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The way I understand it, there's less oxygen at higher altitudes so your body compensates by growing more red blood cells to help carry oxygen. When you go back down to sea level you end up with increased oxygen carrying capacity. Since muscles crave oxygen to do their job, and you've got extra oxygen capacity, they can do more work with less effort. Blood doping tries to simulate this effect.

Good morning all!

I started the day with a run in the fog; that's always interesting

They've reduced the chance of rain for tomorrow so I should be able to get in my maiden voyage on the tri bike. I got my red bar tape last night and got the bars rewrapped. Hopefully the new chain will arrive today. If not, I'm still gonna need to shorten the one that's on there before I can take it out.

Sunday I've got my birthday present swim clinic.

I may have people coming to look at buying my other bike  this afternoon or tomorrow. I will be sad to see it go

This has been a really rough week work wise for me (actually it's been a CRAZY month).  Just trying to keep my head above water with one deadline after another.  Two more deadlines for the 31st - I'll be working all weekend but April is looking up.  I'm a legal nurse consultant at a large law firm and over the last 2 days, they have laid off roughly 15% of the secretarial staff (12 secretaries).  Scary times, so I guess I should be happy I have so much work at this point.  More layoffs to come, but at this point, I'm not too worried since I'm kind of specialized.  But who knows.  (I'm taking a short break from work right now.) I actually got dressed for my run this evening, then my oldest son called asking to borrow some money and to go "grocery shopping" in my kitchen.  My niece is flying in to town tonight to stay for a few days to go to a wedding.  I'm feeling like a slacker and hate that guilty feeling that comes over me when I can't keep up with my training schedule.  Just trying to push it out of my mind for the next few days, but April is new month!

Trying to keep up with all the going ons and will get back to everyone individually when I get the chance.  You are all such a great group!

Hope everyone has a great Friday!  Time to get back to work now!  

The way I understand it, there's less oxygen at higher altitudes so your body compensates by growing more red blood cells to help carry oxygen. When you go back down to sea level you end up with increased oxygen carrying capacity. Since muscles crave oxygen to do their job, and you've got extra oxygen capacity, they can do more work with less effort. Blood doping tries to simulate this effect.

Lexi's caugh is the same, however she is on her second day of a three day antibiotic. The doc did now ask us to come in, he just called in an antibiotic, that caugh though is horrible !

Dh is home today, lots of errands to do.......gonna pop an allergy pill since last nights chlorine snorts are getting to me, or I am getting another sinus infection ! Doubt I'll get to do individual inspires today......sigh

HOWEVER, to all of you, have a great day, i hope you get workouts and lots of peach on those calenders .

hey everyone! sorry i've been gone so much. i have no excuse-just had the blah blahs. i've been pretty active, although i haven't been out running much. i just got a book from the library yesterday "chirunning" i've only read the first couple chapters, but it seems really interesting, and i'm anxious to get out there again and try some of it. dh had an early meeting today, so it won't be today, but i'm hoping for tomorrow.

now that the weather is easing up a bit (fingers crossed) i'm hoping i might be able to get back on my bike too! gotta get used to those clips sometime, and because of all the snow this year i've only been on my bike once since about october!

AND my birthday is in a few days......sorta freaking me out. LOL gonna be 32.

my b-day is the 5th. i thought 30 was going to freak me out. it freaked me out from about the time i turned 25, but turning 30 wasn't so bad. then i thought 31 would freak me out, since i'd be "in my 30's" and THAT'S weird. but no......31 didn't freak me out either really, so now here i come to 32, and NOW it's freaking me out. 32 is like grown up!! i have all the trappings of a grown up life, you know? the family, the mortgage, the hot water heater, whatever, but inside i'm still like 17 and unsure of myself, i'm pretty sure that someday the "grown up" police are going to come knocking on my door, and they're gonna say "maam, we see here that you've been living this grown up life, and we're here to call you out as a fraud!! you're actually just a dumb kid-and you're not fooling anyone" LOL and i'll hang my head, and say, yeah, you got me, i'm a total fake here.

