BikerGrrrl's Group - CLOSED (Page 12)

congrats on the new bike!!

unfortunately i don't have a choice about swimming outside - they are completely redoing the indoor pool and the work will last all summer, so they've opened the outdoor pool for lap swim only this month.  it doesn't open up to regular patrons until June.  (its in the low 70s here today)

Lauren - awesome news about the bike!  Maybe you can take advantage of this find in the future, too, when you're ready for an upgrade!  My garage looks a lot like that - my husband loves to buy and fix up old bikes.  So sadly what he gets for me tend to be older steel numbers, but I am grateful anyway  

I ran two miles continuously this morning! I have NEVER done that before. I am very proud of myself. I then walked a quarter mile, ran a half, walked a quarter, finished doing that until 4 miles. I did 4.25 miles in 60 minutes with is .25 miles farther than Saturday OR I finished four miles four minutes faster than I did on Saturday. However you want to look at it.

I like to run now. I love my Vibrams. :D

WOOO-HOOO!!!!!! 

You go!  That's great!  Believe me, I can relate. 

I try to log this sort of thing, with my thoughts, as I go.  I want to be able to look back later and see how far I've come. 

soccermom15 - 2010-05-13 9:14 AM I'm going to toot my own horn for a minute here.  I went to the pool this morning and after my warmup, I did 600m straight swimming!  WOO HOO!!  I know it's not much to some of you fishes, but this is huge for me.  I've always had a bit of a mental block once I got to 300m.  I've done 400m before but it was hard.  Today the 600m almost felt easy.  My breathing was easy, my HR was up but not out of control and I just felt light in the water.  I even felt like I could have kept going.  I guess all the drills and laps are starting to pay off.  Now if I can just have the same kind of breakthrough on the bike...

Dr. Office called...  I am getting old is the official diagnosis from the X-Ray...  Can schedule an MRI if pain continues....

Please yell at me if you do not see stretching in my log at least every 3rd day...  It seems to be a common trait, everything is tight and tense...

As for running background, I ran a lot in the 90's then knee injury took 18 months to recover, then added 60 pounds, so I am no where near where I was, used to do 9 min miles and have some fun (remember running 3 miles in eye of hurricane, splashing in the puddles) , now I do 13s and have pain and tightness.

Looking to jog some tonight and sttrrreeeeeettttttttttccccccccccchhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Steve - have you ever tried yoga?  When I'm in bad shape, tightness wise, I do a few yoga classes.  You don't have to throw all of your energy into it (I hate to skip s, b, r for it), but the stretching that takes place is awesome.

I am definitely not a runner   I was reminiscing on a run with my friend last night, actually.  We met online through a diet web site and discovered we worked across the street from each other.  We met up for a run nearly four years ago and it was the first time I had run more than 2 miles and she had done about 3.  In the years since we've both done a few half marathons, countless other races, and we are doing the same half ironman together.  It's amazing to look back...  There was a LONG time when I said I could never imagine doing the HIM because of the half marathon at the end. 

I also was a total swim newbie.  Like, couldn't really swim a single length and practiced putting my face in the water and turning to breathe standing in the shallow end. 

The only thing I had going for me was the bike, hence the creation of "BikerGrrrl" when I joined BT in '06.   The longest ride so far is about 70 miles, but I am hoping to do my first century this summer.

(Sorry about the spelling.  I  am using a computer that doesn't have the spelling software installed and I am tying to type fast.  I am leaving my home soon for an all day conference, so I willl be out of touch.)

Okay - who is racing this weekend?  I am doing a duathlon relay (biker, duh) tomorrow. 

Hey Steve - thanks for sharing your day with us, even though it wasn't joyful.  I really think that the mental aspect of this crazy hobby is as important as swim-bike-run.  I have ridden the highest highs and lowest lows during training and races.  I know it really hard to imagine the highs when it's not going well. 

I wish I had some fantastic advice, but it's definitely a personal thing.  So, just hang in there and I hope you can find the joy in this soon!  What you did today and is something that a LOT of folks couldn't ever imagine doing, even if they spent all day (or week!) at it.   That is a victory.

Hey guys,
Just to let you know, I will be out of town all of next week. And unbelievably, I will not be online at all....not even checking my email . I will be 100% technology free. I won't be able to swim or bike, but I hope to get in 4 runs.

Have a great week all.

Lauren

Fun I hope?  Have a great time!

(Or, hope you had a great time, if you don't see this until later)