I stopped into TriSpeed yesterday and was reminded that they hold indoor cycling sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the winter. I've never been so I don't know how crowded it gets, or what kind of workouts they do; but given their connection with Troy Jacobson I would wager they probably do some Spinervals DVDs. I *think* they start at 6 or 6:30pm. Not a great indoor option for anyone in the city having to drive up 83 that time of day, but certainly if you are in the county or at least a little further north, it could work out.
They also still meet on Saturdays, ready to ride at 9am. I may go up Saturday the 13th.
Hope swimming's been going well, I may actually show up one of these Monday mornings now that I'm back in the water. Slow, but back in the water. Only 50 weeks til Ironman Arizona!
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Winter Workouts
Bleh, winter is rapidly approaching and after taking some much needed rest I guess it will be time to start training again.
As a reminder, we have our awesome Monday night runs in Federal Hill, 6:30pm at Fed Hill Fitness. Tuesday Night Track is discontinued until Spring, but we do have a small group of dudes that meets on Wednesdays at Canton Square at 6pm for a 7-10 mile run at or under 6:45 pace usually. Some people have been meeting for long runs as well on the weekends already, but we'll get bigger groups in a few weeks when the marathon season is totally over.
Riding - Saturdays through the winter the TriSpeed ride is always a good option but if the weather's bad they'll ride inside. On Thursdays, the ride I do in the summer up in Owings Mills moves indoors, of course driving up there just to ride inside isn't really worth it.
I noticed a cool little widget on the Georgetown Running Company's blog (http://georgetownrunningcompany.blogspot.com) that is a calendar for races - I think it would be cool to have a calendar with people's weekly training schedule plans so that others can check it out (assuming you don't mind having others around) . Winter training is all about accountability, so the more you can do with others the more likely you'll get out there and do it!
Over on our blog (http://teamthatswhatshesaid.blogspot.com) we have some running races that we plan on going to, including the Miami Half Marathon in January, and USATF XC Nationals in February. Another February favorite is Club Challenge 10 miler in Columbia, where all the local clubs compete against one another for bragging rights. If anyone is interested in doing that one just let me know.
Ryan
As a reminder, we have our awesome Monday night runs in Federal Hill, 6:30pm at Fed Hill Fitness. Tuesday Night Track is discontinued until Spring, but we do have a small group of dudes that meets on Wednesdays at Canton Square at 6pm for a 7-10 mile run at or under 6:45 pace usually. Some people have been meeting for long runs as well on the weekends already, but we'll get bigger groups in a few weeks when the marathon season is totally over.
Riding - Saturdays through the winter the TriSpeed ride is always a good option but if the weather's bad they'll ride inside. On Thursdays, the ride I do in the summer up in Owings Mills moves indoors, of course driving up there just to ride inside isn't really worth it.
I noticed a cool little widget on the Georgetown Running Company's blog (http://georgetownrunningcompany.blogspot.com) that is a calendar for races - I think it would be cool to have a calendar with people's weekly training schedule plans so that others can check it out (assuming you don't mind having others around) . Winter training is all about accountability, so the more you can do with others the more likely you'll get out there and do it!
Over on our blog (http://teamthatswhatshesaid.blogspot.com) we have some running races that we plan on going to, including the Miami Half Marathon in January, and USATF XC Nationals in February. Another February favorite is Club Challenge 10 miler in Columbia, where all the local clubs compete against one another for bragging rights. If anyone is interested in doing that one just let me know.
Ryan
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Monday Swim (11/10/08)
300 swim
300 pull
300 alt swim/drill
SET:
6 x 75 build pace (5 sec. rest)
6 x 100 w/ 10 sit-ups at the 1st 25 m. (10 sec. rest)
2 x 75 3-5-7
Friday, October 24, 2008
Thursday Swims
We were discussing last night the possibility of ditching the "bike" portion of our Thursday night workouts in favor of a longer swim.
What's everyone's opinion of this subject? Personally I feel a ~90 minute swim to be more beneficial than 60 min - let's face it, sometimes our warm-up lasts close to 30 minutes by itself. Masters swim goes 90 minutes, why shouldn't we?
We could also alternate each week between a 90-minute swim and a 60 min Swim/60 min bike.
Pros & Cons I could think of:
Pros:
- Longer swims mean better quality swim sets
- More flexibility in terms of time - we won't be cutting sets short so we can run up to the spinning room
Cons:
- Will miss out on spinning session
- Could be intimidating for newer swimmers to join our group
- Type-A people might try to push through the set longer than they should and get injured
Thoughts?
What's everyone's opinion of this subject? Personally I feel a ~90 minute swim to be more beneficial than 60 min - let's face it, sometimes our warm-up lasts close to 30 minutes by itself. Masters swim goes 90 minutes, why shouldn't we?
We could also alternate each week between a 90-minute swim and a 60 min Swim/60 min bike.
Pros & Cons I could think of:
Pros:
- Longer swims mean better quality swim sets
- More flexibility in terms of time - we won't be cutting sets short so we can run up to the spinning room
Cons:
- Will miss out on spinning session
- Could be intimidating for newer swimmers to join our group
- Type-A people might try to push through the set longer than they should and get injured
Thoughts?
Monday, October 13, 2008
Attention Elite Runners!
From Friday's Baltimore Business Journal:
Think you're an elite runner?
Under Armour, Inc. will be the judge of that.
The Baltimore sportswear apparel company is looking for "running leaders" to be a part of its upcoming marketing campaign touting the release of its new footwear line on Jan. 31.
"By running leaders, we mean elite runners, but also runners who are pace group leaders, very active members of a running club, or runners who race a lot," the company writes on its Web page where striders interested in joining "Team UA Run" can apply.
The selected participants will be asked to wear the company's shoes geared toward runners and promote the release of the footwear line. Runners have until Dec. 12 to apply.
More info about what to expect can be found HERE.
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