vivalasvegans Posted April 7, 2010 Author Share Posted April 7, 2010 tuesday: normal commute plus a little extra50 min training spin (with tough intervals)back/tris/abs-obliques (5 rounds)seated db shoulder press 20x15,20,20face pulls 20x7,7,7,14 the ride home was nonrainy! it felt so nice. i forgot what it was like. a total pleasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 Wednesday: There was no wind. I went out in my kit and no wind after a normal amount of hours at work and I felt SO FAST. I don't know if I really was or not, but no wind such a welcome change. No rain either! commute25.5 mile ride (inc The Hill)abs/obliques 3x20 pushups (knees... still afraid to do it on my feet) speaking of my foot, it still hurts a little, but not as bad as last week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John V Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Wednesday: speaking of my foot, it still hurts a little, but not as bad as last week! Please let it heal properly, instead of turning it into a still longer recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryStella Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 viva u can get an ironman triathlon watch for like $30ish at target or places like that and it has everything you need. its what i use. However if you want to spend more money you can get a garmin. I want to get one of those soon for the GPS on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason X Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 ROAR! or RAWR! (that avatar cracks me up.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalBrada Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Best of wishes on your race tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted April 10, 2010 Author Share Posted April 10, 2010 @ jv: thanks. i can really take that advice to heart now. that last episode kind of put a scare into me. i do not want to be in a cast again anytime soon! @ms: i want a garmin! partly cuz they sponsor a bad ass bike team. but also i just want a garmin. i have a feeling that i'll lose anything that's not a garmin. so i'll get a garmin. @jx: moo @lb: thanks buddy. i got over myself and did it. i think your good luck wishes helped very much with that. race report soon. thursday:regular commute plus walking in the hail and snow with a flat. i think it toughened me up. good conditioning. friday:full rest. was gonna go for a short spin to open up my legs but i fell asleep instead, which was nice! food:tomato, celery, 1 tsp miso2 scoop protein, 1 tbs flax, ginger2 scoop protein, 1 tbs flax, gingercoffee/soyprimal stripa brazil nutsome popcorn~500 cal tofu, broccoli, a tomatoa whole thing of almond dream ice cream (unbelievably delicious) a builder barsome more popcorn and an apple (maybe 2 apples, i forget, but i think 1)1/2 scoop luna sport electrolyte mix (jury's still out on this strategy)some swigs of soymilk out of the carton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob PMFF Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 I have some questions about your food if you don't mind:When you say miso, do you mean the soup? If not, then what is this product?What's a primal strip? Is that a product from the Primal Diet thing?What is the benefit of the brazil nut? and why just one? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason X Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Rob, primal strips are fake jerky. Mushroom, soy, or seitan varieties. They're good shit. Viva! I wanna hear about the race!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryStella Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 me 2! I also wanna hear about the race? And I hope you get a garmin and you can tell me all the wonderful things about it and then maybe someday I'll get one too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 gotta get a garmin saturday: food:coffee/soy100 cal oatmealginger larabar6 cliff blocks RACE2 apples2 scoops protein, 1 tbs flaxprimal stripa brazil nut, a few pumpkin seeds, 2 dried apricots2 cups popcorn500 cal tofu, broccoli, carrot, builder bar, thing of almond dream ice cream, a few pumpkin seedsapple, soymilk out of the carton Race report The night before the race I was so nervous I almost called it off. I was spooked! This woman I know warned me about how tough the course was. Then I looked at the elevation profile, it looked crazy! I was sketched out by dangerous early season riders, and I didn't get to train quite the way I wanted to during the week... I wished I could have gone for a ride on Thursday. But I was feeling rested. And a pep talk from a really good pep talker had me feeling ok. It was just gonna be a training ride. A training ride. Train through it. Plus the carpools were arranged on how many racers we had, I didn't want to mess that up. Got lost on the way down, of course. Had to pee like a racehorse! Got to the course and it was COLD! Rode the trainer about ten minutes. It was so cold it was hard to stand outside. But i think it warmed up right about the time I embrocated... or else all that embrocation in the parking lot had an effect on the weather. Everyone seemed a little nervous, everyone seemed chilly, I felt better. I guess we started out in the 40's. Glad I went with full gloves. Took shoe covers off and went with toe covers, glad I had them. The thermal arm warmers and light leg warmers were perfect till the end. The peleton was raring to go. I started in the back again, I never fully saw the break, It happened very early. I think this class of women is invested in breaking early, or there are unsmooth riders that try to position themselves with whoever's at front and block. Whatever is the case, a lot of women end up getting dropped. I went in the chase pack again, dropped a lot of riders early. Did ten second pulls. Some sketchiness on the road. The first lap was harder than the second. I didn't warm up enough. Finished on a hill. I knew it was coming. I unzipped a little more, pushed the arm warmers down, and got ready. When I saw the 1 k sign I took off and sprinted hard. I thought I finished out of the saddle but i guess i finished sitting down! I took first in the chase pack. No idea yet how I placed overall but it was decent. Left there happy What I did right:got myself to the race, gear was good, hydrated well the day before, trained more on hills, longer intervals on the spin bikes, possibly lost a couple pounds, ate alot of ginger the day before and a ginger lararbar in the morning, had a great time! What I could do better next time:i think considering the sketchiness of this particular