QUEEN ZIP & KathyG - CLOSED (Page 30)

You can use it in a pool just be sure to rinse it off really well afterwards and be prepared to be hot and not swim that long in it maybe 10-15' minutes as a wetsuit and warm water make you very hot.

Now I rarely buy regular clothes but enjoy scoring great deals on training and racing clothes.  In last week bought a lot of Oomph stuff 40% off and scored a CSX long bra like top for wicked cheap at Steep and Cheap.

Finish that last drainer ride...so close to double IM status!

(you know you are confusing all us Americans who are metric challenged with your totals)

Ironman Ironman!!!

Very cool...great month of training...you are doing super at balancing and training.

Congrats on the wetsuit x2, Linda.  You've been doing some super fast swimming and totally deserve some new gear!  I know how you feel, too-- I've been itching to use the wetsuit I bought earlier this month (the off-season prices were too good to pass on), but it'll be months before it'll be warm enough here to take it outside.  Hope you get to take er out for a spin soon!

My snowboarding plans got scrapped tonight (just about everyone else bailed on me, so looking for a 'raindate') so I'm heading to the gym without a plan, no swim suit or bike shoes (but have sneaks) and the treadmill is off limits.  If I can sneak out of work early enough, I'll get into a core strength class (which I definitely need) but if not I'll start with my new PT plan and see where that takes me. 

I usually don't like going to the gym without a plan of attack, cause I find I end up wandering around and wasting a lot of time in between exercises.  Heck, I do that when I DO have a plan... just on a much smaller scale.

MA are folks....

I'm going to do a couple road races and wondered if some of you might want to join me:

Sunday Feb 15th at 11am, The Old Fashioned Ten Miler and Flat 5K-I'm doing 5K, Foxboro MA...maybe you could come over after for lunch at our house in No. Attleboro

Sunday April 5th at 11am, Oleksak Lumber Spring 1/2 Mary and 5K-I'm doing 1/2 Mary which is hilly; Westfiled, MA which is Western MA about 1.5 from my house

Road trip? Love to have you.

I'm so excited to hear how it went!  Have fun!!

So a bunch of folks have been asking in my blog whether or not the PT is helping... and you know what?  I have no idea.

I feel stronger and can do some squats without serious pain and *might* have a tiny bit more ankle stability, but the real test is probably going for a run.  My therapist discouraged me from doing so, but said doing 5k may not be detrimental to progress if I take it easy and walk if I experience ANY pain.  He didn't say Yes, Go for it, and told me he wouldn't say yes, but he didn't say no either.

This probably sounds foolhardy, but even if there's a chance it may be physically a little step backward, I feel like it will be mentally detrimental to my progress if I don't.  I'm not yet ready to just watch a run I signed up for.  If I take a couple steps and it kills - different story - but if I stand on the sidelines not even doing an easy 1/2 distance of what I signed up for, I feel like I'll be really resentful of the process.  Wow - it sounds stupid and childish as I write this, but I don't think I can be 100% spectator for my honey and BT folks just yet, and I need some sort of reminder why I'm doing this and not continuing the way I was.  Ok, that's the other part besides wanting to run again - it's been long enough that I need to prove again as a reminder that my knees just don't feel right.  How stupid is that?

I totally feel like I'm being a baby about this and I should just suck it up and -waaaah- drink beer and eat chowder waiting for folks at the finish line.    But I've already made up my mind and am going to drop down to the 5k and run-walk it.  Am I being terribly ridiculous?  It's ok to tell me I am!

The next road race I signed up for is the Hyannis 10k in a few weeks, so I'll have another 21 days to deal and face the facts that I should just go out as a cheerleader.

Oh my!  Be careful.  Some risk in life is good - but some just isn't worth it in the long run.  I'd sit and have the beer & chowder till my Dr gave a clear okay, but that's just me ( and I really like chowder & beer).

hahaha ...