Sorry I've been off of BT for most of the week. I'm just checking in and trying to catch up a little. It's great to see so much activity on this forum.

Have a great weekend!

Scot

my b-day is the 5th. i thought 30 was going to freak me out. it freaked me out from about the time i turned 25, but turning 30 wasn't so bad. then i thought 31 would freak me out, since i'd be "in my 30's" and THAT'S weird. but no......31 didn't freak me out either really, so now here i come to 32, and NOW it's freaking me out. 32 is like grown up!! i have all the trappings of a grown up life, you know? the family, the mortgage, the hot water heater, whatever, but inside i'm still like 17 and unsure of myself, i'm pretty sure that someday the "grown up" police are going to come knocking on my door, and they're gonna say "maam, we see here that you've been living this grown up life, and we're here to call you out as a fraud!! you're actually just a dumb kid-and you're not fooling anyone" LOL and i'll hang my head, and say, yeah, you got me, i'm a total fake here.

This has been a really rough week work wise for me (actually it's been a CRAZY month).  Just trying to keep my head above water with one deadline after another.  Two more deadlines for the 31st - I'll be working all weekend but April is looking up.  I'm a legal nurse consultant at a large law firm and over the last 2 days, they have laid off roughly 15% of the secretarial staff (12 secretaries).  Scary times, so I guess I should be happy I have so much work at this point.  More layoffs to come, but at this point, I'm not too worried since I'm kind of specialized.  But who knows.  (I'm taking a short break from work right now.) I actually got dressed for my run this evening, then my oldest son called asking to borrow some money and to go "grocery shopping" in my kitchen.  My niece is flying in to town tonight to stay for a few days to go to a wedding.  I'm feeling like a slacker and hate that guilty feeling that comes over me when I can't keep up with my training schedule.  Just trying to push it out of my mind for the next few days, but April is new month!

Trying to keep up with all the going ons and will get back to everyone individually when I get the chance.  You are all such a great group!

Hope everyone has a great Friday!  Time to get back to work now!  

my b-day is the 5th. i thought 30 was going to freak me out. it freaked me out from about the time i turned 25, but turning 30 wasn't so bad. then i thought 31 would freak me out, since i'd be "in my 30's" and THAT'S weird. but no......31 didn't freak me out either really, so now here i come to 32, and NOW it's freaking me out. 32 is like grown up!! i have all the trappings of a grown up life, you know? the family, the mortgage, the hot water heater, whatever, but inside i'm still like 17 and unsure of myself, i'm pretty sure that someday the "grown up" police are going to come knocking on my door, and they're gonna say "maam, we see here that you've been living this grown up life, and we're here to call you out as a fraud!! you're actually just a dumb kid-and you're not fooling anyone" LOL and i'll hang my head, and say, yeah, you got me, i'm a total fake here.

Lisa...crazy month is an understatement! hoping things settle for you soon...sounds like an interesting job...no routine checking on patients for you! good luck with job security...really scary times for many of us right now!!! and so many uncertainties in our jobs that seemed so secure just a year ago!!!!

love the son and the money and shopping from your cabinet statement! oh how our kids know how to play our heartstrings and able to walk away with almost anything we own...including the kitchen sink!

training will happen....and here is to April being a great month! HERE HERE!!!

we do have a great group...and an amazing bunch of gals that just joined us too!

plus, one final note...Cath emailed me today and she said she would also like to join us but will be a while before she can...hoping we can add her to the list and try and send her inspires...seems she is worried about a mammogram and one of her children is having some eye problems! sooooo inspire her please!!!!!

Jennifer also contacted me and will be back soon...she is having motivational issues and promises to return soon!

I also called Allyssa and spoke with her last night...she will be back today she said...was glad to hear from her! was worried with all the talk about this mtn lion...and this prevert that just moved in near her!

SOOOOOO glad to hear from them! and again if you can inspire them all   - - that would be awesome!

Have  a great day! today is the beginning of the rest of your life...TRAIN WELL!!!!!