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Debb,

What's a bodybugg?

I understand feeling burned out.  That's part of why rest to step back weeks are so important to training.  The mind and body need to take a breather from intense training every few weeks.  Some plans incorporate this every 4th week while others find they need more or less time between recovery periods. 

Glad you have a plan of action.

I did a women's only mini sprint my first year.  It was fun.  No offense to the men--I found the women's race a supportive place.  Example: a kid had a bike problem, half a dozen ladies stopped to help her out cause of the "mom guilt" thing.  We had kids from age 10 to a woman in her late 70's or 80's.  When the older lady finished she was running, not fast but running.  We all cheered her in.  It wasn't a Danskin race, but it was woman's only.  I highly reccommend them fo first year races to build confidence and gain experience.

Great job getting back at working out. We all need breaks now and again. Ideally we don't get to the point we are so burnt out we lose our enthusiasm to work out. Think about how you might avoid this next year.

You'll have to share how the bodybugg works for you...I have read about it after seeing it on Biggest Loser. Hope it is helpful!

Ah, wear them in gently and wear socks that wick. My feet are nasty now from the blisters my shoes gave me yesteday.  The one on my right foot popped cause the moleskin came off in the pool today.  (It was dragging around and I didn't want it to fall off in the pool so I yanked it off  on a flip turn and tossed it on deck with my stuff--popped the blister when the piece ame off)

Hi there

Woke up this a.m. and everything was covered in ice, so no morning run for me. Hope it melts by this afternoon so I can go during "lunch."

All that and pre-natal classes, phew!  Sounds like you have a solid week planned, DH!

To DH, Joanne, and others who manage to sneak away for a midday run or work out... I'd love to do that, but I'm trying to figure out how I might make that remotely practical to me.  Do you guys have a gym or a locker room or shower at your work?  Are you near your gym?  Or do you just pull a Superman in the restroom or your office?

I'm in a fairly no-frills office building and my gym is more than half a mile away (and me with no car), but it's cold enough that I *suppose* I may not come back too sweaty after a quick 2mile jog (couldn't even fathom trying that and returning to the office in the summer).  Not sure, but there's a chance that the ice-glaze on the sidewalks Joanne and I got today would be melted come noon, and there's a forecast for the same terribly icy conditions for Wednesday...

Ha!  I luckily don't get clients in my office... but when I used to swim in the morning, my officemate would give me dirty looks when she had to avoid putting her leather jacket on the coat rack hook that was holding my wet towel and bathing suit.

Maybe I'll give a little lunchtime jog a try this week... a "test run", so to speak - particularly since I know this week will be a quiet one and my officemate is out of the country for a few more days.  No one in the immediate vicinity to offend if I come back a big ole sweatball!

When I used to work I would do workouts during lunch normally 4x a week.

When I would ride my bike, I'd change, then go ride for about 48-52 minutes, then in the bathroom I'd wash my hair in the sink...very easy as I have very short hair then I'd wet down a wash cloth and wipe off the sweat and get dressed go back to my desk and eat.  This office had nursing room or that is what I guessed it to be with a sink I'd use to change and quick wash off.

Hmmm, I may have to try that!  I recall about 8 years ago seeing that they started selling wipes that were specifically marketed (for women, of course) as full body wipes for freshening up after exercise.  I thought that was a great idea but when I tried it it had that super baby powder fragrance that made me sneeze throughout the rest of the day.  Haven't seen em since!

Judi - is there any other room you can commandeer for the core and PT? 

I've got one of those big exercise balls in my office (we have a bunch-folks in my office sometimes use em as desk chairs... good for lower back problems) and recently just started to occasionally shut my office door for a couple minutes to crunch away before lunch.  Probably would also be nice to do if I'm stuck on a long boring conference call.   It's a little better than thinking about getting down on my office floor and fits nicely under my desk when I'm not using it.

hi gang! thanks for all the inspires over the weekend... my computer is not interested in working in '09 so i've been very frustrated!!

i havn't had a day off since the day after xmas and i'm feeling it!  I'm sore all over!!  i have 2 miles on tap today and i think i'll do them VERY SLOW, and luckily i only have 800 yds to do in the pool.... I've really improved my floating/feet-up abilities so i'll do some drills to keep that on track, too.

so no takers for the Harpoon Time Trials??  that's ok - more beer for us