Ladies planning a trip to Boston at the end of the month. Planning on being in town 4/29-5/2 anyone in the area? Looking to ride both Sat and Sun weather permitting. Any suggestions on routes? Very much looking forward to getting out of town even for a weekend!
Just a quick check in...not caught up yet, but had to say hi. Was away on a work retreat type of dealio in Fraser, CO. I'm exhausted! Not really what I had in mind 2 weeks out from IMSG, but what're ya gonna do. More later...I missed you all!
@Carly- There are several of us in the Boston area. A few weeks abck I rode with Linda Patch and her husband. We went to one of the local cycling meccas- Concord, MA. Nice ride. There are many, many routes to ride. Last spring Steve Ford hosted a ride and the roads we took were fantastic. Where are you staying in Boston? How will you be getting around? I am sure that we can plan a ride. PM me some details and we can look at getting a small group together. Maybe we can get Steve to provide food!
Hi everyone - I'm a bit of a lurker, but a couple of things have made me want to jump in today First off - @Michele and Carly - I'm in Boston as well, would love to ride with you folks (Michele I live in Kenmore Sq)
2nd - I have shingles!! UGH!! I had been on week 13 for HIM Mooseman, then I'm transitioning to an IM plan for Louisville. My training was going fairly well, just got back in the pool a couple of weeks ago. I'm swimmer by background, so I'm definitely used to and in a strange way comforted by that black line!! ;-) Biking and running going ok, trying to keep up with the workouts. I notice a couple of red dots this weekend, by Sunday, my DH says "looks like shingles" No way! No way! He had shingles a few years ago and it had been so miserable for him. Fortunately I happened to have my annual appt on Monday and lo and behold yes it's shingles!
Now the best part - you know where your bum meets your bike seat? I'm sure you are all quite familiar with that part of your anatomy - THAT IS WHERE IT IS! I can't sit properly, can't really walk..haven't been to work this week. And only you wonderful EN women will appreciate this in the right way - I had a fitting for a new tri bike on Tues that I had to cancel !! ;-( I am down and out! On an anti-viral and have painkillers for when I need them. But this really stinks. Am hoping I will be able to do some training next week, it is so frustrating.
thanks for letting me vent as I lay here on my stomach on the floor!
Oh Aimee- my heart goes out to you!!! I never had chicken pox as a kid and I fear the thread of shingles as an adult. I hear it can be pretty painful! Have they given you any idea how long the episode might last and when you can return to "normal" activity? UGH!!!
Thanks everyone for suggestion getting to sleep. Often not a problem, just nights I want to get up superduper early. I like the clock idea, turning around. Need to work on shutting down earlier in evening. Alwayst trying to figure out training schedule around work schedule. A challenge, but I'll get it down. I think I just need to suck it up and be tired for a week to adjust. I will plan to do Key workouts on days off during week possibly do combo wrkouts.Recovery days on work days. Like to swim in evening since it relaxes me and soothing after work
Ok, so i need to take my GPV for annual check, only thing is my doc is part of university/medical school, means students, last year had a student, it was by far the worst one I ever had! So I have been thinking about switching docs. I hate to turn away med students, other students because I was once one myself but Dang, not looking forward to another.
Sheryl- hope you are having a good meet up with father. Have a fun race Sunday! Post race treat Beneigh @ cafe du mond?
Olivia- How is taper going, other post retreat fatigue, how are you feeling?
M- Glad prednisone is starting to work, hopefully thyroid will kick in soon. If you get all that stuff done with low energy and hypothyroid, you will be like a Tornado when you get straightened out
Kristin- I would hate dealing with boss issues like that- what a concept, staying for your full shift? Hmmmm. I recently heard some of the OR House keepers talking about changing shifts because you don't have to work as hard on different shifts. Makes me scratch my head. What do people expect to do when they go to work?
LH- good luck with Ortho visits re your knee. keep us posted
Kitima- I have never been a morning person,unfortunately my career and hobbies require me to be one. For me the light switches on at 10 am, prior to that I function, but much better after 10. It is amazing. good on ya for getting up to hit pool at 5:30A. I still enjoy lap swimming, but prefer it with masters, hard to do on my own. Oh and you take cool vacations, swimming with sea lions, how fun is that. My experience with swimming with dolphins, especially the 1st time in key Largo- they really like when people are comfy in water, seem more playful.
