Beer Drinker Appreciation Society 2 - Closed (Page 12)

Great Race Dragon!! Missed my 2nd Swim this week (sat morns at the pool are horrible). One half of the pool was lessons and the other was water aerobics, so the lanes they had left were already doubled up. Went outside and did a short run (holy humidity). Overall i'm happy with my workouts this week (2runs, 2bikes, 1 swim). Going to reward myself with a 6pack of red hook audible ale in the beer fridge. hope everyone has a fun and safe holiday weekend!!!

Congrats on a solid race!

Had our holiday bbq today. I feel real guilty about the food I ate. Had some ribs, chicken, beans, and 3 beers. Didn't crush the food quantity but wasn't as pure of a choice as I wanted. I don't want to fall prey to "well it's only so often I do it". My self discipline has taken me from 252 to 183 this morning on the scale in a short time (23-28 to go). I got here by following a system and I plan on getting back to it first thing in the morning.

^^rant over thanks for reading

Hope everyone is having a good weekend. I managed to get in a run today so I'm killing the 12/17 challenge. Sitting at 13/17 after today. What's everyone else at? The weekend racers should get 2 workout credit just for racing

Well spend Friday night taking the officials course then spent 6.5 hours Sunday working my first triathlon....trust me, it is much funner to participate!

No, you don't want to let "it's only once in a while" become an every-other-day thing, but you shouldn't feel guilty about the occasional splurge.

Me, I just hammered out a beer-fueled brick here. Beer seems like it should be good workout fuel, hydration + carbohydrates, except I garnished it with ribs, chicken, corn and salad, and that might have been suboptimal

Doing lousy on the 12/17, today's bike/run will only be my 4th. I was traveling all last week and expected to get in some workouts since we have access to a great pool, but only made it once.

How's everyone else's weekend going?

Get your a$$ out on the road!

I agree, you cannot live on celery sticks and rice cakes. sometimes ya gotta let loose and carb load..er, or something like that!
I am sitting at 10. Should reach 12 tomorrow. Going to try swimming in morning and a bike ride at lunch!

Great job for you and your wife on completing the triathlon!!

X2 on this one. I haven't even tried it, and I can tell I don't like it.

Been out of it since last Friday. It seems as though just when I start to get some traction, Something comes up and de-rails me. This time it's the snipetty-snip. We're due to have #3 on June 13, so I took Friday off to hopefully ensure we don't have #4. Whoever says they were back out on the road s/b/r ing the day after that procedure is a) either superman, b) not human, c) or is lying. Here it is Monday, and I got something swollen the size of a softball down there, and the feeling of a perpetual kick to the b##@s.

Hoping to get back after it soon with weights/ cross fit exercise/ and s/b/r.

No....honestly, I am laughing with you not at you.... Ouch!!
Hey gotta say, great day to be born...June 13!!
Go Hawks!! Finally the real Hawks showed up. Better continue for the rest of the playoffs!

Well it was a long and tough week (training and at work).

When I look at my goals, I was able to get a good amount accomplished, but not everything.

2x swim sessions - check
2x run - check
2x biking - check
Stretching and core daily - not quite
2x physical therapy - only one session

I still haven't tried on the wetsuit...need to get that going ASAP.

Did my last brick today (15 mile ride in 49 minutes and change + 2.7 mile run at 9:50 average) and I am sore and tired. I am glad I have a physical therapy session scheduled for tomorrow.

6 days to go...I am almost ready.

Now to have a nice beer (Maine Brewing Company - Mo) and a hot tub session.

George

Nice job all around! brick, beer and hot tub! Trifecta!
Get out in your wetsuit as much as possible!!!

Homemade physio tomorrow...I am going swimming...will see how pathetic that is!
yeah hawks!

X2 Game 7 Wednesday night!

Just finished my first master's swim. We had a nasty cold snap here, so it was at an indoor pool instead of the outdoor olympic pool. Fun times, and some good structure. It's also yet another hard realization of how far I still have to go on the swim. I seem to be getting over my panic in the deep end.

Also, fin drills rock. Coming from a cycling background, it's great to let the big quads and calves get some action in the water. It's also very fast. I even started to figure out dolphin kick.

Another update from this weekend: I visited Big Muddy Brewing and sampled some really great beer, including a dunkelweise that found a special place in my heart, a galaxy-hopped IPA that I didn't hate, the best pumpkin beer I've ever had (a keg of which may find itself at my Halloween party).

The wonderful thing about Southern Illinois is how cheap beer is - $6 for a tour and tasting, with 1/3 pint (!) pours of 9 beers. We sat around for an hour or so after, waiting for the buzz to subside.

Back from hiding.

