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Can't wait to hear more about that Master's class SueZ. I've been thinling about finding one, or at least stealing some workout ideas.

That. Is. Awesome.

I went on a killer 10+K trail run. No GPS just a stopwatch and a dog. I thought I had my dog worn out and beat, lagging behind with his tongue all hangin'. I was feeling good and proud of myself. Then at about 1 mile from home he turns on the jets and takes off again down the trail. I finally catch up to him waiting for me in the driveway. Damn dog.

40 mins of swim is better an 0 minutes of swim

That's right!  Goof for you getting in the 40.

Nothing like a little jury duty to mess up an entire week.

Steph – nice swim workout.  I like the variety, and I feel your pain in the water–swallowing on the weak side. blech

Lovey-nice to hear from you.  Glad to hear you’re on the mend. 

Amybecca-LUV your blog! Great photos & congrats on all your successes.  What a fantastic place you live (though I hope you’re not affected by the fires!).  My son goes to school in Greeley, and we try to visit a few times a year, even last Feb when there was 2 ft of snow! (WTH??)   When we win the lottery, there’s a little place in Loveland with our name on it. haha

Susie-fugeddaboudit!  I decided so late to volunteer I barely made it myself!  I needed to participate/spectate in some fashion to a)scope the race for next year; and b)give my slacking mojo a kick start!   I did not hear that the swim course was long, but I did hear that the bike course was way short (like 4 miles) because of the construction related re-route.  And the run course seemed a little messy – very confusing if you missed the 1 sign, and several near collisions due to the Oly/Sprint courses splitting and then merging back together.  Some colorful language ensued, lol.  And your masters class sounds awesome, exactly the reason I joined LT in the first place.  Sadly, the ‘coach’ at VH seems to prefer to assign really long, complicated sets and then go sit in the office.  :p

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Terri

Lovey - keep on healing!  Great that you can start weight bearing.  I would be going absolutely crazy by now. I have a friend, who when she was in a cast with a broken foot, rented a wheel chair and would "race" around the bike trial. Said it was a fantastic upper body work out.

Steph, I have been deep water running in a therapy pool. (Nice warm water!)  I have belt and recently purchased "water runners". They kinda look like short snow boards that you strap on your feet to create more drag.  Have to work really hard to move those suckers through the water.  

Happy weekend everyone!

Bike is toast. Just a bunch of swim/run for me now. Going to the pool for lap swim. Why is lap swim only an hour and open swim is all day? Not that I can swim for an hour, but with travel and waiting for a lane I usually only get 20-30 minutes (which is plenty). I'll add a 2 mile run.

Friday I got a nice 2 mi. run/ 600 swim/ 2 mi. run. The runs were very hard, especially the second, with some good elevation changes. I love pulling up to the water all huffing then blasting out my swim set, then putting my shoes back on and running past the bewildered shore dwellers. They are all "too cool" teens and 20 y.o. sneaking beers by the lake. I know they snicker at me, because it would be the same thing I'd do if some skinny idiot pulled up with his swim jammers on under his running shorts and started lapping the shore line. If I was 15 years younger I'd be there showing off my underage drinking, flirting, and ridiculing strangers too. 

--My coworker admitted to throwing bottles, loose change, words, etc... at bikers on the road. I tried to explain to him how dangerous biking was without people intentionally trying to kill them. 

Good to hear an update Lovey. Do what the doctor says. If it were me, I would be constantly injured because of ego. Stupid brain says "You're not hurt, suck it up and try to S/B/R". Maybe it's because I'm a male 18-35 y.o. That's the most dangerous/idiotic time period for us.

Got some good practice swimming in windy chop, but how bad can it be in a pond? I'd like to do some ocean swimming, only then can I truly say I'm an OW swimmer. Also shared my first lane at the pool yesterday. Not circle swimming, but just splitting the lane with a really nice older guy. I overheard the swim team (who ended practice right before our lap swim) call the lap swim "old lady swimming time". They were right. Mostly old ladies, two old guys, and me. 

3/4 mile OWS yesterday. Started in the weeds (creepy feeling) then swam out into some DEEP water. No nerves, but toward the end my stomach started to get upset and that made me concerned. Had to swim over to a shallow part and rest for 5 minutes. I felt much better when I got out. Weird. 

My son (6) was going to run in a kids 1K race and I was to do a four mile race on the 4th, but he and I are going to do the walking option together after trying to run the route yesterday. We ended up walking about 2 super fun miles together. That's after the swim and taking my daughter (4) on a 1 mile hike through the woods with our dog in the morning. 

Run/swim/run today if it isn't storming after work.

SO I have completed my first tri=) I had 2 goals.. 1) no stopping during run/bike 2) under 2hrs.

I accomplished both so my first tri was very good. I have some friends trying to persuade me to do others. I am considering it but also a little burnt from 4 months of intense training! I would do this tri again next year for sure but am toying with just going back to weights and swim/bike/run for cardio enjoyment.