X-Men (Page 21)

UGH.  KATIE.  i feel ya. 

those UGLY days are rough, especially when you have two of em back to back.

hang in there!

stacieb

UGLY TOPpage. 

ERICA.  you always seem to know just what adjustments need to be made to your trng.  i think thats SUPER.  your gonna be GRAND come your HIM!

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A BEAUTIFUL MORNING TO CONQUER THE MOUNTAIN.

AND CONQUER IT YOU DID WILL.

what an amazing accomplishment considering all youve been through.

id say YOUR BACK, whadya think? 

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fun after i was numb.

MAV that just cracked me up.

im super silly skeeered of OWS.  but im hoping w inspiration from you (and others) ill conquer that 'fear' this summer.

the Masters swim team that ive joined does a few open water swims.  maybe in sm group i wont be so chicken you know what. 

nice piling on that cycling mileage too.

YOU SUPER HERO YOU!!!!

Great job everyone! 1st OWS is just awesome. There's no substitute for that and getting over the cold part is key!

ALRIGHTY THEN X-MEN.

i had the most magnificent weekend.

100% kid free thanks to my brother, opening weekend of trout fishing, and our family fishing camp.  he took all three boys for the weekend.  sweet relief.

friday i went on a urban soul ride. tooled around the city.  cant say it was my 'favorite' thing to do - im not much of an urban/city girl - i much prefer my trail along the creek/lake, but, it was enjoyable nonetheless.  i got to hang out at REI for a bit and met my husband for an early dinner at our favorite resturant (i biked there, how cool is that?)

saturday i went running down my said fav trail.  had to contend a bit w all the trout fisherman passing them by on the trail w their fish in hand, dodging a few fishing poles, but had a great time nonetheless. BEAUTIFUL day weather-wise.

i was able to 'lay down' 6.5 miles running, so im feeling really confident that ill be able to do that 10K marathon relay leg come the beginning of May.

saturday was an incredible day in another  important way.

my husband and i spent the afternoon helping an old friend of mine and his wife.  there were a group of us that went to their house to help with yardwork and to celebrate my friend, DANs birthday.

11 months ago, while putting up a rope swing for his daughters, DAN feel out of a tree and broke both bones in his lower leg.

they made every attempt to reconstruct his leg surgically, but he ended up contracting a stap infection during one of the surgies that he wasnt able to 'fight off'

in attempt to save as much of his leg (and his life) they made the decision to amputate his leg below the knee.  he just had that procedure done on April 2nd.

i can tell you i was prepared for all sorts of things, but not what i saw when i arrived.

here was a guy, that unless you knew he had a lost a leg, look active and vibrant and full of life.  he was doing what he could to clearing out planting beds, driving the lawn tractor, and building a huge bonfire of leaves, branches, and other lawn debris.

UNBELIEVABLE.

i starting talking to him, and he share how before the accident he wanted to start running again.  he was a HS and college track athlete, but had fallen out of shape and out of running.

and he shared that INSPITEOF the amputation, he wanted to pursue that goal.

im not sure how long it will take him to actually do it, but there is no doubt w an attitude like his, and unwillingness to allow to deter him in anway, that he WILL run!

he meets w his PTs at Rehab this week, he'll be fitted w a prothestic, and then begin the Rehab process.  but im telling you he is WELL ahead of the curve.


so, at the end of the evening, when there was just a few of us still around, i asked DAN to sign my leg (the same one he lost) and i told him that i was gonna dedicate my first TRI and my marathon relay leg to him and his WILL to go on after this life-changing event.

you know, after something like that, you can begin to think about all the things that you CANT do. i dont think the thought has even occurred to DAN.

life might be different from here on out, he recognizes that, but life GOES ON.

so its that INDOMITABLE SPIRIT, THAT I WILL SPIRIT that run my race on Sunday and then the ff Sunday.

HERES TO DAN.

quite the guy dont you think???

stacieb

taper week for me.

had a nice swim - 40 mins/1600 yds. - met up w some of the Wavers at the pool later in the day - hadnt expected to bump into them.  went over my 27 min swim time allotment for the day - but i kept it easy and had a good time swimming w the group.

its nice to finally have met enough people now that these group things just work out. 

tinsy brick tomorrow SWIM TO BIKE.

short run WED.

road trip to the Univ to chk out the bike/run route for my mini and swim a few laps in the Rec Center pool.....

and FRI is another brick - BIKE TO RUN.

OFF on Saturday and then RACE DAY SUNDAY.

wooo hoooo!
stacieb

Morning everyone!  I have a lovely run scheduled today.  Pretty excited about it.  It is gonna be wet so I shall splash around for 1h 15m.  Sounds fun, right?  I think so!

