Bummer on the snow Gina. It stinks! On my way back from St. George I hit snow off and on, but had it pretty fierce once I got into Summit County in CO. There is nothing at all to love about sitting in Sunday afternoon ski traffic (I shoulda known better) in a snow storm. I laughed at your pic because I took a similar one out my window then! I Hope your mom is doing OK and comes through this surgery without issue.
Will be fun to hear how your class went, Dana. I like your little pep-talk cards! Very cute idea. I'll bet there's something calming and focusing in the act of doing the cutting, gluing, and coloring too. That's cool. I can see you and Abby having little cards all over your house as she gets older and carries on that approach.
I have soooo gotten stuck in the email and forum checking wheel in the past. It really can be a compulsion. It is tough to do, but sometimes I just have to cut it out almost completely for a few days and give it a full rest. It's a tough balance though, when something like that can also be good to rest our minds from our usual work tasks. Generally the internet is dangerous for time efficiency. My husband gets sucked in way too much....which in all honesty can be frustrating to me when I'm scurrying around trying to keep groceries in the house, cook, train, work, sleep, eat, clean, get in a little reading here and there, etc. When I see him spending 1-2 hours on line in the AM not really contributing to the day in and day out stuff I get a tiny bit annoyed. (But then I have to remember that when our toilet's start to leak or whatever, he takes care of things.) Hmmm. That came outa nowhere. Interesting what we keep inside.
+2 for more puppy pics. They are always welcome and adored!
Gina, it looks like you are driving through Wisconsin.
Health -- My family is like yours, Nemo. The latest was the very calm trip to the Mayo Clinic to get a pacemaker by Dad. Yeah. (said in North Dakota accent.) No big deal. My theory is that all that agrarian DNA makes for calmness and big pictureness about health. 1) If you freak out on a farm, cows stampede. 2) Cows need to be fed, even if you are sick, because you will want to eat the cows later 3) Bad stuff happens to farms all the time. I remember a hail storm wiping out a gorgeous crop of wheat on my grandfather's farm, days away from harvest when I was younger. Were there tantrums? None that I saw. Any freaking out? Just zenmaster Grandpa. I have a family of calm -- with health, too. I've found this freaks some people out. They can mistake the calm for not caring, which is quite untrue. We call when we need pragmatic stuff -- like cow feeding, or mail-checking, or a ride home.
Oh, Internet monkey brain. I get this often (especially when there is a heavy spreadsheet day at work). I've been trying to get better about taking a few deep yoga breaths and trying to focus on what I want to be doing. Like now. It is checking the Internet time, so I can catch up with all of you and get mad forum knowledge.
Some days, when it's slow and I spend a lot of time surfing the forum, I start to freak myself out that they are going to audit my computer to find out what I am doing during slow periods. But then there are days like today when I am running my butt off and teaching a student. That's when I really don't care what happens. I am good at ignoring my work e-mail. :-)
Hi, girls! Fresh in from my 1st spin class! It went GREAT! I subbed for a lady tonight, then I officially start teaching at the end of March through June. A few peeps approached me at the end of class and said they really enjoyed it and liked the music. That was a big sigh of relief! I was really nervous! Thanks for the words of encouragement!
I get nervous to get on the forum at work! You guys are my forum heroes!
Hooray Dana! Congrats on a great first class. Great to have had people compliment you at the end!
OK after all that early AM whining that I did about DH...he must have known. He'd asked me this AM when I was going to take my car in for its much needed oil change. I came home this PM and was doing a quick transition to head out to get that done and he said "Let me do that for you." *sigh* Then he came home and started in on bathroom cleaning. Love it. Unsolicited and all good! I got a little gift of time!! So I'm using it to make some applesauce with my Colorado apples! MMMM. It smells D-Lish!
Re: the older folks and the dr. I look at my grandparents and what scares me is that they trust what doctors tell them without question. Sometimes that's OK. But sometimes it's not. Thankfully my mom and dad who have health care and pharmaceutical backgrounds often will go out to go with them to their appointments to ask questions and drive to the details that are needed to really know what's going on. Not everyone has that help.
Hi girls. Just catching up tonight on some chicka reading.. Hope everyone is doing well. I'm mad at myself for being so stupid to let my trainer have me do plyometrics this a.m. Jumped off/on the box 2 x's, and on the third one, my left foot didn't clear the box and I rolled my ankle. Hurt like hell!!! I have iced it and elevated it, off and on all day today. Happened to have p.t. today, so she put some ice and stim on my ankle. I skipped my workout yesterday as I've been exhausted. Skipped the official run workout today for a mile warm up run and weights, plus the new experience of plyometrics. Now I hurt and doubt I'll be running anymore this week, and questionable about biking. Think it's okay to skip this week and then soldier on to the next week, next Monday? So stoopid...!!!
Still catching up here...I need a vacation to recover from the vacation. Ha!
Tracy: No rest for the weary! The Haiti trip sounds very rewarding, but dangerous too. Hope you have some time off soon to decompress.
Dana: Congrats on your first spin class! I had no doubt you'd do just great.
Gina: Send some of that snow up here to NY! Just lurve the Annabelle pics so keep them coming.
Olivia: Great IMSG recon report on the forum. I know exactly what you mean about being the only girl in a group like that and not wanting to be "that girl". Sounds like you held your own (no surprise!). Hope you're feeling better!
Barb: Rolled ankle---! Ice, ice, baby. I've rolled both ankles so many times I think my feet are connected to my legs by strings of floppy ligaments. Keep that foot elevated as much as possible and consider wearing a compression sock to keep the swelling down.
I've been back for 4 days now and still feel like my head is in a fog. I had a cold for most of the trip, but being stubborn I didn't want to miss anything so did all those 8-11 hour hikes. Yep, Patagonia is covered with my mucous as I coughed and sneezed all over that gorgeous terrain. So all week my routine has been work + laundry/dishes/groceries/pay bills then SLEEP. I'm hoping to have enough energy to get on the trainer tonight. I took +1200 pictures---hope to have those sorted out and a trip report by the end of the week!
@Barbara- that sucks! Stand down, ice that ankle, and don't worry about missing time this week. Hey- you can always hit the pool for pool running right!
MARIANNE UPDATE!!!
I just received an email from Marianne about her trip to Guatamala. I'm just copy/pasting it here for you all to read (with her permission of course)- sounds like she's having an amazing experience!!
