Decision is made......

[BillyGoat]

Whats the Membership at the Y ?

Cheap, IMO. I think we pay around $60/month for the family which gets you into all three Y's (the Caldwell pool is nice if you live out that way). With all your kids, that would break down to like $2.17/month per person for you.

From what I've seen, you might also consider getting BillyGoat as your coach......

Yeah Moosie, gimme $400/month and I'll be your coach. I currently have two openings.

 

[Moosie]

From what I've seen, you might also consider getting BillyGoat as your coach......

Was that a FAT joke ?!?!?!

Thanks for the info. Biking is my worst aspect of it. The swimming "ain't no thing". I've also never run further then 6 miles and that was on a tread mill. I need to start donig something. To early to get worried though yet

 

[Grady]

Biking is my worst aspect of it. The swimming "ain't no thing". I've also never run further then 6 miles and that was on a tread mill. I need to start donig something. To early to get worried though yet

No need to worry....You have time....just do at least an hour or more of "something" each day. Your body won't allow you to "cram" missed workouts later if you get behind. You'll wind up injured. Trust me.

 

[schmalts]

Oscar do you have a heart rate monitor? Not a bad thing to wear and do some interval training using the HR to keep yourself honest.

 

[Moosie]

My heart rate hits about 180 about 1 min into my workout...... Them monitors dont' do me any good

Grady, I hear yah. I was gonig to start today by runnging at lunch. But a meeting popped up. After the meeting I snuck out for about 20 mins. It wasn't much but I needed to do something and I'm glad I did. I'll keep at it.

 

[Grady]

Heart rate Monitor: Not a bad thing to wear and do some interval training using the HR to keep yourself honest.

REPLY "My heart rate hits about 180 about 1 min into my workout...... Them monitors dont' do me any good"

This is exactly the reason to wear one in long slow distance training. You need to keep the HR low enough to stay aerobic thoughout the entire workout. If you go anerobic you probably won't be able to complete the workout and recover fast enough.

As you get the base mileage built, do ONE interval session each week in each sport if you really need to get faster, but if its your first half, I'd focus on getting through it comfortably and worrying about speeding up later.

Mark Allen has some good articles on HR training. I'll see if I can find one after work.

G

 

[Moosie]

Crap... Aerobic... anarobic, Gymnastic, a spastic...... Now I need to go to Webster.com to learn stuff ? I jsut wanna do the ironman

Seriously though, Thanks for the info, I figure I'll be working a little harder and learning a little more for this. And yes, it's my first, and probably my last one. I just want to finish it.

 

[Oak]

Mark Allen has some good articles on HR training. I'll see if I can find one after work.

G

Had this one bookmarked:
http://www.markallenonline.com/heartrate.asp

 

[Moosie]

it is challenging because it usually means an athlete will have to slow things down from their normal group training pace

I have no problem doing that

 

[schmalts]

The slowing down was my hardest part to do as well. I was training all wrong for the long bike races. I felt guilty going out and riding around with half my workout under 145 BPM but it's what needs to be done to a lot be faster. You make your gains when you do the interval (long or short depending on workout) in your power zone. Training at sustained max or close to max HR makes you stronger there, but also stronger at the lower HR zones where you actually do longer races. The bottom line is this, if you can maintain a faster MPH at your target HR you will finish faster with the same amount of effort. That is the key. Training all the time with your HR below the power zone, makes you gain endurance but not nearly as much gain in power output.
What Grady said is key, the HR monitor can warn you if you are spending too long in the Power HR zone, meaning you will Bonk out big time. But it takes a little learning curve to figure out what HR you can maintain for a given time, and also an average over a long time. The HR monitor if you get a decent one will track your average, max, and how long in each zone. Moosie, a bike specific coach isn't a bad idea for just a couple months to get you on the right track. Mine was $80 a month and money well spent IMO. He will give you a schedule and a plan that shows you how much time to spend in each HR for each workout. If you want, PM me and i will send you an exel file from what my schedule looked like last summer. It really was an eye opener for me as I was just "riding fast" all the time, thinking that was how you got faster, but instead I was hurting myself from lack of recovery and lack or the "Puke fest" intervals at times.
Confused yet? lets talk about training with a power meter on your rear wheel instead
actually it is less confusing but a lot costlier

 

[highmountian]

You know running up and down that basketball court could help out.

 

[Grady]

Oak, you beat me to it.... that's what I was going to find. Didn't know you were a long course athlete as well as antelope slayer, nature photographer, forum bwana, etc

Schmalts- great explanation. And even explained in Moosie terms : )

Moosie- with resources like that how can you go wrong?

 

[Moosie]

Grady, I only run for "show" and the finish line. I don't come in first but end in style Didn't you see my video ?!?!

http://onyourownadventures.com/hunttalk/showthread.php?t=242205

It is good information. I'll need to sift through it. First things first though over the next 2 weeks I need to get back into enuff shape to actually train, if that makes sense ?

 

[Moosie]

So I'm wondering.... And Anybody can jump in for an answer.. Doesthe Snickers, Reeses, twix and M&M need to be moved from next to my Mouse pad ?!?!?!

The good news is I started to do Crunches every day though..... "Crunch&Munch" and "Star Crunches".... Hey, the breakfast bars are healthy at least, right !!!!

 

[Grady]

So I'm wondering.... And Anybody can jump in for an answer.. Doesthe Snickers, Reeses, twix and M&M need to be moved from next to my Mouse pad ?!?!?!
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No....the Moosie needs to be moved away from the mouse pad, the computer and get outside and TRAIN!

 

[schmalts]

MMMmmm, Little Debbie goooood

 

[Grady]

MMMmmm, Little Debbie goooood

They taste sooooo much better when you don't have a 70 mile triathlon looming in the not so distant future, don't they Schmalts..........

 

[Moosie]

No....the Moosie needs to be moved away from the mouse pad, the computer and get outside and TRAIN!

HAHAH... Yah, I'm getting started. I should post my running times... I almost ran 1 Mile 2 days ago.... I'm going to try to run another tonight. I did swim last night though. The Waterproof Ipod makes swimming fun

 

[A-con]

MMMmmm, Little Debbie goooood

Out of context, there's a joke in that line somewhere.

 

[Moosie]

Out of context, there's a joke in that line somewhere.

Out of Context, there is a joke in everything

So, I took yesterday off .... I know, Hit it hard and don't be a wuss, but I was actually really tiered from the night before Swimming. I think I pushed it a little hard for not having doen anything for a long time.

That's what I meant when I said I need to work out just to be in shape to train. Tonight I'll be out again. OHHHH how much easier it is to just lie around.....