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I went to school for a couple of years in Daytona, and lived in Orlando when I was a kid. Learned to surf at CB. Small world...

???=Ed which is short for Eddie, long for E.

Glad to be part of the group.

OK... I've come up for air long enough to write my bio... but add me to the list of asthmatics around here so I'll keep my inhaler handy . 

NAME: milaminute/Mila  (it's pronounced MY-la)
STORY: I live in the Atlanta suburbs... moved here from Maryland about 6 years ago.  I'm at home with my kids but I dabble in teaching spin classes and have a private educational consulting business.  As far as mulitsport... many of the participants in my spin classes are triathletes, and they have been encouraging me for years to get out there and tri.  Apparently, I listened.  I have been a recreational cyclist for some time, but when we moved to the ATL I turned in my road bike for a mountain bike, so it's been an adventure getting back to my roadie roots and I'm still not quite used to my new bike.  As a former competitive figure skater, my balance and flexibility are solid but not much else from that translates well into the S/B/R thing (though sassy outfits are available for all of the above).  I'm truly a newbie.  When I started training in January, I struggled to swim 50 meters and I hadn't run a mile in a very long time.
FAMILY STATUS: I'm married to John (who is interested in Adventure Racing!) and have three kids... Kate is 9, Colin is 6 and Luke is not quite 2 but somehow has missed the memo on that as he feels certain he can keep up with the big kids.
CURRENT TRAINING: I'm on the "I work at a gym and have difficulty balancing my training" plan.  While that sounds silly, I'm actually quite serious.  Because my job requires a lot of physical activity, avoiding overtraining and finding time to train myself instead of others is a challenge.  I have a swim coach (she rocks) and two well-qualified friends who volunteered to be running coaches because they couldn't pass up such a huge challenge great opportunity.  I ride either indoors or outdoors 6+ times a week, run 3 times (but I'm limited in my running distance due to some joint issues) & try to hit the pool at least 3 times a week.
2007 RACES: I'm registered for my first tri (Ryka Iron Girl) which is *gasp* a month from today.   My goal is to get through that without dying.  If all goes well, I'm planning on the Acworth Women's Tri in August and the Peachtree City in September. 

I think the TI DVDs will be great. They're (in my opinion at least) excellent for teaching "poor" swimmers. If you use them and incorporate the drills into your swimming, you should improve immensely. And speaking of swimming...I checked your logs and you're not doing much of it...

So is that an oil rig?

Milaminute...I get it...

So it sounds like you have a great support system--and it's excellent that you're working with a swim coach. I think you'll find tht the balance you have from figure skating will help with your swimming, though.

I'll see you at Irongirl! My wife is doing the race and I may volunteer...

The shroud of mystery is revealed! Welcome, Ed!

Thanks, and if I could only finish this fat suit before you find me....

I can't do that anymore... the oldest is almost as big as I am... and the younger two are getting there.... pretty soon I'll have to beat them off with a stick to get my food.... lmao.

If you don't think you run efficiently, try this: count your strides for one minute. You should be taking ~180/minute. Overstriding causes lots of problems because when you extend your leg too far in front of you, you intiate a braking response and that transmits force to your knee, hip and back.

Also, low back on one side is sometimes cause by weakness, or strength imbalnces in your hip flexors. When you have weak hip flexors, as you become fatigued you tend to drop your hip when you swing your leg through. And when you drop your hip, you apply torsional forces to your low back.

Does that make sense? 

So it's not an off-shore rig? I was going to say if you were at an offshore rig, you could just swim off the side of the platform...

That does make sense.  I feel like I am slinging my legs forward not striding.  I will try the stride count on my next run and see how I measure out as well.  Good tips.  My knees are definitely swollen/stiff after the run.  I think I will spin during lunch to get some of that worked out and try to do a bigger bike ride this weekend.