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 2009-04-07 1:06 PM in reply to: #2067638 |
Champion  6225    |  Subject: RE: X-Menebshot - 2009-04-07 7:47 AM skrtrnr - 2009-04-07 8:20 AM ebshot - 2009-04-06 3:54 PM skrtrnr - 2009-04-06 1:19 PM signed my kids up for summer camp today - 2 full week, each. there will be one week when all three of them will be gone all day 8am - 5pm. nice for them, nice for me. and i just got word that the Masters Swim Team that meets at our Y won 1st [the men] and 2nd [the women] place in the Division 1 Masters Swim Championships this past weekend. im SO fortuante to be able to swim w these fine athletes [and SUPER fun and friendly people] im hoping to join their ranks this summer after my tri season and the MS150. should be a GREAT summer! Yay for summer camp! I need to sign my crew up too. I just need to decide how many sessions I want them to go for. Our town's parks and rec department has the best summer camp deal going. It's $50 for each two week session. For my pre-k dude, it's half day but for the older kids, it is from 8-3. You can't beat it! They had a great time last year and will be going for at least one session this year. ETA: Summer TOPpage! OMG. ERICA. i seriously need to move to your town for the summer. our camps are ridiculously expensive compared to yours....it cost just as much to put my kids in summer as it does to rent our condo for vacation! i guess the figure people will pay it, but still.....a lot people use the summer camps as summer childcare so sometimes i can be a challenge to get them in. in the end its money well spent. my oldest son has gone to the same camp, the same week no for 5-6 summers so he's gotten to know the staff and the campers. this is his last year at camp. next year, if he wants to, he can be a CIT. wouldnt that just be a kick in the pants? actually i think he would do really great. the week that he goes to has a outdoor theme - so they fish, and hike and canoe. its pretty cool. the other one is Harry Potter, and he's all about Harry Potter. i grew up going to Y day camp and have SO many fond memories, so when it came to sending my kids to summer camp it was a no-brainer. plus the house will be quiet - it worked out that at least one of them will be gone for three of the weeks. that always makes it easier. YEAH SUMMER CAMP! It is money well spent indeed! Last year they went so I could train. This year, with my A race in June (Patriot), I'm gonna take it easy the rest of the summer. Since Bry will be gone, my race schedule is on the light side. So, I will still be training, just not racing as much.  I am going to jockstrap IMLP and Timberman though!  im lightening up on my trng schedule over the summer too, ERICA, for the same reason, what w the kids home, which is good thing for me and them. im hoping to do 1-2 local 5Ks, maybe an aquathon if i can find one, but i was thinking i might join the masters swim team over the summer - they swim/trn at the Y. the meet early in the morning, before the kids get up, so im thinking that might be a good way to get a workout in, and then have the rest of the day to go to the pool or whatnot. summer will be an adjustment that for sure. |
| 2009-04-07 1:10 PM in reply to: #2067715 |
Champion 6225 | Subject: RE: X-Men lkagop - 2009-04-07 8:29 AM skrtrnr - 2009-04-06 4:29 PM lkagop - 2009-04-06 2:52 PM That'll be nice to have the kids gone, at least it would be for me. Yeah, clipless= claustrophobia for me...LORA. oh, im all about the kids being G-O-N-E during the summer. i love them DEARLY, dont get wrong, and we spend lots of time together at the pool and on our boat. its just three BOYS together with nothing to do for hours on end over the summer that just equals PANDEMONIUM. and im not one of those super suburbanite moms who plans endless activities for their kids. i throw them out in the yard and expect them to entertain themselves! though im grateful they have a good circle of friends and they spend most of their time outdoors/in the woods and all three of them love to read and play board/card games when the weather is crappy. theyre definately better off when theyre OCCUPIDO (i am too) and its interesting that you describe being clipped as feeling claustrophobic, i got the same sensation early on. its just that panicked feeling of not being in complete control, that your 'stuck' and you cant get out. awful anxiety.....and here i thought i was the only one that felt this way. interesting, indeed. That's a refreshing perspective you've got about your kids, frankly. I think you can love your kids without wanting to be around them 24/7. That's good to know I'm not the only one who feels like being