Bad back spasm last week while operating. Not fun. Doing well now. Chiro things my hamstrings and glutes the problem. My wife is ready for my to hang up on Crossfit. Likely was a crossfit injury but also I kinda backed of the ol' foam roller on the glutes and hamis. Us old folks need to keep going at that stuff.

My tri bud wants us to think about a 70.3 for the fall. We plan an Oly for October and I am not sure I am up to more this year. We are looking at a possible 70.3 in the Caribbean for 2014. I think I just need to get physically stronger.

Had too much for a a few Bass Ale's (and some other stuff I am too embarrassed to mention)

Hi Everyone! I'm new here - well kind of - some of you know me from previous groups. I'd love to join. My name is Kate.

I have lately been on a tear of doing events with out training that needs to stop- so I have to get back in the groove.

Yesterday I ran the Bolder Boulder (10k) and the week before I did a 62 mile bike ride. Both extremely under prepared. Let's just say I'm a little sore.

I did actually drink the Michelob Ultra they handed me at the finish however :-)

I hope everyone is having a great season- I'll do some reading to catch up.

If you're not certain on doing the full- I did a relay for a 70.3 last year and had a blast. We're doing it again this year it was so much fun. Would make it more of a fun vacation with friends.

Make sure your goals match with making your life enjoyable! Too much? Than don't do it. Don't make triathlon a job. I sure like the idea of a caribbean tri though!

Hey Kate, good to have you back!
Time to start logging your training so we can crush those bad habits out of you!!
Yikes that is a nice couple of weekend races to do with no training....
That is the only time it is okay to drink a Multra beer!

Realized I never did my bio: here you go:
NAME: Cynthia

STORY: Three years ago I did the couch to sprint just to see if I could then continued to make sure it wasn't a fluke and did several more sprints and an OLY in that year. Came in dead last on the OLY...Oh HELL NOOOOO! Repeated the OLY the following year just to prove I could do better...i did. I lost about 70lbs prior to starting tri's and have not lost a pound since but I am in better shape!

FAMILY STATUS: Fling Flanging...gonna hit 29 years married in July...what the???? We have three daughters, 22,24, & 28, and a grandson who you will note I refer to as the punk and a half! Love him so much and nothing is better than to come around a corner in a race and hear, "Go Grandma!". The kids seem to use our home as a revolving door, go away to school come back, live there for awhile, move out. Right now two are there but will be gone by the end of summer. Sometimes I love it, sometimes not so much!

CURRENT TRAINING: Dead...I mean I am training and stuff but without purpose and focus. Don't know what the deal is but I just haven't felt it. I RBS but not consistently! Doing the HIM training program but I usually just do what I feel like and not what is called for in the plan. The three hour commute to work daily is killing me!

THIS YEAR'S RACES: This year its all local races...trying to be debt free in three years and that requires a cut back on the traveling, (making double mortgage payments, car payments, ect.). I am signed up and paid for the San Diego Rock n Roll in September. I wanted to do the Malibu this year but it conflicts with the Reno Balloon Races and I have committed myself to volunteer for that event.

BEER PREFERENCE: I haven't had too much lately as my punishment for not focusing but I like the dark ones...chocolate coconut stout in the winter, yumo. More of a wino in the summer months, had my fav dinner the other night, buttery chardonnay with grapes, goat cheese and crackers! I could have that every summer eventing.


WEIGHT LOSS: None this year. I took a nutrition class this semester and have learned to check the labels for High frutrose corn syrup and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils. Eating less processed foods. No major changes just changes I can stick with for the long haul.

I love my new smart phone, problem is I do not download to this site because I can track it all on my phone. Does anyone know if we can sync to the site with an app?

10.5 mile hike with my kid this weekend. A lot of fun until we decided to jog and I fell...my daughter said I looked extremely graceful as i flew through the air...I did land on my tummy and chest without injury so it must have been.

Sciatic pain down my leg has been hurting for over a month. Seems like I hurt it at one point and now the pain won't stop. Sitting for extended periods kills and really makes the drive to work and home especially really bad. Stretching seems to help easy the pain any other suggestions? Do you see a doc over this or is it a part of life? I wonder if I go see the doc if she will prescribe physical therapy, that wouldn't be so bad.

Welcome back Kate! Was the Michelob Ultra a punishment?

I think my Strava updates via the beginner triathlete app...I think it syncs everything...
I am not sure how it would track the running belly flop though...

You are a good man...to keep us from having #4 I had to go under the knife two days after having #3...ok that was 22 years ago and I think I still have a touch of resentment...just saying! I still think he should go under the knife, if I can't make babies he shouldn't be able to either! Ooops can of worms all over my desk!