Tased and Confused (Team 1) - January Challenge (Page 27)

I did Pilates this AM. It was the same routine I always do but today it felt especially hard. My abs are feeling it! I'm now at 100% for this. Still need 2x swim, bike, and run which shouldn't be a problem. Maybe I can go over 100%!

WHAT?!?!? No beer on a Friday night???

x2

I'm a little stiff today.  May run tonight.  I know I am holding us back.  I'll pick it up, I promise.

Hello Dee... just wanted to get clarification... I had a 20 workout goal for this 4 week challenge.  I lost the 1 week for jury duty, so I was just going to drop my goal down to 15 workouts.  Is that OK?

And I must be delirious, because I'm actually contemplating going to the gym at lunch for a SWIM (GASP!).

Jumping in kind of late here, but been traveling and haven't kept up with all the posting.  Have you considered trying extracorporeal shock wave therapy.....kinda like tasering really.  I have a gym friend who has had great results with it.  It is somewhat painful, and requires multiple sessions but I've heard positive things.  Not tried it myself. I've kept the princess feet happy for a couple years now with orthotics, lots of stretching and ice but would have been open to amputation at one point.  Good luck.

Aside from football watching and a lot of swimming to catch up on my goal a friend and I will be having our annual birthday celebration.  We've been doing this since 1st grade since our birthdays are just 4 days apart.

That seems almost sacrilegious   Don't worry, I'll drink a few for him

I agree... and I will as well!  Well I made it over to the Y for a swim at lunch.  Yes, that's right... I said a SWIM.  First swim in maybe 2 months.  It was nice to know I could still do 1,250 yards without stopping.  Ok, I had to do a recovery backstroke on 2 of the lengths, but I was still moving forward (sorta).  Then I got peer pressured into a game of racquetball.  I'm completely spent.  Is it happy hour yet?

It is somewhere!

i feel better already!!!!!!

so a cool thing happened at work today!!

i'm an interior designer that does home remodels and i went into the basement of a prospect today and found a treadmill with a bike on a computrainer - and a Timberman 70.3 bag on the floor next to them....so i say "who's the triathlete in the family..."

It's so nice to meet 'others' like us =)

Edited by RedSoxChick 2010-01-22 1:20 PM

Hm. That doesn't sound bad. And if it feels good afterwards, then it's definitely worth doing....

Yes, that's OK.

How was the swim?

Tasering verus amputation. Hm.... I'll have to think about that. LOL

1250 yds on your first time back into the pool in months is a GOOD swim!

And for this team -- that's close enough! Bring on the beer, wine and margaritas!

Well, I thought it was going to be cooler than that.... I thought maybe they were going to offer you the treadmill, trainer, bike and bag.... But, yeah, it's still a nice story. Maybe you can work out with them?

I was thinking the same thing....Lisa got a piece of unused equipment.  Hope it got you the job at least!

Morning team.  What's everyone up to today?  I'm hitting the trainer as far as training goes.  Cole has therapy and then family stuff and church this evening.  Tomorrow is a 4 miler and then family day.  Hopefully all goes according to plan.  I am having the hardest time getting back to my bike training after Christmas vacation.  Just cannot seem to make it work.    

Hello all.  I'm shooting for a jaunt on the treadmill at some point today.  The whole family is off to a bit of a slow start.  We have ice skating lessons for the kids this morning and then HOPEFULLY we can get a little productive.  I feel like this week I finally got my mojo back with regards to training.  I think getting in the pool for the first time in ages "got the juices flowing".  I updated the spreadsheet finally... my goals have been revised.

My wife and I are trying to get a baby sitter tonight so we can go out to dinner.  There's a great restaurant that opened near us not too long ago and it is fabulous.  A local family turned a 100-year-old bank into this quaint restaurant and the food is out of this world.  And it's BYOB which is always a bonus and, to top it off, we have a gift card.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Revising goals due to illness or injury - Another way to recalculate....

If you have specific workouts planned, but missed them due to illness or injury ---> You can revise your challenge goal by leaving out those missed workouts.

For example, if you'd planned 10 runs of 5 miles each, but missed one session:
(9 sessions that you could do) x (5 miles per session) = 45 miles revised goal

I got out for a 25 mile bike ride. Decent weather, so-so ride.

I ran today.  I'll be running again tomorrow for the first day of my duathlon training team.  Hopefully that will get me closer to my goal, although I'm not entirely sure I will get all of the running done this month.

I went once and it got rid of the PF I had.  Granted, it was pretty mild and just starting, but I haven't had problems at all with PF in over a month.  I was really skeptical, but it was SO helpful!