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congratulations Kristen, I know you will do great. 

Cherry - I hope to one day say that a half ironman is a "b" race for me.  I will be thinking of you.  Go get 'em. 

To everyone else.  I applaud all your recent accomplishments, I have sent you all some inspires and it is really hard to get online with my latest job (no computer).  Judy, you will soon be running 8 1/2 minute miles you have improved so much.  trYgrl, hope you are feeling no pain.  Have a great day all.  Julie

Descasena--no frets you can do it, one foot in front of the other.  I tend to sing to myself when I do it to keep me focused and put in some humor.  My Olympic last year was sooo much fun!  I was having problems with my knee and foot leading up, but when I hopped off my bike I took a few seconds to stretch (It really wasn't much), but it was enough to get me through the run.  The course took a loop past the finish for the sprint and then you think you are done, but for the Olympic it continued up a two mile hill.  My favorite tri moment was when a lady at mile 5 said to me, wow you just have so much energy, it is so inspiring....can I draft off you?  Of course I said sure, but then I kicked it up just a little notch, after about 5 steps she was no longer behind me!  I think of that for inspiration all the time.  Enjoy the scenery on the bike and take in the fresh air and what you are doing.  It is amazing!  My swim I really struggled through.  I couldn' t find that groove, but definately picked it up in the other areas.  In any case, I finished and I finished well.  It gave me a lot of inner strength and I can only hope I get better soon so that I can do a half by the end of the summer! 

On the checking in point, last week seemed to go much better for me.  I have been swimming 3 days a week with a few short bikes workouts on a recumbent...not much at all.  At most 30 minutes on level 3.  Thurs. I pulled out my bike and actually went 8 miles.  Tonight I ran 1 mile, but it wasn't what I wanted.  I was hoping that last week was my upswing to getting back to, but after running tonight I realized that was false hope.  I go to the Orthopedic finally tomorrow, atleast I know it is still bothering me when I run, as I have been making it through the day fairly pain free.  I loved the feeling of the running and biking though, it is killing me!  I'm focusing on upper body strength, continue rehab of my shoulder from my surgery 2 years ago that I have neglected so I can keep swimming, and core strength and p.t.  It is really far from where I want to be, but maybe it is a blessing in disguise so that I focus on the biomechanical and strength that I tend to avoid.  I'll keep swimming, atleast in that I can kick butt!  I'm up to 2200 yds, and I know I could do more.   

Hey all!  I hope everyone had a fantastic Easter...I know I ate way more than I needed too...my mom is a great cook.  I went for a little walk with my Dad in the woods this evening.  Maybe 2 miles total, but the most I've done without pain in awhile.  I just wanted to share my news, I made my goal distance of 2500 yds on Thursday swimming.....It's nice to have a little extra time to spend on workouts.  This week I am on spring break, working on correcting papers and then finishing my action research paper (like a thesis) for my grad program.  I can't wait until I am done.  Since I went to my folks place for a few days, I will have taken 5 days off of doing anything, except walking which maybe will get me back on the bike finally.  I guess when you get away from the temptation a little it helps so that I am not go-go-go and not recovering.  So since I can't swim and it is freezing outside I don't want to walk much, and I sure as heck can't run and bike yet it has been a good break.  I will be back at it in a matter of days!  Yeah!  Keep plugging away everyone, race season is right around the corner!