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Itzia- Sorry to hear about your injury, but good to see you are being positive about the situation.

Croix- I also agree that working out hard everyday is not a great idea. But not all activity has to be hard. When I did the Peach Challenges this summer, I counted walking with my kids & dog and house clean as my "activities" on my off days. I ended up walking and cleaning a lot more than I would have if I was not trying to get in the activity. There are so many tiny opportunities to burn calories throughout the day, I don't underestimate them. It's all activity.

Ali- I don't follow a specific plan, but I do have goals each week for running anf biking volumes. My feeling is that if I feel like going a little longer or adding more activity, I do it. As long as I'm not doing it at a high intensity, I don't feel it can hurt. I've had days were I've done a long bike ride in the morning and then Jamie calls me at the last minute to see if I want to run in the afternoon. I've always taken her up on it if I'm feeling good.

I do Oly and sprint distances, so I would probably be more strict about following a plan to a tee if I was doing a HIM or IM. But it has to be fun for me. So if I want to do an unplanned run, I do it.
Also, I don't think there is anything wrong with doing a 10K when your not pleased with your 5K time. Doing those long easy runs will make you faster in the 5K just by building your running fitness. Up to this point I've done no speedwork, my 5K times have improved solely by running more gradually each week.

Thanks Josh, I’ll send your friend a message tomorrow.  

Well done Alex, Jackie, Mike and Curt!  You are an inspiration to me.

I’m so happy!  I’ve been doing my rehab exercises (twice what the doctor said LOL) and my ankle improves a lot every day.  I’ll be OK in no time!    Thank you all for your good wishes! 

Back to reality tomorrow… school starts again. 

Have a great week everyone! 

Good morning everyone.  I hope everyone had a good weekend.  I actually got a couple of workouts in.  Looks like most everyone had a productive weekend.  One more week of my craziness, then I can focus more on you guys.

Just a heads up, we might be adding, one or two more people to the group.  Stay tuned.

Have a productive Monday.

Josh

DN – It’s great that you decided to join us my friend!  I’m so glad that we can support each other in achieving our goals!  Josh had already told me that he would take you so… welcome on board!  

Sterling – Well done!

Ailie -  You are lucky to be able to work from home.

I hope the weather improves soon for all of you guys.  I won’t tell you what the maximum temperature is over here LOL.  The problem will be when I’m roasting in May.

It’s great to be able to walk around all day.  I guess that’s my workout at the moment.  I got info on a local triathlon team and a gym I might join for swimming.  I also have an appointment with the head coach tomorrow to see if I can be part of the team.  I’m still limping though...  :-S

I’ve lost 6.4lb, which is all the weight I put on during the holidays.  I still have 14 pounds to lose.  

Jackie, I’m doing the zone Diet, by Dr. Barry Sears.  Not everybody agrees that this is an appropriate diet for tris, but it has worked wonders for me before.  It was first tested on the Princeton swimming team and it worked on them and many other athletes, so I’m giving it a shot. 

When I manage to be in “the zone” after a couple of weeks of starting the diet, I can concentrate better, lose excess body fat (you  loose more in size than in weight and there is no plateau), I don’t feel hungry (only during the first few days), I have lots of energy and I need 1 hour less sleep.  But what I find it’s the best is that you get to eat quite a bit.  I have a big appetite, whether I exercise or not, and I get very cranky if I don’t have enough to eat.  That doesn’t happen with the zone.  I know people who have tried it and find it difficult to eat everything they should according to the diet, especially a tall man for example.

Have a look at it at http://www.drsears.com/

I read 3 of the books, that’s how I know how to calculate it.  It is a bit bothersome because you have to measure and weight food.  Not everyone likes that.

Welcome Dan.  I am sure you will find this group extremely helpful, not in any part due to my participation lately.  But the others have been filling in nicely.  I almost need to take my name off the group. 

Josh – Don’t say that, we need you!  I hope it all goes well during your busy week at work.

Jackie – About “the zone”, what you have to weight is protein.  But what I did 10 years ago when I became familiar with this diet, was to weight proteins for a few weeks and then I became used to calculating without a scale.  I never weight my protein any more.  But I do use cups to measure carbs and spoons for fat.  Also… the truth is that I can be a bit obsessive some times, so you may be able to do it in a more relaxed way.  Try it out!

Alex – Excellent news!

Mike – Good that you managed to run.  How was the snow today?

Marcus -  I tried to download your plan, but I couldn’t for some reason.  Could you save it in a previous version of excel?  That might be it.  Actually, I can turn it technicolored if you like!

The interview with the head coach went excellent!  I was accepted and I’m enrolling tomorrow.  He is actually going to San Antonio TX on Friday and he offered to buy my bike over there.  He used to be sponsored by Trek, so he is getting it from the factory with a discount.  I’LL HAVE MY BIKE NEXT WEEK!!!    I’m so happy I could jump… but I shouldn’t try. LOL

Here it is:  http://www.trekbikes.com/women/wsd_products/bikes/road/lexaslx/  What do you say?  Black and white or satin crystal pearl? 

He is giving me a training plan. He thought mine was too easy… Ooops!  I can see what I’m in for!
  :-S

I can drive now!