Standard Deviation

Kurt Godel

A new log for a new training cycle. This will be my second year doing Tri, and I want to do about 10% better than last season. That means a standalone 10km run around 38:xx mins, 400m swim TT under 5:30, and 36kph average or greater for a 40km bike. Overall I'd like 550+ NS points (495 last season, but with a couple of soft Oly results).
There are a lot of training mistakes I learned through last year, but I've a better idea now of training cycles, juggling three disciplines, tactics in races... there's a whole heap of stuff I can do better. But I also want to keep on enjoying the training and racing, both of which are very rewarding, and there a lot of friendly faces in this sport

Mon 21 Oct 2km swim lunchtime, 50 mins easy turbo pm
I need to get in the pool at least 3 times a week- and that means year round, not just swimming hard over the winter only to slack off once the races come around. Steady swim this lunchtime, there's a lot of work to do in the pool, but it'll come back in good time. I'm really looking forward to the splashy stuff over the next few months...

Easy spinning on the turbo tonight, listening to the rain and wind crashing against the roof. Love having a good turbo!

RacoonQueen

Standard deviation was my most hated part of the maths syllabus at school. Bloody thing hasn't stopped haunting me after all this time, now this :mad:

griffin100

Seen the log title and knew it had to be you (even a maths / stats pleb like me gets the reference). As usual will follow with interest.

Oryx

Is Standard Deviation anything like a tracker mortgage?

Kurt Godel

Tue 1:40 turbo easy/steady

My achilles is still hurting, but this spin seems to have done it the world of good. Its great blustery weather for a run this evening, but I'll leave it heel (hahaha) for another couple of days.

Oryx wrote: »

Is Standard Deviation anything like a tracker mortgage?

It's exactly the same thing.

Kurt Godel

Tue 2km swim, 1 hr Pilates

The pool felt good this lunchtime, very few there so a lane to myself. Straight into a steady km, it felt good going through the water. I focussed on breathing (specifically exhaling constantly underwater), catch-and-pull, and kick-offs (strong turn with 3 dolphin kicks for good distance). There's a million other things to focus on too, but for now these are the salad days, where a great return comes from a small correction. That's a measure of how far I've slipped by not visiting the pool regularly, but it's coming back.

This evening was my first ever visit to the hell that is Pilates. I have no core, a backbone that has fused together, and the flexibility of ice. Which is to say, tonight hurt, and I struggled. But the trainer seems to really know her stuff, and communicates well, and I'd say there's a large benefit in sticking with this class for a while.

Shell to Run

Do stick with the pilates. The benefits are only noticed when you miss a week. Core strength is triathlon's secret ammunition. I have attended pilates for the last two years and attribute the fact that I stay injury free to pilates. Once a week is not enough though.

Kurt Godel

Wed 1:40 turbo
Nothing too exciting, just a long steady spin.
I'm sore in places I never knew I had, after last nights Pilates. Never felt more flexible, though.

Oryx

Are you worse today? That tends to be how it goes.

Kurt Godel

Oryx wrote: »

Are you worse today? That tends to be how it goes.

Definitely feeling it more today, feel like I've been punched in the gut

Kurt Godel

Fri 2,000m swim

450m steady pace (8:05)

5*100 off 2:00 (in 1:40-1:44)
5*100 off 1:55 (in 1:42-1:48)
5*100 off 1:55 (in 1:47-1:52)

Return of the swim sets, and a reminder of how not to do them. The plan was three sets, off 2:00, 1:55, 1:50, but I went too fast at first, so was too tired by the third set to go off 1:50. Not to worry, its a start, and there's bound to be tiredness and form to correct for next time.

Kurt Godel

Wed Pilates

Jesus this really hurt. There's a move with holding your legs up, then hoisting a ball over the head, then the side, then the other side... by the fifth of these time really stood still. Screaming pain from my underdeveloped abs.

30 minutes of foam rolling after, a first for me, and an absolute lesson in pain/pleasure. My sore and tight achilles has disappeared, replaced with something flexible. This class is brill.

Slogger Jogger

Kurt Godel wrote: »

Wed Pilates... This class is brill.

Yeah, love it. And there is nowhere to hide if you can't hold your form
Feeling the benefit of it already, only a couple of classes in.

griffin100

I saw this and thought you'd enjoy it

Kurt Godel

Fri 120 mins turbo

Easy spinning, the achilles has become tight again so no running, but this seemed to loosen it out a bit. I'm going to get a foam roller so I can concentrate on conditioning the muscles, hopefully that will stop these calf/achilles problems.

Kurt Godel

Sat 50 min turbo (moderate effort)

I can feel a cold or something coming on, little energy this evening. Easy enough work on the turbo, just had to do something.

