HILDEKQ'S Magnificently Motivational Mentor Group - CLOSED!! (Page 22)

LOL! It IS mean to pick on Wilson like this but secretly I think he likes it and I want you to know that when I read this you made me spit my coffee on my keyboard! LOL!

Ugh - it's tough when motivation slides. It's like part of you wants to do it and the rest of you isn't on board...frustrating! Maybe it's just time for a break - take a few days/weeks, guilt free...set a come-back date and maybe you'll be ready and raring to go then? Maybe scale back your race schedule and just do a few that you're really into? Splurge on some new gear to get you motivated? A new training plan to shake things up?

I think I've been officially zinged!  Shawn WTF brother...we're supposed to hang together here!!!  I'm on an island all alone....and I'm gunna die if I try to swim to land....not cuz I'll drown, but because I'll get sun poisoning - it'll take too long. boo hoo.....  You just made me focus my training even harder!!!

HEE! Have I mentioned recently that I love this group? (Shawn, that zinger is hilarious, if unkind to poor Wilson-- we do adore you, Wilson!)

And I second Marsha's suggestions, Janet-- maybe treat yourself to a break/some gear/an event you know and love might help? Hang in there, girl!

Ran EIGHT minutes on the 'mill today... this'll be a slow comeback for sure, but a determined one...

Have a great weekend, everyone! Feel TONS better, all the folk who need to!

I found this quote tonight as I was sitting here killing time, waiting for the 16 yr old to be done w/his 'lock-in' at the school. I think it applies to all of us who TRI...

It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.  - Theodore Roosevelt

Love that quote, Tammy!!  And yes, good to remember when the weak who do NOT do our sport try to put us down for it.

Alex is up to 8 minutes!!  Watch out MMMers, she'll be running circles around us before you know it, stronger than ever from all that pool running.

Lots of winter sickos amongst us, of the upper respiratory kind, not the Wilson and Shawn kind of sickos!  Hang in there everyone, Spring is coming... sooner for us in Texas, but soon for the rest of you too!  Don't worry, us Texans will be complaining about the heat soon! 

Tammy that is a great quote!!!  I am really thinking hard about that!  Since my wife is an attorney - I've started my slander lawsuit against Shawn and all of those who endorse his nastiness.  My self confidence is destroyed and I feel so small now..  Bring it people - I will be ready in June for all of you!!  Shawn that means you have to show up and race me! LMAO!!  You guys are too funny!

Okay, I've shifted gears a bit in my swimming routine.  I've been studying a lot on freestyle technique and have been watching a ton of videos.  www.swimtype.com is very interesting by the way.  I have learned that I'm an over glider and my catch and pull really suck bad...I pull straight arm from entry to hip...one big arch.  So I've started doing the high elbow catch and pull drill against the wall at home and applied it today in the pool....Wow, I totally get it in my head how it's supposed to look - but man o man actually doing it is a different experience.  I did a ton of sculling drills and some concentrated time trying to apply the stroke technique.  I felt a little better at the end...but my left side is most awkward.  I haven't quite got the timing a rotation down to be smooth...also having difficult with how high the elbow should be and how much it drops throughout the stroke...I'm gunna have to watch some more videos now that I've tried it....I'm motivated to get this right so I can drop my time.  Hell I'm an Engineer and knew the mechanics of my stroke with regard to propulsion was about 30-40% effective.  I think the switch will get me under two minutes...I'm shooting for 1:50/100yd for the June Tri....I'm gunna try like hell - we'll see what happens.

Any suggestions from you dolphins would be greatly appreciated.  And another question...how many of you bilateral breathe, I'm not gunna get that going now - but would like to in the future...one new skill at a time.

Alex, so glad you are getting back at running.  I know you must be so so ready to be gazelle-like...you are doing a great job being patient and methodical....keep it up....