clipped in is similar to feeling clautrophobic. I felt that way about swimming initially so I know that, like swimming, with practice I'll get over it. Thanks for the encouragement! LORA. i have felt the SAME way about SWIMMING too. that is so interesting. even now, from time to time i get really panicky in the water, like im not gonna be able to breathe or something. odd cuz im a VERY competent swimmer, i have been from the time i started trng for tris. and ive never had an 'incident' in the pool before. sometimes i wonder if my feelings of claustrophobia come from the times my brother would lock me in my closet or stick me in a cardboard box when we were kids. but youre absolutely right, with practice you do get over it. and its EMPOWERING when you face and overcome your fears. |
| 2009-04-07 1:15 PM in reply to: #2068565 |
Champion 6225 | Subject: RE: X-Men skrtrnr - 2009-04-07 1:10 PM lkagop - 2009-04-07 8:29 AM skrtrnr - 2009-04-06 4:29 PM lkagop - 2009-04-06 2:52 PM That'll be nice to have the kids gone, at least it would be for me. Yeah, clipless= claustrophobia for me...LORA. oh, im all about the kids being G-O-N-E during the summer. i love them DEARLY, dont get wrong, and we spend lots of time together at the pool and on our boat. its just three BOYS together with nothing to do for hours on end over the summer that just equals PANDEMONIUM. and im not one of those super suburbanite moms who plans endless activities for their kids. i throw them out in the yard and expect them to entertain themselves! though im grateful they have a good circle of friends and they spend most of their time outdoors/in the woods and all three of them love to read and play board/card games when the weather is crappy. theyre definately better off when theyre OCCUPIDO (i am too) and its interesting that you describe being clipped as feeling claustrophobic, i got the same sensation early on. its just that panicked feeling of not being in complete control, that your 'stuck' and you cant get out. awful anxiety.....and here i thought i was the only one that felt this way. interesting, indeed. That's a refreshing perspective you've got about your kids, frankly. I think you can love your kids without wanting to be around them 24/7. That's good to know I'm not the only one who feels like being clipped in is similar to feeling clautrophobic. I felt that way about swimming initially so I know that, like swimming, with practice I'll get over it. Thanks for the encouragement! LORA. i have felt the SAME way about SWIMMING too. that is so interesting. even now, from time to time i get really panicky in the water, like im not gonna be able to breathe or something. odd cuz im a VERY competent swimmer, i have been from the time i started trng for tris. and ive never had an 'incident' in the pool before. sometimes i wonder if my feelings of claustrophobia come from the times my brother would lock me in my closet or stick me in a cardboard box when we were kids. but youre absolutely right, with practice you do get over it. and its EMPOWERING when you face and overcome your fears. ooooh as for the kids. i think i really do have a refreshing perspective. thanks for the compliment. its been a learning process for me. i used to be a complete 'smother mother' and realized that i was really doing my children a dis-service by doing that, and draining myself of energy. i think honestly the trng is a BIG part of me saying to myself (and to my family) i have a life that's my own, i may be your mom/wife, but im my own person too. i really started to reclaim my identity right as i was turning 40 - midlife crisis, whatever. i had spent so much of life, my time, my energy doing, doing, doing for others that i lost myself in the process. so i had to learn that i can love my kids without having to be together all the time, or doing for them all the time. im in a MUCH better place NOW than ive ever been. [and my kids are too] thanks for taking notice. Edited by skrtrnr 2009-04-07 1:16 PM |
| 2009-04-07 1:18 PM in reply to: #2067751 |
Champion 6225 | Subject: RE: X-Men lkagop - 2009-04-07 8:39 AM skrtrnr - 2009-04-07 8:29 AM good morning ALL. This past Sunday was the last Sunday our Y was opened, so I know how frustrating it is to have to redo your training plan around it. Have a good triple workout today! its always a bugger. DAMN HOLIDAYS!  |
| 2009-04-07 1:19 PM in reply to: #2067770 |
Champion 6225 | Subject: RE: X-Men lkagop - 2009-04-07 8:43 AM We've had a sudden blast of winter yesterday and today, so I'm having a hard time getting motivated. I've just got a 3-miler on schedule today, but I may end-up moving it to tomorrow when it warms up. I'm a wimp. I know. im an inclement weather wimp myself. id be all about rescheduling too. |
