tripletmom01 mentor group - FULL!!!!! (Page 27)

all the time or just when you are traininig?

I found out today that I am going to be running for the InStep running team!! YEAH! They are pretty fast- so I may be somewhat put of place.   I guess they pay for my race entries and I get a discount on shoes and clothing and stuff too.

Sweet- huh?

Nice, free entries and discounts--you can't beat that!

Me, I am running for the Out of Step Team--double entry fees, pay surcharges for the honor of wearing actual gear, and run in the BOP. 

It is possible that I'm going about this with a little too much enthusiasm, but I love training hard (for me!) and having the occasional race --- the day before the race, you get to carb up!

mmmmm, I'm lovin' it! (to coin a phrase)

- although I'd never go near the Satanic Golden Arches!)

K

You guys have the golden arches?

what race you doing again??  Is it the wee one??

Glad you guys had a good month- mine wasnt!!  I guess with a 2 week taper and a two week recover- what do I expect.

I guess I need to hit it hard soon.

Ive been remembering those packed full weekends- where I work til 1 then get home and ride 5 hours and then brick run..... ahhhh looking forward to it (kind of)

doing a 5K tommorrow- so not feeling it.  I havent felt that greatthe past two days.. oh well- cant win them all

I think the arches are everywhere aren't they? (like rats I guess!)

The race was a wee one but not The Wee one! The local bike club run a MTB winter series - roughly a 10 mile blast every 3rd week over some crazy terrain.

This week was at Wolftrax, @ Laggan. Which is what I expect mtntrainer is trying to build (bits of it anyway). It has 2 enormous climb sections (which I like) interspersed with endless miles of fast, technical single track downhill stuff (Which I enjoy, but I'm way too heavy on the brakes!). I pass loads of peeps on the climb, then they all go screaming past me on the scaredy cat downhill bits, then I catch them on the next climb again - very frustrating!!(probably for all concerned)

How did your 5k go?(probably only took you about 10 mins, eh?!)

My January totals:

Can't even remember what my goals for the month were but I do remember wanting to get in 30K in the pool - guess I did it if you convert meters to yards ;-) (31,788.07 yards) 

Hey, I'll take that! I am not a good swimmer so I have been working on my weakness. Soon as the weather gets nice, though, I am gonna want to be outside. 

So what have you all got going on for February?

 Too cool...Congrats...Enjoy

For anyone doing the 100pushup programme -

 I've only just noticed that from Week 5 the number of sets increases! (I've screwed up a whole week) - it does at least explain how I was going to leap from 60 --> 100 in just 3 sessions! I think I'll be repeating - again!

Doh!

In the spirit of Valentine's Day (Feb. 14) I would love to:

Bike 114
Run 114
Swim 10,014

Cute, huh? 

A pseudo-race report from Wolftrax on the 1st.
Bloomin cold with ice and snow at top of course. My legs felt like lead at the start, but I did ok (1st time out in over a month!)
Only irritation was that I managed to double-tap the start button on the HRM and it spent the whole race stationary! (anytime I looked it read 170-something, which is solidly in Zone 5 on the trainer - I can't be accused of not trying!)

Final results were posted today - I was 10th overall (a very small field!) The only irritation is that the month where I've been faffing with illness and not been on my bike, my race mate has been training like a demon and was a clear 6 minutes ahead of me! (He is much better than me on the downhill, but still...!)

This leads on to my targets for Feb.

1. Finish training for the Wee Triathlon(!)

2. Catch that bugger at the next mtb race! (it's in a fortnight's time - not a hope!)