JANET!!!! YOU ASKED FOR AN ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT....GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR A$$ AND GET BACK ON TRACK....WTF....HTFU AND ATTACK....ATTACK AND KILL THAT MOTHER FU#$%@#^KING HEAD DEMON!  YOU ARE BETTER THAN THE LAZY MOTHER FU$#@%@#%KER NEXT DOOR SITTING ON HIS COUCH EATING CHEETOS.....DAMNIT WOMAN DON'T MAKE ME COME OVER THERE AND KICK YOUR A$$.....WHEW..HOPE THAT WORKED..LMAO

Love - Kisses and Hugs.

Wilson!

Woo hoo! It's been over a week of dealing with the crud, but I'm finally starting to feel like a human again! I haven't been sick like this in years. All I have to say is F--- YOU, Oklahoma City, for giving me this crap!

Alex, I thought of you when I was reading one of my favorite blogs today. This pretty much sums up how I feel about water-jogging and why I think you are a goddess for turning in 2 1/2 hour sessions in the pool!

http://iwannagetphysical.blogspot.com/2011/03/aqua-jogging-dying-slow-death.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SteveInASpeedoGross+%28Steve+in+a+Speedo%3F%21+Gross%21%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

Tammy (Turtle) - Did you have this upper respiratory GARBAGE too? I thought I kicked it out the door like a week ago but apparently NOT...

Wilson - Yeah, the swim chic basically told me that one needs to ONLY BREATHE IN when we turn to breathe and not be wasting precious seconds exhaling then inhaling....of course, if you are completing the exhale BEFORE you turn to inhale it probably does not matter

    Despite feeling like I am coughing up a lung I am going to complete the Du I signed up for TOMORROW. There are 14 women in my age group so....not terrible odds. The kicker is that the bike portion of the course on the way to the turn around point is ALL UPHILL!! It's going to suck BAD and hubby was willing to let me use his bike but my shoes don't fit in his pedals and his bike setup is all wrong for me. I'll just have to suck up the hills and hope that fresh legs make a difference....

Tammy's husband's name is NOT Lee, whew!!  I'm hearing the Twilight Music theme here!!

So Tammy (the Other Tammy) and I are doing the Du today... it is currently 29 degrees out!!  The race doesn't start till 9 a.m., but who knows how much warmer it will be then??!!  Gonna be a cooooold bike ride and I bet a LOT of people bail because of the cold.  I drove the bike course yesterday, 10 miles of rollers, all ups and downs, not many flats to speak of.  I didn't see anything MAJOR in the way of hills, but of course I was driving!  My perception may be totally different when I'm out on my bike!  And I'm wondering, how do they body mark when EVERYTHING is covered up except your eyes?

Congrats Hilde and Tammy on your Du effort!!!!  Glad you two had fun and hung out some!  You are stars in our books!

NEWSFLASH

I just found out that Hilde and Tammy didn't do the Du....they instead had another "competition"....yep, the paparazzi got the shot and emailed it to me 10 seconds ago....

Big hand for our MMMers....and a big hand it is!!!

*Laughs and laughs* Oh, yeah-- I know those marks from the belt all too well! Some days really are better than others for those long runs... but I keep telling myself it's WAY better than doing nothing, and I hope it's doing me some good along the way! Thanks for the post, though-- that really did make me laugh in recognition...even if my muscle definition isn't quite like Steve's yet-- but I've gone down a pants size since Christmas, much to my surprise, so something I'm doing seems to be working!

Wilson you are sooooo FUNNYY!!!! LMAO

If I had a SET like that I DEFINITELY would not be running I can assure you of that!!

Tammy (Turtle) No, my husbands' name is not Lee - but his brothers' name is! The funny thing is - I was ALSO in Houston a couple weeks ago at IAH picking my son up and was HEALTHY until that point!! This thing has hung on longer than ANY cold I've had in years and must be a pretty nasty bug since I SELDOM get sick, even with all the crap the kids bring home from school.

It will be interesting to see what else we have in common........? "They" say we all have a doppelganger somewhere in the world!! LOL