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you are definitely crossing midline with your arms in one pic...I always give the visual of "choo choo arms"...elbows bent at 90 degrees, loose fist, shoulders relaxed, arms pushing forward -think momentum...crossing at midline causes your torso to twist and is counter productive...otherwise, you look GREAT and still went FAST!!!!! 

Ya sure were fast!! Imagine if you could go FASTER. Holy Mackeral.

just saw my pics from St. A's that ASI took....hilarious.  I am a dork..embarrassing!!!  I TOO have my arms crossing all over the place whilst running!!!  As well as my tongue haning OUT in one.  Guess mechanics are always easier in theory!  However, I'm sure I could have been a few seconds faster had I kept my mouth closed

check this out, if I linked it properly.  my apologies.

I looked to IMFL for so long, years in fact.  I made choices and changes to help me get there.  In 2006 I made a concerted effort to eat "well" in preparation for my HIM.  I gave up foods I loved for great periods of time.  After that, it was a 14 month time frame to IM.  I was constantly conscious of my weight and tracking trends.  In 2007,  I "tried" to eat well again, but I allowed myself more "cheat" days.  As summer went on and the training volume increased, I justified my office snacking as just refueling with the simple sugars (read candy, chips etc).  I could get away with it and maintained and dropped a little weight anyways.  I think back, what if I had been more disciplined? By the last week of October, I was fitter/leaner than I had been in years.

Nov 3, I accomplished a long term goal - I finished an Ironman.  After that, I totally relaxed.  Maybe the proper phrase would be "cast off restraint" for a period.  I.E. one goal for November was 6 pizzas (not all at once )

Also, I had gotten back into Peanut Butter.  Moderation is good, but addiction is bad.  did you know a 2 tablespoon serving of PB has 200 calories?   Our family would go through 2 jars a week and I am the major contributor to that.  I can grab a spoon and eat it like ice cream (unrefrigerated natural PB is kind of like soft serve)

Many good eating habits I have gotten back to, but the vices have still been there.  The sodas (Mtn Dew junkie) and the PB.  (Pizzas and Ice Cream are back to be post race treats)

Another thing I have rationalized is that I am doing pretty good for this time of year, see my run PR's are dropping.  But that is in spite of my diet,  not because of it.  Of course my PR's are going to drop, I have increase some of the run training and I am not running 10k's after a warm up of 1500 m swims and 40k bikes. 

So, it's May 1, and what am I going to do?  Kick the soda habit and avoid PB, I have proven I cannot do it in moderation.  Also may need to bump up some of the bike time now that it is starting to get nice (Yes, today is an exception - it has been snowing off and on all day).

My 15% goal is a couple of years down the road, but I should be able to hit 19% by my HIM in 19 weeks.

After you reach your goals, don't let up, set new ones.  Learn from others mistakes instead of having to make them yourself. 

I agree, Scott. It is easy to say "I am doing well with my weight even though I eat a handful or three of MandM's a few times a week." But saying that I am doing well in spite of it does not mean that I would not be doing better without it.   I pretty much kicked eating between meals in Florida and have been good about that since coming home (except for planned snacks, like fruit, etc) But now I am letting it sneak back in some, and the first week it made no difference, but this week it did. Not irreversible but a difference.  Thanks for bringing this up.

 Time now for a rant-- from my sick bed where I have spent most of the day. For those of you just tuning in, I have had a sore throat all week- today it has turned to achiness, stuffiness and a cough. I came home from work and slept 3 hours this afternoon- haven't moved too far from the bed all day.  I must say that I HATE IT when my non-athletic friends say stuff like this:

'NO wonder you're sick= you're not doing your body any favors with all those crazy workouts. You need to listen to your body. No workouts for a week, I'm telling you"

Message to friend- NO, I'm telling YOU. I do listen to my body. Why do you think I came home today and slept? My body LIKES working out. I need it to lessen stress, to feel alive, to keep this energy level. As soon as my body tells me to ( and it will be soon, I hope), I will begin working out in moderation, if necessary, because I like it and my body likes it and I don't use being sick as an excuse for not doing it one day longer than necessary. I haven't taken a day off sick from work in as long as I can remember (my boss came off the bench and panicked cause he thought something was really wrong with me, since I went home) I'll work out again when I want to and I bet I can listen to my body a lot better that you can, cause me and my body, we are real tight.

SO SHUT UP.  [rant over...thank you for listening]

And PS Mountain Dew is poison. The peanut butter is okay so long as you put the spoon down and walk away.

Geeze Amy, you're sick all the time   JK...it's always interesting to hear those not in the know try to act all in the know.

So Scott, I have some of my clients doing something for the month of May, starting on Monday...Maybe you want to take part?

They are writing out what they will eat every day for 28 days,  in 5 meals of 300 calories each (you would need more, being a manly man).  They can fudge a little, like if a meal is 500 cal perhaps a snack will be 100.  Just 28 days.  Not a diet, just thoughtful eating...if you know you are going to have a spoonful of peanut butter, perhaps on an apple would be nice, then you need to eat less fat and fewer calories for another meal.  If you want pizza, have a LARGE salad before the pizza is going to be ready/delivered, then just have a slice...I gave them a few ideas for 300 calorie meals/snacks - just googled it...if you want I can email it to you.

My take is that food isn't a reward or punishment.  Eat to live, rather than living to eat.  Food is to nourish your body, not your soul (well, except for chocolate ).  I know it's kind of preachy for me to say this, but really the sooner you look at food as your friend, and your body as your temple, the easier it will be to let go of funny food issues.   Ask yourself if you would feed your child or even your pet the same things you feed yourself. 

That will be 5 cents  

$18.00 for a wonderful cause got the ball rolling!  (In Jewish numerology, the letters of the word "chai" - "life" add up to 18 -- so many donations are $18 or multiples of 18).   

 THANKS, SUZANNE!

I love the life-affirming Jewish numerology connection! Way cool! And I feel one with it this week since the Boss made us matzo ball soup and haroseth! I must confess- I had to draw the line at gefilte fish.  I guess I'm too shiksa for that.

Thanks for getting the ball rolling!!!!!!!!!

On this website, you won't find too many people that find  problem with that

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm....I'm not all that far from Waitsfield, Vermont.  I am, however, lacking the capital for this type of upgrade. Interesting article, nonetheless....

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/fashion/01fitness.html?pagewanted=1&ref=health

It was a big disapointment for us all to go back to Denmark. Out kids took it very well, I guess that Jette and I was feeling worse. But we wount let us be beaten. Tomorrow we are going to the American embasy in Copenhagen to try to get a visa for Jette.

Don't know if it's going to happen, but we are hoping to be back in Florida soon to have the rest of our vacation. If not, we might go some were else just to relax.

I'm already been offered a set of race whells to loan, so if we are able to come back, I'll be ready at Disney.

Hope to see you soon, Mimi

Well...I don't have a spare set of race wheels, but I do have a spare set of wheels....You all NEED a vacation after what you went through...I am pretty happy to hear there is a *chance* you might still race Disney!!  I have some room if you need a place to crash for a few days before or after!!!  I am about 3 hours from the race site, leaving on friday the 16th. 

Hans, may the right thing happen for you and your family.  Keep training as if you are racing it (or I guess maybe tapering as the case may be)

I am not even close to an expert but I say try to pick up right where you left off and you will know at once if it is too much- in the first mile! But don't rely on me- listen to Mimi.

Mimi?