The Epiphanies (Team 2) - January Challenge (Page 17)

Morning Team! Keeping up! Swam 1900m straight which is the furthest I have ever done. woo. :D

Had a great weekend. Kept up with my challenge goals and did a fun thing. We went skating. I haven't been in years. I know, I know, I am a Canadian girl.  But I can barely skate and have an ancient pair that my dad bought for me when I was about 12 or 13 (yes, they still fit).  We live by a great park with two outdoor icepads. It was fun to get out of the comfort zone!

How is everone else?

Congrats on the milestone! Sounds like the skating was fun, too. Let that good start of the week carry you through.

My orthotics helped again on this morning's short run. No pain during the run. AND....I ran fast (in perspective.) Usually I run about 12 min/miles, and today's run was just over 11 min/miles.

Skating, that sounds like fun!  My boys have been after me to get them up to the snow.  We might have to do that next weekend.

Jen and Laura nice progression.

I woke up with a little DOMS this morning.  Nothing significant, probably just from my decreased run volume over the last couple weeks.   The plan is to get to the pool today and move my long run to tomorrow.

Keep up the great work.

Nice pics!  That looks like my long run last week and two weeks ago!  Brrrrr! 

Congrats on the swim!  Skating sounds like fun

Good morning team!  I had a little IT band discomfort during my long run yesterday, so I spent last night stretching and foam rolling out my legs.  Yikes, they're definitely much tighter than usual! 

Tonight, I'm planning on lifting again... Chipping away at my January goals!

ITS SOMEONE'S BIRTHDAY....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHARD !!!!!




I didn't know how many candles to put on the cake

Thanks, Tim!

Number of candles...the family were afraid to burn the house down, so they just used a token few!

'nuf said!

Edited by GoGoGo 2010-01-18 6:21 PM

x3   Happy happy birthday!

Thanks, Jen & Yoga!

So did you treat yourself??

Happy belated birthday!

Morning team,

Still progressing well with my goals. Went to the gym to get in my strength workout this morning and saw this one guy who has a hilarious (and puzzling) approach to running. He cranks up the speed and then starts running but it's too fast for him so he holds the handrails the whole time.  Then every few minutes he holds the side rails and lifts his body weights and lightly toes the belt. It's very weird. but I saw today that he had the belt speed at 8.5 mph.  Sigh, he might be able to let go if he slowed it down just a bit.
Anyway, weights were good. Love the core routines on this site.  And will run a hilly 10k with my running partner tonight.  My next race has some challenging hills so we gotta get ready for that!

How is everyone this fine Tuesday?

X2 - another Happy Belated Birthday! 

I hope you got what you wanted and treated yourself to something nice as well. 

Crap...  I need to do a long run today and the weather is not cooperating.  It's raining pretty good right now and the forecast is for thunderstorms all day.  I'm not looking forward to this at all.

just got m short run in today.  I have some weight work and a long swim later tonight.  Wish me luck team I have my senior project proposal as well as a job interview following that.  Hope they both go great.

P.S. I love this challenge stuff, This has been keeping both my girlfriend and myself active and much happier than we were in the recient past.

I had to skip my yoga workout this morning in favor of coming into work early to finish up a presentation I had this morning...  Oh well, I'll be sure to get a session in on Thursday or Friday.  I have run intervals then some foam rolling planned for tonight after work.

Have a good day everyone!

I had a date with my trainer this morning, and all went well. This is a recovery week for me, my plan is build three, recover one. I'm already going a little nuts. I like the build part!

Thanks for the birthday wishes, Jen (Can) & Sulcus. Yes, I have some ribs with sauce last night & a little red wine. Ate well the weekend as well. This is the best birthday activity, for me. Also got a big hug from my kids & those are irreplaceable!

Afte a rest yesterday, back at it today. 20 mins bike & 20 mins dreadmill. To the pool tonite, to start next cycle of swimming instruction.

Be well,

Richard

Way to tough it out. I like running in a light rain, but heavy showers gets old real fast.