Milaminute and Sparco's Group - Closed (Page 15)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Race was O.K.  I slept on and off yesterday morning until 1pm.  Wasn't feeling the greatest.  Ran with Cindy for about 100 yds, and started to feel a little better and took off.  She gave me a hard time about that, because I told her I might run the race WITH her.  Felt o.k., but DEFINITELY knew I couldn't push it...(my goal was to not throw up )...course was beautiful, though.  1 loop around Lake Calhoun (lake was frozen over of course).  Trail was covered with about 1/2 inch of snow.  There were about 4 people kite boarding on the lake.  Ran 8:33s, so not bad for feeling sick.  Walked back and found Cindy and ran in the last 400 yds with her...

Welcome Brett and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

(we've got another troublemaker in the group)...sorry I didn't call this weekend.  We took my dad to urgent care...he's sick too, but at 73, colds affect him more than they do me...

So, we gonna race at Lifetime?  Any bets this year?

I was scratching my head for a while thinking 'that doesn't rhyme.'  It would have to be:

Happy New Year everyone
Let's have a great 2001

Oh...I guess great and 8 rhyme...carry on...

Let's see...take steady doses of Mucinex every 4 hours, then leave on a flight to Chicago...yes, bummer...I have some project work to do early tomorrow...

Hey Noz...don't give him too much swim advice...I may have to race against him this summer...(who said that?)...

Item #1:  I would like to publicly thank Sal for bringing back my favorite avatar in honor of the run challenge . 

Item #2:  Great job on the run, Sal, especially for not feeling 100%!  I hope Cindy had fun, too.

Hey Noz--

Disregard the man behind the orange muscle shirt and sunglasses ---  I'll take any expert advice you can give.     ---  I BEAT him at Lifetime last time -- got to keep up the record, and he's getting too fast!!       (Sorry Sal....    )  -- Yes it's true, I did beat Sparky at lifetime -- he got even though -- he KICKED my TAIL BIG TIME at the Salt Lake Marathon ( by something like an hour and 15 minutes --- pretty scarry -- right??? )

I sense a gauntlet being thrown here -- do you??? 

Oooohhhhh... I like it, I LIKE it!!!!   But, ummm... let's not disregard the avatar.  I don't want it to go away .  So, Sal... what say you?  Oh wait... he is busy with his Mucinex and business trip.  Keep up with the smack talk... he can't respond.

that's what i heard, BATTLE!

milaminute - 2008-01-01 3:10 PM First workout of the year down... great 1000 yard swim (I usually swim in a 25 meter pool so whenever I swim at the 25 yard pool I get excited about my times ) and a naked Z2 run (2.25 miles)...

Now that' s an interesting picture, a "naked Z2" run.... hmmmmm

Well, my first workout of the year is in the books.  3.43 miles on my feet (and if you want a 'sob story' it was into the wind and uphill both ways....  (ok just on the return, but I need the emotional boost!    )

Kidding aside, what do you mean by a naked Z2 run???

Hate it when that happens --- nice ride to make up for it though 35 miles --- that's 65% of my goal for the entire month -- you're an animal ---- sure hope it's warm where you are!

I think I should just leave you wondering on that!

When you hear people refer to running or riding "naked" around here and they are not referring to an actual nude event (yeah, there are clothing optional 5Ks and triathlons), it means without the use of technology... HRM, bike computer, GPS, etc.  In my case today I ran without wearing my heart rate monitor because I am taking some medication that can cause my HR to be somewhat erratic so I wanted to run by rate of perceived exertion without worrying about any spikes in the data on my HRM.

Nice job on the run in those tough conditions .

Heh.  Boy Genius.  Priceless .  Not to worry... I think we've all had those moments and I now keep a lot of my stuff in my car to avoid that. 

That reminds me... I showed up to teach a spin class recently wearing flip flops and having forgotten my mtb shoes.  Oops. 

Looks like you pulled off a great ride despite the rough start! 

 I'm in South Jordan, at the south end of the Salt Lake Valley. It turns out I know someone who's in the Desert Sharks. Actually, I think she's currently the pres. I had no idea she tri'd until a few weeks ago, though. Weird.

Awesome!  I haven't looked at the running team threads yet... which team are you on?  Brett, Sal and I are on team "Who's Your Marmadaddy?" .  Anyone else doing a challenge this month?

I decided to get in on the challenge this month. I made my run goal a modest 30 miles Since I'll be playing hopstoch with the international dateline and  time zones this month. due to going home for some R and R.

Congrats to the challenge team joiners.   I hope you are on "Who's Your Marmadaddy" though if your running for distance.   Otherwise, well, we'll have to beat up on you by kicking your teams tail      (Evil Grin)

The only challenge for me this month is just trying to stay on a consistent schedule.  I am mostly back to normal after a fun filled New Year's Eve/early morning celebration.  Got in my run and swim today.  My son's getting the ear tubes and adenoids removed in the morning.  So I'll be comforting him tomorrow, but that is more fun than training any day.  Hoping to get back in the gym on Friday.   

Good luck tomorrow!  I've been there, done that... it is amazing to me how fast the procedures are and how quickly kids recover from it. 

Heh.  My goal is less than that and I have no valid excuse.  Oh wait, other than that my body doesn't always like to cooperate but that's a minor detail .  However, doesn't really matter.  The challenges are great because they allow participants to define the challenge for themselves by setting their own goals.  I purposely did not choose a bike goal because it's really not a challenge for me to get time in the saddle.  Heck, my bike challenge is more like stop riding!