medic0020's Group - CLOSED--BUSTIN AT THE SEAMS (Page 33)

going to the California Amgen Time Trials today...should be exciting....this kicks off 7 days of racing across California for some of the best cyclists around.....todays time trials are right around the corner at Stanford College....will be there watching all day...

There is a link on my training blog for days events....if you live in California...check it out..they will be more then likely coming your way! great reason to get out and get inspired!...

Emerson..hope you are almost finished with your race....KNOW YOU WILL ROCK!!!!

Amy in SD.....thanks for the coffee this morning....helped me tremendously....

Dee - no more werky for you! all werk and no play makes Dee a dull girl! (from the shining)

Mike...hope you are not shoveling more snow...seems to be the word of your day!

Amy IND...time to find that mojo again! I think I heard of one that is being held in the lost and found... if you cant find yours!

Eric....wired! what de??? I am only high on life! lovin that I am losing weight!

Pam....have you gotten out of that pool yet? I dont know how you can hang out in there all day! hehe

Nathan and Chris....Chris...Chris...WHERE ARE YOU??????

Hope everyone has a good weekend...gotta go...get ready to ride to the races!.....will make sure to get some pictures!

Had a great time at the Lost Dutchman marathon.  Julie, at 10:18 your time, 11:18 my time, I was approaching mile 26.  You were dead on to think that I was near finishing the race.  In short, PR 4:24:48 gun time, 4:24:38 (+/-) start to finish.  29 minutes ahead of my last PR and an hour better than last year.  I will post the full race review tomorrow. 

Thanks for all the support.  What a difference a year of good training makes!

My day started at 4:00 AM so I am off to bed...

No workouts for today.  Just taking some walks...

I posted my race log: 

Race: Lost Dutchman Marathon 

Thanks for all the nice notes of encouragement!  It makes a difference and I appreciate it.  Yesterday was a real confidence builder for going forward!  I will be back at it after a day or two.  Today is just lots of walks.  I may hit the bike or the pool tomorrow...   but no running.

Getting back to normal.  I look forward to catching up with everyone.  Have Chris and Nathen dissapeared?  I have not seen anything from them or on the blog in a while?

I am supposed to run tomorrow -- 20 minutes -- get the gears moving again.  We will see...

Amy

I did get both eyes done at once, on a Thu afternoon. I was back at work for most of the day on Fri and was 20/20 within about 15 hrs of the procedure. I'm somewhere around 20/15 now.

Hi team...wanted to let you know that I just ran 12 miles....woot woot! longest for me in some time! was a great run...felt like I could have kept going but it was getting really dark and was pouring rain! Hope everyone else is reaching those short term and long term goals....I need to add some short term goals and some races to my blog....

question....

if I am doing my first oly on May 8th is doing one a few weeks before something that I should not think of doing? there is a tri in the area that looks really fun and close by. 

Thanks for any suggestions....

How many weeks earlier is the other Olympic Tri?  You need some recovery time but not as much as an Ironman or Marathon length event.   I think one week would be too short, two may be OK, three is better, four is fine...  These are a bit of a guess in learning the nuance of training and recovery from my coach but in looking at the distances.  The swimming is the longest, the bike is OK and the run is 6 miles.  You just ran 12 and feel fine.  If you keep an easy pace, you should not undo yourself.  If you go all out and end up with massively sore muscles or an injury, you will have a hard time with the second race...  If you do end up with two back to back, just be sure the first one is at a "fun" pace, not a killer pace.

I hope this is what you are looking for...   EK

Thanks Emerson! it is two weeks difference....and the first would be more for fun...the second one my daughter and I are racing together...so, I know she will push me...

Boy, just a couple of posts in three days.  We are slacking off.  I think that Chris and Nathan have evaporated.  I have read all the rest of your logs and we seem to be plugging along well.  I am feeling very good and get to run a whole 35 minutes tomorrow.  Yahoo...  Well, my coach is my coach for a reason.  I will put some good time on the bike on Sunday.  It is supposed to be 79 and sunny.  Sounds like a couple of bottles of HEED, some Thermalyte with some sunscreen for grins.  I cannot wait!

The Lost Dutchman photos are up:  "V" for victory over stroke and cancer!!!!!!

Yes, I do ham it up for the camara....

Have a good weekend everyone!  Emerson

Those are GREAT pictures Emerson!!  Looks like you were doing really well out there and having fun!  Congrats again on the big achievement!

Well next week is going to be a tricky week for training.  Monday is going to be a hugely busy day from 9 am to probably 8 or 9 at night...just not sure when that second workout is going to get done.    Two papers and a test, plus all the rest of the other homework...school sometimes bites!  But good thing I am getting out this semester...there are rumors of a 7.5% tuition hike...which would bring the cost of a year up to 10 grand!!!!!!!  ick

Well have a good weekend everyone... I need to go get breakfast and get going with my day  

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What a busy group we must be.  Just finished hosting a wine dinner for 46, opened with presecco, then 12 wines, then port... I don't think I will be doing any workouts early...  There is no pain in the Knowles household tonight...  I am going to sleep in. Not getting up until 6:30 AM... well, off to melt into my bed...   I hope there are no black whirlies tonight, I hate those...

Have a good weekend everyone... Emerson

Hi Guys! Quick posting. I haven't had a "day off" from work since January. And the scary thing is - I'm just falling further and further behind.

Needless to say, my training has been almost nonexistent. Fortunately, I have the stationary bike, so I've settled for getting a couple of miles in as often as I can.... I think the odometer is really messed up on it though, because it says that I've done 5 K in like no time at all. Since I'm a wimpy biker, I'm sure I'm not on world record pace -> Which means the odometer is messed up. LOL

And now - a shocking announcement from me:

In fact, things are so crazy at work that I've announced that I will NOT be running the March Challenge. Unfortunately, I simply don't have the time.

That said, it's possible that Cat will be organizing a March Challenge. It may be a PEEPS challenge. Yeah, you know - Peeps. Those little marshmallow things that are popular around Easter time. Losing teams will probably have to display a Peeps avatar. If you search the internet, you can find yellow Peeps, blue Peeps, pink Peeps. And, of course, there are more macabre Peeps - such as those with their heads bitten off, or ones that have suffered a horrible demise in the microwave.

(OK, I admit it. I shorted out one evening around 7 PM, and just left work. I got home and played on BT. I figured that since I was so far behind, an hour or two of "relaxation" wouldn't make a difference.... That's when we had the PEEPS discussion. And when we all started doing Google searches on Peeps - and finding YouTube videos of microwaved Peeps. )

Happy Sunday. (Yes, I'm going to do some work now. But it's from home, at least.)