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Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() You inspired me to put Olympic on my goals for 2010....now I have to up my training...crap...I was trying to get by easy.....hey we can do it right????? Please tell me right. Nice to have you on board...if I can figure outthis blogging stuff it should be fun. |
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Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() NIce to see you out there trying..I am fairly new at this as well.....sign up for a race..that was what motivated me above all else...and tell people you are going to do it...makes it harder to back out...slow and easy man..you can do this!!! |
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Expert ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() My weight is up 7lbs in 2 days. When is that weigh in date? I am so ready to get started. I will probably start a few days early. I am not so worried about losing the money as I am about losing this weight. I am officially at a scary weight for me and I am panicking. I am so glad to be part of this group. You guys can pull me off the ceiling when I freak out about the scale. I am only 1 lb away from my heaviest weight ever, when I was 9 months pregnant. Ok, freak out over. Thanks for listening. |
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Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() jogo - 2009-12-30 6:26 AM My weight is up 7lbs in 2 days. When is that weigh in date? I am so ready to get started. I will probably start a few days early. I am not so worried about losing the money as I am about losing this weight. I am officially at a scary weight for me and I am panicking. I am so glad to be part of this group. You guys can pull me off the ceiling when I freak out about the scale. I am only 1 lb away from my heaviest weight ever, when I was 9 months pregnant. Ok, freak out over. Thanks for listening. Sounds familiar. I stepped on the scales three days ago up 15 lbs over where I was this summer. ![]() |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() I'm just competing to lose more than Dudley. I have a 40 minute trainer session scheduled for today. What's everyone's workout looking to be? |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() I'm thinking weight in is Jan 3rd. Mike and I will run our own challenge. Take it easy on the side bets. More to come. I'm looking to try a little p90x tonight. |
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Member![]() ![]() | ![]() I have another run planned for today -- I am following a slightly modified version of the couch to sprint plan. I am a little ahead of the run portion, maybe ever so slightly ahead of the bike portion and dead on for the swim -- I know how to swim to stay alive, but have not swam competetively since Jr High. So, instead of 20 min walk like the plan calls for I am doing 25 - 30 walk/jog trying to get equal or more time jogging as walking. Did not get ST in yesterday, so will lift today. My son could not lift with me yesterdat, so I thought I'd wait til today and we can lift together. I am a little afraid to see what the scale will say for me after what I have eaten the last couple of weeks! Have a great day all! |
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Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() I'm doing the spin/abs class combo from Monday. That stupid abs class hurt so much I know I really need another one... |
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Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() marmadaddy - 2009-12-30 6:20 AM I'm just competing to lose more than Dudley. I have a 40 minute trainer session scheduled for today. What's everyone's workout looking to be? Today is my rest day. Which is good-working my last week of the 2nd job...so I won't get home till 10 tonight. Thanks for the inspires...so nice to be in a new group for the new year! OK-so all of us on the weight challenge-what date are we "officially starting"? The 2nd or the 3rd? and going for what? a month? 2 months? 3 months? |
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Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() HNewman - 2009-12-30 8:34 AM I'm doing the spin/abs class combo from Monday. That stupid abs class hurt so much I know I really need another one... That looks like a tough tough tough workout. anything abs kind of makes me want to take a pass... ![]() |
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Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() bfwhitt - 2009-12-29 8:05 PM You inspired me to put Olympic on my goals for 2010....now I have to up my training...crap...I was trying to get by easy.....hey we can do it right????? Please tell me right. Nice to have you on board...if I can figure outthis blogging stuff it should be fun. woo hoo to us first time olys!! Yes, we can do this....Right! What training plan are you going to use? or are you winging it? |
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Expert ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Hollz - 2009-12-30 11:54 AM bfwhitt - 2009-12-29 8:05 PM You inspired me to put Olympic on my goals for 2010....now I have to up my training...crap...I was trying to get by easy.....hey we can do it right????? Please tell me right. Nice to have you on board...if I can figure outthis blogging stuff it should be fun. woo hoo to us first time olys!! Yes, we can do this....Right! What training plan are you going to use? or are you winging it? Yeah! I'm there too with the oly first timers. I wanted to do an oly last year (only because I was competing mentally with someone who was faster and felt I needed to prove to myself that I could out-endurance her) but was sidelined by life and an injury that might not have been as bad as the sports med doctor wanted me to think (long story but