Ok, gotta scoot. looking forward to meeting and riding with becky and some DC tri folks this sunday.
Aimeee- OMG, Noooo! Just saw your post. What a terrible spot to have. Hope you feel better soon! I had on my back/ribs once ( I was doing lots of races in summer of 2002.) I caught it early, so was not bad. Hang in there.
Nemo- I can't believe you have never had chicken pox
I was also be in Boston/ RI area may7, 8. meeting with Todd Kenyon for bike fits for both bikes. Maybe a bike ride sat am before I head back down to Baltimore (or my mother's). I'll keep ya posted
Nemo- I can't believe you have never had chicken pox
Yeah- one of those oddball things. We moved around a lot when I was at the CP age. We'd move away from one town just before that neighborhood of kids became infected and then arrive in our new town just after everyone there was done with it. But I did get scarlet fever!
Thanks all - Nemo - see if you can get a CP vaccine. I also escaped CP as a kid and I got it when I was 35 - caught it from my DH who had shingles! Shingles isn't itself contagious, but can infect folks with CP!! Now three years later I have shingles. I blame it all on him, of course! My sense is that it takes a couple weeks to run its course, my main concern is the healing around my BSA (Bike Seat Area, hahaa) I am unwillingly resting, but know that the rest now will be worth it later and hopefully speed healing
@Aimee - yikes, sorry... hang in there (or, better yet, just lay there as comfortably as you can... ).
@Sheryl - sending good karma thoughts your way for the weekend.
@Tracy - looking forward to meeting you, too. Fingers crossed for good weather.
I didn't take notes so I'm sure I'm missing a lot of shout outs. I for one am very glad to have a day off today. My training mojo has been lacking big time this week and I'm only in 13 of the OS (with only 1 more, I think ,to go before HIM prep). That worries me because I'm gonna need that mojo big time from here on out! Maybe the nicer weather and the knowledge that races are actually on the horizon instead of distant blips on the radar screen will help. Getting a "cowgirl supporter" swimsuit with "GPV" on the ass (please, please, please) will certainly make swim training more fun! Especially when someone asks and I tell them what GPV means (thanks, Beth).
Finishing up lunch and PT... and taking a break from the options memo I've been working on... so ready for the week to be done.
Aimee!! So sorry to hear of the Shingles! And what a spot to get them! Dang!!! Healing thoughts headed your way!!! Tracy, I don't blame you for not wanting a med. student poking around in your GPV! You want someone with experience!!! Okay ladies, take that ANYWAY you want to!! O, hope you are doing well! M, thanks for the Public Service Reminder! You are so right! I need to get my GPV in for annual check up, and get my thyroid checked out as well. Have to say that I am NOT HAPPY with myself, gaining 7 lbs. after 2 weeks in Transition!!! ARGH!!! Should have installed a lock on the piehole! Now it will take weeks to work it off!!! Sorry to whomever I may have missed! Happy, Happy to everyone! SO thankful tomorrow is Saturday!!!
@ ;Aimee--oh nooooo, on the shingles. That's horrible! I got CP at age 33--between pregnancies, thank heavens. It was signularly the WORST thing that ever happened to me. I cannot imagine shingles. May you heal up fast!
@Aimee, Carly, Michele--Count me IN on the ride. Maybe we can make if an event. I won't mind hosting people after. We'll work it out. (Carly--you're now in Boston???? Remind me. It would be great to have another chica to hook up with!)
@ Barb--your symptoms sound totally hypo to me. MAKE THEM check Free T4 and Free T3 in addition to TSH. TSH does not tell the whole story. Mine was normal, but my T3--the part that runs metabolism and SO many systems, was in the toilet. I would have been told I was "normal" with just the TSH, but it was far from it.
@Nemo--Get the CP vaccine. I got the pox at age 33. You could too, and you DO NOT want them. Poison. The worst.
