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Originally posted by TXTriRook Happy Monday everyone! I ran my 1st "official" standalone half marathon and posted a 1:33. I'm sure that's slow for some of you and fast for others but I was very happy. When I see others are running ~1:10's after insanely fast swim/bikes I wonder how it's possible.

Originally posted by TXTriRook

Happy Monday everyone! I ran my 1st "official" standalone half marathon and posted a 1:33. I'm sure that's slow for some of you and fast for others but I was very happy. When I see others are running ~1:10's after insanely fast swim/bikes I wonder how it's possible.

Originally posted by StaceyK POL post. Sorry that I haven't been around much. I spent 3 weeks in November travelling for work and then got a really nasty head cold that knocked me off my feet for a bit. I should have taken more time of work but its end of school year here and that means an endless round of budget meetings and end of year graduations as well as Christmas functions for me. Our new auditors also decided that doing an interim audit in December was a good idea. We have our staff Christmas function tomorrow and then all of our teaching staff go on leave this Friday and I am hanging out for that to happen so that I can get some work done before I have the week of Christmas off. Aside from all of that I had a great trail run on Sunday. I dropped back to the short course because I've been sick. I really enjoyed the run and I knocked 19 minutes off my finish time from last year. Its amazing what even a little bit of training and losing nearly 30lbs will do for your running. It was a great day with Mum and E and S too. I hope you all have a great day.

Originally posted by StaceyK POL post. Sorry that I haven't been around much. I spent 3 weeks in November travelling for work and then got a really nasty head cold that knocked me off my feet for a bit. I should have taken more time of work but its end of school year here and that means an endless round of budget meetings and end of year graduations as well as Christmas functions for me. Our new auditors also decided that doing an interim audit in December was a good idea. We have our staff Christmas function tomorrow and then all of our teaching staff go on leave this Friday and I am hanging out for that to happen so that I can get some work done before I have the week of Christmas off. Aside from all of that I had a great trail run on Sunday. I dropped back to the short course because I've been sick. I really enjoyed the run and I knocked 19 minutes off my finish time from last year. Its amazing what even a little bit of training and losing nearly 30lbs will do for your running. It was a great day with Mum and E and S too. I hope you all have a great day.

Originally posted by fortissimo Proof of life post. It's December. I teach band and orchestra. Therefore it's concert season. I need a nap. And I never want to hear Christmas music again. (we've been learning our music since the beginning of October.)

Originally posted by TXTriRook Happy Monday everyone! I ran my 1st "official" standalone half marathon and posted a 1:33. I'm sure that's slow for some of you and fast for others but I was very happy. When I see others are running ~1:10's after insanely fast swim/bikes I wonder how it's possible.

Originally posted by StaceyK POL post. Sorry that I haven't been around much. I spent 3 weeks in November travelling for work and then got a really nasty head cold that knocked me off my feet for a bit. I should have taken more time of work but its end of school year here and that means an endless round of budget meetings and end of year graduations as well as Christmas functions for me. Our new auditors also decided that doing an interim audit in December was a good idea. We have our staff Christmas function tomorrow and then all of our teaching staff go on leave this Friday and I am hanging out for that to happen so that I can get some work done before I have the week of Christmas off. Aside from all of that I had a great trail run on Sunday. I dropped back to the short course because I've been sick. I really enjoyed the run and I knocked 19 minutes off my finish time from last year. Its amazing what even a little bit of training and losing nearly 30lbs will do for your running. It was a great day with Mum and E and S too. I hope you all have a great day.

Originally posted by StaceyK

I really enjoyed the run and I knocked 19 minutes off my finish time from last year. Its amazing what even a little bit of training and losing nearly 30lbs will do for your running.

Originally posted by jmkizer

Great photo on Facebook! Was that from this race? You should post it here as well.

Lots of great stuff in this post (aside from the being sick part)

Originally posted by Hot Runner

That doesn't sound slow to me! 1:33 is a solid run. Congrats! I'm probably one of the faster runners in this bunch and I haven't seen 1:33 for several years in a stand-alone HM. (I did a 1:16 in my early 20's, but that was another age, another body, I think.) Probably won't see 1:33 again, either, unless maybe I quit tri and dedicated myself to running full time. Right now that's not my plan--neither body nor mind are amenable to it. In my case it very much feels like, "Been there, done that."

1:10 after a HIM bike sounds world-class! Pro men? They do this full-time, you realize, and are almost all physiological "freaks" to some degree. Not saying the pros, men and women, don't train really, really hard, but I have spent a lot of time around elite athletes in various contexts--it's not "just" a matter of training hard and being mentally disciplined and tough, but of having a physiology that allows them to respond to training dramatically (and withstand very hard training), as well as a certain amount of luck and timing, and in most cases, a tremendous support network. It's even true for the top AG athletes to some extent. (I've met some of the AG world champions for 70.3.)

We do the best we can with what we have. (Every time I look at myself in the mirror, or see my bike power numbers, I think, "And that's not much!" LOL.)

Originally posted by StaceyK Yep the photo was from the race. It’s the first photo I have seen of me for many years that I have actually liked - and I look like I’m running not shuffling

Originally posted by jmkizer

Racing  Manatees!!!

December 15-16
TJ - FAROLITO 5K on Saturday
Janyne - Suggly Sweater 5k on Saturday (this may turn out to be the Soggy Sweater Run!)

Is anyone else racing?

P.S. You may want to stop by and congratulate Judi — our own QueenZipp — on new degree!

Originally posted by Asalzwed Just poppin' in to say hello, friends! So, hello!

Originally posted by Asalzwed Just poppin' in to say hello, friends! So, hello!

Originally posted by Asalzwed Just poppin' in to say hello, friends! So, hello!

Originally posted by rrrunner RE yoga... I love this subscription https://www.jasyoga.com/video/

Originally posted by jmkizer

Great! I couldn't remember the name of the program.

If anyone else has suggestions, please chime in! The training plan that I start next month has some yoga thrown in. Gotta be prepared, right?