COgirl's Group - FULL (Page 26)

You all are studs!  Melissa, congrats!  All it takes is one race to get hooked!  LOL!

I have had a tough few weeks.  My grandmother passed away, so we all packed up and flew to PA (that is where all of my family and my husband's family is).  And I missed my Oly race as we were flying back that day.  Lots of other silly stuff going on also....I have entirely too much to do! 

ANYWAY, I have a 1/2 IM in just over 2 weeks!  YIKES.  My calf is better, but because of that injury, I haven't been able to run enough to be ready.  But I will do it anyway and just run and walk to get through!  Should be an interesting day! 

Keep on kickin' butt all of you!

Cathy, I'm sorry to hear about your grandmother.  I'm sure that had to have been tough.  Good luck on your HIM.  I don't know how you do it with your busy schedule.

Kendra, I'm sorry to hear about your stepmother.  I hope you can get to see your Dad soon.  I'm sorry to hear that your friend has breast cancer.  I'll keep her in my thoughts. Good luck on your upcoming race.  I know you're going to do well!

I'm leaving on Fri morning to drive up to the mountains in NC (Waynesville NC) my first Oly race is Sat.  I'm pretty nervous about it and thinking what did I get myself into, yikes!

Heather & I and a couple of other people we know swam 2 laps at the OWS practice on Sat morning.  We left my house about 6:15 am then we biked about 17 miles.  We had a good time! 

Hope everyone is doing well! 

Mel  

Good luck this weekend Mel!  WOO HOO!

Kendra - do you have outdoor pools or what?  How do you swim in the rain?

Off for a little bike ride now! 

Hello everyone! I feel like the last few weeks every time I get on BT I either have about one minute to log my training or someone (some child I should say) needs me. Having them all home for the summer is ROUGH! School starts August 27th here but my 2 older girls leave a week from today to go up to Seattle to stay with their grandparents for 2 weeks. We are going up for the last part and will fly home with them.

Mel - Good luck on your first oly, I did my first oly in April and I was quite worried about it. It was much easier than I was expecting.....not easy, but easier than I had my mind set on.

Cathy - I met with my trainer tonight and she is signed up to do IMCdA. She is the one who is the cancer survivor and did her first IM after finishing chemo. I REALLY want to watch an IM in person and not just on the internet, but I need to figure out which one will work best with our schedule. Maybe I can figure out a way to come next summer to Seattle (where my in-laws live) during the early part of the summer instead of August. I want to jock strap for an event and then maybe in 2009 or 2010 or 2015?!?!? I will be ready to do a full one.

Kendra - I have also had a crazy week with bad news related to friends and family regarding cancer discoveries, death and some other difficult situations. It reminds me of how lucky I am and how much I have to be grateful for. I hope your friend is doing OK, I will keep them in my thoughts.

MEL!  How did the race go?  dying to know  

Jill, if you can come to IMCdA next June that would be AWESOME!  And I am *considering* coming to TX for Playtri HIM 4/08.  I'll need a HIM to do before the IM! 

Kendra, looks like it's me and you for races next Sunday!  woo hoo!

I just thought I would check in real quick.  The race went well.  I didn't have any time goals just to finish it since it was my first oly and hopefully finish before they kick me off the course (if you didn't finish within 4 hours they take you off the course).  I'll be back to do my race report.  I gotta go put my kids down for nap time.

Mel  

IMCdA = Ironman Coeur d'Alene www.ironmancda.com   I signed up for next year...it sold out in 6 days.  Most Ironman races sell out in one day.  Crazy.

My leg/knee/calf...all good.    FINALLY I am healthy, with the exception of this virus that I have.  LOL!  I can't catch a break!

I'll be anxious to hear about your race Kendra!  And Mel, YAY!  I'll be waiting to read  your race report!

Okay, my race report is done.  I just read it over and it sounds like I'm complaining quite a bit, sorry for the tone.  I wish I could go back & edit it now.  It was actually a good race and a lot of fun.  I was just really nervous before the race.  On the way to the race I started crying and told my husband I didn't think I could do it.  He helped me feel better and said you can do it!  It was a lot different than the sprint races.  Most of the people there had really nice bikes and were a little more on the serious side.  My goal was to finish & to have a good time.

Good luck on your races this weekend Kendra & Cathy! 

Mel  

Mel, you did GREAT!  YAY!  You can still edit your RR if you want, hit "races" under one of your posts and I'm pretty sure there is an "edit" prompt.  I think anyway. 

Anything else this summer for you?

Kendra & Cathy, How did your races go?  I hope everything went well.  It has been really hot here this past week.  We have been riding really early.  I swam & rode with Heather on Wed. at 5:30 & I rode this morning at 6 before it starts to get hot out.  I hope everyone is doing well!

Mel  

Kendra, read your RR....you did awesome!   

My race was decent.  The RR is there if you want to read it!  I SUCK at swimming!

me, me, ME!  I have a sprint on 9/16!  Marathon in November also.  Better start running more.