Kurt Godel

Sun 10k hill run

Ran from Tinahely up to the trailhead, and around Mangan's loop. The surface was fantastic to run on, and some great views to boot. It's a magical spot.
My achilles still hasn't healed, but feck that anyway. It needs to be tested avery once in a while. I tried to put my full weight and full extension on it going hard up a steep bank; let out a yelp of pain that sent all the sheep scarpering. Otherwise it wasn't too bad.

Slogger Jogger

Would have given you a shout if I'd of known you were heading up. Was there not long before you. Fantastic November morning with grassy giving trails.

Kurt Godel

Great photo Mick.

Hoping to run a charity race around here with the Tri Club, for Sunday 24th Movember, proceeds to Prostate Cancer Awareness, details soon.

Slogger Jogger

Kurt Godel wrote: »

Great photo Mick.

Hoping to run a charity race around here with the Tri Club, for Sunday 24th Movember, proceeds to Prostate Cancer Awareness, details soon.

Great. I had the thought this morning that one could organise a simple 3 race series on 3 different days (consecutive weekends perhaps) of Mangans, Ballycumber and Kyle. They are all waymarked so very little to do. Perhaps for the Spring.

Kurt Godel

Mon 53 mins turbo, hard effort

SF "A very dark place"

My achilles was very sore today, I was limping in pain the whole day. Hobbled up the stairs after dinner to my pain cave, and worked hard on the turbo. When I got off- pain gone, no limp. Very strange. I think I'll have to stay away from running for a week or more to let it repair, and then stay away from hilly runs for a while. Pity, coz they are a tonic for the soul.

Kurt Godel

Movember Mountain Mob (Hill race Nov 24th Tinahely, Wicklow)
To raise a bit of money and for awareness of Prostate Cancer, some of us localers will host a hill race around Mangan's Loop. It's a 5km route, with a lovely grassy surface for most of it, and fantastic views throughout. It'll be pretty informal, no goodybags, medals, or DJ's at the finish, but it will be marked, hand timed, and you'll get a decent race. For insurance reasons, you run at your own risk, and there's no entry fee. Donations will be taken, but they aren't mandatory, the main thing is to have a nice testing run.

When?
Sunday 24th November, meet carpark 11am, race jog 2km to start, race starts 12 noon.

Where?
Meet in the carpark by Tinahely Gaa club, race starts from a trailhead after a 2km jog up Mangan's Lane.

Route?
5km, good runnable surface throughout, marked throughout, suitable for all abilities.

Cost?
Free if you like, although as mentioned above, suggested donation €5 (every € goes to Cancer charities).

Sambo's after. Start growing that tasche! All welcome.

Oryx

I might have a problem growing a tasche.

Kurt Godel

Oryx wrote: »

I might have a problem growing a tasche.

Smooth-upper-lippers welcome too.

Kurt Godel

Tue 3,000m swim

Steady straight 2k, then 1k of various drills.

There's a lad who sometimes swims when I'm there, he can fairly shift. He does 400m at 1:15/100m pace- he has a strong tumble turn, but not much kick (as far as I can make out). Otherwise, he's great to watch, just got a great stroke. Of course, talking to him, he's full of doubt, and largely self-taught. I'd like to be able to swim as fast as him.
There, I said it.

Kurt Godel

Wed 40 mins turbo, 1 hr Pilates

Turbo was just a handy spin before dinner. The Pilates... its fast becoming the hardest hour in the week. There's a moment when you are sat on your bum, legs outstretched off the ground, body leaning back 45 degrees, holding a ball over your head, then moving it to the right, then the left... my useless stomach muscles are screaming from the pain, and there are still several seconds left to hold until we are done. It's definitely helping build the core though, I'm less shaky holding poses now than the last few weeks.

Kurt Godel

Thurs 2,200m swim

500m steady warm-up
5*100m off 2:00 (in 1:45-1:52)
50m EZ
5*100 off 1:55 (in 1:42-1:50)
50m EZ
5*100 off 1:50 (in 1:43-1:48)
100 EZ

Swimming is starting to move in the right direction, I'm getting a feel for the water again. In particular, I concentrated on exhaling constantly, and it seemed to help. Talking to good swimmers, they say their breathing isn't an issue, it's as natural as breathing while running. This is what I need to learn. But for the moment, things are good, the goal is to be ending this set 5*100 off 1:40, by the time swim lessons start up again in January.

