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us marine with bad knees

militar — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:05:25 GMT

i just got out of the us marine corps. towards the end of my tour of duty my knees were hurting after every physical fitness test from my 3 mile run. i never paid any attention becuase that was part of being a marine and i just sucked it up. then after my contract was over i got my knees XRAYED nd found out my shin and thigh bones have been grinding down on each other to where there is no more cartilage. is there any exercises/ suppliments or anything at all that i can do to get myself back into running. i wanna do any triathlon that i can get into for a first. please i will do almost anything(including somewhat cheap surgury with a fast recovery).

Racing with Power

shavatar — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:49:15 GMT

Hi there

I have started doing triathlons again after a bit of a break. I am training with Powertap and find it very useful - although I am still learning how to maximise it. Question is - I want to buy a Zipp wheel for racing but am a bit freaked by the cost of the Powertap version. Do I need to race with Powertap or should I be smart enough from reading training logs to be able to race to PE and Heart rate? Really apprecaite any tips

Steve

Looking for a Tri coach in Lake Tahoe.....?

Jane McKellar — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:26:10 GMT

Have completed 3 Tri's now this season and want to ramp up my performance either to Olympic distance or start winning sprints!! Would love to have some face-to-face coaching - North Lake Tahoe, Carson City, Reno? Thanks

training through pain?

1wildrunner — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:01:18 GMT

I am 43 years old and training for my first sprint triathlon. I switched to the triathlon because I have had a nagging hip issue with my left hip for several years. It is doing tons better, but while going for physical therapy it was suggested to first train for a triathlon to build my hip up before trying to focus on training on a 10k or half marathon. I am in my 6 th week of training for the sprint and now my right hip is starting to hurt. I did a deep tissue massage this week and it helped a little but not completely. I stretch before and after and on my off day I do a yoga routine. My question is.... do I take the running out of my training for now or train through the pain? On a scale from 1-10 I would rank it as a level 3. With my other hip I pushed through the pain and ended up paying for it, but yet I know that some times you need to build these muscles and you do need to push through it. One more tidbit of info... I only run on trails to minimize the impact. Oh yeah and one more thing... I am about 10-15 lbs over weight. I have lost 20 lbs, but am still working on dropping some more, so I'm not sure if that is contributing to it. Any suggestions you can give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks - Kym

Base Training

arhodes@fullercompany.com — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:51:50 GMT

I have heard two myths about base training. The first is that the aerobic improvement of an hour long base training session wll be somewhat mitigated if you add a 10-15 minute anaerobic or interval session on at the end. Why is this? It seems as though you have "Banked" an hour of aerobic work that can't be taken away. The other myth I have heard is that your training during your base training phase (Jan-March) needs to be exclusively base training with no anaerobic. Is this true?

tapering for a sprint?

lonegoose — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:05:18 GMT

I understand the concept and how to taper for marathons, but is it necesary to taper for a sprint distance tri? If so, what is the best way? I have done several Olympic distance tri's this summer, more for the training aspect, but there is a sprint coming up and I want to do my best.

TRANING PLAN FOR 870.3

JT1973 — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:48:04 GMT

US Marine recently returned from Iraq. In the past 2 years I have had my appendix removes after getting an internal infection, 3 Brain Surgeries and 1 year ofChemo Therapy after being diagnosed with Primary CNS, T-Cell Lymphoma. For years I have rode and run. While in the hospital I had a come to jesus period and decided the path for me was Triathlons and endurance activitiesto inspire as many as I can to close thier soup coolers, get off thier rears and get busy. I am dumb to smart training. Looking for guidance from those who have been where I want to go. Currently riding 60-90 miles a week, running 4 days a week 3 of those being quality runs and a long run. Swimming 2 times.

Thank You

New Energy in Training

Lifewaver — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:55:44 GMT

I started training about 4 months ago and at 57 years of age, I realized that I didn't have the energy, strength and stamins that I had anticipated, big surprise! Anyway, a friend gave me some tips on creating a managed program for training and pacing.

I also use the same patches that the US & Japanese Swim Teams used in China for energy, stamina and strength and I am finding some incredible results. I had significant results with my side passion for hiking.

Where do I start?

ibprofen — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:06:39 GMT

OK so I did my 6th sprint this weekend ( got 3rd in my age group, Yeah me ). I've taken two days off. My next sprint is in six weeks. So where in a 8-10 week training program do I start at? Should I forgo the base training and work on the endurance and speed. Your thoughts Thanks

Looking for Triathlon Coach

pacificfit — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:28:03 GMT

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