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I am doing greaat in guatemala and leave in 5' on a truck toride in the back for 2 hour up in themt so no editing! this has beena book in mylife that I will neer forget. beautiful mountainside and greatpeople to show the Love of christ to! I have falledn in love of course with the children and seemto pick out kids about grace or joshua age! I think of them and last night took a few pics of some of their clothiing that they outgrew and gave to guatemala, those kids thought it was christmas and the hair accessories that grace took out of her own stuff wen to t a darlin baby girl. just fallen in love with their place and the moms have five or more children ad I knew God had called me to hae all of those children cuz I have somthing in common with these moms here their prayers are for health and work so no different than the women back home. the kids are great... well they are loading the trucks and we take food bag to the villages and hand those out inthe evening... and also hadn out the stuff webrought all those happy meal toys and shoes and clothing... we also do a live performance for the school and one in the evening so a busy day... the engines are starting and I am in charge of the two youngest my son and another girl camille talbert that you heather know!!! small world as Camilles mother looked after joshua in mothers day out and no w i am taking care of her 23 daughter! well I am on a high and yes I did get to run within sight of everybody but in the villages if I could run I did and what a great thrilling feeling to see the mountains and yes have the kids run with me!!!! last night was a perfect running night starstwinkling and the trucks had to pull over and wait and we had a ffew minyutes and in the dark within eye sight of people I ran back and forth up and down the road!!!! awesome and a highlight and Andrew of course is piedp piper withthe kids and they follow him everywhere last night he was doling outskilltes. well I love you and thanks for having my back with prayer!!! tell everybody hi and y'all should come to guatemala... oh no warm showers though... very cold, very ver cold!!!! and no shower drain so it comes out in full blast!!! oh and I am so dirty covered in dust we all are when we get there we are calling our ttruck the air brushed tan truck and the other one is teamdirt!! I have never been so dusty in my life those wet wipes are great!!! and bandannas, you should see us, well I have taken over 400 pics and will uplaod when I get back.....
Dana- we knew you would do great at spin class! How exciting for you.
I had a great time racing this weekend, but still struggling with motivation for training... Preparing for a drive across the country next week. Hoping for no snow and to make good time. It would be really nice to melt all of that snow in NY...
Carly, sorry to hear about your motivation troubles. Be safe on that cross-country drive!
It was great to hear that Marianne is having such a good time. It seems like she takes the party wherever she is.
Kitima, take care of that cold. We want to see some pictures!
Barbara, I hope your ankle is feeling better.
Olivia, isn't it funny how sometimes significant others just KNOW that now is the time to do something?
We have a beautiful forecast for this weekend - sunny, breezy, with highs in the 70s....and I'm going to be stuck inside. I have chosen to get my year's worth of continuing education taken care of this weekend so I can be free to train, vacation, play, etc without having it hanging over my head. Let's see if I can stay awake for 3 hours of feline nutrition from 7 to 10 PM on Saturday night!
Are you all using Add Reply or Quick Reply?? I can not get Add Reply to work!! and I have pictures of Esther I want to share . It either freezes up my computer or sends me right back to the quick reply. grrrrr...........
Anyway, Dana - so glad your spin class went well! Excellent news and Carly sorry your motivation is not there. I am having the opposite problem right now - lots of mojo, but can 't do the work, maybe we can figure out a way to swap? Be careful on that drive!
Kit - so glad your back and can't wait to see those pics!!!!! Glad to hear from Marianne too - thanks for sharing the update Nemo
Gina - hope your Mom is doing well and sorry you had to drive through all that crappy weather. For once it missed us!
Sorry for everyone I missed (no topic review in this mode) and the puppy pics teaser. Hopefully I can get it to work soon.
My gazillion year old Speedo backpack gym bag (which I love) is ripped all along the bottom. I've been stuffing a towel in it so my stuff doesn't fall out after--picture this--I walked into the gym last week with one bra cup hanging out of the back of the bag! My friend Suzie was behind me and I thought she was going to wet her pants! LOL! I brought it to be sewed, but the woman wanted way too much $. I need to replace it.
Anywho...I figured I'd get an IM gym bag!!! Heck, I've done two of them so why not? I ordered it, and when it arrived today it says "World Championship Kona, Hawaii" on it, which I did not notice when I bought it. Here's the pic. Oh dear, it's bad form to carry that around, isn't it? I should send it back, right? I have looked everywhere for a plain IM one, and I'll be darned if I can find one. What do you think? It's such a nice bag too. I'm tempted to keep it, but I don't want to be "that guy." Or is it OK? Maybe I can take a black sharpie and black it out so you can't really see it? Bummer that I didn't see it before I got it.
Linda- I would totally keep the bag. I do feel you though, when I was at Ironman last year I hesitated to buy a hat b/c I didn't race. I figure if someone asks you can say that it is motivation to qualify some day!
Quick reply - but both are usually super-slow and take tons of time to load.
Dana -- Awesome about spin class. How did you go about becoming an instructor?
Kitboo, Barb, Tracy -- Definitely catch up on your rest! Trips should have a built-in day or two or reassimilating back to real life. Ankles definitely deserve some rest!
Olivia -- Bathroom cleaning boys are the best.
Linda -- I, of course, think that you are worthy of carrying an Ironman bag. You've totally represented for Mr. Mdot. It can be your sparkly headband.
Marianne - Oh, I am so glad she's having a good adventure!
The training mojo is back. Unfortunately, I have this horrible-sounding cough that isn't in my chest. So as not to endanger the mojo, I have been trying to be good about doing workouts "as I feel" and not completely overdoing it. I was reading Coggan and found the nifty chart of when one should stop doing interval repeats on the bike and call it a day. I love finding new ways the power meter can be my awesome helper and not just some insane whip/thing that makes science-y charts.
I am probably nearing the break-up stage where I develop silly crushes on unobtainable celebrities. Is Coggan cute? Should I have a crush on him? Andy Potts? Lance Armstrong? Other possible candidates?
Robin, I can't get the add reply to work, either- it freezes my computer. It only happens on this thread, though. Maybe we should post this to the admin forum?
Look at it this way, Linda. You are a supporter of the race and the lifestyle and you ARE an Ironman. That's legit. Runners and triathletes are the only athletes I know of that people give people crap about "not being worthy" of wearing a shirt, hat, or whatever if they haven't done THE event. I say keep it. I'm totally with Carly on this one. If nothing else, if someone asks you about it, tell them it's your motivator to get out the door. (then tell them to mind their own bees-wax)
Beth the cough sounds ick! Take care of that! Breathe some steam or something. Poor thing! I'm impressed with your Coggan study. Maybe I need to read up beyond the RnP stuff....hmmm. Maybe AFTER IMSG. You know 'cuz then it'll matter. ha ha.
