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The Road Less Traveled: IM 2012
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07-09-2011 12:22pm#1I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
And so begins the poetic start to my new IM training log.
My previous log saw me go from runner to noob triathlete, to completing Half Ironman distance. I'm a woman girl lady auld wan who should know better who took up running three years ago, and kinda liked it. I then took up swimming and biking, and hated it. 18 months on, that hate has mellowed into something closer to tolerance, but speed is still some way off! But I believe that what does not kill you makes you stronger, so next July, I will find my cycling love and my swimming mojo, and I hope to be strong enough to cover 140.6 swim/bike/run miles, in - wait for it - 12.45 hours or under.
So thats it. Target stated. Now all I have to do is the work.18
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Austria. By chance I happened to speak to a girl at the weekend who did it, and said it was the best race she had ever done. Which I thought was prophetic seeing as Ive already reserved a slot.elvis jones wrote: »Good luck and i shall follow with interest.............apart from the female your path is one i would love to follow in the future.
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Am having a relaxing week this week, after the half. Just a jog last night and joined in on a kettlebell session just for a laugh this evening. I plan to have a few weeks like this, just doing what I feel like with no pressure.
After that, I will be training back up to be ready for the ballbuster duathlon in November (8m/24m/8m). Through the winter I plan to focus on core strength, bike base work, and swim technique. From the end of January I will be doing a 20 week IM plan. I have already found one that looks promising, but I need to be careful to choose one I can fit into my life, timewise.
In terms of events, all the short ones are gone from the calendar. I want to do the double Oly in athy because it fits in the schedule, and I may pick up another HIM late in the season. The wicklow 200 might be worth a look too. But its all to decided yet. I'm just jotting my thoughts down now so I can start getting my head around what I need to do. 0 -
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Best of luck with this one Oryx, you have a great attitude towards these goals and I'll follow his log with keen interest.
Just noticed that a poster called "fluffybums" is follwing it too, whatever that says about your fans
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Proper, serious kettlebell class tonight. The first of many. Long sets of 30 or so reps, swings squats and snatches mainly. Kept to 8 and 12s, don't want to injure by going too heavy too quickly. Plus I would like to be able to walk tomorrow.
Also, big thanks to all who have posted encouraging words here. Its going to be a long road and that is a hard target for me. But it will keep me going knowing I have to answer to you lot if I wuss out. 0 -
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Took the bike out for a short ride down to where the club sea swim. Didn't fancy a dip myself so chatted to the others instead. Well. Pointed and laughed, really. It rained on me coming back which I reckon was karma. 25k which felt lovely. I like this no pressure training. 0
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Rested yesterday. Well actually spent the day painting a room so it was 8 hours of stepladder aerobics. Ran this morning. Just 6k and funnily enough the legs felt tired but energywise I was good. And because I've been out early and got training done it feels like a day off. 0
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Shhh. Brain doesnt know about all that yet. Although 6k did feel like a total cop out.shotgunmcos wrote: »I love that feeling of being energised after an early morning run. I agree too that it feels like a day off, especially in the thick of an IM block with no evening session planned relish them 
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Last year, the very moment I exited the lake after the death plunge, I knew I could finally drop Tough Guy.BTW, I hope this IM nonsense is not convincing you to drop Tough Guy?
Tsk, tsk.... Never intended to do it this year. If you want to, you can take over the TG mantle. That box is well and truly ticked, here! 0 -
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As pgibbo says, they are really good for strength etc. But youve got to learn proper technique, and not just from a youtube vid. Its your glutes that need to be working, rather than your arms. Its very easy to get injured if you are swinging 16-20kgs around with poor technique!El Director wrote: »Oryx what do you think of the Kettlebells? I am hearing good things about it so far.
Also if you are buying your own bells, dont go for the 4.5kg ones in tesco, which are only useful as a paperweight. You wont make gains if the weights are too light.
For me, kbs give the best bang for your buck. I see very fast gains from using them, especially in a class situation where you tend to push more.0 -
Last year, the very moment I exited the lake after the death plunge, I knew I could finally drop Tough Guy. Never intended to do it this year. If you want to, you can take over the TG mantle. That box is well and truly ticked, here!
