medic0020's Group - CLOSED--BUSTIN AT THE SEAMS (Page 17)

I have been researching bike trainers and found that most of the home exercise bikes and spinning bikes have a different peddle configuration than what we ride.  So, they are good for your fitness but may not help with the riding as much.  The "right kind" tends to cost a lot more.  I have a file of notes on them somewhere.  If I find it I will post or send you a PM with the info.

I know I will have one of the tri-trainers some day but not until I have a place to put it.  At the moment, any more equipment like that will be in the garage.  I am not inspired by working out in the garage with the Tucson desert all around me.

I've got a mag trainer at home and it's pretty decent.  It does have manual adjustments for the resistance level which I like. I really like that it has a spring loaded adjustment that applies tension to the rear wheel. Most trainers have a manual adjustment and I have friends who are tearing up their rear tires on the trainer.  The only drawback is that magnetics are louder than fluid.  I got it at Performancebike.com for about $150 on sale. I also have some spinervals dvd's but haven't used those yet. I have compiled a set of trainer workouts than I can email if anyone wants them.  I'm headed home to sleep for a couple of hrs and then probably spin class with the wife at 930am. 

I am alive and barely survived this terrible storm we had! we lost our electricity and ended up at a motel last night....we had reserved a marriot with a workout room (dreadmill) ...and accepted pets...we got there to find out they had no internet connection and cable...so no tv! we ended up leaving to find another..but we kept hearing no...we do not take pets....shes big or we would have snuck her in...anyways we arrived back at our house today to see the front porch light on...woo hoo POWER! no more dreadmills! )

I am on my way out to run....then what do you think occured!

LIGHTNING and THUNDER....

very rare in these parts...miss having them here....but not while I am running. I scared - I want my mommy!

It's mighty early in the month to throw out the "nature" card.....Do you really want to waste it this early??

Well, my nice warm outdoor run turned into a wet slushy, run inside that got cut short because of an achy arch.  So I did do a little workout and it was nice.

Thanks for the info about the trainers.  My biggest problem is my bike is at home and I am not sure how to transport it from WI to MN without a car... any ideas?

Nice job today everyone!  Get a good night's sleep and let's have another great training day! 

question??? how did your warm and sunny outside run turn into a wet a slushy inside run? sorry about the achy arch...how long have you had your shoes? maybe you need additional arches. I would have a running store analyze your foot and tell you what it is that may help you.

Not sure about shipping bikes...do a search in the forums...or start a thread. Sure that there will be many suggestions.

Have a great evening...

Well the run was more of a I was excited because I saw the weather was suppose to be really nice so I am like hey I will run outside.  Went to town to get some food and saw the roads were trashed because of the melting snow so it was like oh, I guess I am not running outside because my running shoes are really nice and I don't want to hurt them yet so I guess I will run on the dreadmill.  And then the arch started hurting.

The shoes are pretty new....at most 50 miles on them.  I was on my feet for a really long time at the grocery store so maybe that started the inflammation.   But who knows.  I am stretching it and took some more ibuprofen so hopefully that will help!

I think I will probably start a thread in discussion about the bike.  I really want to take "Bikey" with me back to school...but dang it, I don't have a car!  Oh well....I still have two weeks to figure it out!  Have a good night! 

Hey there TweeDee - havent we been thru this before? ;o)

yep - this is all i seem to be doing lately....hoping to get more swims in the next few weeks! need to really work on my swimming (my very VERY weakest link) HELP!!!!

thanks for the added count in our posting last night....I noticed that you and beth were all over the place!!!....do you guys evers sleep? )

Amy Indiana - likewise on the energy you send my way. there is not a day that goes by, that you have not sent me an inspiring note...and believe me IT HELPS! so, thank you Amy! I feel very fortunate to be on this team. At first I was not sooo sure - - noone seemed to be saying much....But that sure has changed....for the better! LOVE THE TEAM BANTER  and loving the team commradery (sp?) after all there is no "i" in team!

OK, was that a lil sappy?

have a good day all! make sure to stick to your training plans. your goals are waiting on you to meet them! ;o)

So update on the arch...it isn't actually my arch at all, but me beings stupid and not knowing my parts of my foot.  It is the far edge of my foot, furthest from my arch.  I have done some reading and all it saids is rest/ice/ibuprofen because no one really knows what the problem is or how to fix it.  Has anyone had any problems like this?  I know it is not my running shoes...they are pretty new.  I just don't know.  It is feeling better today.  I am going to try biking tomorrow at Stadium...hopefully that will be okay.

Everyone have a great rest of your weekend!  Take it easy and have some fun!!  

We fell off the front page!  What happened??  No posting on here last night?

It's Monday--what's everyone up to today?  It's supposed to 70 in Charlotte so I'm going for a 30 mile ride or so with a guy from work.  I also need to try to sneak in a 4-5 mile run and some weight lifting....should be a slack day