Ken Axford's Group - closed and killin it!!! (Page 14)

John,  congrats on breaking 200!!!   That's a huge benchmark.

 I had an early workout today sicne a buddy of mine is flying into town.  It was nice to get it done.  Interesting story though...  as i was walking out of the locker room to start my workout,  3 police officers walked in and arrested a guy in his bathing suit.  turns out they arrested him, another female, and still looking for a guy who bolted out the back door in his bathing suit.  (in 32 degree weather no less)  They had been breaking into cars at the YMCA I go to and someone recognized them in the hot tub and called the po-po. 

 Yet another reason i am glad to be moving to the other side of town next week.  good grief !!!

We had the same thing happen at our gym a few years ago!!! Car breaker-inner-people.

 John- good for you! That sounds great and you must be PUMPED.  !I just seem to have truly broken 150.  Sadly, in some sick sort of self-sabotgaing celebratory move, I then ate a sh*tload of Hershey's Kissables. Moving onwards and upwards, onwards and upwards. Might sneak in an extra run or something for that foolish move.

 FIRST race: I am considering signing up for the Clermont FL supersprint on 4/5 when we are in Florida. Just to work the kinks out. I am a little scared, yet excited at the prospect.

Good morning everyone.  Congrats on the weight breakthroughs!  I overslept so must head to work and get my run in later.  Should be a nice day at least.

Enjoy

Hey guys! 

John, way to go with the 200 lb break through!  That's awesome!  Sounds like you are doing very well with your training all the way around.  Finding opportunites for open water swims can be tough.  The kayak/swim sounds like a win win!  My first tri is not until the end of June.  It's a sprint.  My "A" race (an Oly) isn't until September, so I'm starting my season a little late.  What's the word on the "killer position"?  So, you have not been sick after your recent rides?  Did you change anything?

Sandi, sounds like you will be REALLY busy for a while.  Hang in there!  Yep, I would say the home improvement projects are on hold for a while.

Amy, how cold is it there today?  I thought of you recently when seeing the sub-zero temps on the news.  BRRRRRRR

Ken, who's in town?  I'm assuming you are snowboarding this weekend?  Scary that the car-breaker-inners   were there when you were.  UGH!  At least the cops were there to get them.

Mo, well.... life has to go on, doesn't it.  I work for a company that seems to do a lot of drinking also.  I can understand.  How is your running these days?

I tried to run today.  After about five minutes, my heart rate was at the top of zone 2.  Hmmmmm?  Then I remembered that I had given blood two days ago.  Oh well!  So, walking and Elliptical were the replacements for my run.  Maybe I won't be giving blood until September.

My hubby is out of town this weekend, so I have the house to myself (and my son, of course).  We read a few books this morning, fixed oatmeal together, read some more books, went to the gym, done some laundry, and have started cleaning out closets.   It's a good day!

Oh my gosh !!!  Mo, I'm so sorry about the accident.  i agree with you that it's only a matter of when, but your's sounds really bad.  I hope you get to feeling better.

 On the bright side, if you ever decide to take up hockey, you'll look like one of the guys.  (missing a tooth and all)

Mo,

Wow!  I hated to read your update.  I'm sorry that you got beat up so bad   Good for you for getting back on your bike on Sunday!  Have you been to the dentist yet?

Terry

Hi everyone!

Well, I have finally tackled a few issues at work so I am feeling a bit revived today.  I just finished a quick run (quick as in not very many minutes, definately not as in speed).  Anyway, it felt good, but I wish I could get faster.  I'm a little bummed about that but mostly frustrated with myself in allowing other things to slip in while my workouts slipped out.  I need to get back on the bandwagon with logging what I eat also.  I've not been doing too bad, but not as good as I need to be.

Mo, how are you feeling?

John, keep us posted on how you are feeling.  I hope you don't have the crud and that your body is just telling you to slow down for a bit.

Amy, how are you doing?  Looks like you are getting in some good rides!

Sandi, looks like you are working hard on your swim!  I'm jealous of you guys who have swim trainers.  Maybe I need to find one!?!

Ken, how did the move go?  You guys all settled in?

we are in the new place.  still have some tid-bits left at the old place, but it's my job to finish up since we don't have to be out until Friday. 

 good news is that we like the new place much better than the old.  Bad news is that I figured out moving is what flares up my hip.  It started when we were moving in Orlando and it flared up again yesterday.  It probably doesn't help that I ran and lifted legs first, but we also didn't have much furniture to move.  just three fllights of stuff.  oh well, that's my rant for the day.  How is everyone else.  It's been quit.

Hi Guys-

I've had sort of a rough week.  The tough hike I did Sunday really drained me Monday and Tuesday and I just started feeling like myself again after last night's swim. (I should know better than to get dehydrated) I did accomplish my February goal for the Team Swimming Rocks Challenge- 11,000 yards. Last night I really had to swim my a** off to get there-- the pool was going to close for the night and I was pretty sure it was going to be my last swim of February with 2400 yards still owed to my meet my challenge.  That inspired me to do something I never thought I could- swim 1300 straight with no rest!

Going to put in some stregth right now and I have a long ride planned with a friend at her house for tonight. Hope she knows I need to put in 97 minutes!! That's a long time! Yikes!

 The weather here is yuck-  a high of 7 degrees today- and quite frankly, snow stops making me real happy in March. Since I've no choice, I need to embrace it this weekend and become one with winter again....if you can't beat it- join it!

Have a great day, guys!

I followed Mo's lead and put my training schedule on google docs if anyone wanted to look.  1st tab are general notes for the plan.  other tabs contain each month of training.  XTERRA on June 21st and south carolina half in September.  I plan on sprinkling some sprints and/or olympics depending on where we are living after July.

my biggest goal of the season is to break 5 hours at the south Carolina half.  There...   I said it.  so now I'm commited.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=phc4SB551ySVbFrzc95ELKg&[email protected]

sorry about that.  should be published now.  Let me know if any issues arrise.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=phc4SB551ySVbFrzc95ELKg

I'm here!  I'm following Mo's lead and hijacking my husband's laptop for a few minutes.

I did a 5K race this morning.  My goal was to do the 10K, but I am not yet ready for that.  My sister did the 10K and I did the 5K.  It is a gorgeous day here... sunny, breezy, and I would guess about 70 today.  I shedded my jacket during the first half mile.  The race was in a revived (and rebuilding) downtown Greenville, South Carolina.  A very fun race!

Okay... here is the bad part.  I guess my adrenaline was going because when I started my HRM at the start line, it read 162.  Oh boy!  After the second and third glances, I decided not to look anymore and to just go by how I felt.  It took about the first mile for me to find my pace (and to zig zag through many walkers).  I wanted to run the entire race without walking so just slowed my pace where I felt comfortable enough.  I did it and with a pretty good pace compared to my training paces.  So, I although my heart rate avg was 176, I felt pretty good although I didn't have that much more to give at the end.

While I was running I was thinking, "I have got to get off my A$$ and stick to healthy eating and consistent workouts."  I'm not going to meet my goals if I don't get going again.

I hope you guys are all having a great weekend!  I hope to be more consistent in logging and blogging in the next few weeks.