SWBKRUN -CLOSED DUE TO TRAINING (Page 28)

No racing for me.  Good luck to all our racers.  REPRESENT!!!

2012 is all about the Bike with 3 big goals for the year: 

• Be strong and consistent for all 10 days of my stage race in July. 
• Hit my super-secret time goal for my HIM in August.
• Have a strong Cyclocross Season.  

Is this the same person that said they would NEVER do an IM?  The same person who is in serious IM training mode for November?    

I learned when I had kids to "never say never".

Kicking off 2012...only 5 days late.  Loved Tampa, weather was absolutley beautiful (shorts on the beach perfect).  But the last two weeks have been a whirlwind.  Now the kids are back to school, hubby is back to work, the decorations have been taken down and put away, the house is clean and back in order.  Now I can calmly breathe.

Let the training begin.  

Happy New Year MG!

Yes! It is that person. But this time I mean it. Ultra hold no attraction for me. Now I could probably convinced to ride another 24 hour bike marathon again. It has been 32 years since my last one and I am just about recovered from it.

i love you.

sdalessio - 2012-01-05 8:10 AM

fattyfatfat - 2012-01-04 10:41 AM

this is what awesome is.

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Paul Shain	11:18 AM (21 minutes ago)
to me

Are you planning on running or walking the marathon this time?  Just need to know for planning purposes.

 

 

LMAOF!!!!!  I may have to make the trip to FL to watch all of this craziness!

LOL, I looks like about the only way to get into IMFL is to come down and volunteer. I should come and cheer on the crazyness. Then sign up for 2013. Or not.

Tiana

tritiny - 2012-01-05 11:11 AM

sdalessio - 2012-01-05 8:10 AM

fattyfatfat - 2012-01-04 10:41 AM

this is what awesome is.

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Paul Shain	11:18 AM (21 minutes ago)
to me

Are you planning on running or walking the marathon this time?  Just need to know for planning purposes.

 

 

LMAOF!!!!!  I may have to make the trip to FL to watch all of this craziness!

LOL, I looks like about the only way to get into IMFL is to come down and volunteer. I should come and cheer on the crazyness. Then sign up for 2013. Or not.

Tiana

 

Great! Another one agrees to come to town!!!!

kt65 - 2012-01-05 10:14 AM

sdalessio - 2012-01-05 6:34 AM

dalessit - 2012-01-05 8:27 AM

sdalessio - 2012-01-05 9:25 AM

No racing this weekend for me.

2012 goals - real simple:
- 1st half of the year run a BQ marathon.  And I'm calling out the big guns after Miami - I am going to send Lowell an email to see if he can help me out.

- 2nd half of the year - sub 6 hr. HIM at Beach to Battleship.  I think the timing will be much better for me.  I've found that cold morning swims and late night trainer rides are too much w/ everything else in my life.  More daylight and warmer temps will allow me to squuze more in w/o driving myself crazy.

- I also have a secret Feb. goal but I will only share that after the fact.  :-)

Good luck Kim - the Goofy weekend is an awesome experience.  I honestly wish I was running it again this year!  Can't wait to see the Mickey pics.  I could never run in costume.

 

She'll be happy if she see's the running Cinderella from last year ; )

 

Is that girl's a*s forever etched in your brain?

I am intrigued! Thanks for the well wishes! My costume is not much other than the bright yellow buttons on my Adidas Wisconsin badger shorts and a black zoot running top. I'm having a bit of trouble with the logistics of the ears!

It was a good one!  Thank goodness she was faster than us or I'd have to make sure he didn't trip over anything while running since his eyes were focused elsewhere.

As far as the ears, can you attach them to a running hat?  If not, you might be able to find a running hat w/ ears at the expo.  They sell all sorts of things there.

sdalessio - 2012-01-05 12:33 PM

kt65 - 2012-01-05 10:14 AM

sdalessio - 2012-01-05 6:34 AM

dalessit - 2012-01-05 8:27 AM

sdalessio - 2012-01-05 9:25 AM

No racing this weekend for me.

2012 goals - real simple:
- 1st half of the year run a BQ marathon.  And I'm calling out the big guns after Miami - I am going to send Lowell an email to see if he can help me out.

- 2nd half of the year - sub 6 hr. HIM at Beach to Battleship.  I think the timing will be much better for me.  I've found that cold morning swims and late night trainer rides are too much w/ everything else in my life.  More daylight and warmer temps will allow me to squuze more in w/o driving myself crazy.

- I also have a secret Feb. goal but I will only share that after the fact.  :-)

Good luck Kim - the Goofy weekend is an awesome experience.  I honestly wish I was running it again this year!  Can't wait to see the Mickey pics.  I could never run in costume.

 

She'll be happy if she see's the running Cinderella from last year ; )

 

Is that girl's a*s forever etched in your brain?

I am intrigued! Thanks for the well wishes! My costume is not much other than the bright yellow buttons on my Adidas Wisconsin badger shorts and a black zoot running top. I'm having a bit of trouble with the logistics of the ears!

 

It was a good one!  Thank goodness she was faster than us or I'd have to make sure he didn't trip over anything while running since his eyes were focused elsewhere.

As far as the ears, can you attach them to a running hat?  If not, you might be able to find a running hat w/ ears at the expo.  They sell all sorts of things there.

