Meulen's 'Let's tri this Thing!' beginner mentor group-CLOSED (Page 10)

Question of the day, 

My mom passed on 1 and 1/2 years ago.  She died of Cancer.  She had many other preventable ailments.  I decided that I would make something possitive out of her passing.  I would get into prime phisical condition and hopefully bipass all the ailments that she had.  I quit smoking and started training.  I have been going hard ever since.  I think for me it is not hard to stay motivated.  I actually enjoy the strain and struggle.  My problem is, I don't know when to quit.  I push and push and never really want to take a break.  I have been getting a bit better since joining this group.  I am forcing myself to take today off.  I have had to tell myself over a dozen times today.  I keep coming up with little things that I might do.  One great thing is that I am already by far in the best shape of my life.  My 18 year old self would never have been able to keep up with me now.  I also know that I am not even close to being in as good of shape as I will eventually become.  That is also my motivation.

Sorry for your loss Dale. I too now know what it feels like to lose a parent. In a few days it will be 4 months ago that my mother passed away. She died of undiagnosed/unknown neurologic problems. I also lost my grandmother 4 years ago. ALS took her away. I unfortunatley took an almost 4 month break in training after losing my mom. Losing my mother was hard and still is, but last week I decided to get moving again, thanks to a little push from my husband. I need to rememer what I realized when my gradmother and mother became disabled around the same time, one never knows when they may not be an "able" person anymore. Last year when I did my first triathlons, my late gradmother was really part of what kept me going to the finish and through training up to the events. I know that sounds weird. My husband helped me through the workouts too, but it was my grandmother's voice that I tried to imagine with words of encouragement. She would not want to see me give up on a goal. I really miss her. She would have been the one to be at all of the sporting events. That's enough rambling about that. I am thankful my husband Brian is so active and encourges me to keep going. I am just upset with myself for quitting on the training as long as I did. I can't blame it on my moms passing, it was just the time it happened combined with the holidays and myself being a bit "slakerish". Time for that to change and realize again I need to stay healthy and hopefully fight off anything bad coming my way for a long time to come!Anne.

Edited by Summergirl2 2011-01-24 11:50 PM

Thanks! I know I need to start looking for something.

Allright, I had a nice short 3.5 mile run and spent some time boredom eating the rest of the night! I'm ready to go for computrainer today and maybe a swim after if there is time. Who needs sleep anyway! LOL

So who's got a QOTD for us today?

Anne, I am sorry for your loss- I can't imagine how that feels. A teacher once told me that it is when we don't do anything that we learn just as much or more before coming back to our practice. This quote resonates within me when I beat myself up for taking a break. You deserved it.

I think I need a 12-step program for the Cheez-its!! Thanks for the nudge.

LOL.....cold turkey Sheree!!! I'm not fond of cheeseheads being from Chicago!

oh yeah! Wow I can't remember the last time I had a cheez it. It's one of those all or nothing foods for me. I can't have any or I'll eat the whole box! LOL

I'm feeling accomplished today! Booked my hotel for my tri last night and then did a rockin' brick workout this morning! It felt surprisingly great and I could have done more if I'd had time. It's good to know I haven't hit my limit. I've been pretty good about holding myself back cos I don't want to push too hard too soon. I've been adding around 100m to my swim workout each week and in a couple more weeks I'll be swimming the full class.

step 1- take out a bag of cheezits
step 2- take out an apple and a half gallon of water
step 3- find a hand-mirror
step 4- go to a (private) full length mirror
step 5- place the apple and water on one side of you
step 6- place the cheezits on the other side of you
step 7- undress...completely
step 8- stare at the back of yourself using the hand-mirror
step 9- stare for a whoooole, looong  entire five minutes
step 10- think to yourself, "if i eat these cheezits, i'll need to do 400 squats."
step 11- eat the apple and water, pitch the cheezits
step 12- repeat everyday

WHOO!!! HOO!!!!!

Nice!! After a few of those classes and talking to the coach you're going to see a world of difference. They should set you on a path to steady progress. You're going to breeze through that 650m swim at your tri!

that is a visual I didn't need!! LOL


Hey, Michael. We better see some pics posted here of a certain new somethin' somethin' pretty soon!!

Thanks Erin. I hope that is true for me! Oh.... I love your 12 step program for the cheez-its!!!

If I eat cheezits, I will be able to do 400 squats.  I am going to get a bag right now. 

Soooooo................

We have 5 days left in the month!!! Who's going to make our 9 hour swim goal?

Any thoughts/suggestions for a February goal?

I may be short an hour or two on that swimming goal, especially if we are to get yet another snow storm today.

My opinion for Feb. is to focus on running!!! Whether or not I can increase my distance will determine if I'm in a certain race by May.

that sounds good to me! How about this......

Everyone who wants to participate post up last months running miles. The goal will be to increase them by 10% in February. If you don't have accurate miles for January post up a SAFE and attainable goal for yourself in February. We can nail this all down the first few days of next month after our totals are in and we have some time to think about it.

good with everyone?

what do you mean- increase by 10% overall, which doesn't seem like anything or increase by 10% for each time we run in Feb.?

Well, let me think about this a little. Because you can safely make 10% increases per week I guess. So it may be a little more complex. But if you ran 50 miles in Jan, 55 would be the goal under the original context. Or, we can take our weekly average and come up with a number that increases 10% per week.

OK.........

since we are all in different places with our training, why don't we do this.


Everyone come up with their own run goal for the month of February. Make it a volume goal or a frequency goal, not performance goal. That way it's quantifyable. Post up your goal here and also put it into the goals in your training blog, or just write it in your dashboard. We'll quantify completion by percentage at the end of the month.

My January run goal:

I want to complete every workout according to the marathon plan I'm doing which will be 107 miles + my warmups and cool downs would make it 115 miles for the month.



.......ugh!!! I'm going to need new shoes again! LOL

Edited by Meulen 2011-01-26 11:43 AM

115 miles for feb?! omg. maybe that means that if a person plans on doing a half marathon, they should be running around 75 miles a month? wow, i'm so far off that i guess i should just focus on the triathlon in august and forget the half in may? if i were to do 75 miles a month, i would need to increase my distance by over 50%. i would have no time to swim or spin. (sigh).

the plan I gave you (I think I gave you?) calls for 52 miles in month 1, month 2 is 68 miles, and race month is 75 miles including the race. That's a good healthy build. Only you can decide on the time, but physically, you CAN do that!

Edited by Meulen 2011-01-26 1:43 PM

I absolutely love this!  I think I will use this the next time the potato chips are calling me.  After a time or two, I will probably be able to skip the part about actually looking in the mirror, because the horrible image will be burned in my memory!!

I think a run goal for February would be great.  I will have to really think about what my goal will be, because I have that HM in May I am trying to get ready for... (And I think you may be referring to me that you suggested a HM plan to!)

And speaking of running, my run last night was fabulous!  Not that I developed super speed or anything, but it was in the 30s for the first time in weeks and it actually felt warm while I was out!  It was great.

Karen

Edited by gadgetlaw 2011-01-26 2:04 PM