@m--I know Tracy and I keep mentioning Cytomel (T3). I think you need to ask about adding it, I really do. I know you don't want to take another pill, but you may be at the point that Synthroid alone won't cut it. I am feeling SO much better on it--although it did take 6 weeks. I stil think there's room improvement, but it's so much better. T3 is responsible for metablism, energy systems--all the stuff you are complaining about. I'd try ti fix uit big time before WI gets underway. Gotta have you on board!
@Tracy--I've been getting up at 5 for years. Still don't like it. My body clock would be very happy having a midnight-10 am sleep cycle. One thing that makes me happy is the sunlight at that time of day, esp. now. It's beautiful, and I do use it as a motivator, believe it or not.
@Sheryl--meeting your birth dad is HUGE on a fundamental level. Can't wait to hear!
Linda, I will totally get those levels checked out! I gained so much weight in the past 3-4 years, that I had become 100 lbs. over my normal weight! I have fought like hell to lose the 60 I have lost. Still have 40 more to go, to be back to normal. I must say though, that I was eating out of frustration, depression, boredom, and for comfort. Don't know if I can attibute all of that to thyroid or not. But, if you saw me now, and a pic of what I looked like last year, you would freak out! I was obese! I couldn't believe it myself!! I'm still overweight, but I can live with where I'm at currently, if I had to. Just don't want to! So, I don't know if it was my incessant eating, or my thyroid, or a combo of the two.
Oh, Aimee! No fun! Nemo -- the vaccine rocks. I've never had the chicken pox, so was vaccinated right before I started college.
Tracy - I'm with you on docs. Speed and precision are key. Speed and precision. Bonus prize for intelligent discussion on today's Morning Edition.
Sheryl -- Happy racing! And guns -- sound kinda fun. On Easter, I got a lesson in what all the ribbons and badges on my brother-in-law's military uniform meant. Favorite? Marksman badge.
This is my morning of sleeping in and doing nothing. I seem to be able to happily roll out of bed early and get to work all the other days as long as I have one morning reserved for lazing with the french press and NY Times.
Kris and Kitima -- I've been singing "Hey, hey its your mojo!/We're too busy biking too put anybody down" all week! Thanks ladies! For those you you not on facebook (friend me up!) Kris and Kitima broke out the Monkees for bike mojo inspration this week.
Speaking on bike mojo -- tell me about the first day you went out in full tri bike/aero helmet regala. I think it is time to try out the whole party dress. And wheel covers? I'm about due for my first day out in full kit and could use some inspiration.
Linda -- did you see link to swimsuit patch eps file in mojo thread?
Last night my tenth grader went to Jr/Sr. banquet with his GF at his school.. so he is 16.5 and tolerated quite a few pics to include this one of me and him (Daniel). he is a soccer goalie and had 3 games this past week. He also plays football, so very often has off season before school and then soccer after school... I know you can't tell, but I had just finished mulching my front yard yesterday afternoon, popped in house at 2:30, showered and got cleaned up! then was part of the papparazzi from 3:30 - 7:30 of a whole gang of em' all dressed up. Yesterday I walked uphills 3.2 miles with some of my GFs and wow, what a workout in the derriere!! I said I would never drop walking in my tng regimen as many races I have ended up walking and it uses diff muscles!! anyways, I have been lax and sure I could walk a brisk 3 miler??? ha ha. anyways that was yesterday...
today a soccer game, and daughter's soccer pool party and prednizone x 4 nights x 2 hours of missed sleep? = a nap that I just got up from !! anyways a rest day for me, very tired and actually laid out on my mat by the edge of the soccer game and when Grace wasnt playing, I was dozing! a first for me and with 17 years of soccer mom experience, I really didn't care! when she played I woke up and watched! yep wore my EN tshirt, IMLP visor and track pants and slept at the soccer game! smile.
Last Monday I got out of the pool and headed into the locker room to find that my locker room friends had decorated my locker!! So completely sweet, so utterly high school, and so exactly the recipe for instant tears. I was bawling!
