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Jill,  That is truly an inspirational story!  I was crying my eyes out.  You are really lucky to have her as a personal trainer.  I bet she is very motivating.  I will think of her if I ever have an excuse not to do something.

Our pictures are up if anyone is interested.  Unfortunately, it's a little complicated to find them.  I'm not sure why they didn't make it easier.

http://www.birdseyeview.net

Click on Event Photos

Click on Triathlons

On left side of the screen click on Power Search: Type in race# (Heather's is 33, mine is 170)

Where it asks which event? Scroll to the bottom of the list and select 20070617LSU 

Click on Search 

Heather & I are signed up for Dash for Divas (women only race) on 9/9 at White Lake NC if anyone is interested in joining us?

Have a good rest of the weekend!

Mel 

Cute pics for both of you!    Thanks for sharing! 

I'm following IM Coeur d'Alene on www.ironmanlive.com now.  It's a great distraction in avoiding writing a paper.  So fun to watch!  I'm signing up for that race for next year TOMORROW! 

I mentioned ice baths to Mel the other day....after hard workouts or races, they are great.  Painful at first, but great.  Soak the legs in icy water in the tub!  At least you don't have to submerge your entire body in ice!  Ice baths really make a difference in muscle soreness! 

Have a great week everyone!  Any races this past weekend or weekend coming up?

That's awesome! I can't wait to watch you live crossing the finish line.  Good luck!  Are you shooting for an approximate time to finish it in?

Mel  

Hi all! 

Tattoo....not sure yet where, but I AM getting one of the M-dot!  LOL!  Calf would be nice, but probably too visible. 

My time goal is sub 14 hours.  I'd be thrilled with that. 

Melissa, OWS IS totally different.  I think the first OWS of the season, you get to freak out.  But after that it is so much easier.  The more you practice in OW, the better!  I hear you though on the "no wall" thing.  Much more tiring, and then treading water tires you even more!

Who has races coming up? 

Kendra - Good for you for signing up for two more triathlons!

Who has a race coming up? I am signed up to do a 25k this next weekend. I am feeling very hesitant about the race because I am NOT prepared. I did a half marathon back in February and since then my longest run has been 10 miles. I have been training lots, just not doing enough long runs. I know I will be walking a good portion of the run but I guess I will still do it. It starts at midnight so I signed up with a friend mainly as a novelty since it sounded like a crazy idea.

 A 25K at midnight? Crazy! 

There's a "naked pumpkin run" in Boulder where the participants wear carved pumpkins on their heads and run naked.....and it's cold out.  It's a 5K.  Don't think I'll ever participate in that one. 

I have an oly in 2 weeks.  Boulder Peak. 

LOL Heather! I'm still waiting for my exercise Endorphins to kick in! Looks like yours did!

I had horrible stomach flu last week that completely killed me. To make matters worse that flu took my entire family one by one. Every single day there was a member of the family puking in a bathroom.

My Oly tri is in September so I still have some time to prep. I'm not racing anything else this season. I will do more next year. 

Kendra, I'm sorry to hear you're daughter & family are moving so far away.  I know you knew it was coming but I'm sure that doesn't make it any easier.  My parents live in CA & they just moved their last year to be closer to my brother.  I know you mentioned coming to Charlotte in Sept.  What date are you going to be here so we can plan to get together?

Z-  I hope you & your family are feeling better.  It seems like since I've had kids we all get sick more often.    At least your race isn't for awhile.

Melissa- Good Luck on your first race next Sunday!  You must be so psyched!  I bet you're going to place!

Heather & I had a great time on Sat.  It was a lot of fun.  She was all changed & dressed in her bike clothes and relaxing when I finally finished swimming.  Maybe someday I'll be fast like her   I feel very lucky that I met Heather & thanks to BT & this particular board for making that happen!  I'm so glad we all this board to support each other.

My next race is Aug 4th, 3 weeks away, yikes!  My first Oly.

Have a good one!

Mel  

So how did everyone's races go over the weekend?

I didn't have a race, but did do my longest brick ever with a group of BT folks. There was a post online that a group was meeting on Saturday morning and I knew one of the women who had responded that she was going. I didn't really pay much attention to see who else was going as I didn't recognize any other screen names. Anyhow, I had riden with the girl before so thought I was fine on the pace. Then I show up and it is a group of six hard mostly hard core guys all geared out. The guy leading the ride was SO nice and I was able to keep up fairly well. Now they weren't going full speed and I was, but still I was proud of myself. Plus I didn't whine at all and I went 60 miles which is my longest ever ride.

Hope everyone's training and summers are going well! 

Wahoo!  Great job Melissa!  It sounds like you had a lot of fun & did a great job!

Mel