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...I'm back!!

 Kind of went silent for awhile...have been out of town for several days and not somewhere warm enough to do much outside!   Resting the shoulder a bit from swimming as I want to have it healed up prior to this weekend when I go to the swim clinic.

 Good job everyone for hanging in there through all the bumps in the training road!  I think this stage of training is when the group is needed the most.  A couple weeks before an event it's pretty easy to stay motivated, but for those who are a couple months from an event, feeling some physical abuse, it becomes much more difficult.  I know this group has helped keep me going and I thank everyone for that.

I am glad some of the MIA's are starting to pop back up. Now there are a lot less faces for me to be looking for ont he back of milk cartons.

Thanks to those of you who have posted links. Both have been very helpful!!! I love articles like that !!!

I'm back too....  Sorry I haven't been the best group member the last week or so.  Went into a wierd workout funk.  You guys are still all doing great.  Thanks for the inspires.  They actually work, and helped me to get in a workout today.  Whether you realize it or not, you have incredible powers of guilt over me!!!

I had a set back in the quest for a bike, although it is fairly minor.  I was a very active diver when I lived in San Diego, and have a ton of top of the line gear.  However, none of it has been wet in over a year because I moved to OK, and the diving here just isn't that great...  So, I was going to buy a bike with the proceeds from selling my dive gear.  I had it sold on Sunday, and then Ebay pulled the entire auction because of some fraudulent bidding.  Now I have to relist the gear, and start over with that process.  I plan on relisting it on Sunday, and hopefully nothing goes wrong this time....

Planning on running a five mile race Saturday.  I tried to register online, but they had shut down online registration.  I emailed the director, and worst comes to worse, will just register the day of...

 Have a good week "Best Group"!!

Bennet

Glad you're back, Bennett.  Sorry about your E-bay listing; that totally sucks.  Good luck getting registered for your race Saturday.

Well, looks like I can get a good run and swim in...at the same time...lol

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I can relate.  I was in a funk after running a 5K a week or so ago because I thought I was slow.  It is kind of like, "F"it, I'm slow.... Is it worth it....  I'll take the easy way out...."  Thoughts like those, conscious or not, kind of run through your head.  DON'T GIVE IN TO THEM!!!!  You have done a lot over the last two months!  Keep it up!!!

HELP!!!! Any math maniacs on here???

I am looking for an illistration of a graph with 7 vertices, a bridge and a loop. Any help would be greatly appriciated.

Elizabeth, sorry about the weight gain.  I know how disappointing that can be.  If I go to the doctor, I close my eyes and make the nurse promise not to read the number aloud.  I only get on the scales 2-3 times a year because it's sooo frustrating when the scales require more weight on the right side than the left side to reveal my number.

You seem to be to be really committed to this sport.  If you keep working hard, the scale will reflect that - hopefully sooner than later, of course.

To get back in the swing of things, don't worry about goals for today - or even tomorrow.  Just take a nice, brisk walk to get in the active-feeling again.  Then, you may find you're ready sooner than later to refocus on your goals.  A pause in training is better than a stop.

Whew!  That is why I majored in Liberal Arts.  Sorry.  I can't help you on that one.

got it... now to go swim  

 Glad to see some activity. Leslie... where are you? Elizabeth

Right about the time I was really frustrated with my weight plateau, Lora (I think) posted the suggestion of cardio immediately after strength training.  Maybe it was common sense to most of you, but it got me over the hump.  Thanks you!!!

I'll help with the log part....look at the bottom of my post ( this one) there are those little icons down there. Just click ont he one that says log, and you will see mine. You can post everyones icon in your training log and also just click on that. I did it but can't remember exactly how. 9 It's the "being form Alabama v/s Computer thing). I'll let someone more knowledgeable than me tell you the rest.

Yo, group, whazzz up?  I'm the guy who opted out of the "challenge", and haven't posted much lately, but have been reading along.  Work's been a real bear lately.  Plus I'm now 16 days away from my winter marathon, oh the fun.  Those of who haven't run a marathon, here's where I'm at for your entertainment!  I've done the last of my 4 20-mile runs - check.  I've done the last of my endurance tempo-runs - check.  I'm finishing off the last of my 50-mile training weeks - check.  I've got a 15-miler coming up this weekend, then I start a two week taper.  So basically it's countdown time, which means I wish the damn race was tomorrow.  Tapering is great, but it's like sitting around watching paint dry, wondering if you've done enough, trained right, have a good gameplan, etc...  And each run I take, every time I get up from my desk, get out of my car, or turn a corner, I'm looking to make sure I don't bang my knee, step in a pothole, or twist my anke.  Ah the fun!!!!  Oh, I'm also watching the weather forecast as if my life depends on it.  We are in a mild spell now, temps in high 30's/40's, so I'm fearful some wicked nasty winter storm is brewing in the distance. 

So that's where I'm at!!!!  Hope everyone's training is going well, and those who got hit by the winter-cold bug, hope you're feeling better.  Keep at it, and try to enjoy each workout, at least the part when you FINISH the workout!!!!

Jay

Hi, Julia.  Rueben was right.  Just click on the "Logs" icon at the bottom of my post and it'll take you to my page.  When you get to my page, you'll see that I've got everyone in the group listed on the left side.  To do that to your page, you can do the following.

In the box at the top left on pretty much every page where you log in and out, where it shows how many users are online, etc., there are three links at the top called "Home," "Control Panel" and "Help."  Click on "Control Panel."  Across from "Change your password," there's a link that reads "Edit your training settings."  There you'll find several tabs to personalize your settings.  Click on "Friends," type in people's usernames and hit apply at the bottom.  Then, people will show up on your Training Log page.   Good luck!

Lora

I don't really have anything to say, I just hate seeing our group towards the bottom of the page!!! 

Oh, wait....  I did sign up for the "Frigid Five Miler" tomorrow.  Let's see how that goes after my last two weeks of minimal training.  This is supposed to be fun right?????