The text on the paper is Maya Angelou's Phenomenal Woman. With good luck wishes for IMSG on the bottom. (Just recalling this for you is tearing me up!) I am so lucky to have such phenomenal women in my life! All of you, all of them....all of US!
Unfortunately these pics are taken with my blackberry which has a crappy camera, but you get the idea.
I LOVED that they put Balance bar and MoJo bar right smack dab in the center. Ultimately, all of this is really about finding the right balance and keeping the right Mojo, isn't it???
Olivia- that is the sweetest thing ever. It would have brought me to tears as well!!
Ladies- we need some good vibes focused on Sheryl W. I checked the online status for NOLA and it doesn't look like she finished the run :-( I'm hoping all is OK, I know she said she was a little worried about the run and heat. So send your good vibes & prayers to the EN Chica in need!!!
Olivia- That is absolutely beautiful and priceless. Wonderful friends.
Hope those at NOLA are fairing well. Met up with the NE cell for lunch, in prep for Boston Marathon tomorrow. It was very nice, but we came home and I took a 2 hour nap. Feeling better after each of these. Should be good to go by Tuesday. As every one of you knows how hard it is to skip a workout, or several in this case, I just keep reminding myself that I would not get anything benefit by pushing myself when I really should be sleeping. Food is tasting better again. Now I know I am recovering!
@Suzanne and Tracy -- we are awesome! great to meet you T, looking forward to riding with you again! good luck on the comeback trail, you will rock IMLP!
So, as some of my fellow Jan OS'ers know, today was my first outdoor ride since my January surgery (and probably only my 4th ride since my crash at the end of August)... and....I survived! I scrapped the set workout plan and even the RR sort of ride plan and just rode to try to get my mojo back.
As some of you know, Cambridge (the Eagleman course) can be windy and today was wind like I've never known... my bike handling was in the toilet... worse that I would have hoped for - when a cross wind would blow (which was a lot), it was hard for me to stay in aero. I probably rode up more than I rode aero - which was actually a bit better for my hand becuase I was holding onto my aero bars for dear life. Looking at my Garmin numbers I did spend most of my time in Z3 or below, which is good... and about 25 minutes in Z4. It surprised me bc the race execution plan is 30' in Z2, rest in Z3 and I'm not sure if I had 13.1 running miles in me after that ride ... I did jog 2 and I felt like I was standing still (although I averaged a 9:30 pace it felt like I was shuffling...).
Today was not only physically tough because of the winds (although my legs felt okay)... but it was really mentally tough. I was freaked about riding in the first place, freaked I'd get blown over, freaked bc my handling skills sucked... but I stuck with it and ... drumroll... finished 2d in our group (granted there were 2 or 3 guys who were better, but they stopped for potty breaks)... I don't know my avg pace and honestly I don't care because the winds were brutal and I finished ahead of at least 3 people I know are very, very good riders. Granted, one (Suzanne) got there too early and ran 6 miles before starting... but hey, I'll take it!
I suppose I should have dinner... but I'm not sure I have the energy... just getting into the shower took some serious coaxing... glad I did it. Proud of myself for not turing around - I thought about it every minute until mile 30 when I knew turning around would be farther than finishing.
O--that's what I'm talking about! Good mojo vibes from all of us to you. It says a lot about YOU that the group did that. Enjoy the love--we're all sending it your way.
Had a very nice time at the lunch today. SO MUCH FUN meeting the EN crew in person. Really great people.
Great to meet Michele and Linda (and a bunch of nice doods) today in NE! Excited for some local rides with EN women. Today was my first venture out in public since the shingles diagnosis on Monday. Had to make the EN lunch! Thankfully, I'm feeling a lot better. Major healing going on..
Becky sounds like you are in great form. It takes a bit to get the confidence back, but you sound quite well on your way. Today we were talking about some of the tough windy conditions we have been having here in the NE. Sometimes it does feel like you are riding into a headwind in both directions - how is that possible??
Excited for the Marathon tomorrow - I have the day off - and will have some people over to watch both on tv and then be able to run out to the course - mile 25 is right behind my apt.
Olivia, how wonderful that your friends did that for you! Sheryl, way to go girl!! Proud of you!! Good work Becky!! Aimee, so cool that you live right by mile 25 of Boston! My brother is running tomorrow! Enjoy the day!!
