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I'm not really sure, mine hurts when I run uphill. The area where I leave is full of short steep hills.

Hey all!  I'm hanging in...very busy, lots of training and school stuff is picking up.  I have the Playtri HIM in 4 weeks!  IMCdA is in just over 3 months....time is flying by!

You all are training so hard...goals look great too!  Hope everyone's knee problems heal up though!

Good Luck on the playtri HIM Cathy!

My knees bothered me after the 1/2 mary in Dec.  I think something happened during the race.  Most likely overuse.

I haven't been consistently training for the last few months.  I started a job about 2 months ago and I'm also a SAHM so I've been juggling that.  We are getting our house ready to put on the market so we've been doing a lot of work for that.   About 2 weeks ago I found out something that my dh has been doing and hiding from me.  Basically my whole world fell apart and I'm trying to keep it all together for my children who just turned 4.  It looks like I'm not going to be ready to do my first HIM in May.  Definitely not physically or mentally ready for it.

I just started yesterday to get back into training mode.  I swam and ran.  Today I rode my new bike!  I decided I'm not going to let anything get in the way of something I really enjoy doing (unless my kids need me, obviously)

I'm going to Heather's spin class this afternoon!

I hope everyone is having a good weekend!

Mel  

Mel, so sorry to hear about the thing with your DH. Stay strong! you can alway PM me if you need to talk.

Hello everyone...stopped by to see how everyone was doing.

Mel - I am so sorry to hear about your news! Stay strong and definitely don't stop training. Use it as a way to relieve stress as I am sure you are dealing with lots of it. Hope things have improved!

Heather- how did your first tri of the season go?

Kendra - how are you?

Zoya - how is your knee? My knee pain seems to be better since I have lowered my run volume after training and running in 2 marathons in three months.

I have my first tri of the season coming up in a week and a half. I am doing Playtri, the same one Cathy is doing, except that I signed up to do the oly instead of the HIM. Thank goodness I didn't sign up for the HIM, I just got on my bike for the first time last weekend since I did my last HIM in October and Tuesday was my first swim since last October. I have been totally run focused and lots of strength training and boot camps. I don't feel like I have lost any fitness, but my training on swimming and biking has been non existent. Since I am already signed up and paid for the event I am going to treat it like a training day and do the best I can, plus I can't wait to meet Cathy in person!

Hope everyone is doing well!  

Jill and Cathy Good Luck in your tris coming up!  That's awesome you're going to get to meet in person.  Have fun, I hope the weather is good.

WTG Heather!  I wish I could've been there to see you! Great job!

I just wanted to say to everyone Thank you so much for the support.  It means so much to me.  My husband & I are taking it one day at a time and he's seeing a therapist.  Hopefully they'll be able to help.  My whole family has been sick and we're finally all healthy again (knock on wood!) I'm back at it this week and hopefully Heather & I will get a chance to bike together this week.

I hope everyone is doing well!  Good Luck with your training.

Mel  

You guys rock...it is so cool to see you all training  

Heather, congrats!  10 minutes off your run time is amazing!  Sounds like you had a great race!

Mel: hang in there...we're all here to support YOU when needed!  Glad you are all getting healthy.  Seems like winter really takes it's toll.  Bring on spring!  Oh, right...it's probably actually spring there in NC.  It freaking snowed here today!

Kendra: The woman of the bike   You are amazing.

Zoya: Killer 10mile race chica!  You can see Z's race report here

Jill: I'm really looking forward to meeting you this weekend! 

I have my first race of the season on Sunday.  I'm DRIVING 13 hrs each way to TX with another BTer.  Playtri HIM.  I'm really not ready for the race, but that's ok.  This is the time to fine tune everything for the IM!  11 weeks to Coeur d'Alene!  ACK! 

Oh and I have a new bike here  I just got it and I HOPE I can have it ready for the race on Sunday. 

Hope you all are well otherwise!

Thanks! Just ran my first 10 miler this Sunday. Boy it was tough race! The weather was horrible with rain and mud, nasty!

It is great to see everyone training, Go Girls!

Kendra - glad to hear you have the green light to start training again!

How is everyone else doing? Spring seems like an especially busy time of the year, but thankfully my kids are now done with soccer and dance is almost over. My 9 year old is doing a kid's tri on May 11th (Mother's Day) and we have been having fun doing some training together. I did an oly a few weeks ago (the one where Cathy did the HIM) and I have a sprint this weekend. Hope everyone is enjoying their spring!

Hi all!  I thought at first our thread was gone, but we're still here  

Hope you all are well.  Here is a picture of Jill and me at Playtri.  Jill is the tall one. 

Great pic Cathy, and yes I am tall, but my nine year old daughter is quickly catching up with me! Especially when she wears my high heels to dress up!