 

Also, if you want to buy anything race related, buy it before the race, the selection they had at the race site was pretty limited.

i love you.

You have to be one of the ficklest people!

Sam - you're racing B2B half?!?!?   Sorry if I missed this earlier.  That's awesome. We'll be there to cheer a friend that's doing the full so my Doug and I will give and extra shout out to you as well.  I know the course too if you have any questions - although Chet probably had a much better experience than I did.      Let me know your travel plans (when you know them that is).

BTW, you'll love the swim.   As long as they get the current right it is the easiest swim there is.  Just jump in and go with the current. My time for the full was 1 hour and you know that wasn't my mad Kyla-like swimming skills coming out

Time to make my new play list and I’m in the market for some good tunes.   Share what you got. 

SONGS THAT NEVER LET ME DOWN

Remember the Name – Fort  Minor                                                                   Sabotage – Beastie Boys                                                                                         So What –Pink                                                                                                   Waka Waka – Shakira                                                                                             We Didn’t Start the Fire – Billy Joel

GUILTY PLEASURES:

867-5309 – Tommy Tutone                                                                                                            Tainted Love – Soft Cell                                                                                                            Breaking the Law – Judas Priest                                                                                               Footloose Soundtrack – the original                                                                                               Born this Way – Lady Gaga                                                                                                        Thriller – Michael Jackson

I absolutely love Rihanna's "we found love in a hopeless place" not sure if that is the title but I freaking LOVE that song...that reminds me, need to download for the flight...

And is it wrong that I like Katy Perry's music, I am so dorky!

Our treadmill died last night - cracked deck.  So we are looking for a new one.  Anyone got any recommendations? 2 people run on it regularly so need a decent one.

This one is a Nordictrac that we got in 2007 and had 2700 miles on it so I feel like we got our money's worth.  Called about getting it repaired but price was getting too close to a new one to justify for a 5 year old machine.

What do you have that you like???

Thanks!

Wow George. Wee bit of off-season weight?

$$~1k we bought the nordictrack commercial Z or something like that. Its a pretty good treadmill. Michelle runs on it alot more that I do though. I just paint baseboards.

Club can't handle me - Flo Rida. Try is once.....It'll make you run fast.

I could use some new ideas too.  My current playlist:

Remember the Name - Ft. Minor

Holding Out For a Hero - Bonnie Tyler

Burning Heart - Survivor

Cup of Life - Champs United

You Gonna Fly - Keith Urban

Til I Collapse - Eminem

Yell Fire - Michael Franti

Simply the Best - Tina Turner

A Feeling Like That - Gary Allan

Cowboy - Kid Rock

Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler

I Love Rock n Roll - Joan Jett

Shake That - Eminem

Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

Rumpshaker - Wreckx in Effect

Dynamite - Taio Cruz

St. Elmo's Fire - John Parr

Welcome to The Jungle - GnR

One Wild Night - Bon Jovi

You Dropped the Bomb on Me - Gap Band

Precor 9.31.  It is the lowest end model so not a lot of fancy prorams, but it'll take you to a 5:00/mile pace and 15% elevation.  It also has a fairly long and wide belt so that there is little risk of falling off. And no Fatty, that is not something I worry about!!

We have this ancient Cybex at our house in MInocqua and it is miniscule in comparison, but that thing has lasted for over fifteen years. 

Top of the line is Woodway which is made down by where Dineen lives. 

We have a Sole S77, about 9 years old and still going strong.  I've replaced the belt one time and the main computer board once - parts from Sole weren't that expensive.  The brand itself is pretty pricey but I think the quality is a match.  The deck on ours provides a really comfy ride.

OMG, Kim, that is funny. I HATE that Rihanna song. With a passion. Like plug-my-ears-can't-change-the-station-fast-enough hate it -- and I like most music. I still love you, though! xoxo

Katy Perry is very fun music. I'd love to have some of it on my mp3 player, but sadly my kids listen to pop radio and ALL of her stuff is way over-played and I would just FF it if it came up on my mp3s!! Same with Lady Gaga and anything else poppy and somewhat current. No worries, though -- I tend to like more alternative stuff anyway.

Whenever music comes up, I give my usual plug for the Foo Fighters. They have a way of taking me to The Next Level almost every time I hear them. Love love love their music for anything, but for working out they are particularly special.

I listen to the radio mostly when I work out -- that keeps me modern but gives me fun trips to the past as well. I have 3 music stations programmed in, plus NPR and our local talk radio station. I just switch around depending on my moods and also try to avoid commercials. I keep about 200 songs loaded on the mp3 and will tap into that if the radio lets me down. It has everything from Grateful Dead to Billy Joel to Madonna to Dave Matthews to Carly Simon to Green Day, with a heavy dose of the Foos as well. I do need to swap in/out some tunes on that list, however, as I don't have the latest Foo Fighters album loaded up and I also wore out the welcome on some old favorites during the cruise when I listened strictly to mp3s.

Whoa! Some retro stuff for sure!! Fun!

Can't see anything about Total Eclipse without totally cracking up and thinking of this video. My husband cries every time he sees it because he laughs so hard, it's become a staple in our house. 

THANK YOU KYLA!!!  WOW that was hilarious!