On Sunday, I went to a full day of continued education for triathletes. Oh, you didn't know there was such a thing? It was put on by my local Tri Shop. It's not recognized by any university so no extra credit is earned by attending but the knowlege I gained is priceless.
It's both refreshing and humbling to know I still have much to learn about triathlon training and becoming a better competitor.
I don't want to cover too much in detail about what I learned but rather touch a something that Carrie Tollefson (2004 Olympian) shared about her track running career and a huge obsticle she had to overcome to get back where she is today.
A year ago, Carrie was on a training run on a winter day and slipped on the ice, did the splits (in a bad way) and tore both her adductors and strained her left side abdominus muscle. After several weeks of rest and healing, Carrie could run again but always had pain and could not touch her knees together without even more pain. She still competed in a few races but eventually she got fed up with the constant pain and had an MRI done of her pelvis.
The MRI revealed that the abdominus muscle had ripped off the pubic bone and never healed so she had to have surgery.
Post surgery was 6 weeks of only walking and only real easy runs for a few months after that. Carrie just ran her first race in over a year last Friday. She went out fast and blew up during the second half of the race. She placed fourth. Carrie will be running at the Olympic trials this June.
While Carrie was telling her story of the last 12 months, her eyes teared up when she mentioned her 2004 Olympic experience and her recent comeback to the track. Her passion for her sport is contagous and it grips you when you hear her talk about it. Carrie's favorate word is "believe." She believes her place is on the podium and she believes everything she's doing and experiencing now will get her there.
I hate admitting that sometimes I simply don't believe I'll end up where I want to be. If I'm doing everything right to the best of my ability, why shouldn't I end up there?
Indeed.
Some lessons are priceless.
Training update:
Saturday (IMC day 16)
Bike on trainer.
Warm up 5 minutes easy
3x30 sec 53x15 @ 30 sr (Seconds Rest = easy spin) 2 min easy spin
8 x 20 sec superspin 42x15 (rpm > 110+) @ 10 sr 2 min easy spin
Repeat 6 times (6 killer minutes):
1 min 53x15, then 1 min easy 1 min 53x12, then 1 min easy 1 min 53x18, then 1 min easy 1 min 53x15, then 1 min easy 1 min 53x12, then 1 min easy 1 min 53x18 2 min easy spin
Repeat this for 4 minutes:
10 sec 53x15 tempo effort, then 10 sec easy, soft pedal 2 min easy spin
Repeat 4 times:
20 sec seated 53x12 build effort increasing, then 10 sec out of saddle sprint in same gear, then 30 sec easy, recovery spin cooldown 5-10 minutes
60 min Body Flow
Sunday (IMC day 17)
swim 30 min steady pace
Run 60 minutes.
Cruise intervals. Warm up for 10 minutes. Then 4 x 3 minutes building heart rate to zone 3-4. 2 minute recovery interval. Relaxed form! Listen to breathing
Monday (IMC day 18)
Swim
200 wu
4x50 dr @ 1:10 1= fly/fr, 2= bk/fr 3= br/fr, 4= fr/fr
10x100 @ 2:00 (in @ 1:50). This was slow for me and very hard to focus on slow, perfect technique.
5x100 @ 1:50 (in @ 1:40)
50 ez followed by 1 min rest
3x100 @ 1:45 (in @ 1:35)
50 ez followed by 1 min rest
100 F.A.P.
100 ez
300 pull (ride the glide) @ 5:30
4x25 sprints @ :30
100 ez
3,000 total. 60 minutes.
60 minutes strength training
60 minutes Body Flow
10 comments:
carrie sounds like a tough cookie. what a fun tri education day!...and good training too!
I loved the story you shared. Even with my very short runs/jogs these days I'm remembering how much I've always loved running!
Gosh, all the comments you make on my blog help me believe in myself. So it surprises me that you have crises of confidence, especially since you work so hard! I'm glad you have another tool to help you get where you want to go :)
what an inspirational story. Makes me not want to complain about my little aches and pains. Eventhough we all compete at different levels, we go through the same triump and tragedies. have a great week!
Wow... what a cool thing for you to be able to attend! We're never done learning and I'm so glad you have great resources to glean from!
omg, could you imagine? just think about the pain she was in before it was diagnosed? and she was still running... incredible.
if you put in the work you can get where you want to go... i am a firm believer in that. Keep up the good work.. your training has been solid!
WOW. That gave me goosebumps reading... Something to go back to when things get tough.
I didn't know that about Carrie! Good luck out there!!
Benson, you are always on the podium in the big game of life. Do you ever notice how people around you are always laughing and having fun? Shall I remind everyone with some transition-area photos of you in Zurich???? ;-)
xoxo
Jenny
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