Kurt Godel

Fri 2,500m swim

500m steady pace warm up
4*(100m pull, 100 ripple, 100 shoulder, 50 kick)
50 BS
50 EZ

The joys of electronic discourse- an expected long journey for a face-to-face with a client was happily truncated to a phone call, so I managed to fit in a bonus swim before lunch. Lots of floating whales in the pool for some reason today, but I managed to get a lane to myself, and did some technique work. There's a lot forgotten since last year, but it will come back soon. The drills are good, you can do them fast and wrong, or slower and right, and there's very little speed difference between the two. I've noticed a useful effect from the Pilates, in that I now actually have a core with feeds into better swim form.

Kurt Godel

Fri pm 1:22 mins turbo

Sufferfest "Blender"
Click the link for workout details, I'm too f***ed to type them- this is a new download, 100mins of all sorts. I got to 82 mins and was too wrecked for the final interval, so the full thing will be saved for a day where I've not done anything earlier. My thoughts on this, is that its HARD, and it seems very useful, like a long tough fartlek session. I could do without the wimpy college rock songs, but thats a minor thing, the main thing its a good long hard turbo session that will give plenty of payback over the winter.

W-r-e-c-k-e-d... now to puke my guts up...

Speaking of music- Nils Frahm releases an album next week, its got a fantastic version of this tune on it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLNeZogTsK8

Trig1

Kurt Godel wrote: »

Fri pm 1:22 mins turbo

Sufferfest "Blender"
Click the link for workout details, I'm too f***ed to type them- this is a new download, 100mins of all sorts. I got to 82 mins and was too wrecked for the final interval, so the full thing will be saved for a day where I've not done anything earlier. My thoughts on this, is that its HARD, and it seems very useful, like a long tough fartlek session. I could do without the wimpy college rock songs, but thats a minor thing, the main thing its a good long hard turbo session that will give plenty of payback over the winter.

W-r-e-c-k-e-d... now to puke my guts up...

I feel your pain!!! did this session a few weeks ago for the first time and it nearly killed me..good hard long session...looking forward to doing it again

Kurt Godel

Trig1 wrote: »

I feel your pain!!! did this session a few weeks ago for the first time and it nearly killed me..good hard long session...looking forward to doing it again

It's a killer all right! To be honest, its just what I was looking for in SF vids, a tough session thats long and keeps your interest. Next time I'll dig deeper and complete the damn thing!:D

Sun 10k EZ run

My achilles is still sore, so this run (Hillbrook loop) was kept at a very comfortable pace. A fantastic morning to be out, bright and cold and crisp and fresh. The sort of morning you just want to take off and put the foot down... but that will come soon enough, for the moment I've got to be content with limited, easy, running.
I bought the "Grid" TriggerPoint roller (thanks for the recommendations), its certainly a useful recovery aid. Rolling and Pilates later.

Slogger Jogger

Really was a gorgeous morning. You were down there somewhere.

Kurt Godel

Tue 3,000m swim

I'm really busy at work, got some tummy bug, 3 college assessments due shortly, and there's a whole lot of grown-up life stuff to deal with at the moment; but a grabbed swim 1km became 2k became 3km, nice and steady and mind-cleansing, sometimes the pool swim can be a godsend.

Kurt Godel

Whoo-hoo! Result from my exam on Number theory and mathematical logic just came in (this is the one about the mathematician Kurt Godel's work), I got 94% in the exam, so a distinction overall for the module. It was the hardest thing I've ever worked for, I'm delighted to get that result. Roll on the Tri season!:D

griffin100

Kurt Godel wrote: »

Whoo-hoo! Result from my exam on Number theory and mathematical logic just came in (this is the one about the mathematician Kurt Godel's work), I got 94% in the exam, so a distinction overall for the module. It was the hardest thing I've ever worked for, I'm delighted to get that result. Roll on the Tri season!:D

Well done on that. Seeing as you're a mathematical genius you don't fancy giving a maths pleb like me some grinds in probability modelling using Excel do you? I'll pay you in beer and skittles














Only joking.............unless I fail the module after which I might be serious. I've a half decent knowledge of stats from a PhD a lifetime ago, but probability is beyond me at the minute. Old dog and new tricks and all that.

Dory Dory

How's your stache coming along??

Oryx

Dory Dory wrote: »

How's your stache coming along??

Do you look like Ming the Merciless yet?

Kurt Godel

Dory Dory wrote: »

How's your stache coming along??

Oryx wrote: »

Do you look like Ming the Merciless yet?

Total Horror show. My wife actually won't look at me now, she thinks its awful. Two weeks to go:)

Kurt Godel

Wed 40 mins turbo, 6k run

Not a bric, just squeezing in what I could. Missed tonights Pilates, that couldn't be helped. Easy enough on the turbo, then dinner, then 6km slowly managing a sensitive achilles around the backroads of Carnew.

Slogger Jogger

You missed a tough one. The exercises move on a level each week (I think our instructor likes inflicting pain on us). Really felt it but feel good afterwards.