Good luck with the CE Kristen. You're handling it like a true athlete....just put your head down and get it done.
Marianne sounds so happy. Quite an adventure! It will be great to see some of her pics!
I need to get my booty to the pool....TGIF though! This weekend I ride outside!
I think we're probably testing the extreme limits of EN 3.0's ability to handle Chicka Mojo with this thread! HA HA HA!
Linda- OK, if it were me I'd probably keep it because I was too lazy to return it or find something else, and then I'd feel really funny about using it, so it would end up in the back of my closet unused for the next 5 years until I finally donated it to charity. But that's just me!!! Reality is that most people who you are going to see when you are carrying that bag will have no idea what it means. And the only folks who might give you gruff are going to be butt holes. Seriously, have you seen how much crap WTC has put an M-Dot on lately? Do you think everyone with a Ironman Timex watch or bathroom scale has actually done an Ironman? Sometimes I think we put more importance on the whole M-Dot thing than the owner of the brand does!
Beth- No No No- Lance is not cute! If he wasn't "Lance" you'd never give him a second look. Now Andy Schleck on the other hand...............
Kristin - I posted something about it. Good luck with that CE - sounds dreadful, but it will be nice to be freed up the rest of the year.
Linda - I would certainly keep the bag if I liked it well enough and I were you. I look at it this way - anything I can buy at the expo or online is fair game for anyone. I have a nice golf shirt from the Master's and I haven't ever played in the Master's - that's for sure!! Now, wearing a finishers shirt on the other hand - now way - not on your life!
Beth - feel better soon and hope that cough goes away - those lingering things are so annoying! As for Coggan - haven't ever seen him and for the getting past the stage of having silly crushes on celebrities - I hope it never ends!!! I can always make them perfect in everyway in my own little mind and as I get older I just keep picking them younger and cuter - Tyler Farrar anyone? Can you say cougar? Geez ..... I am scaring myself here - must be time to get to work.
Have a great weekend all! We are supposed to have beautiful weather here - yay!!! and I will be at an indoor swim meet all day on Sunday, better make the most of tomorrow. Maybe a nice hike with the boys in the afternoon.
Beth...Two Words: BIG GEORGIE. Kitima has promised me lots of pics from the TOC! Hit the fluids and stay healthy!
Kristin...errr with CEs! I did that once...now I *TRY* to stay up with them, but with work and oh yeah, get some CEs while you work full time, it's hard!
Nemo, thanks for passing on notes from Marianne. It will be good to get updates from her while she's gone!
Linda, I totally feel ya in the bag situation. I'm the same way. Uh, what to do? How's the return policy and how much will it cost to ship it back? It's way too much, then I say use it!
I'm going through Olympics withdrawal. How long til TdF? Ugh, too long. And with the versus issue with our Satellite company, I still have to find some way to get on my TV!
Carly, when is your estimated date of departure?! We're so excited you'll be back soon!
Linda- I'm somewhere in the middle. If it doesn't say "finisher" then it should be fine. I carry a New England Journal of Medicine bag to the pool. Have I ever read that (well yes, on occasion, but I am not a doc). I don't think twice about it, the bag is awesome! Max bought me an Ironman running hat. At first I was embarrassed to wear it because I have never done an M-Dot race. But I got over it and wear it without a second thought. Then again, you have had some strange run-ins with folks being condescending and giving you crap about your finishing times and abilities. Not sure what's in the water, but they need to mind their own beeswax and remember "if you can't say something nice..."
ladies- you will love it. It's about sending a man to the grocery store.
In this thread, add reply is slow. Maybe because it is such a long thread? But for quick reply, I can not get bold, underline, or italics to work. I have to go back and edit.
And you do feel like you miss replying when you can't see the previous posts as reference.
Linda, I am the "new" Linda, I have been reading all the threads and it is interesting how many variations of replies and how everyone has a different take, which are all interesting. I decided to put my most recent story in here to ponder. As many of you know I did my "little sprint" tri last saturday (a week ago today). On a side note, I haven't recovered. I decided to take a WEEK off which was really hard for me but my legs were just dead. So yesterday I decided to get on my new clyclopse (with the poser meter) training bike and do a small workout. I was still just exhausted, I did about 45 mins. I was dripping wet, didn't really feel good, took all my soaking sweaty clothes off and got under the covers and fell asleep for an hour. Woke up this morning and my legs are still tired. So now I am doubting every ability I ever had and wondering how am I ever going to get it together by June 5th (1/2 IM Kona). But I digress.... OK, here is my input, at the race near my T1 station I was setting up my bike and all my gear and this girl (in my age group, just said females 50 and over) comes in all decked out, IM hat, 4 IM necklaces, IM stickers on her bike, a HUGE IM TATOO ON HER LEG, IM water bottle (ok you get the picture). She was so rude and entitled and kept saying loud enough for anyone to hear "oh look at all these newbies", just going on an on and being so obnoxious that I just disregarded her and whispered under my breath. Ok, she thinks I am a newbie, I sure look like one (as I am just getting back after 18 years), well I FINISHED an IM, yes it was 18 years ago but I don't have to advertise it, of course I have sweatshirts and finisher shirts and all the stuff one loves to get but for reasons of my own I don't feel like I have to advertise it at a race. But what is so interesting, wonderful and extremely gracious of you is to worry so much about carrying a bag to train with. I say "you go girl", the fact that you are training, and putting so much into it, taking it seriously, being gracious and very concerned about "looking" like you are showing off or whatever your fears may be, is warm and incredibly considerate. The spectrum between what you are worried about and this very very rude IM finisher who just made me want to go up and say something very rude to her is a good analogy of how serious you are and again considerate. This "woman" made everyone around her feel intimidated, for many of them it was there very first experience and I just smiled at them and said "hey just go out there and have fun". Remember last Sat is was pouring and I mean pouring rain, super windy, flooded bike ride, flooded run, flooded in the transition area and pretty forboding. The long and the short of it she was the epitomy of what none of us want to be, no matter how many IM's we have done or not done. You deserve the bag, you deserve to smile and do your training and know you will never be that "woman". So long and short of it, I would keep the bag and if someone has the nerve to say something to you, just say don't give them any "energy". I think you are authentic, you know you are authentic and you have a lot of friends who know your heart. +
I just got back from another weekend ride with the GS OBX Cycling crew. These folks are doing "Base" miles right now- which means I get in an awesome workout just trying to stay on their wheel and they get to float along like butterflies. It's great- the only time of year I can really hang with them- and I learn sooooo much from them. Today was a 2 hour ride and on the return trip we were headed strait into a 15-20mph wind. One of the guys told me to stay on his wheel and he helped pull me home- I'm sure I would have exploded without him! I'm looking forward to spring, but I must admit I'm enjoying this winter riding with the roadies!