| 2009-04-07 1:20 PM in reply to: #2068060 |
Champion 6225 | Subject: RE: X-Men kromanowski - 2009-04-07 10:37 AM Morning All! I was on call last night...so the goal is to go home get some rest and then do my ride! KATIE, hope you got some rest. how longs your ride? |
| 2009-04-07 1:21 PM in reply to: #2068292 |
Champion 6225 | Subject: RE: X-Men wplummer - 2009-04-07 11:53 AM i doubled my distance from yesterday-1000 yds this morning. my shoulders will be screaming later today. also a quick 3 mile walk before the swim. not a bad morning for me. WILL. thats a GREAT morning. GOOD GOIN! double the distance in the pool, thats no small feat. and a three mile walk. YOWZA! howr the shoulders feelin'? |
| 2009-04-07 1:23 PM in reply to: #2052267 |
Champion 6225 | Subject: RE: X-Men HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVING A FABULOUS DAY! |
| 2009-04-07 2:48 PM in reply to: #2052267 |
Elite 4372  Connecticut | Subject: RE: X-Men I am back from my run. It was supposed to be a 70 minute run. My running buddy says, "hey, let's try a new route." I say, "sure." Well, we got lost. So, our 70 minute run turned into a 1:50 run!  10.26 miles later, we got back to the kids school. Neither one of us was prepared to run that long but we made it and our pace wasn't too bad either. Got my swim done this morning too. I had to cute out 450 yards but oh well. I went to the Y pool and sort of felt like I was cheating on my pool! Did some speed work and felt fast. My 200 yrd all out was 3:50! I was stoked! I like swimming fast. Now if only I swim fast for 1.2 miles, I'll be all set! |
| 2009-04-07 3:29 PM in reply to: #2052267 |
| Uxbridge | Subject: RE: X-Men Way to get it done X MEN!!!! Finished a 32 mile ride. It was cold rainy and windy Now I am off to the pool to relax |
| 2009-04-07 4:55 PM in reply to: #2068982 |
Elite 4372 Connecticut | Subject: RE: X-Men mav - 2009-04-07 4:29 PM Way to get it done X MEN!!!! Finished a 32 mile ride. It was cold rainy and windy Now I am off to the pool to relax No rain here today. I guess you got it all! We had sun! Hope you had a great swim! |
| 2009-04-07 5:24 PM in reply to: #2068292 |
Master 1887 Loveland, Ohio | Subject: RE: X-Men wplummer - 2009-04-07 12:53 PM i doubled my distance from yesterday-1000 yds this morning. my shoulders will be screaming later today. also a quick 3 mile walk before the swim. not a bad morning for me. That's just great! |
| 2009-04-07 5:28 PM in reply to: #2068521 |
Master 1887 Loveland, Ohio | Subject: RE: X-Men skrtrnr - 2009-04-07 1:59 PM HI EVERYONE. ill scroll back through and respond to other posts, just wanted to get my trng session gab on here first. we'll it was a TRIATHLETIC TRIFECTA today....this was the first endurance ive done (non-brick...) but im SO glad that i did my workout this way, today. first things first, I FELT FANTASTIC, which a HUGE shot in the arm. im gonna ROCK that mini at the end of April nodoubtaboutit. you know, you always have that nagging feeling [i do anyway] am i ready? am i gonna SUCK? put all that self-doubt to rest after todays workout, that's for sure. i did 60 mins of spin, then originally i thought id swim and then run, but i ended up running first and then swimming. the swim was a great to end a long workout. spin was a burner, but totally awesome! i only wish i could have been outside on my bike, but what w the snow on the ground....plffft. my run felt super! 56 mins total. i was supposed to run for 32, but i hit that time and felt great, so i just kept running, and just ended up doing my long run instead. i figured this way, w the Ys modified schedule, i know that my long run is done and in the books. if i end up needing to drop a trng session, i can be a short run or something less critical. then i went to the pool and did a short session, 32 minutes. i was planning on going a little longer, but i was getting hungry for lunch. time to call it day. all in all, a truly fantastic endurance workout. i LOVE the freedom my schedule affords me, so that i can make adjustments like i did today, go longer if im feeling good, doing three sessions back to back. im really fortunate. its all good..... Way to get it done, Stacie! It feels great, I'm sure, to have your long run done - especially when you weren't planning on it! Great work! |
| 2009-04-07 5:31 PM in reply to: #2068585 |