confirms why I don't trust doctors, **I am an RN so I do have some background and understanding of the language). Anyway, condensed version, I did nothing but a sprint, and my friend did a short swim oly and is now training for an ironman. This year I am training smart and consistent and doing the distance for my own goals. One of my major accomplishments this year was realizing that my self-worth is not defined by the races I do or the AG's I don't win. That was huge for me and better than accomplishing any event. Sometimes its hard for me on BT because there are a lot of people who put others down if don't jump right into doing the longer distances. I was thrilled when I read Dexter's original post about taking training slowly. You will find that I am pretty long-winded with the writing on BT logs and forum but this is my creative outlet. I may not be very athletic but I have had a multitude of life-lessons and tri-lessons that I can offer this group. I am so looking forward to celebrating all of our successes this year and from the sounds of it, we will have many, weight loss, 5k's, 1st tri's, oly tri's, just getting ourselves off the couch, etc... |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() just getting ourselves off the couch, etc... Edited by dexter 2009-12-30 1:03 PM |
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Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() jogo - 2009-12-30 11:04 AM Hollz - 2009-12-30 11:54 AM bfwhitt - 2009-12-29 8:05 PM You inspired me to put Olympic on my goals for 2010....now I have to up my training...crap...I was trying to get by easy.....hey we can do it right????? Please tell me right. Nice to have you on board...if I can figure outthis blogging stuff it should be fun. woo hoo to us first time olys!! Yes, we can do this....Right! What training plan are you going to use? or are you winging it? Yeah! I'm there too with the oly first timers. I wanted to do an oly last year (only because I was competing mentally with someone who was faster and felt I needed to prove to myself that I could out-endurance her) but was sidelined by life and an injury that might not have been as bad as the sports med doctor wanted me to think (long story but confirms why I don't trust doctors, **I am an RN so I do have some background and understanding of the language). Anyway, condensed version, I did nothing but a sprint, and my friend did a short swim oly and is now training for an ironman. This year I am training smart and consistent and doing the distance for my own goals. One of my major accomplishments this year was realizing that my self-worth is not defined by the races I do or the AG's I don't win. That was huge for me and better than accomplishing any event. Sometimes its hard for me on BT because there are a lot of people who put others down if don't jump right into doing the longer distances. I was thrilled when I read Dexter's original post about taking training slowly. You will find that I am pretty long-winded with the writing on BT logs and forum but this is my creative outlet. I may not be very athletic but I have had a multitude of life-lessons and tri-lessons that I can offer this group. I am so looking forward to celebrating all of our successes this year and from the sounds of it, we will have many, weight loss, 5k's, 1st tri's, oly tri's, just getting ourselves off the couch, etc... I am with you there...it is kinda hard at first to not go full bore crazy. Especially if you're starting a new plan or have a new goal. I have been very careful throughout to cross train and slooowly increase. I am an old lady and have to be careful-Ha JK!!(well only kidding a little). I am mostly competitive with myself. I am soooo not fast and so, just improving my times and distances is really all I focus on. If I was competing with others, I probably would have quit after the first race. OK, so bon apetit until the 3rd when the scale will smash our new year optimism. Have a great afternoon everyone! Holly |
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Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() It is called the Winter Warm up program or something like that....it is for those that have already done at least one Sprint...it was not on my list og goals until yesterday...so I need help wrapping my head around the distance...piece of cake...plan and train and then train and plan...what ever that means.... |
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Extreme Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Hollz - 2009-12-30 10:54 AM bfwhitt - 2009-12-29 8:05 PM You inspired me to put Olympic on my goals for 2010....now I have to up my training...crap...I was trying to get by easy.....hey we can do it right????? Please tell me right. Nice to have you on board...if I can figure outthis blogging stuff it should be fun. woo hoo to us first time olys!! Yes, we can do this....Right! What training plan are you going to use? or are you winging it? Someday I will get the courage to join the Oly rank. I've done sprints for 2 years and was planning to go oly until I stopped training 1 1/2 years ago, so to try to go oly this year might be a bit tough. My main worry is the run really, but I haven't even been on the bike in over a year...so that might be too!! We'll see..... |