Hi Nemo, my son bought me the EN Four Keys for Christmas and that is what HOOKED ME. Maybe I need to see it again...I just seem to have lost my "drive", kind of thinking like "hey old lady you are 56 not 38 anymore", I seem to dread going to the pool, still cant run, did a core workout on a DVD in my pain cave today and was just barely into it, I am in a pretty severe "can't do this" place in my head. also it has been raining here for weeks. I get really cold in the pool at the Y and you all know the running in water story. I have to get over myself. My husband told me that I was underestimating how "hard" last weekend sprint tri really was, he could be right. I am not good at taking time off, I always think I am going to loose "more" ground. I am soooooo embarressed to ask this but for the life of me I can't figure out what everyone means when they say IM MOO, i am not even certain what mojo means,,,,, is is just slang for training?? Also I still can't find where to sign up for EN Cowgirl 2010 (which I really know I want to go to). I have paid a fortune (airfare, bike case, hotel, car rental, doggie care while I am gone) to attend Jacobson's TRI camp in Tucson March 26-May 3rd, and one week later my son and I are flying to Kona for 5 days to train for 1/2 IM (A race). So I am kind of flopping in the wind. Getting a nucleur bone scan of my knee next week and it could be really bad news, if so don't know WHAT I will do. I ended up "running" 10 minute miles in the run portion (5k) last weekend and couldn't even walk for a few days (like I really seriously hurt it). Kind of staying in denial about the seriousness of the damage to the knee replacement. So a part of me has kind of gone into deep denial that it really may be too much for me-(( Let's just say its not bad news and I really just did too much too soon. I will know a lot more about my skills and my training regimen when I attend the camp, it is similar to EN camps but of course different. Lots of really long bike rides, lots of running and lots of swimming. I don't want to bonk on my first day or so. I have yet to do all the proper "testing" to post my numbers because I really don't understand it all yet. Although I have had all the data (materials downloaded) I have yet to figure out my zone 1, zone 2 and V2 stuff. Just venting here I guess, but I want to be like Marianne and "feel" as if everything is going to be great and I am just in a little bit of a rut. I wish I had her brain in my head. Congrats on your ride, sounds awesome and proud of you!!!! How is your calf?? Last I heard you were gonna give it a go?? Thanks for listening PS I think my FTP is around 150, don't know a thing about vDot. PPS Is anyone in this group in there mid to late 50's???, I know there is a group for 50 and over, but I love this forum + Please guide me to the EN Cowgirl 2010, I have looked everywhere
I'll do the best I can to answer some of your questions until somebody smarter arrives on the the scene! . IMoo - is Ironman Wisconsin - simply because Wisconsin and cows are kinda synonmous (I am sure I totally spelled that wrong!) - ya know - the whole dairy thing and people wearing cheese wedges on their heads .
As far as the EN Cowgirl group goes - are you refering to the Rally that is going on in Wisconsin in July or the race? The Rally sounds like a TON of FUN and I wish I could go - even though I am not doing IMOO, but my A race is that weekend. If you are intersted in training for a long weekend with this fabulous bunch of Chicas would it be worth exploring canceling your other training trip? or maybe the cancellation policy is too steep.
All that said - it sounds like sorting the knee out first and foremost is the best course of action. I can relate to how you are feeling a little in that I have a hip/back problem that keeps rearing it's ugly head every time I think I am healed up. I started the Nov OS and the Jan OS and am currently on the shelf again and wondering if I will have a season at all. Finding out what is going on though and fixing it is really the only strategy though - at least for me. I am sure a knee replacement is a VERY BIG deal and probably takes a lot more time to come back from that you would like to think.
You may be able to use some of your times from your recent race to give you an idea of your zones, although that is not ideal it might just give you something to go by until you can do stand alone tests. You can go to the training tab above click on it and go to the data tool - enter your times and it will give you training zones.
I am not in my 50s yet - but will be 45 this year. I am finding I have to be a lot more careful about the way I train, the amount of recovery time I allow and listening to my body. There is some EXCELLENT advice in that 50s group that is well worth reading and heeding even if you don't want to participate in the forum.
I hope that helps a little. I am still a relative newcomer to EN, but I can pretty much assure you almost everyone has been down the path of injury and coming back and dealing with them so you are hardly alone. You are in the right place for support without a doubt! There is also a thread dedicated to injured athletes and the doctors and PTs are really really helpful in the medical advice forums.
Phew--just got a chance to sit down and check in. Thanks for the opins on the bag. I wish I would have looked at the other colors too, then I would have seen the Kona ref, but I wanted blue and I was ordering in a hurry. I'm going to keep it, and decided I can black Sharpie the "offending passages" , it won't be visible, and I won't be "that guy." Good compromise, cuz sending it back is a pain.
Keith worked today so I got a mani/pedi, which I never do. Embarrassingly, the last time I had one was--shhhh--2008. I just don't spend the time doing stuff like that, although it sure does look a lot better! Turned in my half broken cell phone, and upgraded to a data plan (I'm cheap so I haven't had one.). But I am just too tied to this darn computer all the time waiting email, etc. Freedom rings. All it takes is $ it seems.
Great run this morning--it was a gorgeous day! Bike tomorrow, but I don't think I'll get outside quite yet since I'll ride early and the low is 28. Coming soon though.
Oh yeah--big news--my long-time EN lady friends know how I've been looking for a running friend, Yesterday, I ran with one of the women I met through Cali! She's a doll. I am a TON faster, but the good news is, she's my LR pace! I always run too fast on EZ days. We're going to meet again next week, and maybe some of the other women int he group who run will join in. Because I've done/am doing IM, they are totally intimidated to run with me, which cracks me up. I try to explain my pedestrian talents--and the fact that my legs are thrashed half the time.
Happy weekend all! Keith is off tomorrow, so I'm looking forward to that!