Mina,

Being sidelined with injuries sucks.  It is hard to mentally switch gears to go cheer for the folks you know that will be racing an event you had to back out of doing.  One of my firends was going to race the fall half mary with me in Nov and had to pull out, she stayed home and was miserable the whole time.  Not sure there's an easy answer. 

I would stick with the PT advice though.  Remember your bigger picture and goals beyond the immediate event.  Those could be impacted by pushing recovery too soon.

^^^ good thoughts Queen Zip!

I see over and over on BT folks who push through injuries and it takes so much longer to recover than if they were more conservative with treatment at first.

I know for many holding back during a race is difficult as the race environment brings out a competitive nature in many of us.

Be careful~

Yeah, I guess it's official - I'm a masochist.   Heh, just kidding.

The goal is to try to walk most of it and do some serious stretching before and after, but I'm really taking the time to think it over and possibly bail on the whole thing.   A couple nights to think on it first...

That is awesome.  And I don't even WANT to run that many miles in a month, although stepping it up from the 55 I managed to achieve this month would be good.  Keep running and stay healthy.

Well, if he didn't say "no" and you really felt like you could do the race and had a back-up plan for if you got into trouble, I say - Go For It !!!!   In my life I have mostly regretted what I didn't do.  Very regrets over what I did.  You have to be sensible, but you know your body better than your therapist. 

Hurrah for Leah!!  I actually got to ride my bike to work today.  16 miles one way (I don't ride home yet as it is still too dark at that time).  And I felt good.  My trainers said that the Crossfit workouts would help with the bike and run and I think they were right.  I went up the hills on the route much more easily than I would have expected, given that I haven't ridden that route much in the last six months or year (or two or three years). 

Here's to lots of bike riding in February.

Well, it's been quite a week! Sunday's run was changed around because Jeff got sick. I ran with Denise and Connie - and did we run! 21.5 miles in 3.5 hours. Small break for me to fall over onto my face, tripped over.....nothing. Typical!! nice little gash in my chin, I'm calling it my latest training scar. Swim on Monday was easy, as was a little trot on Tuesday. Wednesday's bike was COLD - 33 degrees when I went out. Did Willow Springs, with some big hills, on my own....31.5 miles.....and I don't think that the frostbite damage is permanent! Thursday I did nothing.....and then second guessed myself all day!  Friday's run was my fastest yet, 6.5 miles at 8.5 minutes each - and very cold hands!

4 weeks and a day until the marathon. Today I'll bike 62 with Cass, Don and Jeff (after baseball tryouts for Zach AND a water polo tournament for Tyler!) Sunday we'll try to do 2.75 hours running in the hills, but we have the same WP tournament AND the all-important Super Bowl commercials to time around!  Next year, 49ers!

The Ironman stuff feels a bit on the back burner right now....until I get through Napa on 3/1. Then I'll need to focus much more on the bike, and the let the run take care of itself a couple of days a week. That'll be a change, I'm really enjoying the running. Who'd have thunk it?!?

Last day in January, looks like I'll hit my 'double-ironman training goal' if I don't take myself out on the bike before 25 miles. Piece of cake, right?!?

On a personal note, after 3 weeks of in and out of the hospital, and too many tests to count, my mother has been diagnosed with lung cancer.  If you so believe, please keep her and our family in your prayers.  I think we have a rough road ahead of us.

Linda

I get it, Mina!  Watching can be the very hardest thing to do.  Sounds like right now it's also the best.  I would, however, probably be doing the same thing that you are contemplating.  I would, inevitably, hurt myself.  So, if you think you can do it, without 'pulling a mom' as it's fondly called around here, good luck!!  Keep us posted!

Linda

Big DH!  Congrats on the 139.99 miles. That's one heck of a lot of running!   Gotta ask.....why not .01 more - just a couple of steps??!?!

Linda

Yea for Leah!  that's great on the bike.  Despite the rain we BADLY need, I hope you get plenty of good riding in during February!  Maybe get a good bike light.....

Linda

Thanks...I'm thinking of taking the westsuit skiing next week....try to find a COLD pool in Tahoe!!  LOL

Linda