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Hi everyone!  Happy "back to the daily grind day after the long weekend"  

Heather, your pictures are AWESOME!  You look great and are absolutely beautiful!  You are an absolute inspiration!

Kendra, yay...a granddaughter!  I agree, girl baby clothes are much more fun   Good luck in your sprint this weekend!

Z, lol on the buckwheat!  But good for you....diet changes are hard to do especially when you are cooking for other people. 

Jill, where in your knee does it hurt?  I bet it's the shoes....and probably not the lack of stretching before.  What is the status today? 

Mel, good luck in your tri this weekend too (I think you have one on the 9th?)

Kateri, did you sign up for the tri this weekend?

Hope you all are well and enjoy the short work week!

My knee is feeling MUCH better. I think I am going to try to run on it tonight. It still hurts a bit if I try to squat down. I guess if I had to say where it hurts it would be in the front part of my knee. It started on the outside of my knee, then yesterday was on the inside and now there is just a hint in the center. Any thoughts?

Also, I am thinking of signing up for an oly tri on Sept. 16 as a practice for my HIM which is 3 weeks later. Cathy - do you think that is an OK time span to start tapering down after an oly 3 weeks out? I haven't done a tri since the beginning of June and am now feeling like I need one more practice before my HIM. 

Hope everyone had a nice long weekend!

Jill 

Huh, not sure Jill!  That knee pain sure moves a lot....probably just inflammation. 

As far as the oly...I think that would probably be ok.  (as long as the knee is ok!).  I think you'd recover from the oly fairly quickly and would be ok for the HIM!  Go for it

Heather does look great!  She has done an awesome job!

Kendra, Congrats on your soon-to-be here Granddaughter!  I know you must be really excited.

Jill, I hope your knee gets better soon.  I don't know enough about injuries to know exactly what it is.  You may want to ask on the general tri board I'm sure you would get a lot of feedback.

Z, Congrats on the weight loss, good for you! I need to change my eating habits like you have.  I am a sugar addict.

Heather & I have the Dash for Divas all womens race this Sunday at White Lake.  I pulled a muscle in my lower back last weekend and it hasn't gone away.  I think it was caused from increasing my running; distance, pace, and working on my form all at one time.  I am looking for a solution to get rid of this quickly.

I hope everyone is having a good week!

Mel  

How did your race go Kendra?  I hope everything went well.

We didn't end up doing the race this weekend.  I had pulled a muscle at the beginning of the week and it was still really hurting on Friday.  It hurt most to sit.  I feel bad about not being able to go esp since Heather & I were going together.  I didn't ever think I wouldn't be able to do a race no matter what.  I didn't want to make it worse by racing.  I went back and forth on whether to go or not.  I didn't do anything this weekend to just let it rest.  It's feeling better now.  I'm not sure what exactly caused it.  I know I'm going to start working on strengthening my abs & back.

Mel  

Kendra, bald is beautiful and you look beautiful in that picture!  Also, congrats on your awesome race this weekend...it's so nice to see improvements from race to race!  You still have lots going on the rest of the year! 

Bike accidents are scary stuff.  And thanks for the reminder!

Mel, sorry you couldn't race!  What a bummer.  And I see that nutrition "apple"....I'd love to hear your thoughts about the nutrition program if you have a minute.

I have a race on Sunday....a sprint.  Marathon is 11/18 in Philadelphia.  That will be nice because it is the Sunday before Thanksgiving, and this way, my family and I can visit our parents and extended family.  My family and my inlaws all live in the area. 

I have returned to Masters swimming...man oh man, good stuff.  It really pushes me beyond my limits!  It's good stuff if you have a Masters group in your area!

I signed up to do an oly on Sunday as a training race for my HIM in a few weeks. My knee was doing much better until this morning's run and now it is hurting a bit again. I will probably hold off on any more running until Sunday and hope that it is feeling better.

I went to a talk given by Chris Leigh, pro triathlete, on training for HIM an IM distances. It was really interesting, but still so much of it way over my head. I think I am starting to understand a bit more on the nutrition front and the aerobic and anaerobic training. It is lots to absorb! The funny thing was that a few minutes into the talk I realized that I recognized Chris from  a couple of years ago when I was in Vail and he came to our house, knocked on the door and asked if he could borrow my dad's fishing waders to go fly fishing. I remembered him because of his Australian accent, plus the fact that I thought it was a bit of a random request.

Kendra - hope your friend is doing better! One of the main Race Director's in this area, Jack Weiss, was recently in a bike accident where a beginner cyclist fell on his bike trying to get to his water. Jack couldn't stop in time, hit him going 25mph and was catapulted over a bridge down to a concrete imbankment. It is amazing that he is still alive! He seems to be doing much better and is out of the hospital after a couple of weeks. Scary stuff!

Cathy - Good luck on your sprint this weekend. I am still debating doing a full marathon at the first of December. My training partner is doing it, but I am still not sure. I will probably decide after the HIM next month.

Mel - sorry to hear about your DNS, but probably best to let your injury heal. That is probably why my knee is still hurting because I didn't let it heal all the way. I don't know, it did feel good for awhile.

You all continually amaze me.  Heather...how AWESOME are you for becoming a spin instructor!!!???  That is so cool!  I will continue with Masters....it pushes me much harder than swimming on my own! 

Almost seems like there will be no off-season for all of you   LOL, you are all so gung-ho, it's awesome! 

My last tri of the season is Sunday.  I'm READY and raring to go.  I've been injured all season it seems, so now I'm ready   Then I switch to lots o' running. 

Have a great weekend everyone!

LOL Kendra!  Keep at it, it will get better! 

How's everyone doing? 

I had my tri last Sunday and was 5th in my AG...I was pretty happy with that.  Seems like after almost an entire year of rebuilding post-baby, I'm back to my pre-baby speeds.  Now I'm focusing on marathon training which is less than 2 months away!  ACK! 

Heather - glad to hear the cycling is getting better for you. I have found that the more I ride, the more I enjoy it. That is until recently when I have had some major issues with flat tires, including a flat in my race on Sunday. I also had one yesterday on my long ride and was about ready to retire from biking all together.

Cathy - 5th in your AG is AWESOME! I can only aspire at this point, but I was so excited to get my run pace to under a 10 min pace for the oly tri on Sunday. I think I am finally making progress.

Kendra - good luck on the training! I am sure you will get faster with practice.

I am almost 2 weeks out from my HIM and getting pretty nervous. My husband and I are going to do a 50/10 brick on Sunday as I still am having a hard time imagining doing the full distance of the HIM. I think I am also going to do a half marathon in Seattle at Thanksgiving and still considering a full marathon in December. I thought I was really losing it until I met Gina (grvfrg) on Sunday at a race. She did a Double IM last year and is training for a triple this year, now that is NUTS!!!

Jill you are doing totally awesome....and just think of all the practice you are getting on changing flat tires!

Heather, you always amaze me.  LOL, another sprint!  YAY! 

And speaking of Gina (grvfrog), I got to witness her double IM last year.  It was a total blast and she's doing the triple IM in about 2 weeks!  She's an amazing woman!

Lake Anna State park in VA (that's where it is every year - the triple starts on Friday, and the double starts on Saturday).  I was on maternity leave and my dad lives in VA and I happened to be there at the time, so I went to the race and helped out.  It was a lot of fun!  If any of you have some time, read this: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=57549   It's Gina's RR from the double and it's a long one! 

Kendra that is AWESOME!  You are amazing....I am so proud to know you!    What a cool thing to do! 

Now Miss Jill....ARE YOU READY TO RUMBLE?????? 

How are the rest of you?  Off season blues at all?