Hi Robin, so very kind of you and also very insightful. Now I feel a lot better about the whole MOJO thing and didn't want to "use it" in the wrong context. I took you up on the Cowgirls camp and can't wait. I am going to post some questions in the medical forum as well as the 50's group. I find that when I come out of my cave and start sharing I start feeling better almost immediately. I just don't want to sound like a winer, in my world (other than this stuff) I am soooo not a winer., as a psychologist I deal with a lot of winers, don't mean that at all in a mean way, just a way to stay sign. I have a lot of compassion for others!! Of course I am in control of all the other stuff in my life and the least in control as it comes to this whole TRI thing which is why I stay fascinated. I am starting to think that I love the "process" more than anything. I like all the reading, the buying the stuff, gathering the DVD's, planning everything, all the "settting up" maybe more than the actual racing. I love riding the bike, used to love to run , still do just can't. I am learning to love the swim (thanks to Marianne) but mostly I really need some chicka friends and sure have found them. So many people willing to help and take their time to answer what may be silly questions but important just the same. So I requested Linda Patch as a friend on "face book", signed up for EN Cowgirl (well I booked my room and am in the process of booking my fight) not sure where I actually sign up for EN Cowgirl. Thanks Nemo, I went to the site, got all the dates/times, planning, etc. didn't see any cost for the actual camp or an actual registration. Let me know if I can be of any help with any of that stuff, you seem really busy. I have some time in my life right now (for a change). I love the En Cowgirl Logo, hope we get tshirts or can purchase T shirts!! Linda , also glad you are keeping the bag, I guess I wouldn't bother to black out the Champions part, I would try to position it so I wasn't "showing it", also thank you so much for your ideas on using my recent race, I put the numbers in and now going to see if it gives me the zones, great idea Marianne - I miss you too! Did a one hour core workout and a one hour interval on the bike (not hard), proud of myself for at least doing that and making a little bit of progress. Still pouring here, what happened to sunny CA? then when I read others weather (28 degrees) I think o jeez!!!! So I am reaching out all over the place and it has a major payoff. I want to give back, please let me know if I can do that is some little way for any of you+
Shrink- There is no official sign up and no cost for the camp. There is an EN midwest rally that weekend and the coaches will be there. So we decided to have a girls camp where we'd have access to the coaches but still do what we want. Might include yoga, massage, whatever we want.
It all started last September. We were having a discussion about 2010 races and who was doing what. It seemed like several were looking at IMWI. We started to get excited. Then around the sign up time ( I think) Rich threw down the gauntlet and said that if at least 10 women signed up for IMWI (IM Moo) then he's wear a pink Speedo at Mile 18. By the end of the day we had 12 or 13, and as folks have joined EN, they have coincidentally been doing IM Moo. We are up to 17(?) women. There is a thread here in the women's forum where we were working on Rich's attire. For his part, Rich has started P90X to drop weight and look buff in his pink Speedo. IMWI 2010 is going to be owned by EN and just one HUGE EN PARTY!
Linda- I'm with you! If I want to get the ride done early, it's too cold! But I don't want to fritter away the morning waiting for things to warm up. I was on the trainer today. I might run early and then try to convince Max to ride in the afternoon.
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Will be fun to hear how your class went, Dana. I like your little pep-talk cards! Very cute idea. I'll bet there's something calming and focusing in the act of doing the cutting, gluing, and coloring too. That's cool. I can see you and Abby having little cards all over your house as she gets older and carries on that approach.
I have soooo gotten stuck in the email and forum checking wheel in the past. It really can be a compulsion. It is tough to do, but sometimes I just have to cut it out almost completely for a few days and give it a full rest. It's a tough balance though, when something like that can also be good to rest our minds from our usual work tasks. Generally the internet is dangerous for time efficiency. My husband gets sucked in way too much....which in all honesty can be frustrating to me when I'm scurrying around trying to keep groceries in the house, cook, train, work, sleep, eat, clean, get in a little reading here and there, etc. When I see him spending 1-2 hours on line in the AM not really contributing to the day in and day out stuff I get a tiny bit annoyed. (But then I have to remember that when our toilet's start to leak or whatever, he takes care of things.) Hmmm. That came outa nowhere. Interesting what we keep inside.
Alright. Gotta head to the pool!
+2 for more puppy pics. They are always welcome and adored!
Gina, it looks like you are driving through Wisconsin.
Health -- My family is like yours, Nemo. The latest was the very calm trip to the Mayo Clinic to get a pacemaker by Dad. Yeah. (said in North Dakota accent.) No big deal.
My theory is that all that agrarian DNA makes for calmness and big pictureness about health. 1) If you freak out on a farm, cows stampede. 2) Cows need to be fed, even if you are sick, because you will want to eat the cows later 3) Bad stuff happens to farms all the time. I remember a hail storm wiping out a gorgeous crop of wheat on my grandfather's farm, days away from harvest when I was younger. Were there tantrums? None that I saw. Any freaking out? Just zenmaster Grandpa. I have a family of calm -- with health, too. I've found this freaks some people out. They can mistake the calm for not caring, which is quite untrue. We call when we need pragmatic stuff -- like cow feeding, or mail-checking, or a ride home.
Oh, Internet monkey brain. I get this often (especially when there is a heavy spreadsheet day at work). I've been trying to get better about taking a few deep yoga breaths and trying to focus on what I want to be doing. Like now. It is checking the Internet time, so I can catch up with all of you and get mad forum knowledge.
I get nervous to get on the forum at work! You guys are my forum heroes!
OK after all that early AM whining that I did about DH...he must have known. He'd asked me this AM when I was going to take my car in for its much needed oil change. I came home this PM and was doing a quick transition to head out to get that done and he said "Let me do that for you." *sigh* Then he came home and started in on bathroom cleaning. Love it. Unsolicited and all good! I got a little gift of time!! So I'm using it to make some applesauce with my Colorado apples! MMMM. It smells D-Lish!
Re: the older folks and the dr. I look at my grandparents and what scares me is that they trust what doctors tell them without question. Sometimes that's OK. But sometimes it's not. Thankfully my mom and dad who have health care and pharmaceutical backgrounds often will go out to go with them to their appointments to ask questions and drive to the details that are needed to really know what's going on. Not everyone has that help.
Still catching up here...I need a vacation to recover from the vacation. Ha!
Tracy: No rest for the weary! The Haiti trip sounds very rewarding, but dangerous too. Hope you have some time off soon to decompress.
Dana: Congrats on your first spin class! I had no doubt you'd do just great.
Gina: Send some of that snow up here to NY! Just lurve the Annabelle pics so keep them coming.
Olivia: Great IMSG recon report on the forum. I know exactly what you mean about being the only girl in a group like that and not wanting to be "that girl". Sounds like you held your own (no surprise!). Hope you're feeling better!
