a du can be mighty tough.

Robin also had a good race last weekend. Whitecaps on a lake swim is pretty unusual, and certainly a challenge. Reminds me I really need to work on my bilateral breathing.

My training is going well, and I'm trying to increase my distances because it's less than 15 weeks until the Timberman HIM. Time to really get serious, but still have fun

Anthony

Happy Mother's Day this weekend to me and all the other moms somehow attached to this group! No plans for us at this point. My husband has been in Houston at a conference all week, so I'm certain he and the kids will start their supposed-to-be-covert-yet-painfully-obvious gift planning after he returns tonight. I'll just flat out tell him to go with a gift card for the lawn and garden center since I need to get going on the flower beds.

Otherwise, I NEED to get in a decent run this weekend, hopefully Saturday. This week has been pretty poor for training for me, so I plan to make up for that this weekend.

Have a good weekend everyone!

Glad you're back at it Lea! Allergies are getting bad here too. I could fall asleep at my desk at any moment.

Maybe all of you can help me with something... I am desperately trying to lose some weight, and I need some ideas for fast, healthy dinners that are higher in protein than fat or carbs. We eat *plenty* of chicken right now, and I really need some new ideas. Anyone? Bueller? We rarely have normal sit down dinners on weeknights, but I could possibly get it together and make one if it sounds particularl yummy.

Thanks and have a great weekend!