kaqphin - 2008-05-13 7:34 PM

Im hungry... and all this talk of cheesecake!

 

Now what is a smart phone?

lastcall2003 - 2008-05-13 9:41 PM

priorities and time management are important! especially if you are a lover of cheesecake ...

lastcall2003 - 2008-05-13 9:53 PM

oh, oh, oh!!!!!!

I can't believe I almost forgot to post my great news! (no, it's not about a house )

I am going to be home for 9 whole days!

K graduates on May 24 and she has invited about a 75 people for the party and I'm making - you guessed it, enchiladas!

My original schedule was this

• Leave for NE on Friday May 16 -  
• Return to PA on Sunday May 18 (10:35 pm airline time - which means sometime after 11 pm most likely)
• Leave for NE on Wed May 21 (arriving 11 pm)
• Return to PA on Monday May 26 (leave omaha 6 pm arrive PA 10:35 pm)

I talked to my boss and asked if he would be ok with my taking Mon and Tues and all of Wed off in addition to Thurs and Friday - He said yes!

Have I mentioned that I love my boss! 

So now, my schedule is this 

• Leave for NE on Friday May 16 - 
  
• Return to PA on Monday May 26 (leave Omaha 2 pm arrive PA 7 pm)
  

Yaaaaay!  I'm so excited!

Spokes - 2008-05-14 11:59 AM

I probably should qualify this somewhat.

I can swim. I just can't swim fast. I don't think I ever will be able to.

Now, I could swim MORE efficiently, I'm sure. However, even based on the limited drills I've done, I don't swim any appreciably faster when focusing on efficiency. I'm less TIRED when I get out of the water, and I suppose that's something.

But, it still stinks in a race situation to be so bad in the water that you're not going to make up the time on the bike or the run, no matter what.

It KILLS me to see people who are grossly overweight kick my azz in the water. It kills me, man.

Maybe a musical allegory will make sense here. I played clarinet in addition to guitar in high school, and at the time, to be in jazz band - and play guitar, which is what I wanted to do - you were required to be in band. Which I hated - HATED marching band. Also, in cold weather, which was most of what marching band was about, reed instruments like the clarinet and sax lose their volume as they get colder.

So, the summer before my senior year, I took home a baritone and attempted to teach myself the instrument, figuring we needed baritones in the band worse than clarinets (which we had plenty of). I screwed with that thing for 6 weeks, and I got where I could play a B flat one octave scale - but that was IT. I didn't have the amature to play a brass instrument. Simply didn't have the talent - this happens.

I'm a good musician; I'm good enough I could have easily made a career of it. I can play a drum kit competently, if I spent any time at it, I'd be damn good. I can play a little piano; again, if I had one and spent the time practicing, it would be interesting to see how good I could become. I can play electric bass in addition to guitar.

But I can't play a brass instrument worth a damn (I had an antique trumpet I screwed with as well for a while). Swimming is much the same way - I can *do* it, but I'll never do it well.  You either have the talent/ability, or you don't.

I'm willing to be there are lots of people who complete one triathlon but quit after a while because there's one discipline they don't do well - so they go back to being a single sport athlete to stay in shape (and there's nothing wrong with that).[/QUOTE]

Spokes - 2008-05-14 12:05 PM

And following up on my swim post, this article from the NY Times was posted on my tri club email list this morning:

For Peak Performance, 3 Is Not Better Than 1

 

edited to provide a link to the article

Thanks  

Spokes - 2008-05-14 3:50 PM

Beth - that's great news! Sorry about the article. I forgot the BT Rulez on that.

Sal - my problem is simply finishing isn't good enough for me. I like to do well, if not win. That's the reason I avoid doing another tri - because I can't do well. Plus issues related to my X, her uberfast BF, and the hell I went through in my divorce, but I won't repeat those here. I'm still hurting on those counts, and a wise person would probably just walk away from all racing and ride my bike and collect butterflies and never race again, but that would be admitting defeat to people I can't admit defeat to (even though, unlike them, I graduated from college, and that's a much bigger accomplishment than winning any triathlon, IMHO).

Crap, I've already said too much. 

Artemis - 2008-05-14 6:24 PM

I can't find my car remote.  It's not attached to my keys because the connecting piece broke.  I know I had it yesterday because I locked my car when I got home, but I don't know what happened after that.  Not in the purse, not in the house (that I can see).  Maybe the cats took it somewhere?  Maybe I dropped it in the street?  It's really frustrating.

enders_shadow - 2008-05-14 6:29 PM



That stinks. I lost my car remote within the first year we had the car...Sugar Daddy still has his - and we still have the car after almost 8 years. I always have to use my key to get in & stuff...but he did "loan" me his remote when I took the car to Atlanta.

barqhead - 2008-05-14 6:31 PM



Hope you can find it soon. Blame the cats. They probably batted it under a piece of furniture.

enders_shadow - 2008-05-14 6:29 PM That stinks. I lost my car remote within the first year we had the car...Sugar Daddy still has his - and we still have the car after almost 8 years. I always have to use my key to get in & stuff...but he did "loan" me his remote when I took the car to Atlanta.

Spokes - 2008-05-14 6:59 PM

I'm of half a mind just to walk away from tris entirely and only race duathlons and run races, but there's no point in me staying here as this is - despite what people say - a triathlon site that really isn't that friendly to people who Do Other Things. I'm thinking that when my current paid membership expires of having marma delete my account and moving on.

Artemis - 2008-05-14 7:05 PM

I'm headed out to have dinner with some friends (and no husband!).  Catch y'all later. 

sparco - 2008-05-14 5:03 PM

Fair enough Scott. I just didn't want you trying to convince the Nibbs clan here that good swimmers are ONLY the result of talent and genetics.

I was a poor swimmer. After 4 years I'm a mediocre swimmer who does lots of yards to have a MOP tri swim experience...

I was just defending my peeps/Nibbs. Didn't want anyone to become discouraged thinking that they will never be good swimmers because they weren't born with the right genes. I was terrified of open water and couldn't swim 50 yards. I think I'm proof that with a little bit of confidence (self-psychoanalysis) and A LOT of hard work, someone can do an Ironman swim...I'm halfway there...

Artemis - 2008-05-14 6:24 PM

I can't find my car remote. It's not attached to my keys because the connecting piece broke. I know I had it yesterday because I locked my car when I got home, but I don't know what happened after that. Not in the purse, not in the house (that I can see). Maybe the cats took it somewhere? Maybe I dropped it in the street? It's really frustrating.

Artemis - 2008-05-14 4:34 PM

We have 2 floating around the house somewhere.  One disappeared when we moved and I haven't found it yet because we still haven't unpacked everything.

I'm more concerned that I dropped it outside.  It would suck to have someone steal the car.  I guess I should start taking everything out of the car at night now.   

Spokes - 2008-05-14 6:59 PM
I'm of half a mind just to walk away from tris entirely and only race duathlons and run races, but there's no point in me staying here as this is - despite what people say - a triathlon site that really isn't that friendly to people who Do Other Things. I'm thinking that when my current paid membership expires of having marma delete my account and moving on.