Oriolepwr and QuincyF's Magical Mys-tri Tour "The Sequel" -On Tour!! (Page 15)

Ok, I'm back, a few pounds heavier, sigh.

I thought this was a great question...

The difference between some "niggling" pains that may reoccur and serious stuff is mostly that I can affect the niggling pains with rest, ice, compression, and self massage...my shoulder injury was given lots of rest and when I tried to go back to swimming, it hurt as bad as the day I injured it...off to the doctor I went...

HTFU is not really a great idea unless you're just being lazy...hurting is not being lazy, big difference.

And i wanted to share that I had  similar pain in my foot in the ramp up for 2010 Chicago marathon, and I took care of it with a few podiatrist visits and some changes in my footwear. Total relief because I was convinced it was something serious. So maybe it's not as bad as you might think!

Q

Morning Shelly, and Thank you.  How are things East of the border?

Morning Shelly, and Thank you.  How are things East of the border?

Morning Shelly, and Thank you.  How are things East of the border?

Morning Shelly, and Thank you.  How are things East of the border?

Morning Shelly, and Thank you.  How are things East of the border?

Morning Shelly, and Thank you.  How are things East of the border?

Always a proud moment.  Blessings!

Lesandtj - 2012-05-08 11:30 AM

THAT'S DOUBLELY DELICIOUS  LMAO  Guess Matt's computer got stuck.

I rented my first wetsuit today from http://www.triwetsuitrentals.com/

They are located in Florida and ship sooner and faster than the one in California (wetsuitrental.com)  They also asked where I carry my weight.  Since I currently have it "In Front of Me",  I thought that was a good question.  LOL

I hope this will make the Orca faster.  And I hope to better relate to the others with swimming issues to see if that causes me anything.  I just love being the guinea pig!

Look mini-triathletes!!!

My spawn the younger one placed 14 of 74 and improved her time by over 4 minutes from last year! My older one placed 27 of 74.  Over 500 kids participated, so much fun!!

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Dude!!   you are an inspiration the way you go after it!   I love that you keep getting things worked out.   Ask questions, make up your mind then go do it.   Its truly is wonderful to have a role in your progress.   I feel good about that.   Keep it up bro! 

Love it Yvonne!   Congrats to mom for being the inspiration! 

This is going to sound like an old Johnny Carson  (miss him BTW)  lead in.    "HOW HOT WAS IT???"

Nice work!   For whatever reason every TRI I do (except one and that was the immortal 69.1)  it is BROILING hot.   Sooo  It is great to train in the heat.   Gotta be careful though!

It's funny we are all like that are we not?   so scared something is going to take all of this away from us. 

At the risk of offending, they are total little bad a****! I am in awe, congrats to them (and their Mommy). Good Spawn!

Since I did a post and run on this topic, I wanted to come back and thank all of you for your responses, this is really good stuff. Maybe we don't need an expert...we just need to chew on it ourselves and figure it out. I think everyone has brought a tremendous amount of insight to the problem. And FTR, I wanted to express how grateful I am for hearing the backstories on the panic issues. 

While I have never had a panic in the water, I am reminded (by all of you) that it can happen at any time to anyone, and I am just as at risk as the next person. It is definitely  a good mental exercise to visualize what you will do if you find yourself freaking out on the swim. Remember the wetsuit is buoyant. Stop and tread for a minute. Hang on a kayak. Turn around and live to swim another day. Whatever it takes. 

Good stuff!

Spawn another victory!  AWESOME!

Thanks Bro for ALL YOUR AND Q's HELP for mentoring this comical group. And thanks to the rest of the super friends for their input too.

Life. Sometimes you just have to smile, (and/or cuss under your breath.)

My new friends. I am shaking my head and laughing at myself this morning. In times past I would have handled this a little differently. Thanks to God's grace and a good dose of his perspective on things I can just laugh.  (You can too.)

So yesterday was circled on the calendar. It was the 20 week OB appointment and the big ultrasound. I left work a little early, grabbed the boys from school and met my wife at the doctor's office. Everything is well. It was so much fun watching the boys look at the baby on the screen. Good times. Left the doctor and headed to the bike shop. Since I think my running may be limited for a bit due to foot issues I justified the purchase of puncture resistant tires. (By the way, I am a cheapskate. So new tires are a splurge. That is another problem that triathlon is helping to solve.) ..... Back to the story. I got home and proceeded, somewhat giddily, to install the tires. This is my first set of new tires. Stiff, difficult to install, new tires. The giddiness wore off quickly. With sore thumbs and mumbled cussing on my lips I resorted to tire levers for help. The package clearly says NOT to use levers but I gave in anyway. Hissssss..... Oops. Popped a brand new tube. Took a deep breath. Calmed my inner cheapskate and grabbed another new tube. I proceeded to destroy that one also. Awesome. In times past I might have thrown the tire across the yard. But the healthier me decided to put down the wheels and go help my wife weed the garden. Now i'm feeling more relaxed and a little proud of my handling of the situation. Mind you i'm hobbling around with a sore foot, but nothing is gonna get me down right? Well a good attitude didn't prevent me from catching my toe on a landscaping brick and ripping off a large chunk of toe. Double awesome. And yes it was the same foot.  I have a podiatrist appointment tomorrow. He's gonna think I stuck my foot under a lawnmower. <--- At least I didn't do that.

Like I said, sometimes you just have to smile.  

For me it's not every tri, but every attempt at a new distance. So IM Wisconsin should be record breaking heat this year. Yeah! And I tried training in the heat...ugh, I think it just made me slower.