Slornow and Wannabefaster's Winter Group version 3-CLOSED (Page 14)

Jamie-I knew exactly what you were talking about.

Bet you Northern folks don't even know what "stove up" means

Its a combination of stiff and sore! Used in a sentence: Jethro was all stove up after a long day of logging in the woods. 

Very amused by this whole vernacular discussion.  Other than the COKE reference, I have no ideas what you're talking about.  Bubbler vs water fountain anyone?   If you haven't done the Harvard vocabulary test that was floating around FB last week, you should take it.  It predicted I lived in Madison or Rockford Il.

Nancy, fingers crossed on the knee!

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html

It identified my locale within about 90 miles. Pretty impressive.

- Steve

Bryan

I think you will get more comfortable to more time you spend working with your bike in situations that are familiar.  I can share three experiences that might help you.

First, when I first got clip pedals on my hybrid (yes hybrid) bike I went to a trail where there was NO traffic to contend with an clipped in only one shoe at a time.  I did this multiple times before I decided to clip in both.  Easing into it was important to me.  When I was comfortable enough I went onto the roads. DId I sometimes forget and fall?  Yep, but I got back up and kept going.  Important.

Second, when I first started riding a road bike with clip on aero bars I was terrified I would fall.  Things felt so unstable. For a very long time I rode with only one arm in aero position.  Crazy, right?  It took me the entire season to get to the point where I felt sort of comfortable using both.  Again, I started on roads with very little traffic so that I didn't have to worry about that element.  I never fell due to the aero bars.

Third, I bought a Parlee Tri Bike last Spring.  It is significantly more aggressive than the road bike with clip ons I used for the 10 years prior including three IMs.  I was petrified.  I took that bike out on a very windy day and made a critical error.  I fell and broke four ribs.  After healing it took me a couple of months to even get back on that bike.  When I did my first ride, I never used the aerobars.  Second, same thing.  I thought I had made a huge mistake in buying it.  I finally told myself I could do it and started slowly.  Little by little, I felt more comfortable in that position.  I rode it in IM this year and had zero issues.  It will come.  

You need to start slowly, give yourself a little slack, but also push yourself beyond your comfort zone.  I am sure you can think of several other times in your life where you were petrified and overcame it.  YOU CAN DO THIS.

Long run done on the TM this morning. Keeping fingers crossed I can sneak away for a short swim later this afternoon!

Things are looking a little grim in the weather department for the Packer Game!  This is the Monday forecast, but Sunday is only a touch warmer.  All schools are already closed for Monday.

Busy training day here. 1.5 hour bike; 2100 swim and first strength training session in a long time. Going to have to make those a regular part of my training to help with the muscles/strength imbalances. I'm going to shoot for 3-4 sessions a weeks during the "off season" totalling about 1-1.5 hour/week.

We are suppose to have record lows on the Gulf Coast early in the week. Monday high of 38 and low of 17. Nothing to compare to many of you but plenty cold for me! 

How is everyone doing on the East coast? Is it as bad as it looks like on TV?

We will also have lower temperatures for Texas next week. It snows here about every 20 years or so.

Blanda, how was your trail run? You need to post pictures of where you workout and live for the new people to see.

I'm going to sleep well tonight. Swam 3000 yards, biked 1.5 hours and ran 25 minutes. The swim was supposed to be done on Friday but the pool was closed. Tomorrow is another swim lesson. Hopefully we can make some progress on figuring out how to fix the swim.

Howdy, all.  Our weather here in Baltimore has been all over the place....snow, really cold, warmer, then rainy, then repeat.  I'm not complaining though...at least it's not -30 here.

Salvaged my week over the weekend with a couple of runs and a trainer ride, and got all my strength work in despite my chest cold, which thankfully was on the mild side and seems to be clearing up a couple of days after starting ABs.  This week is supposed to be a recovery week but since I'm behind with getting sick and the holidays, I'm not really recovering from anything so I'll keep it as another normal week in Prep phase.

Next week is going to be tough with a full work week! 

Just hang tough and stay the course, Chris.  It'll come back in due time.  :-)

Blanda- beautiful pics!

Mike- glad to hear that you're starting to feel better. Don't try to do too much too soon. Chest colds have a way of turning into other nasty things if you aren't careful. When is your race?

My run mileage is finally starting to get back to normal. Ran 65 minutes this morning with a few pickups. It was 65 when I started running this morning. Temperature is supposed to be in the low 20's tomorrow night. Crazy Texas weather!

Here's a newspaper article that those of you in the Northern states might appreciate. Fast and easy way to get rid of the snow in your yard. My favorite part is what the guy said about the snow. lol..

Fargo Man Arrested For Clearing Snow With Flamethrower

Maximizing time and efficiency!

Fargo, ND – Local resident Todd Fox has been detained for “reckless endangerment” and “illegal use of high-powered fire-breathing weaponry” for attacking snow with his flamethrower. Fox reportedly became so fed up with the week-long blowing snow epidemic in his area that he decided to KILL IT WITH FIRE.

The neighborhood was treated with quite a show last night as Fox unleashed an inferno upon the mountainous snow palace that was his front yard. Neighbors to his immediate right and left noticed a bright orange cloud and could hear what they thought was “puff the magic dragon spewing mayhem all over hell,” which prompted one of them to notify police.

Fox stated that he was simply “fed up with battling the elements” and that he did not possess the willpower necessary to move “four billion tons of white bull shi%t .”

Police say that Fox surrendered his efforts immediately upon their arrival and that his front yard “looked like a hydrogen bomb had gone off.” They think he was just happy to be done with snow removal, even if it did mean a trip to jail.