IronAnneKidd's Mentor Group - Closed for business! (Page 18)

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Good afternoon, everyone!

The cold has returned to Central TX but I still made the workout.  Easy spin and weights today.  I tried to do some walking on the incline but my knee didn't like it, so I hopped on the spin bike instead.  Glad that I did!

Hope everyone is well and the margaritas are flowing!

Good morning everyone!

Yikes! Take care of your knee!!!

Take it easy. Don't just take in water, use a sports drink or something to get electrylytes, too.

Where's the rest of our group?

It is tooooooo quiet in here!

I'm here

Rough nite......was 2 degrees at the start of the shift last nite.....12 below at 6 am.....I hate winter. Did manage to squeeze in about 2 miles on the treadmill before leaving for "the other job". I will hit the gym for swim and bike after work. When you work 2 jobs "life" tends to intrude on the carefully laid training plans. On the plus side, my stalking on CL and Ebay paid off....I scored an older Cannondale road bike at a great price yesterday. May need some upgrades, we'll see when it arrives, but it's a start.

Edited by SFD156 2011-02-10 8:07 AM

I only have 1 job and I have the same problem.

Good Afternoon/Morning Everyone!

I have been battling bronchitis since Friday and i think its finally getting better! Bronchitis is pretty much an annual event for me but i still managed to do a good swim yesterday morning and some abs in the evening. I will probably do a short run tonight but my mind is a lot more willing then my body! We got a couple inches of snow today but it will likely be gone in a couple hours.  

Glad you're feeling better, don't rush back into training though. Take it easy, take care of your lungs, ease back into it.

Morning all!  Sounds like a large part of the crew is sick or coming back from sickness.  Take the recovery slowly, lest you fall back into the "funk".  Hope everyone is well or gets better soon!

Swimming on the schedule today.  Maybe some core work tonight, if I can fit it in around basketball scrimmage for the boys.

Supposed to be in the 70's starting this weekend, into the middle of next week.  I'm a fan of early spring!

I'm coming to visit this weekend. We MAY hit 40 on Sunday.

We are suppose to have some nice weather this weekend as well! If i feel good enough i'm going to hit the road with my bike. 

I am completely ready for spring! I can't wait to get out on my bike. My Speedfill came last night. It will soon be time to get my bike off the trainer and get outside.

Headache, nausea, all over pain and stiffness... I ate gluten, German Chocolate Cake was my downfall it had always been my favorite cake... Don't tell on me the kids would be pretty upset I did that so I have the flu right??? Just a mild case of the flu. Unless I start throwing then not so mild. Actually you know what I will throw... that cake right in the trash can.

I'm sorry you feel that rotten. I have to ask though, are you allergic to gluten? I like cake, you can send it over here.

I wanna slice

My reply dissapeared...

I have not had testing done for celiacs however I stopped eating gluten last year and it has made a big difference. One of my DDs is diagnose Celiacs though so it is not unlikely i just could not afford testing and now I have insurance I would have to eat gluten for 2 -3 weeks to get an accurate test. I may do it this spring but it would mean a lot of feeling crappy days for me.

Here ya go help yourselves

Edited by TriathlonMum 2011-02-10 3:15 PM

That's awesome!

Thanks Anne :) I used to do a lot of fun stuff with the kids' cake as well as molded ahortbreads and cookies. I stopped when I was a single mom for so many years then in 2008 I lost everything in a house fire. I still miss my shortbread pans and cookie molds :(

 I am still single but with DD helping me so much I am able to do more and we got me the decorating equipment for the holidays! I have done two major projects since DSs birthday cake and DDs 18th birthday cake.




Edited by TriathlonMum 2011-02-11 1:38 PM

Yeah, we had some pedialyte popsicles that helped. I feel pretty much over it now. Lifted weights, ran, and swam today - no problems.

Tomorrow am (oops, later this am) is my favorite spin class. Great teacher (tri guy). May get a bit of a swim in too.

I enjoyed that article on "building a strong base." Worth a look.  http://beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=2165 
The tri coach at my Y really emphasizes that idea - says you should spend about 80% of your training time "lolly-gagging." I am somewhat short of that mark - I always feel like I am short of time and need to make the most of the time I have. I do really enjoy a long swim or long run at a low intensity pace tho.

Good morning mentee's.

I've been up since 2:45 this morning. Can someone please wake me up at 3:00 this afternoon so I can go home from work?