Much on the mind today, Tri-poppers, please bare with me...

House Update: House is gone. We are the back up offer. So we move on. Sad. But it's okay. Thanks everyone for your kind words.

DareToStopYou: Better house around the corner Only way I was able to make the offer on that one house -- yes, being behind The Diesel's house -- was becasue I did it while she was out of town.

x: Totally hear you about feeling better and better and enjoying more and more in the late stages of a race when your base is ever improving. Keep up the amazing work!

Otts: Way cute!

RonBo & Jules: Awesome workouts!

Funny Story:
Those of you who know me know I like to come up with fun nicknames for people. I also get hooked on general, if not funny, names and, if the situation is right and the relationship is frothy, use it then. Such is the case with a new name I came across: Tight Buns. As in, when you walk in the room and your very nice friend is there, you might greet them by saying, "What's up, Tight Buns." Multisporter 'georgewalk' knows this well. So does LRR. And now so too does my real estate agent. The agent, a starting-to-show-age woman in her 50's, is friendly and frisky and likes to joke and smile -- that's at least our relationship. In one day I walked to a house we were seeing when I greeted her with, "What's up, Tight Buns!" The agent beamed a goofy grin and couldn't stop smiling the entire time. Fast forward a week, when I was checking out yet another house, and in I come to greet the missus Tight Buns. Before I got a chance to say anything, she came bounding up to me with a desperate smile on her face and said, "What did you call me last week... Sticky something... was it Sticky Buns" I tried not to laugh and said, "What's up Sticky Buns." Off she went, beaming a sugary smile. Sticky Buns. Quite a visual. And she takes it with pride!

New Googles: Swam with new googles this morning. WOW! After going through 3 pairs, each of which leaked so I never used, I finally found a pair. I had been using the same pair since, umm, well... since I had first taught myself to swim back in late 2005. This new pair... WOW. I can see. I can see everything. This scares me a bit because, well, when I hit open water... I don't really want to see. I still have this notion that there are no turtles and big fish in the holes where I swim, and I like it that way!

Me...

4-5 mile run early this AM with LRR and The Diesel. Followed immediately by...

40 lap swim
o WU - bunch o' laps
o 5 x 200 yards w/2 laps active recovery
Hit avg of :51 secs per 50 during the Intervals. 2 second faster than last time, though the last few times I did 7 x 200. Still good.

Rock it toward the weekend, Sticky Tri-Buns!

Thor-what kind of goggles did you get?

Tried to get my first open water swim. Walked into the lake up to my knees, of course it was COLD but I wanted to see if I would adapt. Well, after 60 slow seconds swishing the water around with my legs still hurt a bit and it still felt cold. So, bagged that.

Headed to the local Y praying the schedule would work out (they have a goofy schedule for "lap time") and I got lucky.

300 w/up
5x100 @ t+5 (ended up t-3 oops)
4x100 @ t pace (1:39's)
3x100 @ t -10 (1:29's)
2x50 @ sprint (:39 and :36)
100 c/d

felt goooo d

quote:<HR>Originally posted by pichburg:
Thor-what kind of goggles did you get? <HR>

Speedo Hydroseal. Here's the funny thing: After spending $25 on the exact same pair as my beloved very first pair of googles (Nike something-or-other) and having them leak, spending another $25 on the exact same pair in the event the others I bought were a flub and having them leak, and another $25 on a Tyr mask thingy that covers more of your face but also leaked like a sniffly nose, I went to Marshalls and picked up a long forgotten pair of Speedo Hydroseals for all of $4.99. I'm going back early next week to pick up a stock pile.

It's really weird... having not been able to see much while swimming and, well, getting so used to it that it was ingrained that when you swim you aren't supposed to see -- since after all I'm still new to the whole swimming thing -- I am blown away by being able to make out the clock, the person in the lane next to me, the pattern in the concrete on the bottom of the pool, the fact that the black line down the middle isn't painted but individual tiny black tiles. Yeah, I can see!

OhMyBannon
Hang strong, man. Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner. In fact, last night I kick started it for you. Now, I'm no Corona drinker... it's too watered down... kind of like water with a splash a malt and some underarm sweat, of course with a squeeze of lime if you'd like. But last night, out for dinner, the bartender tells us it's a special Corona night. Couldn't turn down free beer. Warmed 'em up for ya. Kick butt on that 5K!

quote:<HR>Originally posted by Boggs:
So Thor, did you choose Corona because it was on special?<HR>

Special?! It was so special it was FREE! Imagine that. So my approach was one of yours:

quote:<HR>...and you didn't hear a complaint out of me!<HR>

Great job on the getting back after aunt duty

Neil has the BEST workout report! Yum!

I love my TYR googles b/c they don't leak or fog! All my friends SWEAR by their barracudas, but I never liked them. Ever since I bought the TYR, I swam faster. It's all in the googles.

Otay...BAD SINUS INFECTION....GREAT SWIM!

2100 straight...42:42. About 30 seconds SLOWER than my wetsuit time trial! YAY! That means that swim is going well for me! YAY!