Barb: Rolled ankle---
! Ice, ice, baby. I've rolled both ankles so many times I think my feet are connected to my legs by strings of floppy ligaments. Keep that foot elevated as much as possible and consider wearing a compression sock to keep the swelling down.
I've been back for 4 days now and still feel like my head is in a fog. I had a cold for most of the trip, but being stubborn I didn't want to miss anything so did all those 8-11 hour hikes. Yep, Patagonia is covered with my mucous as I coughed and sneezed all over that gorgeous terrain.
So all week my routine has been work + laundry/dishes/groceries/pay bills then SLEEP. I'm hoping to have enough energy to get on the trainer tonight. I took +1200 pictures---hope to have those sorted out and a trip report by the end of the week!
@Barbara- that sucks! Stand down, ice that ankle, and don't worry about missing time this week. Hey- you can always hit the pool for pool running right!
MARIANNE UPDATE!!!
I just received an email from Marianne about her trip to Guatamala. I'm just copy/pasting it here for you all to read (with her permission of course)- sounds like she's having an amazing experience!!
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I am doing greaat in guatemala and leave in 5' on a truck toride in the back for 2 hour up in themt so no editing! this has beena book in mylife that I will neer forget. beautiful mountainside and greatpeople to show the Love of christ to! I have falledn in love of course with the children and seemto pick out kids about grace or joshua age! I think of them and last night took a few pics of some of their clothiing that they outgrew and gave to guatemala, those kids thought it was christmas and the hair accessories that grace took out of her own stuff wen to t a darlin baby girl. just fallen in love with their place and the moms have five or more children ad I knew God had called me to hae all of those children cuz I have somthing in common with these moms here their prayers are for health and work so no different than the women back home. the kids are great... well they are loading the trucks and we take food bag to the villages and hand those out inthe evening... and also hadn out the stuff webrought all those happy meal toys and shoes and clothing... we also do a live performance for the school and one in the evening so a busy day... the engines are starting and I am in charge of the two youngest my son and another girl camille talbert that you heather know!!! small world as Camilles mother looked after joshua in mothers day out and no w i am taking care of her 23 daughter! well I am on a high and yes I did get to run within sight of everybody but in the villages if I could run I did and what a great thrilling feeling to see the mountains and yes have the kids run with me!!!! last night was a perfect running night starstwinkling and the trucks had to pull over and wait and we had a ffew minyutes and in the dark within eye sight of people I ran back and forth up and down the road!!!! awesome and a highlight and Andrew of course is piedp piper withthe kids and they follow him everywhere last night he was doling outskilltes. well I love you and thanks for having my back with prayer!!! tell everybody hi and y'all should come to guatemala... oh no warm showers though... very cold, very ver cold!!!! and no shower drain so it comes out in full blast!!! oh and I am so dirty covered in dust we all are when we get there we are calling our ttruck the air brushed tan truck and the other one is teamdirt!! I have never been so dusty in my life those wet wipes are great!!! and bandannas, you should see us, well I have taken over 400 pics and will uplaod when I get back.....
Hi All,
Nemo--what a great update! Warms the heart to read it. She is her element--and a half!
Dana- we knew you would do great at spin class! How exciting for you.
I had a great time racing this weekend, but still struggling with motivation for training... Preparing for a drive across the country next week. Hoping for no snow and to make good time. It would be really nice to melt all of that snow in NY...
Fun to hear of everyone's adventures here.
It was great to hear that Marianne is having such a good time. It seems like she takes the party wherever she is.
Kitima, take care of that cold. We want to see some pictures!
Barbara, I hope your ankle is feeling better.
Olivia, isn't it funny how sometimes significant others just KNOW that now is the time to do something?
We have a beautiful forecast for this weekend - sunny, breezy, with highs in the 70s....and I'm going to be stuck inside. I have chosen to get my year's worth of continuing education taken care of this weekend so I can be free to train, vacation, play, etc without having it hanging over my head. Let's see if I can stay awake for 3 hours of feline nutrition from 7 to 10 PM on Saturday night!
Have a great weekend, ladies!
Anyway, Dana - so glad your spin class went well! Excellent news
Kit - so glad your back and can't wait to see those pics!!!!! Glad to hear from Marianne too - thanks for sharing the update Nemo
Gina - hope your Mom is doing well and sorry you had to drive through all that crappy weather. For once it missed us!
Sorry for everyone I missed (no topic review in this mode) and the puppy pics teaser. Hopefully I can get it to work soon.
OK Ladies, I need opines.
My gazillion year old Speedo backpack gym bag (which I love) is ripped all along the bottom. I've been stuffing a towel in it so my stuff doesn't fall out after--picture this--I walked into the gym last week with one bra cup hanging out of the back of the bag! My friend Suzie was behind me and I thought she was going to wet her pants! LOL!
I brought it to be sewed, but the woman wanted way too much $. I need to replace it.
Anywho...I figured I'd get an IM gym bag!!! Heck, I've done two of them so why not? I ordered it, and when it arrived today it says "World Championship Kona, Hawaii" on it, which I did not notice when I bought it. Here's the pic. Oh dear, it's bad form to carry that around, isn't it? I should send it back, right? I have looked everywhere for a plain IM one, and I'll be darned if I can find one. What do you think? It's such a nice bag too. I'm tempted to keep it, but I don't want to be "that guy." Or is it OK? Maybe I can take a black sharpie and black it out so you can't really see it? Bummer that I didn't see it before I got it.
Linda- I would totally keep the bag. I do feel you though, when I was at Ironman last year I hesitated to buy a hat b/c I didn't race. I figure if someone asks you can say that it is motivation to qualify some day!
Dana -- Awesome about spin class. How did you go about becoming an instructor?
Kitboo, Barb, Tracy -- Definitely catch up on your rest! Trips should have a built-in day or two or reassimilating back to real life. Ankles definitely deserve some rest!
Olivia -- Bathroom cleaning boys are the best.
Linda -- I, of course, think that you are worthy of carrying an Ironman bag. You've totally represented for Mr. Mdot. It can be your sparkly headband.
Marianne - Oh, I am so glad she's having a good adventure!
The training mojo is back. Unfortunately, I have this horrible-sounding cough that isn't in my chest. So as not to endanger the mojo, I have been trying to be good about doing workouts "as I feel" and not completely overdoing it. I was reading Coggan and found the nifty chart of when one should stop doing interval repeats on the bike and call it a day. I love finding new ways the power meter can be my awesome helper and not just some insane whip/thing that makes science-y charts.
