Comments on: Apparently I Don’t Know How to Breathe

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:19:39 +0000

I’m currently taking Pilates lessons once a week (dry land on Monday, weight training Wednesday, Pilates Friday). I think it’s a good mix of strength training because one is circuit/reps, one is more with traditional weights, and the Pilates is about flexibility.

By: Neil Jackson

Neil Jackson — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:23:55 +0000

Stick with the Pilates. I run and do weights but the best thing you can do, and the worst thing you can give up, is Pilates. Did a blog post a while back on SEO and Pilates: http://blog.tamar.com/2009/06/5-reasons-why-seo-is-like-pilates/

By: Tim Staines

Tim Staines — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:06:42 +0000

They were Tri’s –

The Cazenovia, NY race was a choice of either a sprint or Olympic distance(we did the sprint). It was my first one in seven years and it was a fairly challenging course. Lots of hills on the bike (several with steep grades) and the run was an out and back with the out being mostly up hill.

The Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia race was an Olympic distance course called the Big Lick Triathlon. I’m still getting into running shape so I skipped the 10k because I didn’t want to embarrass/hurt myself with a 60+ minute run. But the lake was nice and clean (minus the gasoline from the safety boats) and it was a sandy in and out. The bike course was rolling with only one difficult incline. I’m told the run course was fairly challenging.

Both races were scenic, and the Big Lick starts a little later than normal because it’s fairly remote. Courses/events were open to traffic, but generally supported by the locals.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:15:10 +0000

Yeah, I’m trying out pilates to see if it helps at all. I’ll give you a status report and let you know if I decide to stick with it. :)

Tim, which races did you do? Were they tris or running races? What’d you think of them?

By: Tim Staines

Tim Staines — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:23:00 +0000

You crack me the F$#% up . . . at least three, four times with this post alone. I’m not sure if I breathe correctly, but I know what you mean about the fancypants training techniques.

My big one is the whole “run slow to get warmed up” deal. Are you kidding me? I’m 6′2″ & 230lbs right now, my first mile is the ONLY one I can run at a decent speed, before I hit max HR for the rest of the run. I’ll “run slow to get warmed up” on my last mile, thank you very much!

Just read the Stevens Lake Tri post too – that sucks! If you ever come out east for one, the wife and I have done two beautiful races this year, Cazenovia, NY & Smith Mountain Lake, VA.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:31:15 +0000

Pilates!!! I didn’t know you were doing that too….here’s to Madonna-like super six pack (real six pack) abs. This is going to help you SO much!