Romain Taravella

I definitely had made the math for the bike and tested my plan during the longer workouts. I targeted 2h30min on the bike, with 65g of carbs per hour (260 cal./h), so a minimum of 162g of carbs for the bike (with a bit more just to be on the safe side and also to cover for a longer leg than expected) which is covered by the 3 gels (22g of carbs…[Read more]

Thanks AJ. Super helpful. I am taking the full week off, quite necessary indeed.

Re nutrition, that is what I did: 1) Bike: three Gu gel + one energy bar + two 26 fl. oz. of Gatorade Endurance (so essentially a gel or a bar every 45 min on the bike and getting a sip of liquid when I was thirsty, probably every 15min); 2) Run: one Gu gel + almost…[Read more]

Hi! Missed this msg before. How did it go Julia?

I also had a practice race on the agenda for yesterday myself and indeed… I learned a lot. Good news: I did it and today I have sore legs but I am not injured. It feels good. Now the things I need to improve: first, for some reason I was unable to get my heart rate (and power) high enough on the…[Read more]

Thank you Jason, this is super helpful. I was starting to actively motivate myself to swim open water in the coming weeks. Now I am looking forward to it!

Romain

Brilliant! Thank you AJ for this webinar as well as for the 2 others, they are spot on.

To kick-off the Q&A for tomorrow before the presentation even started… I wondered if it is normal to experience a drop in speed and a faster HR for a few weeks when one starts to focus actively on getting the running mechanics right after many years of…[Read more]

Thanks Juene and Brett for the heads-up. I think I am going to park somewhere around and bike there this week-end.

Romain

The webinar recording would be great indeed, if it worked. Thank you.

Thank you, this is helpful indeed. I have the feeling that at slow Sunday pace I am able to get the glutes activated for about 60-70% of the total distance, but for tempo workouts then it probably falls down to 30%. I also feel that I am better at activating one side than the other. So yes, I’ll go back to the running bio-mechanics drawing board.

Romain

Thank you Coach AJ. Yes, I was definitely thinking of cutting, pasting and comparing. I wonder though if I should continue to follow the current plan until the end of June and then cut-and-past the July-September bit or should I restart the plan from zero 20 weeks from my September race date? Or maybe something in between, like following the…[Read more]

Hi! Very pleased to read this thread. Thank you all for sharing experiences and commenting. Same case here, I hit for the first time the half marathon distance last Sunday for my long run. Very exciting! The good surprise is that it went surprisingly well the day after (I stretched well and rolled). The bad surprise is that my hip is hurting since…[Read more]

Just to make sure I understand: our goal should be to include at least 40 min per week of strength training (btw glutes and core) and we decide how to make it happen (after bike/run, swim day, etc.), is it?

Got it. Thank you!

I was playing with the idea of doing the Olympic distance on Sunday, just as a race preparation: is somebody else also considering it?

Romain

AJ, I am not sure I got what you are recommending for the PeasantMan Sunday. Saturday would look like : easy group ride, brick run, open water swim clinic + other clinics. And what about Sunday?

Thank you,

Romain

Hi AJ!

I tried the gold swim test (went for the 50m, since 25m can be so variable I feel), but I struggled a bit to keep the count of my strokes and focus at the same time on the key things I need to focus on in order to have a not-too-bad swimming form. So I ended up relying on my watch for the stoke rate. But I guess it is not super accurate. I…[Read more]

Hi.

I was there. They spotted some good aspects… and many more not so good things that I need to work on, including hand position (crossing over on one side [I thought I fixed it] and pulling wide on the other), body position (I was sure I was horizontal… well not really especially when tired), extension (I thought I had the tendency to glide…[Read more]

Thanks Allison. That sounds perfect. I am in!

Romain

Hi,

This sounds awesome. I am about to be in, but I just wanted to make sure I understand what the week-end will look like (no need for a detailed plan, just a general idea because I see it starts on Friday afternoon) and what the ticket includes (do we need to find a place to camp nearby is the biggest question).

Thank you!

Romain

This is great! You literally read my mind. I was about to send a message to the group asking if folks were interested in another training/analysis session with the Master Swim team later in the season. I am in (used the link James posted)!

Romain