kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2011 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 28)

jsklarz - 2011-05-13 1:36 PM ran the vegas strip this mornign with some friends at a nice easy pace.  i was hoping the see drunk girls with their boobs hanging out, mostly a bunch of people out running.  oh well, maybe tomorrow morning

That's funny - there's always tomorrow!  Good luck with that!

I would agree.  I'm not a strong swimmer, and I would always rather run or bike, so getting in the water was a struggle for me.  I committed to masters last year and went 2 to 3 times a week.  It helped me tremendously.  The coach helped initially with some form modification, and then really just kind of pushed me to push myself.  He was very low key and didn't really monitor the intervals everyone was doing, but I'd get the occasional "so, are you just swimming smooth today", which was a subtle way of telling me to push it more.  I think the combo of that and the fact that I was swimming a lot helped.  Give it a try and see how you like it.

Best of luck.  I bet you will do great. I'd make the switch.  especially if you think you can compete. 

jsklarz - 2011-05-13 1:36 PM ran the vegas strip this mornign with some friends at a nice easy pace.  i was hoping the see drunk girls with their boobs hanging out, mostly a bunch of people out running.  oh well, maybe tomorrow morning

You're fricken posts crack me up.  As people say, "pictures, or it didn't happen!!!!"

So, warm weather (70 degrees today) = better performance!!  I had a great ride today.  41.3 miles, averaged over 18 finally (18.4), and kept the HR under 150.  (149)  I felt great today!!  My goal by end of summer is to make it to Mystic and back via mostly Route 201.  It'll be a little over 60 miles, and so scenic.

Good luck to everyone racing this weekend.  Off to tee ball shortly!!     

Jsklarz, I might have to hammer down some oreos tonight!!

rizer22 - 2011-05-13 3:53 PM

jsklarz - 2011-05-13 1:36 PM ran the vegas strip this mornign with some friends at a nice easy pace.  i was hoping the see drunk girls with their boobs hanging out, mostly a bunch of people out running.  oh well, maybe tomorrow morning

 

You're fricken posts crack me up.  As people say, "pictures, or it didn't happen!!!!"

I'm not sure I want to see Jeff-y's Vegas pictures . . . could be very sketchy.

That is awesome!!! You are going to do great next week!

Good luck on you HM! You will do awesome!

Had another really great run today.  Love this zone training.  Ran 12 miles and felt really good.  I'm feeling much better about next weeks race.

I came hope to a gift from my husband.  It's our anniversary today (23 wonderful years) and he got me a Kindle.  I feel kind of like a heel, didn't get him anything.  We usually don't do gifts, or get something for both of us for the house.  He always does stuff like this, I should know better by now.  So anyway, I'm pretty excited about my new Kindle, I've been wanting one but didn't really want to spend the money.  Now I don't have to, because he did!  Ha!  He's the best!

Hope everyone is having a great day.

Nope.  If the Olympic is a "focus" race you'll just want to make sure you keep training through the sprint.

Congrats!

I'm curious what you think of the Kindle.  I love books and have a massive collection (we have 4 full book cases in the house and I have another one at work), a Kindle would save a lot of space but there's something I like about holding a book.  I'm curious how you feel about the reading "experience."

Just finished up just under 100 rolling miles on the bike and a 6 mile T run.  Everything felt really good throughout (I asked Shaun if he wanted to do another 40 on the bike and he almost hurt me).

Took it easy terrain wise this weekend because my glute muscle has be achy but we'll head back to the Rev 3 course next weekend for some more serious climbing.

One more random cool thing -- had a bobcat run right in front of us during the ride today so for 100 miles we had: bobcat, wild turkeys, ground hog, chipmunks, squirrels, goats (and more goats), cows and chickens.

Any of you see anything interesting in the wilds while training?

Cool!

Let's see...roadrunners, cows, lizards, gang members, an elephant (one path goes behind the zoo and sometimes there's an elephant or two out there).

Congrats.  I got a kindle last winter, and love it.  I have read so much more on the kindle than ever before.  I find it addicting.  You can adjust the text size, there is no glare, and I believe you can now share with other Kindle users. 

Kelly, although you don't feel the "pages" like a book, if you get the Kindle cover for it, it almost feels like holding a book.

I haven't seen anything too crazy.  But those darn squirrels are the worst things to see on the road.  They run out in front of you, then they can't make up their mind which way they want to go.  I feel like one of these days, a squirrel is going to take me down and it won't be pretty!!

Congratulations! 

Congrats!

I really like books too and the thought of not having pages to turn never appealed to me.  But my husband has a Kindle and he downloaded Pride & Prejudice for me (love that book!).  I have to say I found the Kindle to be pretty cool.  So I told him last week that I was going to have to borrow his when I go on a business trip in August.  I guess he didn't want to part with his so he got me my own.  I think you'd be surprised with it.

Nice job!

What is up with squirrels?  There's a joke with my husband and all my friends that if I'm out on the roads the squirrels better run and hide.  I hit them in my car all the time.  I don't try to, but they start to cross the road, panic, can't decide which way to go, and in the decision making, I take them out I guess.  They really need to commit and GO!

I saw an armadillo the other day riding, which seems odd to me.  We have lots of turtles out over the spring and summer.  I like to stop and safely put them on the other side of the road.  My friends think I'm crazy, but I feel bad for the little guys.  Except the mean hissing turtles, no more picking them up.

Today I saw a flattened snake.  Even dead I'm terrified of them.  That's all I can think of, not very exciting.

shoot!

How could I forget the coyotes that were running down the middle of the street last winter when I was out for an evening run. Scared the CRAP out of me when I caught a glimpse of them in my head lamp.