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Verna, look at you go with a mentor group! Good for you.

You guys are in for a treat with Mixie, she's awesome!

Ronen, good to see you caught on with a good group!

I just thought I'd pop in to say hi and wish everyone luck!

Hey Jeff, thanks for stopping by.

Verna,
How do you use your Garmin? I only use it to track my speed, distance, cadence and HR. I know it has some more advanced features like training buddy and alike. Have you used any of those?

Hello everyone!  I was absent from my computer yesterday, so I'm just now catching up. I tell ya, this whole not working thing is really fun

Erica, about your HR, I wouldn't compare your MHR with anyone else's - its a completely individualized metric.  I would recommend using LT (Lactate Threshold) HR instead of a calculated MHR to determine your training zones.  There are tons of articles on this site and others instructing how to do a LT TT (Time Trial).  I checked out Joe Friel's _The Triathlete's Training Bible_ from the library and he has some really good information about HR training. 

 I totally did not meet my goal of swimming 4x a week! Ah! I just have no confidence in the water - I'm even scared to go to the Master's swim here and its honestly 6 blocks from my house. I just need to get over myself.

1/2 Marathon on Sunday and I'm thinking I'm going to 'train through' it.  Its definitely not an A race and I don't really want to push myself to run fast.  Running 13.1 miles will be enough of a push   Tomorrow its supposed to be 75F which is nice because it was COLD this weekend (40F high and windy!) I am planning on a long-ish ride....hope the wind isn't too terrible.

Ok, have a great tuesday!

Norine 

Thanks for all the heart rate info guys. Much appreciated.

I bought new pedals and shoes for my bike today! That will make up for my poor performance, right? Maybe not BUT, it can't hurt! Now I just have to get my bike to the LBS to have them put on. I won't be able to have my bike tuned up until next week though. That makes me sad since I have a brick on Saturday but what can I do? Nothing. I am anxious to see how much of a difference the pedals will make. AND how many time I will fall off trying to unclip! Any bets people?

Erica,

 Perhaps we should have a contest to see which of one of us falls the most times while learning to clip and unclip our pedals.  I started practicing in the living room last night, and will have my first outdoor adventure with the new pedals after work on Thursday.

 One of my co-workers thinks he is very funny, and brought in his son's elbow and knee pads for me to wear. 

Stacia 

I have SPD's...am currently struggling to get clipped in (as I watch TV, run my mouth and hang on to the doorway for dear life), but seem to do okay clipping out. 

A couple of girls from my training group are taking me out to our riding area ( a six mile loop around an office park--not much traffic at all) for moral support tomorrow night while I do my first real ride while clipped in.  

Should be fun.  It's very entertaining to me that I am actually looking forward to an experience that will probably result in me falling off of my bike.  My, how the times have changed. 

I'll be back at the gym today on the bike and use either a crosstrainer or elliptical for running because they are calling for rain this afternoon.

Yesterday was a beautiful day here so I decided on my way home from the gym that I was going to take my bike down to the park to work with my pedals, which are the Look Keos by the way. I was doing fine with the pedals but ended up walking around a mile home with my bike because our streets took a beating with our harsh winter and I ended up with 2 flat tires. I only had one extra tube in my bike bag so I had no choice but to walk the home because my mom was late leaving work and my wonderful younger brother did not understand why I would need a ride because I wasn't that far from home. I guess I should tell him he owes a new set of cleats because mine will now probably need to be replaced. 

I ran out of coffee this morning! Not good! I NEVER run out! I am blaming Bryan, I think he took my coffee when he left. Probably not but he's not here to defend himself so it's his fault! I had to stop at Starbucks and picked up a Tall Skinny Vanilla Latte with an extra shot of expresso to make it through the morning. I also picked up a bag of Organic Sumatra. I'm pretty excited about that. I love their Sumatra but have never had the organic. My coffee MUST be strong so I have high hopes for this. Still not used to not being able to run out and pick up Kona coffee whenever I feel like it (lived in Hawaii for three years). So sad I know! Hope your run went well!

BunnyB - 2008-05-01 11:56 AM I'm another coffee person, too. Gotta have my morning joe! Perhaps you need this smiley, Verna.

I know a few people that could use these smilies in their signatures... Not me though. I am trying to stay away from coffee as much as I can - so I have only one cup a day (if at all).

I had a good swim earlier this morning. However, I still struggle with flatter kicks and today got special attention and help from my group's coach. I hope to improve on my kicks as it will/should make me a better, more efficient and a faster swimmer.

Anyone has special triathlon race/training plans for the weekend?

I am signed up as a volunteer for Spring Sprint Triathlon here in San Diego. I will be a swim buddy.