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Lisa,

Logging is to bag.  To the right of the days date you want to log for will be "edit today's log".  Click on that and you will get the edit screen.  Drop down the screen until you get to what "event" you may want to edit and click on the distance make your edit, the time make you edit, let BT calculate the pace by clicking on the "calc" button.  The is also a place to log some thoughts from the workout or what you did - looks very similar to the thread positng.

Hey don't get down on yourself.  YOu're off the couch that is better than 90% of the people out there!  I'm proud of you for that.  Remember three yearsa ago i was learning to walk again!

As for a plan it sounds like you have the beginning of one already. (very similar to mine by the way).  Just pen it to paper and you have a motivator!

Happy New Year!

Possible group Chat

Are any of you interested in setting up a weekly? group chat time?  If so what times would work best for you?  I am home almost every evening from 6:30 pm  - 10 pm central time.  The first one on could set up a Hikergerb's Mentor Group Room and we could meet there.  Let me know!

I promised my goals for jan and my training schedule. 

I have attached my training schedule.  I write my own to fit my time schedule and my abilities.  I'll make changes in it for Feb. as  we get closer to then.  I schedule Fri evening as a rest time since i am pretty shot from work.  I take my rest days as my body demands them.  I also can play witht he intensity of the workout depending on where my body is at.

Here is my goals for jan (and they are pretty aggresive considering I've been sick the past week)

Swim - 16500 yds

Bike - 220 miles

run  - 45 miles

core 2.5 hours

Good morning all!  -  Sorry I have been away.  A few days at the in-laws without internet access.  My logs are all caught up and my goals for the month are:

Details attached...  I end my running only portion of my endurance build on 1/14 and start the pre-13 Week Sprint Program.  Should prove interesting to say the least!

As far as a possible chat...  Evenings after 9pm (Eastern) would work best for me. 

Not really a motto, but I NEVER want to be mistaken for BUDDA again! 

The bike might be blue...  But I'm very green with envy!

Lisa,

After 9 what time zone (for chatroom time).  I'm looking at Thursday.  I'll let you all know tomorrow.

Lisa - What part of Ohio?  I grew up west of Cleveland in the towns of Avon Lake and Amherst.  I went to Ohio Northern University but moved east after graduation and haven't been back...

Tad

Lisa - no problem on the chat.  It was the first time I used it so i was winging it.  All you do is click on the Beginner Chat link in the upper left coner area of the blog page (below the control panel) and then on the ride side of the screen you'll see a room set up for our group (under Hikergerb if I get there first) click on that and you should be ready to go.

Good job on the workouts today.  There is a guy i swim with who I thought was about 10 years younger than me but turns out to be 5 years older.  He can swim circles around me.  He's helped me learn it is about progress.  Isn't it great when you get one of those swims that feels good!  I kind of miss the pool (closed for the last two weeks).  Of course i don'r miss my sweat smelling like chlorine.

Hey guys!  HOw did your weekend go?

 I think I am starting to get over this crud so I have started to ramp up my training agian.  I had a decent racewalk workout Sat morning and an hour trainer ride in the evening (the my normal speed wasn't there).  Yesterday I had my bike guru fit my bike (few minor adjustmenst since I was having lower back pain) and then we did a 30 min intense Spinerval that was filmed here in MN (Man did i work my butt off on that one).

How about a recap from you guys?

Let's plan on hitting the chatroom at 9 pm (central time) on Thursday.

Hey all...  Sorry I missed Thursday, we had a huge fire in the neighboring town and I spent the better part of the night there.  I have never seen a house with that much fire!  A total loss...

I am starting my last week of pure running.  I start dabbling in all three disciplines Monday the 15th.  I am planning to start the basic 13 week Sprint Tri training plan in April, starting really easy next week with 10 minutes swimming, 20 minutes biking and build on my running with a 30 minute short and increasing my long run to 120 minutes.  I have reacently flirted with the idea of chaning my plan and utilizing the 16 week Olympic tri training plan that would start at the end of March instead.  That gives me almost 3 months to get to ready for that program...  Any thoughts?

My first race is a reverse mini "tune-up-tri" in March.  The 2nd is a mini in June.  My primary race is a sprint in early August.  I'm looking for a Olympic in September, but if I don't find one atleast I have a good base for the Army 10-miler in October and the off-season.  I'll upload my training plan tomorrow for you all to see...

 G'night -

Tad

My first race was supposed to be a half marathon on Feb 17.  Given my current injury situation I might have to dial that back to a 10k.  Im playing it day by day.

Good morning all...  As promised, here is my planned training regimen.  I've pretty much made up my mind to do it but if I need to alter the times downward, at least I'll still complete my goal of the Sprint!

Anyone have thoughts on a trainer vs. spin class?

Tad