Beer Drinker Appreciation Society (BDAS)--OPEN (Page 17)

Right??  I don't generally swim that in a week!

So I took the new bike out this weekend!  I have many thoughts about it....the first of which is that I am not worthy of this bike!  I will work my butt off to make myself worthy of it again....but it'll take a bit to get back there.  It's probably more mental than physical, but I definitely need to get back into long-ride shape. 

There are a few tweaks that I'll be making over the next few rides, but I really like the bike a lot!  Unfortunately, it was cold out the day I rode, and I'm kind of a weenie when it comes to cold.  My toes were completely numb by the end (made my transition run off the bike interesting!).

My old P2 will become the dedicated trainer bike and the Argon will come outside.  Since it was cold out, I didn't really stop for too many pics along the way, but here are a few (one of my tiny car with two bikes on top, one of me at the finish of my fit session, and a selfie on the maiden voyage).

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The bike looks even better than I imagined!!

And - I love your car!  I have a 2016 WRX in the same color 

Well done Dave!!!  Keep at it

Nice job, Jenn!

'Morning, everyone.  Got in 1.1 miles @ 2.0 mph on the treadmill this morning.  I'm really sore for some reason after getting a relatively pain-free night's sleep.  This makes no sense but it's what I've been told to expect. 

I don't think I mentioned it here, but we had to say goodbye to a REALLY old friend over the weekend, my beloved 1997 Honda Accord.  I've been driving this car since July of 1997, and I think I've put 260K of the 270K miles that were on it.  After several months of dealing with clutch problems and basically pouring brake fluid and oil into it every week, plus putting about $1K into it to keep it running, we decided that the latest bill of $1400 to fix the clutch was just too much, so off she goes ("Black Beauty" was her name...) to the Maryland School for the Blind through a donation.

So we've replaced her with a 2010 Honda Fit that will eventually go to my daughter when she turns 16 next summer.  So this 6'3", 200 lb guy is driving around town in this little car LOL.  And it's purple.   Nice little car though - really quick but it revs crazy high on the highway.  It is a 5-speed (which we call "the Millenial anti-theft device"), so I'm happy.

February goals are to increase walking volume to 3-4 miles/day, and then get cleared for cycling and swimming.

I think that's enough. 

I had a WRX hatch that I loved....way more than the BRZ.  Unfortunately, it had a weld fail and was well out of warranty, so I got the BRZ almost three years ago.  It's not as fun, it's not as functional (though I found that I actually can fit my bike into it when it's packed into the soft bag I fly with), and the damn thing is a magnet for dings.  I've never in my life had a car get as many people opening doors into it, scratching it, whatever (and I've had a G35, an S2000, and a WRX previously...). 

If they bring a WRX (turbo'ed) hatch back into production, there's a strong chance I'll trade this in....though I'll probably get killed on the "condition" of the car with as many freaking dings as it has!

Hard ride this morning -- 8x2' @ 110% on 1:30 recovery plus 10' @ 85%.  I'm so glad my bike legs have come back to me!  It's weird switching between the Argon (will NOT be subject to the trainer) and my P2....the fit is a little different between them, but feels massively different for the first few minutes!  Very proud of my execution, and hoping things will get better on the long rides soon.

We also start track work again this week!  I'm excited now, and will probably be kicking myself when I'm actually doing it.  Haven't done any speed or hill work since....well, really since September, though did do some tempo work leading up to my end of October race. 

I think this marks the start of my build to Galveston 70.3.  I'm excited about it, but also tempering expectations, as I'll be somewhat under trained going into the race....so using it more as a "see where I am" race and targeting a race in June instead.

Glad to hear you're on the road to recovery, Mike!  Take it easy and expect that you'll have good days and a few bad ones tossed in there.

Gretchen -- enjoy the last couple weeks before the HM!  Are you doing any running outside?  Is the race outside (on pavement)?  If so, consider doing a few runs outside (not necessarily the long one) to make sure your body is accustomed to it.

Jen -- keep up the good work in the pool!

Hope everyone else's training is going well....and more importantly, hope you're enjoying the occasional good beer (or wine or spirit)

HAHAHAHAHA!

Sorry to hear about the soreness but great job getting out and doing it!  Later on you get to look back and say 'remember when I had to slow walk the treadmill and it hurt?  Glad that's done!'

Loved the hatch!  It was so brief though, what two model years?  There's an Impreza hatch but no turbo yet  I liked the WRX wagon even better.  Probably never see that one again...

Nicole - holy cow on the bike effrorts.  I REALLY need some sort of structure to my cycling.  My run workouts I've got nailed.  My swim workouts as well, though I'm not always able to do the speed work parts because I'm still so far behind on form.  My bike workouts are either for time (trainer) or distance (road) and that is it.  No efforts, no intervals, no nothing - just push as hard as I can for the time/distance and hope my avg speed is better than last time...

Nicole (can I call you 'ON' Original Nicole? haha) - those swim splits - MAN!  I know you can't win a tri in the water but it's not even funny how much slower I am there compared to the bike and run.  I'd have a better chance at competitively speaking Greek or something for the first leg.

Gretchen - good luck with the HM!  I'm targeting one for March but still on the fence of whether to do it.  I'm on point on the training plan for it though.