Meh...I'm strictly a fair weather person...first sign of cold & rain and I'm done, never mind running around a water-based obstacle course, attired in a Borat mankini, in zero temps...I'll leave that to the real tough guys & gals.
Having said that, the W200 and the Tri an Mhi HIM were both character-builders this year...0 -
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1600m in the pool this morning, 45 mins approx. Really enjoyed this swim. Took very few breaks, for the last while in the pool Ive been stopping every 100m or so. But today it felt good and I kept going. I tried a more twisting stroke, which might not have been faster, but it felt so much easier to swim that way. Though I might go back to the coached sessions and the coach will go 'what are you doing?' 0
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Kettlebells. What the instructor described as a 'shock and awe' session. Dear god. Doubled up weights. Swings. Cleans. Snatches. Squats. Used 2 x 12 for most. Switched to one 16kg for some single arm stuff, and 2 x 8kg for a set that had kneeling with the weights extended above your head. Happy with it, as I'm beginning to get the strength needed to increase the weight. I'll get back to squatting 20kg x 10 reps yet! 0
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Niceone Oryx, really looking forward to tracking this log over the winter!
W200 fit in well lastyear for austria, but if the weather isn't good I'd drop it; its fairly close to the race (was my last 'big' weekend), and there were quite a few accidents on it as a result. In terms of training it was a great mental boost for me, but in retrospect it was a risky event to do so close to the A-race.
Must give this kettlebell stuff a go. I can barely pickup an 8kg weight; MCOSs pushup challenge lastyear nearly killed me and then I let it all go again just when I was making progress 0 -
Must give this kettlebell stuff a go. I can barely pickup an 8kg weight; MCOSs pushup challenge lastyear nearly killed me and then I let it all go again just when I was making progress
That's shocking bad. Do you get someone else to lift your bike for you? :pac:
Keep meaning to ask you about the kettlebells actually Oryx, how do you find the workouts? I was going to do a course to use them as a rehab tool for work but would be interested in them as a S&C thing aswell. Crossfit is another thingy I want to try. So many things to do, so little time.
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I love kettlebells. Ive said it already in this thread. The workouts I go to are short and sharp. Usually supersets, building each set with a new move till youre doing a combo of say, two arm swings, single arm swings, alternating, cleans, press, squats, snatch, kneel down. Followed by full getups, or some other floor stuff. (which is handy, all you want to do is lie on the floor after a hard set) Results come fast, Ive only gone for 3-4 weeks and already the weight I can do has increased. I hadnt done any for 6 - 8 months because of the time pressure of tri training, and my strength suffered. I think thats part of the reason I was slowing down coming to the end of the season, my core was gone all flabby. Its all coming back now, though! 0
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RacoonQueen wrote: »Crossfit is another thingy I want to try. So many things to do, so little time.
If thinking of doing Crossfit, I'd have a look at the S&C WOD on the Crossfit Endurance site if you are doing endurance sports. It's targeted for endurance athletes. You'll find Crossfit and CFE use KBs quite a bit too.
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That looks exactly like the sort of thing I've been looking for! 110euro a month still looks expensive, but not quite as scary as the 170 a month to join up with the crossfit gym in dublin. Have you heard any reviews of their setup?
Nope, heard about them because they guy who set it up went to the same school as me (so obviously he's awesome, we all are), I've been following his progress on facebook over the last couple of months, some of the regulars on the fitness forum are familiar with Dave's setup so if they're not putting it down it's as good as any review.
The membership thing puts me off, I can't see myself going to enough classes to justify €110 a month - though for a regular it seems to be a much better offer than Crossfit Ireland and Crossfit Dublin...
Must try blag me a free intro class The specific team training group might be a good option if you could get a group of people with similar goals.Oi! im sure there's something in the charter about not picking on the weak in here :pac:
So if you get a free intro, let me know, I'll go that night - that way I'll know I won't be the weakest one there! 0 -
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