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

Kurt Godel wrote: »

Total Horror show. My wife actually won't look at me now, she thinks its awful. Two weeks to go:)

We obviously need a pic.

Dory Dory

Sylvia Gifted Ratio wrote: »

We obviously need a pic.

+1

Kurt Godel

Sylvia Gifted Ratio wrote: »

We obviously need a pic.

I'll take a snap at the Movember race I'm organizing, 24th Nov. May as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.

Kurt Godel

Wed 2,500m swim

2km steady, 500m drills.

I haven't been posting or training much due to some personal circumstances, but I may as well continue to log any training. This place can be good for keeping you honest if nothing else, and if I don't log I skip training.

Steady swim, first in a week. The water felt like I've been away from it. My achilles is still sore, so I've given up on the idea that its an injury I can just run through, and I won't run for the next few weeks until it feels 100%. Turbos and swims will do, when I can fit them in.

Reminder: for anyone free next Sunday- some of us from Tinahely Tri club will be holding a small hill race on Mangans Loop, 11am registration, sambo's and refreshments after at O'Connors pub, all proceeds go to Irish Cancer Society for Movember. Suggested donation to enter is €5, which you can "enter" online via this link, or pay on the day. Or just turn up and run for free if you prefer, the hills are one of the last things free in life, long may they continue to be so. Should have a good few at it, all abilities welcome

Kurt Godel

Week 16th Dec|Session|Comment

Monday|60 mins turbo|SF "Fight Club" not all out
Tuesday|2k swim, 5k run|Both easy pace. Pilates for 10 mins.
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Well I've not trained for a while, real life is getting in the way. On top of which, my calf/achilles has taken its time getting better. My job workload has literally quadrupled, real life has become very immediate and real, and college stuff has to be done on top of that. So I've been tucking into fine wines and beers the past month, to relieve stress. This has left me with a nice gut, and zero fitness, so something has to give.

Time to get back training- I hit the pool today and had no form at all. That'll hopefully come back starting in January. I met our new coach yesterday (interested can't make the only time slot we have; thank's for all your help last year mate), and he seems to really know his stuff. It'll be different, but hopefully we'll make good progress again. Tried to jog tonight for the first time in a month, and so far so good. It was good to be moving again.

Kurt Godel

Week 16th Dec|Session|Comment

Monday|60 mins turbo|SF "Fight Club" not all out
Tuesday|2k swim, 5k run|Both easy pace. Pilates for 10 mins.
Wednesday|90 mins turbo|Easy spinning
Thursday||
Friday||
Saturday||
Sunday||


Continuing with the "soft lad" approach, tonights spin was an easy one in from of the first half of Cloud Atlas, which gets better still with each viewing.

My achilles isn't quite as pain-free after last nights trot as I'd like it to be. Maybe I'll switch to running on flat grass for a while.

Slogger Jogger

Bravo. Fancy an early (pre light) run on Annagh on Saturday to 'celebrate' the solstice Might rope in some of the Tinahely folk

Kurt Godel

Slogger Jogger wrote: »

Bravo. Fancy an early (pre light) run on Annagh on Saturday to 'celebrate' the solstice Might rope in some of the Tinahely folk

I'll be down in Cavan Saturday, sorry Mick. Would have leapt at the chance. I remember that Winter solstice run we did a few years back up to Annagh hill. Magic, watching the dawn break! Enjoy

Kurt Godel

Week 16th Dec|Session|Comment

Monday|60 mins turbo|SF "Fight Club" not all out
Tuesday|2k swim, 5k run|Both easy pace. Pilates for 10 mins.
Wednesday|90 mins turbo|Easy spinning
Thursday|9.5k run|Easy pace
Friday||
Saturday||
Sunday||


Had to drop my car to the garage, so I took the opportunity to get a run back. Achilles felt a little stiff at first- I'm overprotective of it- but soon I was motoring away. It felt good to be running again, along a wintery Railway Walk. Snow dusting was evident on Annagh in the distance...fingers crossed!

Abhainn

You seem to have that achilles issue now for weeks? Specifically what area is it affecting you?

I'm struggling with same injury also for the past 5 weeks. Barely avg 40 mile / weeks. Because I'm protective of it bloody knee is sore also.

Kurt Godel

Abhainn wrote: »

You seem to have that achilles issue now for weeks? Specifically what area is it affecting you?

I'm struggling with same injury also for the past 5 weeks. Barely avg 40 mile / weeks. Because I'm protective of it bloody knee is sore also.

Yeah, sore knee, sore calf, sore achilles... its all connected I'm sure. I hurt my calf running 8 weeks back, hasn't been great since. Doesn't affect me on the bike or in the pool, and light jogging seems ok now.