Hope you all have a great day!

Morning X Men!!!
I went to the Boston Marathon yesterday. I live 10 miles from the start line. All I can say is that it was incredible. I was Standing next to Ryan Hall at the start line. I have some great pics on my phone ..one of Robert Cherriott starring at him. I stood on the start line last year and I was suprised to find that the elite runners appear to experience the same anxiety as I do on race day. I had to get there 3 hours before the race to secure my spot but ot was well worth it.
When I figure out how to download my pics I'll post some.

Today I have to swim!!! I have been doing my frozen ows..now its time to seriously swim. Raining today...so no biking
I'll be out there running in the rain today too Erica. Cant wait for the 80's over the weekend!!!

Morning everyone!  Swim 6/8 done this morning!  Hope everyone has a great day!

A win is a win is a win!!  Big congrats to you!

Got my run done.  It didn't rain nearly enough though.   I was 7 minutes short too.  Oh well!  Hope everyone is having a good one!

MAV.  oh my that is awesome about BOSTON, and the pics.  cant wait to see.

raining here for the past two days as well.

Fri the day for my final BIKE RUN BRICK then race day on Sunday is supposed to clear, sunny high of 67 WOOHOOO.

quick fly through.

got nice little brick done today.

race day is Sunday and im already getting super squirrly bout EVERYTHING   i get this way, days before the race, then by the time the actual race rolls around, im usually 'cool calm and collected', THAT im exhausted from all the worrying that i do, that i just want it OVER WITH.  teeee heeee.

20 min swim, felt fabulous.

40 min spin.  man i was 'flyin' as much as you can be on a stationary spin bike....

i could tell compared to the others in the class that my ENDURANCE LEVEL is WAY UP THERE.  a confidence booster for sure.

im SO race-ready!

Glad you had that nice confidence booster as you head into your race weekend!  Woo hoo!

^^^^ it always feels good to feel good goin' into a race, doesnt it?

im picking up my 'pimped out' bike today.  corey called to tell us our bikes were finished.

im so anxious to get on and ride.  corey put on road tires (i have performance hybrid)

ive been told they make a big difference in the ride/speed.

HAS ANYONE DONE THIS TO THEIR NON-ROAD BIKE??  just curious what your experience was?


i have an itty bitty run today, that im actually considering blowing off.  im thinking its not necessary what w the brick im doing.  i may take today off, do my long brick tomorrow - BIKE TO RUN - work it out on my new swifty tires and then call it a week.

im just not sure on what to do the two days before my race.

ANY SUGGESTIONS??

i know i dont want to do much, but im not certain i want to take the two days completely OFF.

WHAT DO YOU ALL FIND BEST TO DO THE TWO DAYS BEFORE A RACE?

stacieb

Congrats on the new pimped-out bike, Stacie!!!  I've never made any changes to any of my bikes before so unfortunately I don't have any experience to share. 

Depending on how ancy you are, I might go for an itt bitty run today and do an itty bitty brick tomorrow and quit training after that.  If you're not that ancy, just do a short brick tomorrow.  Whatever you do, have fun with the "new" bike!

No advice on the bike but I am sure you will pick up some speed with road tires. 

I would do the run today and a small brick tomorrow.  Maybe a short swim on Friday if you are bored.  You want to be well rested for your race but not sluggish either!  I know you will do great in your race and can't wait to hear about it!

Today I shall swim and either bike or run.  I won't know until tonight and see what the weather is doing.  I hope to get a nice hourish ride done while the kids are at church but if it is rainy, I will do tomorrow's run instead and ride tomorrow.  I refuse to ride the trainer.  Nope, not gonna do it! 

In other crazy news, a drunk driver plowed into my parents house in the middle of the night last night.  I was watching the news this morning and heard the news dude say my parents town (super small town that NEVER makes the news) and looked up.  I was watching and said, HEY, that is my parents house!!  Eek!  They are okay (as is the idiot driver) but the scary thing is that the room the driver hit was my parents bedroom just a few weeks ago.  My mom swapped furniture and it's now a family room.  Thank the Lord that she did that or else it might have been a different story.  The foundation is all messed up and they are staying in a hotel.  I still haven't talked to them (got some info from my sister) so I am not sure what the plan is for today.  How crazy!

I don't blame you about refusing to ride on the trainer anymore.  With this warm weather oh so close to becoming permanent, I'd refuse, too, just out of protest to Mother Nature!

That's inSAAAAAANE!  That is so wild about her having just switched rooms, too!  I'm so glad they're okay.  YIKES!

Ditto!  Glad everyone is ok!