Great riding today with Becky and Tracy. Here we are post ride. Notice how hunched over we look - is that because it's cold out or because our shoulders are permanently frozen that way from hanging on to the bike for dear life?
way to go girls!!! yep it does look windy!! glad the EN lunch went well. still worried about you Michele. I also rested today... and hoping to get in bed early! glad Sheryl finished, been wondering about her all day. not sure if it is the prednizone or the fruit smoothies but my stomach is so hard and bloated and I can barely walk! so painful. yeah not kidding. just took an Aleve been like this for a few hours so just figured bed would be good. not one thing it is another!! congrats on outside riding!! m
Hello busy ladies in the haus! Congrats on all the riding and meet ups! Olivia, truly awesome of your friends. And great choice of poem.
I'm back from being Aunt B today. With the the horsey rides, piggy back rides, and tumbling about, I definitely got in some bonus core work today! Gavin, Addie, and Gregory and WAY cuter and more fun that weights at the gym.
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Ladies planning a trip to Boston at the end of the month. Planning on being in town 4/29-5/2 anyone in the area? Looking to ride both Sat and Sun weather permitting. Any suggestions on routes? Very much looking forward to getting out of town even for a weekend!
First off -
@Michele and Carly - I'm in Boston as well, would love to ride with you folks (Michele I live in Kenmore Sq)
2nd -
I have shingles!! UGH!!
I had been on week 13 for HIM Mooseman, then I'm transitioning to an IM plan for Louisville. My training was going fairly well, just got back in the pool a couple of weeks ago. I'm swimmer by background, so I'm definitely used to and in a strange way comforted by that black line!! ;-) Biking and running going ok, trying to keep up with the workouts. I notice a couple of red dots this weekend, by Sunday, my DH says "looks like shingles" No way! No way! He had shingles a few years ago and it had been so miserable for him. Fortunately I happened to have my annual appt on Monday and lo and behold yes it's shingles!
Now the best part - you know where your bum meets your bike seat? I'm sure you are all quite familiar with that part of your anatomy - THAT IS WHERE IT IS! I can't sit properly, can't really walk..haven't been to work this week. And only you wonderful EN women will appreciate this in the right way - I had a fitting for a new tri bike on Tues that I had to cancel !! ;-( I am down and out! On an anti-viral and have painkillers for when I need them. But this really stinks. Am hoping I will be able to do some training next week, it is so frustrating.
thanks for letting me vent as I lay here on my stomach on the floor!
Thanks everyone for suggestion getting to sleep. Often not a problem, just nights I want to get up superduper early. I like the clock idea, turning around. Need to work on shutting down earlier in evening. Alwayst trying to figure out training schedule around work schedule. A challenge, but I'll get it down. I think I just need to suck it up and be tired for a week to adjust. I will plan to do Key workouts on days off during week possibly do combo wrkouts.Recovery days on work days. Like to swim in evening since it relaxes me and soothing after work
Ok, so i need to take my GPV for annual check, only thing is my doc is part of university/medical school, means students, last year had a student, it was by far the worst one I ever had!
So I have been thinking about switching docs. I hate to turn away med students, other students because I was once one myself but Dang, not looking forward to another.
Sheryl- hope you are having a good meet up with father. Have a fun race Sunday! Post race treat Beneigh @ cafe du mond
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Olivia- How is taper going, other post retreat fatigue, how are you feeling?
M- Glad prednisone is starting to work, hopefully thyroid will kick in soon. If you get all that stuff done with low energy and hypothyroid, you will be like a Tornado when you get straightened out
Kristin- I would hate dealing with boss issues like that- what a concept, staying for your full shift? Hmmmm. I recently heard some of the OR House keepers talking about changing shifts because you don't have to work as hard on different shifts. Makes me scratch my head. What do people expect to do when they go to work?