I am probably nearing the break-up stage where I develop silly crushes on unobtainable celebrities. Is Coggan cute? Should I have a crush on him? Andy Potts? Lance Armstrong? Other possible candidates?
Beth the cough sounds ick! Take care of that! Breathe some steam or something. Poor thing! I'm impressed with your Coggan study. Maybe I need to read up beyond the RnP stuff....hmmm. Maybe AFTER IMSG. You know 'cuz then it'll matter. ha ha.
Good luck with the CE Kristen. You're handling it like a true athlete....just put your head down and get it done.
Marianne sounds so happy. Quite an adventure! It will be great to see some of her pics!
I need to get my booty to the pool....TGIF though! This weekend I ride outside!
Linda- OK, if it were me I'd probably keep it because I was too lazy to return it or find something else, and then I'd feel really funny about using it, so it would end up in the back of my closet unused for the next 5 years until I finally donated it to charity. But that's just me!!! Reality is that most people who you are going to see when you are carrying that bag will have no idea what it means. And the only folks who might give you gruff are going to be butt holes. Seriously, have you seen how much crap WTC has put an M-Dot on lately? Do you think everyone with a Ironman Timex watch or bathroom scale has actually done an Ironman? Sometimes I think we put more importance on the whole M-Dot thing than the owner of the brand does!
Beth- No No No- Lance is not cute! If he wasn't "Lance" you'd never give him a second look. Now Andy Schleck on the other hand...............
Linda - I would certainly keep the bag if I liked it well enough and I were you. I look at it this way - anything I can buy at the expo or online is fair game for anyone. I have a nice golf shirt from the Master's and I haven't ever played in the Master's - that's for sure!! Now, wearing a finishers shirt on the other hand - now way - not on your life!
Beth - feel better soon and hope that cough goes away - those lingering things are so annoying! As for Coggan - haven't ever seen him and for the getting past the stage of having silly crushes on celebrities - I hope it never ends!!! I can always make them perfect in everyway in my own little mind
Have a great weekend all! We are supposed to have beautiful weather here - yay!!! and I will be at an indoor swim meet all day on Sunday, better make the most of tomorrow. Maybe a nice hike with the boys in the afternoon.
Kristin...errr with CEs! I did that once...now I *TRY* to stay up with them, but with work and oh yeah, get some CEs while you work full time, it's hard!
Nemo, thanks for passing on notes from Marianne. It will be good to get updates from her while she's gone!
Linda, I totally feel ya in the bag situation. I'm the same way. Uh, what to do? How's the return policy and how much will it cost to ship it back? It's way too much, then I say use it!
I'm going through Olympics withdrawal. How long til TdF? Ugh, too long. And with the versus issue with our Satellite company, I still have to find some way to get on my TV!
Carly, when is your estimated date of departure?! We're so excited you'll be back soon!
Linda- I'm somewhere in the middle. If it doesn't say "finisher" then it should be fine. I carry a New England Journal of Medicine bag to the pool. Have I ever read that (well yes, on occasion, but I am not a doc). I don't think twice about it, the bag is awesome! Max bought me an Ironman running hat. At first I was embarrassed to wear it because I have never done an M-Dot race. But I got over it and wear it without a second thought. Then again, you have had some strange run-ins with folks being condescending and giving you crap about your finishing times and abilities. Not sure what's in the water, but they need to mind their own beeswax and remember "if you can't say something nice..."
This is very funny.
www.youtube.com/watch
ladies- you will love it. It's about sending a man to the grocery store.
In this thread, add reply is slow. Maybe because it is such a long thread? But for quick reply, I can not get bold, underline, or italics to work. I have to go back and edit.
And you do feel like you miss replying when you can't see the previous posts as reference.
OK, here is my input, at the race near my T1 station I was setting up my bike and all my gear and this girl (in my age group, just said females 50 and over) comes in all decked out, IM hat, 4 IM necklaces, IM stickers on her bike, a HUGE IM TATOO ON HER LEG, IM water bottle (ok you get the picture). She was so rude and entitled and kept saying loud enough for anyone to hear "oh look at all these newbies", just going on an on and being so obnoxious that I just disregarded her and whispered under my breath. Ok, she thinks I am a newbie, I sure look like one (as I am just getting back after 18 years), well I FINISHED an IM, yes it was 18 years ago but I don't have to advertise it, of course I have sweatshirts and finisher shirts and all the stuff one loves to get but for reasons of my own I don't feel like I have to advertise it at a race. But what is so interesting, wonderful and extremely gracious of you is to worry so much about carrying a bag to train with. I say "you go girl", the fact that you are training, and putting so much into it, taking it seriously, being gracious and very concerned about "looking" like you are showing off or whatever your fears may be, is warm and incredibly considerate. The spectrum between what you are worried about and this very very rude IM finisher who just made me want to go up and say something very rude to her is a good analogy of how serious you are and again considerate. This "woman" made everyone around her feel intimidated, for many of them it was there very first experience and I just smiled at them and said "hey just go out there and have fun". Remember last Sat is was pouring and I mean pouring rain, super windy, flooded bike ride, flooded run, flooded in the transition area and pretty forboding. The long and the short of it she was the epitomy of what none of us want to be, no matter how many IM's we have done or not done. You deserve the bag, you deserve to smile and do your training and know you will never be that "woman". So long and short of it, I would keep the bag and if someone has the nerve to say something to you, just say don't give them any "energy". I think you are authentic, you know you are authentic and you have a lot of friends who know your heart. +
@Michele- LMAO- that video was hysterical!!!
I just got back from another weekend ride with the GS OBX Cycling crew. These folks are doing "Base" miles right now- which means I get in an awesome workout just trying to stay on their wheel and they get to float along like butterflies. It's great- the only time of year I can really hang with them- and I learn sooooo much from them. Today was a 2 hour ride and on the return trip we were headed strait into a 15-20mph wind. One of the guys told me to stay on his wheel and he helped pull me home- I'm sure I would have exploded without him! I'm looking forward to spring, but I must admit I'm enjoying this winter riding with the roadies!
Let's just say its not bad news and I really just did too much too soon. I will know a lot more about my skills and my training regimen when I attend the camp, it is similar to EN camps but of course different. Lots of really long bike rides, lots of running and lots of swimming. I don't want to bonk on my first day or so. I have yet to do all the proper "testing" to post my numbers because I really don't understand it all yet. Although I have had all the data (materials downloaded) I have yet to figure out my zone 1, zone 2 and V2 stuff. Just venting here I guess, but I want to be like Marianne and "feel" as if everything is going to be great and I am just in a little bit of a rut. I wish I had her brain in my head.
