Lora's First-Timers Women's Group - CLOSED (Page 15)

mekira - 2009-04-30 9:57 AM What's your favorite and least favorite of the 3 sports? 

Also, another q...what's your favorite way to relax?  (Although it seems like some of you all don't!! )  Mine is definitely to watch a movie or TV...I like it a bit much though...

serendipity - 2009-04-30 1:45 PM



Relax?  Relax.....?  Oh yeah, that thing.

Yoga (obviously).

I don't watch much TV (except when I'm on the trainer) and I am notorious for falling asleep during movies.  I do like to sit down on a Sunday afternoon with NASCAR on TV and either knit or nap until an announcer yells "trouble in turn two", then watch the wreck.  I also like to work in the garden or just hang out outside on nice days.

sleeping_butterflies - 2009-04-30 9:10 AM Whoohoo!!!! The SCALE MOVED! I'm just really excited! Last time I did all my training a couple years ago, my weight NEVER changed. I'm officially 5 pounds lighter than I was 3 weeks ago!!!! That's big for me! Just thought I'd share in the excitement!

soccermom15 - 2009-04-30 9:47 AM

Shannon - you've got some quick little ones!  I always love when I get new shoes - so soft and comfy.  Unfortunately I don't get them as often as I should.  They can get expensive and the DH doesn't quite understand why I need to have 3-4 pairs of shoes at all times (some are for long runs, some for cross-training, etc). 

Sleeping_butterflies - congrats on the weight loss! 

Well ladies, it's 3 days until my first tri and I feel like I'm getting sick.  I've got an irritable stomach, extreme fatigue (even though I've slept good the last 2 nights) and just feel like I have no energy to do anything.  I'm hoping the stomach issues are just early nerves and not a bug I picked up somewhere.  I don't think the fatigue is from overtraining since the only thing I've done this week is one short run and and easy swim.  I skipped the bike ride I was intending to do last night because I felt like I could hardly stay awake.  I'm thinking about taking tomorrow off work and just resting up as much as possible tomorrow and Saturday.  I don't think taking a couple days off at this point will hurt my performance on Sunday (it's not like I was going to win or anything), but the extra rest might actually help. 

mekira - 2009-04-30 9:57 AM Shannon - Congrats on the 5 pounds!!!! Maggie - Good job on the 5 miles run.... I'm the same, I dread running and then I'm happy I did it! Janet - Maybe it's just nerves? I know I get stomach issues when I'm nervous. Last night, my body was soooo tired. I went to my track workout anyway. It wasn't the best training but I'm happy I went and got through it. Running is my least favorite of the 3 sports. I find it so hard and I'm so slow!! (well compared the other people in the club) Seems I'm not really making progress. I did make a lot of progress since i first started but now I find I've reached a 'plateau' with my running. What's your favorite and least favorite of the 3 sports? When I first started, I loved running and hated swimming (hadn't biked yet). As I got better in the water swimming became my favorite. Now I love biking (I think the new bike helps ), swimming is in second and running is third. I'm sure it will change at one point depending how hard the training is hehe

serendipity - 2009-04-30 1:38 PM Ahhhh....I think it's calming down, finally. 

I finally have a quieter day at work and I've been catching up on posts in between my "to-do" list items.  Sounds like everyone had good races last weekend.  The next thing I'm going to do on BT is go read all the race reports.  That might take me another day!

I told you I was painting last weekend (and you were all jealous, I know).  We've been working on our house to get it ready to sell, and the last room that needed major stuff done was our bedroom.  After 5 nights of sleeping on the couch, we've finally got the room back together.  It looks nice, and I was very glad to sleep in my bed last night.  Now I just need to start getting rid of some stuff and start packing the rest.  We are moving to our vacation cabin for a few months, so everything is going into storage.  That means I need to do organized packing so I can find stuff in case we need it before we get another house.  It looks overwhelming now, but I'm sure once I get some things in boxes and out of the way it won't seem so bad.

One of my nights on the couch was extra rough because my son woke with an ear ache and was up for a few hours.  He gets these severe ear infections out of the blue with no other symptoms (fever, etc.) so by the time we realize it the pain is bad.  Last year he ruptured an ear drum before we figured out what was going on.  A couple of doses into the antibiotic and the pain is gone, so at least we are through that crisis.

I have been doing all my workouts, although I ended up rearranging my training schedule a bit to do it.  I was a bit sore, but that was from crawling around painting baseboard trim.  (I am so glad that's done.)

I've also been teaching more yoga classes than usual because I was subbing for a teacher who was on vacation.  She's back today, so I get a break from that.  I love teaching and would rather do that than anything else, but it didn't leave me much free time.

Sorry this was so long.  I think I'm all caught up now!

JeannieMc - 2009-04-30 2:14 PM Hey Ladies,

I'm alive! Haven't posted or been on in eons!  Work has been super ridiculously crazy past few weeks, but I think I'm through the worst of it now.  Didn't work out much at all, other than a few minor workouts the last two weeks. This week has been better, although I'm still doing way too much running and not enough swimming or biking. If the weather would just clear up for good here in MN, I'd get a lot more biking in at least! I really need to just get more disciplined.

I'm signed up to do the Short Course of the Lifetime Fitness Tri here in MN on 7/11.  A friend coaxed me into signing up for the Danskin Tri in Chicago in late Sept .. so I did! I still think I may be nuts. I kept thinking I should really see how my first tri goes before signing up for another. Oh well .. now I have double the motivation as I've already officiallly registered and paid for both (neither of which were cheap!).

For the Lifetime one, I signed up as a fan of the event on Facebook. Now I'm getting emails occasionally from the organizers.  This weekend they are doing a brick on the actual course .. it's a 15 mile bike and 3 mile run.  I'm thinking of doing it, although it makes me nervous. Longest I've ever biked is about 6 miles (granted, i wasnt exhausted afterwards and could have done more).  3 miles is a piece of cake for me to run, but I've never done it after riding my bike .. let alone 15 miles on my bike!  I figure I will go and do my best, but not be stupid about it.  Which will be hard, I am competitive! But I will need to reel that back in, otherwise I'll push myself hard and do it all, then end up paying for it later.

What I want to do is just try and complete the 15 miles regardless of time.  Then I'll see how my legs feel afterward.  I think they're going to do these training sessions a lot before the actual event, so I can gradually build up to it.  I am really glad they're doing this though. It will help ease my nerves on the day of the event to be familiar with the exact course.

I'm finally making some good headway on my weight this week. I lost about 70 lbs from Jan-June 08, but have plateaued since then.  I made some good choices this week, combined with increasing my workout, and I'm down a little. Hopefully that trend will continue as I'd like to lose another 30 (I'm at 157 officially as of this morning, I'm 5'5").

Hope everyone's day is going great!

Jeannie

Hope everyone's day is going wel

serendipity - 2009-04-30 12:45 PM 
  I do like to sit down on a Sunday afternoon with NASCAR on TV and either knit or nap until an announcer yells "trouble in turn two", then watch the wreck.

JeannieMc - 2009-04-30 1:14 PM    
 If the weather would just clear up for good here in MN, I'd get a lot more biking in at least! 
 
 

myoun - 2009-04-30 9:42 PM Hi Ladies!

Well, after the high from my relay race last weekend, I was suffering from a profound lack of motivation this week.  Went to swim class Monday (mostly because I knew my group would be wondering about my race and wanted to show off my new race "tattoos"  {how do you get Sharpie marks off of your calf?}).  anyway, after Monday, I did nothing Tuesday or Wednesday and was really mad at myself for falling off the wagon.  I just felt tired and out of it, though I know I probably would have better if I just got out there.