LH- good luck with Ortho visits re your knee. keep us posted
Kitima- I have never been a morning person,unfortunately my career and hobbies require me to be one. For me the light switches on at 10 am, prior to that I function, but much better after 10. It is amazing. good on ya for getting up to hit pool at 5:30A. I still enjoy lap swimming, but prefer it with masters, hard to do on my own. Oh and you take cool vacations, swimming with sea lions, how fun is that. My experience with swimming with dolphins, especially the 1st time in key Largo- they really like when people are comfy in water, seem more playful.
Ok, gotta scoot. looking forward to meeting and riding with becky and some DC tri folks this sunday.
Have a good weekend everyone
Aimeee- OMG, Noooo! Just saw your post. What a terrible spot to have. Hope you feel better soon! I had on my back/ribs once ( I was doing lots of races in summer of 2002.) I caught it early, so was not bad. Hang in there.
Nemo- I can't believe you have never had chicken pox
I was also be in Boston/ RI area may7, 8. meeting with Todd Kenyon for bike fits for both bikes. Maybe a bike ride sat am before I head back down to Baltimore (or my mother's). I'll keep ya posted
Yeah- one of those oddball things. We moved around a lot when I was at the CP age. We'd move away from one town just before that neighborhood of kids became infected and then arrive in our new town just after everyone there was done with it. But I did get scarlet fever!
Nemo - see if you can get a CP vaccine. I also escaped CP as a kid and I got it when I was 35 - caught it from my DH who had shingles! Shingles isn't itself contagious, but can infect folks with CP!! Now three years later I have shingles. I blame it all on him, of course!
My sense is that it takes a couple weeks to run its course, my main concern is the healing around my BSA (Bike Seat Area, hahaa) I am unwillingly resting, but know that the rest now will be worth it later and hopefully speed healing
@Aimee - yikes, sorry... hang in there (or, better yet, just lay there as comfortably as you can... ).
@Sheryl - sending good karma thoughts your way for the weekend.
@Tracy - looking forward to meeting you, too. Fingers crossed for good weather.
I didn't take notes so I'm sure I'm missing a lot of shout outs. I for one am very glad to have a day off today. My training mojo has been lacking big time this week and I'm only in 13 of the OS (with only 1 more, I think ,to go before HIM prep). That worries me because I'm gonna need that mojo big time from here on out! Maybe the nicer weather and the knowledge that races are actually on the horizon instead of distant blips on the radar screen will help. Getting a "cowgirl supporter" swimsuit with "GPV" on the ass (please, please, please) will certainly make swim training more fun! Especially when someone asks and I tell them what GPV means (thanks, Beth).
Finishing up lunch and PT... and taking a break from the options memo I've been working on... so ready for the week to be done.
Tracy, I don't blame you for not wanting a med. student poking around in your GPV! You want someone with experience!!! Okay ladies, take that ANYWAY you want to!!
O, hope you are doing well! M, thanks for the Public Service Reminder! You are so right! I need to get my GPV in for annual check up, and get my thyroid checked out as well. Have to say that I am NOT HAPPY with myself, gaining 7 lbs. after 2 weeks in Transition!!! ARGH!!! Should have installed a lock on the piehole! Now it will take weeks to work it off!!!
Sorry to whomever I may have missed! Happy, Happy to everyone! SO thankful tomorrow is Saturday!!!
Lurker status these days!
@ ;Aimee--oh nooooo, on the shingles. That's horrible! I got CP at age 33--between pregnancies, thank heavens. It was signularly the WORST thing that ever happened to me. I cannot imagine shingles. May you heal up fast!
@Aimee, Carly, Michele--Count me IN on the ride. Maybe we can make if an event. I won't mind hosting people after. We'll work it out. (Carly--you're now in Boston???? Remind me. It would be great to have another chica to hook up with!)
@ Barb--your symptoms sound totally hypo to me. MAKE THEM check Free T4 and Free T3 in addition to TSH. TSH does not tell the whole story. Mine was normal, but my T3--the part that runs metabolism and SO many systems, was in the toilet. I would have been told I was "normal" with just the TSH, but it was far from it.
@Nemo--Get the CP vaccine. I got the pox at age 33. You could too, and you DO NOT want them. Poison. The worst.