Master 1887 Loveland, Ohio | Subject: RE: X-Men skrtrnr - 2009-04-07 2:15 PM skrtrnr - 2009-04-07 1:10 PM lkagop - 2009-04-07 8:29 AM skrtrnr - 2009-04-06 4:29 PM lkagop - 2009-04-06 2:52 PM That'll be nice to have the kids gone, at least it would be for me. Yeah, clipless= claustrophobia for me...LORA. oh, im all about the kids being G-O-N-E during the summer. i love them DEARLY, dont get wrong, and we spend lots of time together at the pool and on our boat. its just three BOYS together with nothing to do for hours on end over the summer that just equals PANDEMONIUM. and im not one of those super suburbanite moms who plans endless activities for their kids. i throw them out in the yard and expect them to entertain themselves! though im grateful they have a good circle of friends and they spend most of their time outdoors/in the woods and all three of them love to read and play board/card games when the weather is crappy. theyre definately better off when theyre OCCUPIDO (i am too) and its interesting that you describe being clipped as feeling claustrophobic, i got the same sensation early on. its just that panicked feeling of not being in complete control, that your 'stuck' and you cant get out. awful anxiety.....and here i thought i was the only one that felt this way. interesting, indeed. That's a refreshing perspective you've got about your kids, frankly. I think you can love your kids without wanting to be around them 24/7. That's good to know I'm not the only one who feels like being clipped in is similar to feeling clautrophobic. I felt that way about swimming initially so I know that, like swimming, with practice I'll get over it. Thanks for the encouragement! LORA. i have felt the SAME way about SWIMMING too. that is so interesting. even now, from time to time i get really panicky in the water, like im not gonna be able to breathe or something. odd cuz im a VERY competent swimmer, i have been from the time i started trng for tris. and ive never had an 'incident' in the pool before. sometimes i wonder if my feelings of claustrophobia come from the times my brother would lock me in my closet or stick me in a cardboard box when we were kids. but youre absolutely right, with practice you do get over it. and its EMPOWERING when you face and overcome your fears. ooooh as for the kids. i think i really do have a refreshing perspective. thanks for the compliment. its been a learning process for me. i used to be a complete 'smother mother' and realized that i was really doing my children a dis-service by doing that, and draining myself of energy. i think honestly the trng is a BIG part of me saying to myself (and to my family) i have a life that's my own, i may be your mom/wife, but im my own person too. i really started to reclaim my identity right as i was turning 40 - midlife crisis, whatever. i had spent so much of life, my time, my energy doing, doing, doing for others that i lost myself in the process. so i had to learn that i can love my kids without having to be together all the time, or doing for them all the time. im in a MUCH better place NOW than ive ever been. [and my kids are too] thanks for taking notice. Why...you're welcome! |
| 2009-04-07 5:32 PM in reply to: #2068982 |
Master 1887 Loveland, Ohio | Subject: RE: X-Men mav - 2009-04-07 4:29 PM Way to get it done X MEN!!!! Finished a 32 mile ride. It was cold rainy and windy Now I am off to the pool to relax Awesome ride!!!! Hope the pool was relaxing for ya. |
| 2009-04-07 5:34 PM in reply to: #2068857 |
Master 1887 Loveland, Ohio | Subject: RE: X-Men ebshot - 2009-04-07 3:48 PM I am back from my run. It was supposed to be a 70 minute run. My running buddy says, "hey, let's try a new route." I say, "sure." Well, we got lost. So, our 70 minute run turned into a 1:50 run! 10.26 miles later, we got back to the kids school. Neither one of us was prepared to run that long but we made it and our pace wasn't too bad either. Got my swim done this morning too. I had to cute out 450 yards but oh well. I went to the Y pool and sort of felt like I was cheating on my pool! Did some speed work and felt fast. My 200 yrd all out was 3:50! I was stoked! I like swimming fast. Now if only I swim fast for 1.2 miles, I'll be all set!Well, that's quite the additional mileage on a run! That's an awesome swim time! Woo hoo! |
| 2009-04-08 6:55 AM in reply to: #2052267 |
Elite 4372 Connecticut | Subject: RE: X-Men Morning X-Men! I am still tired. I watched the UCONN women bring it home last night. I love my Huskies! Lots of coffee for me today! I have a short 30 minute ride today. It's all my legs have I think. I'm not sore from the run yesterday but just tired. I might try to swim this morning too. We'll see what the pool schedule looks like and what my schedule for tomorrow looks like. Oh the joy's of trying to fit it all in! |
| 2009-04-08 6:56 AM in reply to: #2052267 |
Elite 4372 Connecticut | Subject: RE: X-Men Mav, what time you headed up to Fenway? I'll be watching for you on the tv! |
