Hi guys! Just popped in to say hello. Swamped at work but getting the workouts in. Unfortunately not too much time to waste on-line.

5M run yesterday and I'll be heading to the pool tonight for 1500 m.

Good workouts all!

Nice job Molly! What a way to celebrate

Janine-Good luck w/the interview!

Chris-Welcome back, glad you enjoyed yourself. I sure hope that all of that walking counts as workouts...I am counting on it when I go in December! lol

Track meet #3 tonight...when do I get to work out? Trying to squeeze in a couple of recovery miles at lunch. Time to start running again; hopefully the legs cooperate.

Almost Friday...wait, that means another track meet! bah.

Jen: Uh... I need cletes? I have the pedals that are clip in on one side and then pedals on the other. Shimano? And I think they came with cleats? I dunno. I haven't figured it out yet.

Tammy: Sometime we will need to hook up. I could drive down to the danskin course. I dont know that area well... I did run the course a couple weeks ago. Felt humid and there was headwinds no matter which way you went!!!

Chris: Welcome back. We want pics. Not of you... of the food

Great workouts all!

I did my swim last night. 1000 meters. Did 50m time test in 1 minute. Not happy about that because there's not any improvement. I am having my stroke critqued next week.

This morning I broke the stem where you pump up your tires off my bike trying to pump the **** tire. I am such an idiot. So I went to the bike store and paid the cute 20 year old bike guy in sexy lycra to change the tube for me. And then he introduced me to the wonders of CO2. Once I got that fixed, I did a 10 mile ride. Ride was great and I didn't push it. The last mile is all uphill though and that really got the blood pumpin I still am using my brakes on the downhills. I'm such a chicken.

Oh... question: When you are aero... do your legs umm... hit your boobs? I'm wondering if I am doing something wrong. LOL And lets not get into a discussion about my boob size ok?

There are a THOUSAND things I should be doing instead of posting here btw....

Kymber- Please tell me he didn't fill your tube with CO2??? He shouldn't have-- it leeches out of your tire much more quickly than air. When you get a flat out on the road, CO2 is a great way to fill a tube to finish the ride, but when you get home, you should empty the CO2 from the tube, and re-fill it with an air pump. It's funny-- the night before my race a couple weeks ago I went out to give my bike a once over and my stem had broken off-- I don't know how or when I did it-- I was just glad I found it the night before- not at 5am on race day! I'm down to just one spare tube now-- have to go get a couple more to have on hand. It was my first flat! (glad it happened in my garage- not on the road, btw).

60 mile, 4 hour ride for me. I wasn't going for speed (clearly), but I was still surprised at the 15mph average-- I expected I'd have done at least 17. Oh well-- I guess I was enjoying the state forest too much! It was freakin' gorgeous, btw. And this place has the absolute best road surface in the state. Worth every hill I climbed.

have a great night!
Jen

Jen-Nice ride, I know that you were hoping to be a little speedier, but 60 miles is quality distance. I hope to follow your lead and get some consistency on the bike.

Hobey-Isn't it great to have a 'buddy?' A friend of mine decided he was fat (so not true) and he wanted to start biking again. DH and I made a date w/him for a couple of weeks from now. So, the pressure is on for me to start moving b/c he would completely make fun of me for riding slow

Chris-GREAT JOB on the swimming. I missed hearing about your breakthroughs. You're my swim twin on CR...how dorky does that sound?! lol

Still haven't done anything this week, other than 800y on Tuesday...this is ridiculous. Have to run tonight though, I promised DH I would pace him for 3 miles. Even if he doesn't run, I am losing my mind. Need to move.

Funny story, last night at our track meet I was talking to one of our throwing coaches about football. I mentioned that I thought it would awesome to be a strenght/conditioning coach for a football team...and he asked if I wanted the job?! Probably not, since it will conflict once I increase my office hours this summer/fall--but how cool would that be?! Makes the wheels turn...

TGIF!
Alicia

Tamster- Let us know how the race goes. Is it this weekend?

Pich- You'll get better on the swimming, don't worry.

Sparty- I was a total slacker this week, so don't feel bad missing your spin class. I hope to go to my first spin class next week. Ought to be fun.

Janine- Way to go in the wind. I've done that before, not fun, but you do what you gotta do. You never know what the weather will be on race day. LOL on the movies! That commute sucks. I hope you get the job closer.

Kymber- Stepping up to clippy shoes, huh? (another pun!) I don't even have toe clip thingys on my pedals ? nothing holding my feet on! I think we threw them away a few years back thinking I wouldn't use them on a mountain bike. I sure wish I had them now. I can get some from REI. I know nothing about all the different bike shoes. Your handlebars might be too low. Try raising them slightly and see if you are still hitting. I need to raise mine because I slide too far forward on my seat, and it hurts! I don't have aeros, so I don't know if I'd have that problem. Do you have the weird stems on your tires? My MIL did the same thing. She has had a time with her tires. She has gotten two flats and the stem broke off. The bike is brand new! They quit making the XS frame in the bike she really wanted, so this one is supposed to be better, but she's having bad luck. Swimming takes a long time to improve in, so be patient. Some coaching might help, though.

Julie- My pool is less than a mile from my house, so no long ride there, but I can do a loop around the pool/park. I should try that.

Chris- DH has been to Italy. He stayed in Pisa. I didn't get to go because I was working at the time. I'd love to go sometime, though. I've just done Germany, Austria, and France. Of course you can cover the distance (swimming)!

Jen- My run felt better after my bike too. I could have run forever, and I could have biked much longer.

Molly- Awesome race! I may do a marathon someday, or not. Happy Birthday!
Jen- I don't even have a spare tube yet!

Hobey- I'm riding with a friend on Sunday. We're going to do a 15M hilly route. I have to go drive it today because we've not done it before.

Alicia- I'm thinking of becoming personal trainer once my son is in school. I think it would be fun! DH thinks I'd be really good at it too. I've already looked into certification, etc...

I've been pretty swamped this week. DDs fiesta birthday party is tomorrow. I was stupid and sat on the floor for several hours cutting fabric to make ponchos. Now my sciatic nerve on both sides is killing me (I have a history of sciatic nerve problems, so I should have known better!)

Only 2 workouts this week. I skipped my swims because of no time, plus the weather has just been nasty. Today I did 30 mins./7.75M on the stationary (level 9 -- I'm increasing every day) and some weights, but that's it. I'll do a LR tomorrow morning in the humidity then a bike with my friend on Sunday afternoon. I guess I haven't done too bad this week, then. I only didn't do my swim. I was feeling really lazy.

Great workouts everyone!! I promise to do better next week once this birthday party is over! I gotta go clean now!

Kelli

YESSSS I did it!!!
I managed to swim 750m non-stop!! (my previous best was just 300m)
Took it very slowly... I thought I'll have to do a few length breaststroke, but I only had about 3 breaks, and for only 4-5 strokes. Time was 20:05, but I"m sure it's under 20, if I deduct the seconds between start watch and start swimming, stop swimming and stop watch... I'm happy with this, I'm sure I can do a lot better since I have another month to train, plus I always do much better in races than in training.