Congrats on your ride, sounds awesome and proud of you!!!! How is your calf?? Last I heard you were gonna give it a go?? Thanks for listening
PS I think my FTP is around 150, don't know a thing about vDot.
PPS Is anyone in this group in there mid to late 50's???, I know there is a group for 50 and over, but I love this forum +
I'll do the best I can to answer some of your questions until somebody smarter arrives on the the scene!
As far as the EN Cowgirl group goes - are you refering to the Rally that is going on in Wisconsin in July or the race? The Rally sounds like a TON of FUN and I wish I could go - even though I am not doing IMOO, but my A race is that weekend. If you are intersted in training for a long weekend with this fabulous bunch of Chicas would it be worth exploring canceling your other training trip? or maybe the cancellation policy is too steep.
All that said - it sounds like sorting the knee out first and foremost is the best course of action. I can relate to how you are feeling a little in that I have a hip/back problem that keeps rearing it's ugly head every time I think I am healed up. I started the Nov OS and the Jan OS and am currently on the shelf again and wondering if I will have a season at all. Finding out what is going on though and fixing it is really the only strategy though - at least for me. I am sure a knee replacement is a VERY BIG deal and probably takes a lot more time to come back from that you would like to think.
You may be able to use some of your times from your recent race to give you an idea of your zones, although that is not ideal it might just give you something to go by until you can do stand alone tests. You can go to the training tab above click on it and go to the data tool - enter your times and it will give you training zones.
I am not in my 50s yet - but will be 45 this year. I am finding I have to be a lot more careful about the way I train, the amount of recovery time I allow and listening to my body. There is some EXCELLENT advice in that 50s group that is well worth reading and heeding even if you don't want to participate in the forum.
I hope that helps a little. I am still a relative newcomer to EN, but I can pretty much assure you almost everyone has been down the path of injury and coming back and dealing with them so you are hardly alone. You are in the right place for support without a doubt! There is also a thread dedicated to injured athletes and the doctors and PTs are really really helpful in the medical advice forums.
Take care and hope you are feeling better soon
Robin- you may be new- but I think you just did a great job with that summary & set of answers!
Linda- for where/when details on the EN Cowgirl Camp, you can find it in the Womans Forum under the thread called Moo Camp Dates and Reservations
Phew--just got a chance to sit down and check in. Thanks for the opins on the bag. I wish I would have looked at the other colors too, then I would have seen the Kona ref, but I wanted blue and I was ordering in a hurry. I'm going to keep it, and decided I can black Sharpie the "offending passages"
, it won't be visible, and I won't be "that guy." Good compromise, cuz sending it back is a pain.
Keith worked today so I got a mani/pedi, which I never do. Embarrassingly, the last time I had one was--shhhh--2008. I just don't spend the time doing stuff like that, although it sure does look a lot better! Turned in my half broken cell phone, and upgraded to a data plan (I'm cheap so I haven't had one.). But I am just too tied to this darn computer all the time waiting email, etc. Freedom rings. All it takes is $ it seems.
Great run this morning--it was a gorgeous day! Bike tomorrow, but I don't think I'll get outside quite yet since I'll ride early and the low is 28. Coming soon though.
Oh yeah--big news--my long-time EN lady friends know how I've been looking for a running friend, Yesterday, I ran with one of the women I met through Cali! She's a doll. I am a TON faster, but the good news is, she's my LR pace! I always run too fast on EZ days. We're going to meet again next week, and maybe some of the other women int he group who run will join in. Because I've done/am doing IM, they are totally intimidated to run with me, which cracks me up. I try to explain my pedestrian talents--and the fact that my legs are thrashed half the time.
Happy weekend all! Keith is off tomorrow, so I'm looking forward to that!
PS--SHRINK--if you're on Facebook, friend us up!
PPS--I hope Gina checks in about her mom.
PPPS--I miss Marianne.
Of course I am in control of all the other stuff in my life and the least in control as it comes to this whole TRI thing which is why I stay fascinated. I am starting to think that I love the "process" more than anything. I like all the reading, the buying the stuff, gathering the DVD's, planning everything, all the "settting up" maybe more than the actual racing. I love riding the bike, used to love to run , still do just can't. I am learning to love the swim (thanks to Marianne) but mostly I really need some chicka friends and sure have found them. So many people willing to help and take their time to answer what may be silly questions but important just the same. So I requested Linda Patch as a friend on "face book", signed up for EN Cowgirl (well I booked my room and am in the process of booking my fight) not sure where I actually sign up for EN Cowgirl. Thanks Nemo, I went to the site, got all the dates/times, planning, etc. didn't see any cost for the actual camp or an actual registration. Let me know if I can be of any help with any of that stuff, you seem really busy. I have some time in my life right now (for a change). I love the En Cowgirl Logo, hope we get tshirts or can purchase T shirts!!
Linda , also glad you are keeping the bag, I guess I wouldn't bother to black out the Champions part, I would try to position it so I wasn't "showing it", also thank you so much for your ideas on using my recent race, I put the numbers in and now going to see if it gives me the zones, great idea
Marianne - I miss you too!
Did a one hour core workout and a one hour interval on the bike (not hard), proud of myself for at least doing that and making a little bit of progress. Still pouring here, what happened to sunny CA? then when I read others weather (28 degrees) I think o jeez!!!!
So I am reaching out all over the place and it has a major payoff. I want to give back, please let me know if I can do that is some little way for any of you+
Shrink, most of us are on FB. Have a ball and friend errbody!
It all started last September. We were having a discussion about 2010 races and who was doing what. It seemed like several were looking at IMWI. We started to get excited. Then around the sign up time ( I think) Rich threw down the gauntlet and said that if at least 10 women signed up for IMWI (IM Moo) then he's wear a pink Speedo at Mile 18. By the end of the day we had 12 or 13, and as folks have joined EN, they have coincidentally been doing IM Moo. We are up to 17(?) women. There is a thread here in the women's forum where we were working on Rich's attire. For his part, Rich has started P90X to drop weight and look buff in his pink Speedo. IMWI 2010 is going to be owned by EN and just one HUGE EN PARTY!
Linda- I'm with you! If I want to get the ride done early, it's too cold! But I don't want to fritter away the morning waiting for things to warm up. I was on the trainer today. I might run early and then try to convince Max to ride in the afternoon.