Gingerbread Joggers party & commiseration thread (Page 2)

Happy Sunday morning fellow gingerbread nuggets???  I found us!  I think we've got a good crew ~ does anyone know yet if we are just posting our runs to our training logs or if there is a spreadsheet like last month?

Hello everyone, fresh addition to the team here...

My name is Nathalie.

My training goal has been set for 8 hours.

My short term race goal is the Mississauga half-mary on May 11, the longer one is the Muskoka 70.3 Ironman in September, and a few other races in between.

A cross of lovey and butt kicking messages is fine with me.

I wish everyone all the best in reaching their goal this month!

I'm sorry to have to do this, but I'm going to have to remove myself from the February Challenge.  I thought perhaps I could keep things going this month, but I've got too many things to deal with at the moment and I'm having a hard time with my running.  Rather than fall way behind and disappoint the team, it's probably better that I hold off on doing another challenge for a while. 

Hello Everyone!  I'm saying hi!

Name: Pam

Goal: 35 miles

How to keep me going?  Well this is difficult, messages are really nice, reminding me to keep up my end of the bargain is also good, yelling at me without being too abusive is also good

Why I am doing this?  Well, I really hate to run, it is my least favorite sport of the three and of course just has to be at the end of the tri.  I need to just do it so I can keep doing this sport I love...maybe I will love it again.

What do I do besides tri?  Well I am a full time student, a senior at the U of M studying child psychology.  I train, go to class, do homework, go to work, do more homework, work at the lab, and maybe get to sleep.  Life is busy.

But I got in a good run today... 3.68 miles   Roommate stress made me run strong and fast today and it felt really good!  Let's keep up the good work everyone...I don't want to be a loser two months in a row!!!! 

Hi all,

Name: Gill

What's your goal? 4 hours - that's every running session in my plan for February. I know it doesn't sound like a lot but I'm returning to training since having a baby and I'm still building up my running. (Not quite sure how long I can use this excuse, because I've definitely built up my swimming and have made good progress on my biking thanks to the last two challenges.)

Are you training for any specific race yet? Yup: two. The Eton Super Sprint in May and the Windsor Sprint in June. As you can probably guess from the locations of my races, I'm a Brit.

And, most importantly, are you more inspired by lovey messages or would a good kick in the pants suit you better? 65% Lovey 35% butt-kick (what can I say, it's February and the weather over here sucks!!!)

At the moment I'm in commiseration mood because I've got a throat infection / cold. I lost almost all my voice yesterday and was not a happy bunny at all. I probably won't manage my run tomorrow but I'll make it up as it's my short run. Like Judi, I am super-competitive, but my challenge is going to be the last week of February when I'm away on business. I'll need the butt-kicking in full measure then.

Hi everyone.   My name is Dan.   My goal is 100 kilometers of walking/running.   I have not run in about 2 years due to problems with my knees, but have done quite a few races in previous years including one marathon (Honolulu 2001).     I am going to try to keep up my daily walking and gradually increase the number of running strides I throw in.   I did 100 strides yesterday and figure that if I can bump it 100 a day, I will make good progress.    If my knees start to hurt, I will resort to walking.   I am assuming I will have some problems and will have some down days.

I just finished reading Chi Running and am going to try out some of those techniques.

 I am not training for any specific race yet.  That all depends on how my running progresses.

Inspires and just reading what the rest of the team is doing help keep me going.  

 Happy trails...

Dan

first training done. How's everybody doing?

since i am computer challenged: can anyone explain how i can add Nats,bunnyb, dan and all the new gingers that now make our team on the great glittery box that was made?

It's Monday and I am back...in case anyone was looking for me.  I have to do another type of running on the weekend as I have three children to run around (check out my log to see the updates of the weekend), and so I am rarely online on the weekend.  I ran today according to my plan, 2.5 miles.  I am rehabbing from an injury so my mileage is low and only every other day as I try to build my base again. 

I have a 14, 12, & 7 yo....it becomes a different kind of hard...you don't have to carry them, they can move fast when "motivated" too, and their temper tantrums are rare, but it becomes a challenge in how to get one to this side of town, when the other one has to be on the other side of town at the same time.  And you are no longer a stay at home mom cuz you are always in the car!