@m--I know Tracy and I keep mentioning Cytomel (T3). I think you need to ask about adding it, I really do. I know you don't want to take another pill, but you may be at the point that Synthroid alone won't cut it. I am feeling SO much better on it--although it did take 6 weeks. I stil think there's room improvement, but it's so much better. T3 is responsible for metablism, energy systems--all the stuff you are complaining about. I'd try ti fix uit big time before WI gets underway. Gotta have you on board!
@Tracy--I've been getting up at 5 for years. Still don't like it. My body clock would be very happy having a midnight-10 am sleep cycle. One thing that makes me happy is the sunlight at that time of day, esp. now. It's beautiful, and I do use it as a motivator, believe it or not.
@Sheryl--meeting your birth dad is HUGE on a fundamental level. Can't wait to hear!
Aimee!!! So sorry to hear this. Hope you improve rapidly!!!
Oh, Aimee! No fun!
Nemo -- the vaccine rocks. I've never had the chicken pox, so was vaccinated right before I started college.
Tracy - I'm with you on docs. Speed and precision are key. Speed and precision. Bonus prize for intelligent discussion on today's Morning Edition.
Sheryl -- Happy racing! And guns -- sound kinda fun. On Easter, I got a lesson in what all the ribbons and badges on my brother-in-law's military uniform meant. Favorite? Marksman badge.
This is my morning of sleeping in and doing nothing. I seem to be able to happily roll out of bed early and get to work all the other days as long as I have one morning reserved for lazing with the french press and NY Times.
Kris and Kitima -- I've been singing "Hey, hey its your mojo!/We're too busy biking too put anybody down" all week! Thanks ladies! For those you you not on facebook (friend me up!) Kris and Kitima broke out the Monkees for bike mojo inspration this week.
Speaking on bike mojo -- tell me about the first day you went out in full tri bike/aero helmet regala. I think it is time to try out the whole party dress. And wheel covers? I'm about due for my first day out in full kit and could use some inspiration.
Linda -- did you see link to swimsuit patch eps file in mojo thread?
@ Beth--whoops, yes I did. I'm working on it with Trent. More when I know more!
Happy weekend! Getting together with the EN troops tomorrow, and cell interlopers in town for the marathon! Can't wait. Get to meet Blazer!
Last night my tenth grader went to Jr/Sr. banquet with his GF at his school.. so he is 16.5 and tolerated quite a few pics to include this one of me and him (Daniel). he is a soccer goalie and had 3 games this past week. He also plays football, so very often has off season before school and then soccer after school... I know you can't tell, but I had just finished mulching my front yard yesterday afternoon, popped in house at 2:30, showered and got cleaned up! then was part of the papparazzi from 3:30 - 7:30 of a whole gang of em' all dressed up. Yesterday I walked uphills 3.2 miles with some of my GFs and wow, what a workout in the derriere!! I said I would never drop walking in my tng regimen as many races I have ended up walking and it uses diff muscles!! anyways, I have been lax and sure I could walk a brisk 3 miler??? ha ha. anyways that was yesterday...
today a soccer game, and daughter's soccer pool party and prednizone x 4 nights x 2 hours of missed sleep? = a nap that I just got up from !! anyways a rest day for me, very tired and actually laid out on my mat by the edge of the soccer game and when Grace wasnt playing, I was dozing! a first for me and with 17 years of soccer mom experience, I really didn't care! when she played I woke up and watched! yep wore my EN tshirt, IMLP visor and track pants and slept at the soccer game! smile.
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Just had to share this...
Last Monday I got out of the pool and headed into the locker room to find that my locker room friends had decorated my locker!! So completely sweet, so utterly high school, and so exactly the recipe for instant tears. I was bawling!
The text on the paper is Maya Angelou's Phenomenal Woman. With good luck wishes for IMSG on the bottom. (Just recalling this for you is tearing me up!) I am so lucky to have such phenomenal women in my life! All of you, all of them....all of US!
Unfortunately these pics are taken with my blackberry which has a crappy camera, but you get the idea.
I LOVED that they put Balance bar and MoJo bar right smack dab in the center. Ultimately, all of this is really about finding the right balance and keeping the right Mojo, isn't it???
