X-Men (Page 19)

^^^^ alright now thats too small.  take two.

Geez oh pete!  I have had a busy day.  I got my stoopid drainer ride done early then ran to the pool (well not really run but you know ) swam for just over an hour (ugh), ran home and packed a picnic lunch to take to the park, went to the park, the kids played/I chatted for two hours, came home, showered, ran to Cole's first eval appointment.  Finally home and finished with dinner and I'm tired!  Hope you all had a great superhero day!

Way to squeeze-in your training, though!

ERICA.  w a day like that, YOU are the super hero.  good goin' fitting it all in.

is spring break over for your kids?  my kids go back today [secret happy dance]

GOOD MORNING X-MEN.

happy to report my FIRST OF FOUR BRICKS went splendidly last night.

30 min swim WOOSH.  i need to look back in my trng log but i do believe its the longest CONTINUOUS swim ive ever done, 1450 yds.  well almost continuous except for the minute it took me to go under the lane markers and switch lanes when the TRIM SWIM class came in.  but continuous cept for that.

i honestly felt the best ive felt in for a long distance/endurance swim like that.   and made an Oly Tri seem that much more reasonable   not that i have one scheduled, but....at least i KNOW now i could do one should i choose to take on the challenge.  THATs a good feeling.


and 60 spin.  QUADRUPLE WOOSH.  im not sure if our spin instructor WANTS to 'break' us or what, but man oh man.  the last two-three weeks of workouts shes been T-O-U-G-H.  [even her husband who was taking the class 'complained']  it was an interval workout so im not sure that it was the 'best' prep for race day, but i kept telling myself that the mini im doing on the 26th was gonna be a SLICE OF PIE compared to this brick, so i preserved.   and felt DARN proud of myself for finishing strong.

i have a 34 min swim today, im gonna use it for recovery, focusing my attention/energy on THURS BRICK - bike to run.  im planning on heading to the park and doing it outside to try and simulate race day conditions as much as possible.  ive done this type of brick before and its a bugger thats for sure.  that bike to run transition is a 'toughie'.

but anything challenging is worth doing.  the feeling of accomplishment afterwards IS worth it.


ONWARDANDUPWARD! 

LUCKY YOU!!   My crew goes back on Monday.  I really do enjoy them being home for a bit with the weather being sooooo nice on Friday, I wish they were in school so I could ride in the afternoon.  Oh well, next week will be here before I know it.  I am enjoying the break from the school more than they are I think!  No phone calls, e-mails or conferences for an entire week is FABULOUS!  Just what I need to make it to the summer!

i do have to admit that when my daughter asked me to take her to school this morning dad cant say no. so no training this morning, but the smile on my daughters face is priceless.

SO sweet!!!!!! Kids trump training any day. What a good Dad!

ahhhhh.  WHAT a dad.  i think thats GRAND.

yea i hear ya, ERICA.  when theyre home it IS easier in some ways - no lunches to pack, back packs to get ready. i dont have to wake anyone up in the morning, breakfast and getting dressed happens 'whenever'....

but i do love a quiet house. 

had a very nice rcvry swim.  i had half expected to be toast from yesturdays workout, but to my surprise i still had quite a bit in me.  i even managed to swim 4x100s, and hit each 100 in 1:50.  isnt that sumpin' esp after yesturdays brick. 

35 splendid mins in the pool.

then i got my confirmation/welcome email from the masters swim team.  IM OFFICIALLY A MEMBER OF THE CRANBERRY WAVE MASTERS SWIM TEAM.  chk us out on the web at www.cranberrywave.org.

super silly excited to swim w the MAAAH-STERS.

i bow. 

^^^^^ super silly TOP page

Hi everyone! 
Stacie- congrats on the brick and great swim today!

As for me I have my longest bike ride to date scheduled for this evening 1 hour and 12 minutes...will probably do it on the drainer...plan is to take Raven outside for her maiden voyage on Friday!

That is exciting, your bikes maiden voyage!  You named her Raven, huh?  I like it!  I still haven't named my bike yet.  I really need to get on that.  I just call it my boyfriend.  Hmmmmm, anyone have any suggestions?

do you think its a boy or a girl or neither?  for starters......

thank ya, katie.

and enjoy that LBRTD and your maiden voyage on FRI.  totally sweet. 

what make/model?  [did you mention before, if so, sorry i didnt take not the first time around]

stacie

She is a 2008 Trek 2.3 WSD

Edited by kromanowski 2009-04-15 4:57 PM

Yep her name is Raven ( I think Judy (QueenZipp) came up with it) and I liked it so I kept it...

Are there pictures of your bike in your album?  I will have to go check and see if I am inspired

Yeah but it's not a very good picture.  I should do something about that.

I think it's a boy bike.  Still not sure though.

Got my run done.  Ugh.  I should not have eaten dinner before I ran.   Live and learn, right? 

Got my 30 minute bike done this am.  Gonna swim here soon before I head off to Newport, RI.  Have a good one guys!

oooooh.  ive got my eye on one just like her.  do you like the ride?

UGH, ERICA.  thats the worst.  indigestion-city.  hope you felt better as time went on.

look at you ERICA.  a ride in before 6:25 AM and swim before you head out.  thats AWESOME.  safe travels to RI.  ENJOY!

MORNIN' X-MEN.

a gloriously sunny day here in Western PA.  were supposed to have a high of 60.  wooo hooo. 

heading out in a bit to do my brick at the Park, bike to run.  id prefer to go to the limestone trail, but im trying to simulate race day conditions as much as possible esp to experience that bike to run 'transition' in my legs - so its off to the asphalt terrain at the park.

then im going to get my STRUCTURAL FINGERPRINT EXAM done at the chiropractor.  im hoping to glean some good info even today on how to best go about correcting some of my biomechanical imbalances and relieve some of the pressure ive been placing on my lft foot [which resulted in the neuroma....]

im hopeful that well have some alternative trmts to injections and surgery.

HAPPY TRNG TODAY EVERYONE!