| 2009-04-08 7:13 AM in reply to: #2052267 |
| Uxbridge | Subject: RE: X-Men My brother is flying in from Ohio with his GF and my sis and BIL are coming from CT. I will be in the city by 5pm hoping to catch dinner before the game. I will be in the blechers with the rest of the rowdies not far from the Dunkin Donuts sign! GO RED SOX!!!!!!! But first I must do a long run with a little bike. My shoulder is bugging me after my ridiculously long swim yesterday. Anyone else doing a BT HIM plan??? The swimming seems to be a bit over the top for an actual race swim of 2100. Anyone have any thoughts about this...and if so ...what are you doing? |
| 2009-04-08 7:41 AM in reply to: #2052267 |
Champion 6225 | Subject: RE: X-Men MORNING X-MEN! after my trifecta yesturday, i fully expected to wake up this morning feelin' a bit hammered, but im pleasantly surprised to find that im not. feeling MOST EXCELLENT in fact. all that endurance trng is paying off. steady as i go.... as for today, im off to run some errands this morning [yes, real life beckons] and then ill head to the Y. w the short week, i have the option of either running 32 or 42 mins [arent the BT trng plan times funny] id like to get in the 42 that way i wont feel 'bad' about dropping a short run w the modified week. but im not sure how my legs will actually feel moving [its one thing sitting here at the computer.....] that aside. GREAT SESSIONS YESTURDAY MAV. ENJOY THE GAME TODAY! ERICA. GREAT GOING ON YOUR XTENDED LONG RUN. YOWZA. AND YOUR SWIM. I HEAR YA ON THE JUGGLING ACT. YOUR CREATIVE AND SURE TO FIND A WAY THROUGH. LORA. WELL HELLO GORGEOUS. LOVE YOUR NEW PROFILE PIC. well, im off to run errands. BLAH. but at least i get to mail my SPRINT TRI REGISTRATION FORM out today. that makes the errand-running worthwhile. HAVE A MOST EXCELLENT DAY TODAY X-MEN! Edited by skrtrnr 2009-04-08 7:42 AM |
| 2009-04-08 7:45 AM in reply to: #2052267 |
Champion 6225 | Subject: RE: X-Men OH. AND DAGNABIT. isnt this ALWAYS the case.... household of people due on Saturday (Family Easter dinner....) and the STOVE BREAKS. went to bake my brownies [Erica you KNOW how we love our brownies round here] and NO HEAT. NADA. ZILCH. ZIPPO. at least i got dinner made before it went KAPLOOEY. now we either have to get a repair man out to fix it in the next two days OR buy a new stove and have it installed BY SATURDAY. not easy im thinking what w the holiday and all. GEESH. LIFE. GOTTA LOVE IT. |
| 2009-04-08 7:46 AM in reply to: #2052267 |
Champion 6225 | Subject: RE: X-Men ^^^^^^ KAPLOOEY TOPpage |
| 2009-04-08 9:08 AM in reply to: #2070342 |
Elite 4372 Connecticut | Subject: RE: X-Men skrtrnr - 2009-04-08 8:45 AM OH. AND DAGNABIT. isnt this ALWAYS the case.... household of people due on Saturday (Family Easter dinner....) and the STOVE BREAKS. went to bake my brownies [Erica you KNOW how we love our brownies round here] and NO HEAT. NADA. ZILCH. ZIPPO. at least i got dinner made before it went KAPLOOEY. now we either have to get a repair man out to fix it in the next two days OR buy a new stove and have it installed BY SATURDAY. not easy im thinking what w the holiday and all. GEESH. LIFE. GOTTA LOVE IT. ACK! That isn't good. Hope you can get it fixed soon! Doesn't Lowe's have a next day delivery thing? Hopefully you can fix yours though. Major bummer about the brownies though! |
| 2009-04-08 9:10 AM in reply to: #2052267 |
Elite 4372 Connecticut | Subject: RE: X-Men Well, it's 10:00 and I am done with my little 30 minute spin. Now what do I do for the rest of the day??? I could go to the pool but to be honest, I have NO desire to swim again. But, I won't get my swim in Saturday. Decisions...... |
| 2009-04-08 9:15 AM in reply to: #2070268 |
Elite 4372 Connecticut | Subject: RE: X-Men mav - 2009-04-08 8:13 AM My brother is flying in from Ohio with his GF and my sis and BIL are coming from CT. I will be in the city by 5pm hoping to catch dinner before the game. I will be in the blechers with the rest of the rowdies not far from the Dunkin Donuts sign! GO RED SOX!!!!!!! But first I must do a long run with a little bike. My shoulder is bugging me after my ridiculously long swim yesterday. Anyone else doing a BT HIM plan??? The swimming seems to be a bit over the top for an actual race swim of 2100. Anyone have any thoughts about this...and if so ...what are you doing? You know I'm right there with you mav. These plans suck for swimming. My only consolation is that in another few weeks, it backs off a little. Still, I haven't been doing all the swim workouts. I miss about one a week and I don't care! |
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