Ladies- we need some good vibes focused on Sheryl W. I checked the online status for NOLA and it doesn't look like she finished the run :-( I'm hoping all is OK, I know she said she was a little worried about the run and heat. So send your good vibes & prayers to the EN Chica in need!!!
Olivia, that is so sweet that your gym friends would do that for you. They must know how much this race means to you!
Hope those at NOLA are fairing well. Met up with the NE cell for lunch, in prep for Boston Marathon tomorrow. It was very nice, but we came home and I took a 2 hour nap. Feeling better after each of these. Should be good to go by Tuesday. As every one of you knows how hard it is to skip a workout, or several in this case, I just keep reminding myself that I would not get anything benefit by pushing myself when I really should be sleeping. Food is tasting better again. Now I know I am recovering!
@Olivia - that is amazing.... you are indeed a very lucky woman!
@Sheryl - woot!
@Suzanne and Tracy -- we are awesome! great to meet you T, looking forward to riding with you again! good luck on the comeback trail, you will rock IMLP!
So, as some of my fellow Jan OS'ers know, today was my first outdoor ride since my January surgery (and probably only my 4th ride since my crash at the end of August)... and....I survived! I scrapped the set workout plan and even the RR sort of ride plan and just rode to try to get my mojo back.
As some of you know, Cambridge (the Eagleman course) can be windy and today was wind like I've never known... my bike handling was in the toilet... worse that I would have hoped for - when a cross wind would blow (which was a lot), it was hard for me to stay in aero. I probably rode up more than I rode aero - which was actually a bit better for my hand becuase I was holding onto my aero bars for dear life. Looking at my Garmin numbers I did spend most of my time in Z3 or below, which is good... and about 25 minutes in Z4. It surprised me bc the race execution plan is 30' in Z2, rest in Z3 and I'm not sure if I had 13.1 running miles in me after that ride ... I did jog 2 and I felt like I was standing still (although I averaged a 9:30 pace it felt like I was shuffling...).
Today was not only physically tough because of the winds (although my legs felt okay)... but it was really mentally tough. I was freaked about riding in the first place, freaked I'd get blown over, freaked bc my handling skills sucked... but I stuck with it and ... drumroll... finished 2d in our group (granted there were 2 or 3 guys who were better, but they stopped for potty breaks)... I don't know my avg pace and honestly I don't care because the winds were brutal and I finished ahead of at least 3 people I know are very, very good riders. Granted, one (Suzanne) got there too early and ran 6 miles before starting... but hey, I'll take it!
I suppose I should have dinner... but I'm not sure I have the energy... just getting into the shower took some serious coaxing... glad I did it. Proud of myself for not turing around - I thought about it every minute until mile 30 when I knew turning around would be farther than finishing.
O--that's what I'm talking about! Good mojo vibes from all of us to you. It says a lot about YOU that the group did that. Enjoy the love--we're all sending it your way.
Had a very nice time at the lunch today. SO MUCH FUN meeting the EN crew in person. Really great people.
Becky sounds like you are in great form. It takes a bit to get the confidence back, but you sound quite well on your way. Today we were talking about some of the tough windy conditions we have been having here in the NE. Sometimes it does feel like you are riding into a headwind in both directions - how is that possible??
Excited for the Marathon tomorrow - I have the day off - and will have some people over to watch both on tv and then be able to run out to the course - mile 25 is right behind my apt.
This week - back to working out or else!
Aimee, so cool that you live right by mile 25 of Boston! My brother is running tomorrow! Enjoy the day!!
In a word, this weekend was "WINDY!"
Great riding today with Becky and Tracy. Here we are post ride. Notice how hunched over we look - is that because it's cold out or because our shoulders are permanently frozen that way from hanging on to the bike for dear life?
Hello busy ladies in the haus! Congrats on all the riding and meet ups! Olivia, truly awesome of your friends. And great choice of poem.
I'm back from being Aunt B today. With the the horsey rides, piggy back rides, and tumbling about, I definitely got in some bonus core work today! Gavin, Addie, and Gregory and WAY cuter and more fun that weights at the gym.