Hearts - February Challenge (Page 17)

Nice job on that race especially considering the amount of climbing you did! 

Nice - you certainly earned your nap.

Great to hear you may go over. Your weight training sessions look really tough - 3 or 4 sets of 25 reps!! Wow!

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I've made my goal and am a little bit over.  102%, I think.  I feel like I sandbagged my goal, but a lot of my LOVE miles were on the weekend that I didn't leave town because my flight was canceled. 

I can't say that I LOVE being on my bike yet.  I do really enjoy biking, but it does take a long time and certain body parts get really sore and my knees ache the following day.  But except for all that, I could learn to enjoy biking even more. 

Good luck to everyone making their goal.  Let's win!!!

Nice job Leah!!! I hear you on the sore body parts. I have been purposely taking it very easy on my trainer rides this month in order to avoid knee problems that have plagued me in the past when I mixed running and cycling. I know my leg muscles are weak and that my left leg is stronger than my right leg (did single leg lifts on a mix of weight machines and it was very obvious). If your legs are hurting post workout, dial it back some and see what happens. Recruiting the necessary support muscles takes time.

Got in one last ride for the month today and that pushed me up to the 105% max. Keep cranking on those goals Hearts!!

Hi Hearts!

I got away for a quick overnight anniversary celebration; biked in the morning before we left town. It's been so long since I've biked outside or ran that my Garmin has apparently lost its sense of day and time!

Happy anniversary, Nicole!

Congrats to everyone on your various successes.  I haven't read the race report yet.

I just did 4 miles, so I'm almost 74% done my love goal.  The other goals have fallen by the wayside...oh well.  My training plan starts in 2 weeks, so I kinda have to swim and bike then

Dodgeball on tap for this evening...talk to you all this week.

C

Adult dodgeball? Cool!

I hope everyone is having a Lovely Sunday!

In case you haven't noticed, you can earn 105% of your Love goal towards our team total.

I will post the week 3 standings tomorrow.

Nicole

Yeah, we signed up with a personal trainer for the next year (my hubby and I) and he is kicking our butts. 

Congrats on a great race!

Great job on reaching goal and going over.  You may want to look into a better seat for the sore body parts.  It made a world of difference for me when I was training for my centrury.

Way to go Dan.  Now you can enjoy the rest of the month. 

Happy Anniversary. 

We spent the day on the motorcycle, but when we got home we quickly went to the gym and I got in some swimming.  I only did 600 so I feel like that is only half a session.  I usually like to do 1200 minimum, but my arms were like rubber.  I'll be going again in the morning, so I'll get my full session in tomorrow.  Hope that everyone had a great weekend.

Good to hear everyone's had a pretty good weekend!  Happy Anniversary Nicole, and congrats to everyone who's already made all their goals.

I did my usual Sunday morning run with my tri club this morning - 6 miles of recovery LOVE running   I just actually realized that this week will be pretty run-heavy for me since I have 2 extra social runs this week on top of my Tuesday speed session, Thurs tempo run, & Sat long run.  Tomorrow night the marathon training program I'm doing is having a kick-off party which involves a 3-mile fun run, some free beer, and free shirts.  Friday my friends are doing a bar run where we run from bar to bar and take a shot at every bar.  So actually, it looks likely that I'll be going over my goal this month after all!

To Nicole - Yep, adult dodgeball.  We played in the fall for the first time and are now just about finished the winter league.  It's a lot of fun.  Our team is last in the standings! LOL 

Can you believe that we're into the last week of February?

The week 3 standings:

Hearts: 72.5%
Kisses: 72.1%
Hugs: 68.1%

The competition has really tightened up and the final place at the top of the podium is still up for grabs. Keep up the great work!

And look, Hearts are still leading, but not by much.  Come on team, let's get to 100 % for everyone in our LOVE challenge.

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I just got another love run in. I think I will skate in right at 100% which I am really stoked about considering I got a bit derailed by all this snow. My other goals...well, not so much. But its the Love that counts.