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Extreme Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() jogo - 2009-12-30 12:04 PM Yeah! I'm there too with the oly first timers. I wanted to do an oly last year (only because I was competing mentally with someone who was faster and felt I needed to prove to myself that I could out-endurance her) but was sidelined by life and an injury that might not have been as bad as the sports med doctor wanted me to think (long story but confirms why I don't trust doctors, **I am an RN so I do have some background and understanding of the language). Anyway, condensed version, I did nothing but a sprint, and my friend did a short swim oly and is now training for an ironman. This year I am training smart and consistent and doing the distance for my own goals. One of my major accomplishments this year was realizing that my self-worth is not defined by the races I do or the AG's I don't win. That was huge for me and better than accomplishing any event. Sometimes its hard for me on BT because there are a lot of people who put others down if don't jump right into doing the longer distances. I was thrilled when I read Dexter's original post about taking training slowly. You will find that I am pretty long-winded with the writing on BT logs and forum but this is my creative outlet. I may not be very athletic but I have had a multitude of life-lessons and tri-lessons that I can offer this group. I am so looking forward to celebrating all of our successes this year and from the sounds of it, we will have many, weight loss, 5k's, 1st tri's, oly tri's, just getting ourselves off the couch, etc... Loved what you said about training smart and consistent and doing the distance for your own goals. Consistency is the key...hard lesson learned on my failed marathon training when I was too "weekend warrior" with the runs. You said: "One of my major accomplishments this year was realizing that my self-worth is not defined by the races I do or the AG's I don't win." Love, love, love what you said. That is something I am going to have to work on. Are you sure you're not my twin? Why is it that we compare ourselves to others when we are all individuals, all unique not only in our body makeup, but emotionally and athletically as well? Why is there a need to measure up against one another? Good to know that someone faces the same struggle. I really hope this will be a new banner year for me. I've tried restarting this triathlon thing for 2 years and it never happened....but I am hopeful this time. |
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Extreme Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Hey Boss...as for the weight loss challenge.... I know we weigh in on Sunday, January 3rd.....what is the regular weigh in day? I hope it's not on Sunday...can we have it say on Wednesday or Thursday? |
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Regular ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() For those that have done them how tough is an olympic distance?. This is my first year (2010) of doing triathlon. Is it to big a step to do an oly in the first year?. We have a huge one in london in August that my brother will be doing and wants me to do it with me. Last thing i want is to enter then not be ready and hate doing it and the day becoming a chore I have found my first race a 200m / 16km / 3.5km event as a taster and to get me used to the transitions etc. I intend to do a full sprint the following month and then a few others across summer. so is the olympic a step to far in 1st year great comments on the site to date, enjoying reading peoples outlooks for 2010 |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() OK I need a weight from you Sunday. If you take it friday and give it to me Sunday OK. Just once a week at the same time weigh yourself. This sunday is the start this time only we weigh Sunday. After that whenever at the same time during the week. Personally Friday is always my best day. I'm working on the graph ans stats thingie. Have a great New Year Eve. Be good but enjoy, MAC36 since you turn 2010 first give us a report. Mike and I are running 7.8 mile tomorrow morning in the resolution run. Keep me in check for the evening. |
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Expert ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() I am on the fence about doing a New Year's Eve 4 mile run today. My hamstrings are still so sore after my trainer on Monday. The trainer just laughed last night and said everyone walks like that the first time they stength train hammies. I'm so glad that he found amusement in my pain. It is better today, but I am going to see how they are after a couple hours. Its not until 3:30pm so I have some time. I'm thinking I'll probably wait till next year though. Why risk injury? |
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Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() I've done that run, and it's very friendly to folks who want to take it slow - and with all this snow, the scenery will be gorgeous. You might go just for the fun training run along the frozen Detroit River. ![]() |
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Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Well said by alll of you regarding having your own goals and knowing who you are...the definition of humility(very simplified form) is knowing who you are (good and bad) and striving to be the best you can be...what more can you do? Edited by bfwhitt 2009-12-31 9:23 AM |
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Expert ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() HNewman - 2009-12-31 10:06 AM I've done that run, and it's very friendly to folks who want to take it slow - and with all this snow, the scenery will be gorgeous. You might go just for the fun training run along the frozen Detroit River. ![]() I just posted in the Michigan forum that I am out. My left hammie is so painful and I am not willing to risk injury for a cool tech shirt and some free beer. I have big plans starting tomorrow so I am going to rest it for another day. Maybe next year I'll get you there to do it with me and TrishM. Do you have kids, is that why you have to share training times with your hubby or are you royalty and can never be in the same place at the same time? I was hoping to meet you this weekend. Trainerfest should be a lot of fun. Kimm always is the hostest with the mostest. |
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