November "You Choice" Challenge Team Wild Hippo's (Page 31)

D001 - 2007-11-27 1:57 PM

light_sabe_r - 2007-11-26 9:23 PM

I love dee's updates!

Congrats Owl_girl! ^_^

 

I'm having my engagement party in january so I won't be up to much either! >_<

Wait 'till you see Cat's next month. They're more creative much better than mine!

haha holiday themed... Im open to team name suggestions otherwise Im cooking up some trying to generate the same chaos as October

haha yeah I hear ya on the bath thing... you can always be an honourary team member if you like... Im sure some of the former apples would love to have you as a cheerleader!

Old Hippo team members want cheerleaders, too!

Reno8 - 2007-11-27 6:22 AM Congrats Owl Girl...yes January will be a busy month for you. Cat...can you check out my posts on the spreadsheet...as one that is used to working with his hands and not his brain I am not sure I got it right. I added the weekly totals together to get the final numbers and have met all but one of my goals..This adds up like my personal log at home so it might be right...but not only am I old...I have been known to be a dunba$$ when it comes to computers. Not going to do the Swim Challenge next month. I just ordered the TI DVD and am getting back in the water in Jan. Also training for a 10k to be done in Feb. so I need to stay in the road for the time being. I will still be checking on my Hippo teammates and cheering (and geering every chaance I get. Train safe but always train hard Steve

Thanks Reno!

I did the TI DVD.  It helped a lot.  I also took some swim lessons.  That helped me, too.  Gonna miss you on the swim challenge.  Cheers!

Gonna miss you, too, Lyssa!  Yeah, stay out of that cold water!  Brrrrr!!!

lyssa-gator - 2007-11-28 5:06 AM i'll certainly still be around, i just dont think i can get in the lake this time of year, wetsuit or no i'll be cheering for you tho!!!

Ummm I understand that! cold cold COLD!!! Well you can always come for the party... Im sure the chatter will live on somewhere  

congrats on getting out there! Im sure the dogs appreciated it

Hiya team... well the month is almost up.. how is everyone feeling... I know a few of us have had a challenging time.. the lead up to the holiday season always makes it tough to get the training in.. so congrats to EVERYONE who was prepared to try!

I also know we have a few stars on the team who are gonna hit 100% no worries! Hope everyone enjoys the final few days of training for the month!

Yay hippos!

All day??? wow poor Lyssa!

Wow!!!  Just before I got really sick, I woke up from a dead sleep with the hiccups!  It was the wierdest thing!  That's never happened before!  I hope you are doing better.

Other news........I made it back to Oregon.  The road to my house is always seriously icy in bad weather.  Tonight was no different.  It is snowing as I type.  I think the weather gods always know when I will be moving.  Hmmmm.  Why am I always moving in the winter?

 I didn't get my run in tonight.  Bummer.  My cats were happy to see me!  I don't think I'll take them for a walk!

Oh man my credit card is suddenly taking a beating...just joined the DC Tri Club...sure I'll be a little fish in a big pond...actually I'll probably be like the malformed fished among a group of super fast and agile dolphins, but isn't that what the best Disney/Pixar movies are made out of (just call me Nemo I guess).  Anyway, I spent a while debating between DC and another local club and decided that I'd go the bigger route...more stuff going on, more opportunities for training, more social events.  So, I'm psyched! 

This cold is just killing me enough to make my workouts a tad on the crummier than usual side....Tuesday I was upping my run portion to 8 minutes and instead of doing the planned 3 minute intervals (and maybe striving for 4 minutes), I decided to take it easy and doing 4 x 2 minutes...I'm already a hopeless mouthbreather when it comes to running, but with the cold it was that much worse...ugh!

And with swimming yesterday I had to actually take a bit of a break and go back down to 150 yard intervals instead of moving up to 250 yard intervals like I had hoped.  Again, at least I got the distance in.  In December I'm going to keep up my 1650 yards of swimming at each session but once a week I'm going to start doing some Total Immersion drills (have had the book for a while now and so need to sit down and read it some).  While I think I'm far from the worst swimmer out there, I definitely could improve.  And what is it with me that, after spending my entire childhood summers in a swimming pool I suddenly can't swim without a nose plug?  How retarded is that?

Okay, well I'm off on another 8 minutes of running hell today with my headcold and my final strength program tonight (the increase I did there this week was good...upped almost everything by either adding a set, adding weight, or adding reps and it felt like a nice challenge).  And then tomorrow I finish up with a final swim.  I'll be just past all my goals!

Good job everyone.  Even if you haven't been able to finish up your goals, sometimes you got to realize that life just gets in the way and that's more important in many respects.  After all DNF is still > DNS.

Happy Thursday (or Friday for the Aussie folks)!