early season field, it will be a good idea to start at the front. maybe warm up longer. take 2 water bottles as it gets hotter or longer, one with nutrition. go in with more hill miles and more watts training. continue to manipulate the power to weight ratio. don't forget the chamois buttr. all in all, it was great! I love my team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason X Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Always start at the front, if you deserve it. It sounds like you do. What cat are you racing? Sounds like a lower cat, given antics. In my experience (in minnesota) womens races either blow apart (lower cat) or stay together pretty much until the end when the stronger people step up the intensity and kill it. Either way. Sounds awesome and makes me kinda want to race bikes again this year. Maybe one or two. We'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John V Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 first in the chase pack... Left there happy all in all, it was great! I love my team. " title="Applause" /> " title="Applause" /> " title="Applause" /> " title="Applause" /> " title="Applause" /> " title="Applause" /> " title="Applause" /> " title="Applause" /> " title="Applause" /> " title="Applause" /> " title="Applause" /> " title="Applause" /> " title="Applause" /> " title="Applause" /> " title="Applause" /> " title="Applause" /> " title="Applause" /> " title="Applause" /> Great report VV! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryStella Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 I agree with john nice race report. Oh at my race today I was drooling over the garmins! Actually it was good that people had them because on the official race results they just posted on the internet. The amended the course to say it was actually a bit longer than a 5k. So now I feel a little better about my time. I always have to pee before a race even if i just went it is a that adreneline thing! nice job!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalBrada Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Amazing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobsteriffic Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Awesome stuff!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted April 12, 2010 Author Share Posted April 12, 2010 thanks jv and lobs lb: thanks for all your help. jx: if the bike is calling you... the bike is calling you! thanks for the advice/insight. ms: maybe we can get garmin to sponsor vbbf competitors, eh? i would wear a garmin logo if they gave me some swag! would you? I have some questions about your food if you don't mind:When you say miso, do you mean the soup? If not, then what is this product?What's a primal strip? Is that a product from the Primal Diet thing?What is the benefit of the brazil nut? and why just one? Thanks!No I don't mind at all Usually in this log when i say miso, i mean miso paste. So that morning, i put the miso, tomato, and celery in the blender with some water and made a kind of smoothie. I uually make it spicy with cayenne or something. I like it alot. Jason knows primal strips! They're kind of junky and they come with way way too much packaging, but they're pretty decent for what they are. 99 cals, 10ish g of protein, not bad for junk food! vegan essentials has em http://store.veganessentials.com/primal-strips-vegan-jerky---1-oz-strip-p652.aspx one brazil nut is supposed to contain one day's daily requirement of selenium. so it's a good excuse for me to eat one because i love them! ... but usually only one because they're so high calorie. Sunday:50 mile ride. Didn't start out as a recovery ride but it ended up like one. I kind of turned myself inside out the day before at the race. Plus i thought i was sucking more gel out my flask than I actually was, so since I didn't eat breakfast, and I stared with gel, the first part of my ride i was dragging ass. Then I ate some cliff blocks and felt better. Got home and realized I only took 1/4 of a serving of gel. Silly me. coffee/soyRIDE <<< 6 cliff blocks, a dab of gel2 scoop protein, banana, orange, ginger smoothie + 3 or 4 cups popcorn2 scoop protein, 1 tbs flax, ginger smoothieprimal stripportobello, asparagus, 3 veg sausage, thing of almond milk ice creambuilder bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted April 13, 2010 Author Share Posted April 13, 2010 Monday it felt great to get back in the gym again. I was ready to lift! The spin class hurt, but I didn't even get near the point of nausea. I need a little quad recovery. I ate like a pig in the morning, and then didn't really eat so much in the afternoon, that may have had something to do with it. Ate like a maniac when I got home. I'll try to be a little more deliberate today. commute50 min spin classchest/bis/abs (5 rounds)bi curls standing on the ball 3x20x5 note to self:don't forget the cal-mag tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryStella Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobsteriffic Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Good stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted April 14, 2010 Author Share Posted April 14, 2010 Tuesday: vegasport pre-workout. i guess it was good because i ended up sweating so amazingly much, but i ended up with a sugar crash so i ate some mints and a lolllipop.. i'm tired. what i needed was coffee. workout:commute50 min spin classback/tris/obliques (5 rounds) plus some more abs/obliquesstanding med ball balance w/ overhead db press 20x5 arnold press 20x5 overhead db press 20x5mid row 4x20x?,?,?,50? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted April 16, 2010 Author Share Posted April 16, 2010 wednesday:rb hill repeat x4 ~20 miles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobsteriffic Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 nice on the hills! what does rb mean? i need to find some hills...i live in such a flat part of the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryStella Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 hill repeats!!!!!!!!! nice going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted April 17, 2010 Author Share Posted April 17, 2010 yep it was a blast! thursday:regular thurs commute friday: commute36.79 mi ride Hill2x Food:coffee/soysome melon lunabar2 scoop protein/banana smoothie, larabar, mouthful of cashewsspoon of rice syrupRIDE <<< gel2 scoop protein, bananachunk of seitanbroccoli, carrots, 2 veg burgers, builderbarapple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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