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Thanks Jon. That's a helpful perspective.

Thanks Kellie- This is encouraging, as I am definately one of those people who goes slow from fear of injury.

Every one's input has been very encouraging- so thanks! I'm looking forward to tomorrows run!

I don't know if the bike fit helped at all...It may have but my knee was irritated from before.  I think I need to let it heal and then try again SLOWLY! I am scared to hurt it now by pushing things.  I am just going to spin on the bike for a week or so. 

It sounds like a great run! I can't imagine running or biking as fast as a lot of people here. But then most people I know can't imagine doing this training at any pace, so it's all good

My foot does still act up.I see the chiropractor for it, and I got hard plastic orthotics a couple of years ago, and they've made a huge difference. Unfortunately, the tendon ruptured at the point of insertion of a joint, then was misdiagnosed for months. By the time any one figured out what was actually wrong, it was too late to really do anything about it.  All it really takes is one wrong step and I'm out for atleast a few days, or a couple of weeks.

So far I've been pretty lucky since last June . Just minor pains, but nothing to knock me out.

Wow, I'm really sorry everyone!! I haven't been around in I don't know how long. I've been pretty out of it for the past month after losing my job. I'll be back regularly now though. I hope everyone is doing well and keeping up with their training!! My training has kept me goin.

Nate

OH man, that stinks, Im sorry about the job!  Could be any one of us in this economy

Yeah in those situations HR can be pretty helpful!  Nice run by the way

I'm sorry to hear about the job. Do you have something lined up yet?

I wish I had something lined up. I'm currently working temp. until the at least the end of the month. I should be able to find another temp job quickly as my temp agency loves me lol. My gym is hiring a Marketing & Sales coordinator. I have a degree in Business Admin. concentrating in marketing and I'm at the gym about 7-10 hours a week, so I'm waiting to hear back from them.

And the training is going great, thanks for asking!

Yea tell me about it, I'm pumped. I don't have the experience, but I think I can talk them into it. I might as well get paid for the time I put in!!

I'll be looking forward to hearing if you get the gym job!!

Thanks Kyla- I'm feeling much better now.

Treadmill question:

When I'm on the treadmill I frequently start to lose my balance. I come close to falling off atleast a couple of times in a half hour workout. Forget watching anything on the attached monitor, because then I'm a goner. I think it's a coordination issue. Does any one else have this problem, and know how I can correct it?

Thanks!!  Is it just me or are local gym's (local ymca) the most unsanitary places on earth.  I am lucky as I have everything but a pool at home to workout but every once in a while I like to change the view.  The problem is out of the 4 times I went there the last year I was sick 3 times the following week. Either I have no immune system or they have toooo many viruses.  :-)

Hey everyone, I'm back!  Had a great cruise!  I didn't workout as much as I wanted to, but I am going to log 9 hours of physical activity anyway!  I swam, biked, ran, took a spinning class(the second one was cancelled due to only two of us showing up!), took a yoga class also. 

I ate soooo much food, but didn't gain any weight!  Yay!  I think the typical weight gain on a cruise (1lb per day) is from alcohol, lol. 

Kissed a stingray, so I am supposed to have 7 years of good luck!  Met a really cool couple that we had a lot in common with.  They were interested in physical activity also, so we kept one another going.

Kyla, I am with you on the sleeping part.  Talk about being rocked to sleep!  It was great!

Good to be back, I start my HIM plan tomorrow, though it's a rest day, Ha! Ha!.

Hey Greg!! sounds like you guys had a great time, welcome back!  

My opinion. which is all it is...do the longer workout focusing on where you should be with your HIM training.  I am not going to finish Jorge's workout at this time.  I will do what my training plan says I should do for my HIM and incorporate Jorge's plan if it fits.  LT test is just a barometer of your improvement from the last test.  Without MPH from last test, you probably won't know much.

Jorge's program has been great discipline for me to keep riding during "pre-season". 

I would have to agree with Greg if you have no indicator from the last test anyways to know if you are improving or not.   If you want to continue Jorges program though, then you better do the test and monitor from this point.   However, testing is worthless if you arent going to continue testing and structure your plan around your test results.