My brain seems to never shut off, even while I sleep. There are days I will wake up after a great nice rest and be in weird mood all day (like this morning). My dreams are weird. They make Fargo look like Finding Nemo. The scary part is a lot of them come true. No word of a lie. My brain is like TiVo except the show hasn’t played yet. The topics of “dreams” actually has nothing to do with the post that I want to write about.
Been pondering a little on the following questions. These are bouncing around my noggin and I haven’t had time to go look for the answers. Maybe some of you know them… or maybe some of you will go ASK someone who knows more about them. 
Eating lots of whole wheat compared to white. This is what every nutritionist (it seems) right now is telling us. More grains, more fiber, and less of the easily digestible stuff. Well I’ve been wondering, what if your a lean athlete, whoneeds some quick fat, is it better to eat lots of brown stuff or just eat some white? The problem with heavily dense foods is you “poop” them out. Fiber is hard to digest and most just passes through you. So I’m wondering how much the body really gets out of it. So in a pre/post race meal, wouldn’t it be better to eat very easily digeastable foods? That way the body can convert the energy to glucose and help repair itself?
How much weight does my bike weigh? Yeah I gotta get off my fat ass and do it. But I’ve been wondering at what point does it make sense to upgrade (tri bike) to another machine based purely on weight. If the fit is good. It works. And if you can’t really afford the next model up, does it make sense to move up? What happens if I lose 0.75 of a pound and I go from 38Km/H averages to 39.5 Km/h averages. Thats a huge time savings. Big investment but one that could really help out.
It seems after every race my calves hurt. Quads are ok. Hammys are ok. Back is good. But on the outside of my calves, my legs really hurt. Amanda did a little searching and found that it could have something to do with my feat. But thats as far as I got.
Is more swimming better? I’m in a rut. I finish top 5 in the bike and run but can’t seem to get my swim times down. Should I swim a lot more to compensate or just bite the bullet and realize this may take awhile? The one thing that bugs me is you read about people who get into triathlon and within 2 years there pros. Where’d they learn to swim? Are people not honest and they actually did a crap load of swimming as a kid or every year they go on month long cycling expeditions that require them to also do marathons and 4K swims? Maybe they don’t count that as “training”.
Anywho. Those are some random thoughts. Maybe you have the same.
ive come to the same conclusion… *i think* based on your explanation weve both pleataued, and that were looking at what to do next. no doubt were at very different stages of athleticism, but, at what point do you get over it, to decrease the times. i think, is it naturally ability, or do you have to start paying (coach, gear, supplements, video of yourself) in order to get better
I don’t think you’ve even tapped into your potential TJ. You don’t swim weith anybody, bike with anybody or run with anyone. A little friendly competition (once, twice a week) would accelerate your gains. However, I am impressed at how far you’ve gone with the resources you’ve used.
Me, well I just need to go above beyond what I’ve been doing.
In a conversation with Colin, your swimming came up and what he said is that time will eventually move in your favour. That and swimming with better swimmers. He said that when he started his pro career his swimming was sub-par and it took 4 years before he saw the gains from hard work and time. Not perhaps what you’re looking for but passing it on.
FYI on the “white” vs “whole” everything I’ve read indicates stopping ANY fibrous food 24-36 hours prior to a race because you want your GI tract to be empty. Trying to digest/process fibre slows blood to your muscles OR it leaves the GI to fuel your muscles giving you GI upset.
Re: calves – you pronate inwards. could put stress on the outside of your legs??
Well 4 years seems like along time… Maybe I can break it down to 2 (hopefully 1
).
Yes I have heard that about fibre dense food. But what about after? My guess is it would work the same way too.
And that is a very good point. It could have something to do with that.
Your starting to sound like an exercise coach… I mean your training for Iman so that pretty much means you are.
O and I measured my bike. It’s about 18.5-19pounds with no water. A fat beast compared to the 14.9 they are allowed at the UCI.