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KelliD - 2009-03-23 10:04 AM

Nicole83 - 2009-03-23 9:10 AM Congrats Eric and Betsy!

x2!  SO EXCITING!!

x3!  Perfect pair! I am happy for y'all!

Thin Mints... and Carmel Delights (used to be somoas? - coconut, carmel goodness!)  and to make matters worse, I am a fein for ice cream!  I actually prefer ice cream over beer, and that is saying something!

The more you train the more you get to enjoy, right?  I am putting the Samoa Ice Cream on my must have list.... I hope I don't regret it!  I feel some weight gain in my future!  Just in time for milage increases...

I'm with you....I'd take ice cream over beer any day!!  In fact I'd take ice cream over pretty much anything!  I figure we train enough that we work it off.  Plus, you only live once, enjoy yourself! 

lol... I think I am one of the lucky ones where I have an Iron stomach. Sweets, chocolate and fudge in large quantities does no harm to my innards. I have been known to put away an entire double dutch chocolate fudge cake on my own.

Nicole83 - 2009-03-23 8:10 AM Congrats Eric and Betsy!

congrats!! How long had you been planning on this?

Dude, you guys are KILLING me. I've been avoiding those girl scouts like the plague in an a** -shrinking effort and now I want an entire box of thin mints.

Jerks.

You know you love us

xoxo

You wanna lil' cheese with that whine....  The more you train, the more you can eat, drink and be merry!  Just enjoy some damn GS Cookies, and then extend your sessions by a couple calorie burning hours...  A$$ shrinking effort!  LMAO!   

Thanks everyone! I'm not much of the planning type but have had the ring for about a month and thought it was a good time

Newtons1st - 2009-03-23 11:22 AM

Nicole83 - 2009-03-23 8:10 AM Congrats Eric and Betsy!

congrats!! How long had you been planning on this?

I LOOOOOVE thin mints and I'm with Justin, extend your workout a bit and enjoy that box

Nicole...it might make you feel better to know that there were some other notable bike crashes this weekend.....

Matt Lauer vs a deer......the deer won!  A separated shoulder for Matt Lauer
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/03/23/2009-03-23_today_host_matt_lauer_injured_in_bike_ac.html

Earlier today Lance crashed in a pile up and broke his collar bone
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20267278,00.html

evondo - 2009-03-23 3:08 PM

Thanks everyone! I'm not much of the planning type but have had the ring for about a month and thought it was a good time

 

Newtons1st - 2009-03-23 11:22 AM

Nicole83 - 2009-03-23 8:10 AM Congrats Eric and Betsy!

congrats!! How long had you been planning on this?

So am I a total girl if I want to know the details?  You can ask Betsy to tell it if you want  

Haha I'm sure she can tell it better than I but when she got home from church I had candles/rose pedals up the stairs and was waiting for her at the top.Our 3yr anniversary is tomorrow and I wanted to do it beforehand to surprise her.

These will probably satisfy your total girl craving, then get outside and get training!

http://picasaweb.google.com/eric.vondohlen/032209

Nicole83 - 2009-03-23 6:09 PM

evondo - 2009-03-23 3:08 PM

Thanks everyone! I'm not much of the planning type but have had the ring for about a month and thought it was a good time

 

Newtons1st - 2009-03-23 11:22 AM

Nicole83 - 2009-03-23 8:10 AM Congrats Eric and Betsy!

congrats!! How long had you been planning on this?

So am I a total girl if I want to know the details?  You can ask Betsy to tell it if you want  

evondo - 2009-03-23 7:32 PM

Haha I'm sure she can tell it better than I but when she got home from church I had candles/rose pedals up the stairs and was waiting for her at the top.Our 3yr anniversary is tomorrow and I wanted to do it beforehand to surprise her.

These will probably satisfy your total girl craving, then get outside and get training!

http://picasaweb.google.com/eric.vondohlen/032209

Nicole83 - 2009-03-23 6:09 PM

evondo - 2009-03-23 3:08 PM

Thanks everyone! I'm not much of the planning type but have had the ring for about a month and thought it was a good time

 

Newtons1st - 2009-03-23 11:22 AM

Nicole83 - 2009-03-23 8:10 AM Congrats Eric and Betsy!

congrats!! How long had you been planning on this?

So am I a total girl if I want to know the details?  You can ask Betsy to tell it if you want  

LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!!!!!!  Way to go Eric....very impressive!  And, love the bling!!!

And, we're totally allowed to act like girls about this kind of stuff!!!   I mean, seriously, wouldn't you be just a little disappointed if we weren't eating this up and jumping up & down?

Oh my gosh, so sweet!  I love that you have photographic evidence.   And the ring is so georgeous!

EEEEEk!  Yay for girly moments.

*returns to snot deflection*

evondo - 2009-03-23 7:32 PM

Haha I'm sure she can tell it better than I but when she got home from church I had candles/rose pedals up the stairs and was waiting for her at the top.Our 3yr anniversary is tomorrow and I wanted to do it beforehand to surprise her.

These will probably satisfy your total girl craving, then get outside and get training!

http://picasaweb.google.com/eric.vondohlen/032209

Nicole83 - 2009-03-23 6:09 PM

evondo - 2009-03-23 3:08 PM

Thanks everyone! I'm not much of the planning type but have had the ring for about a month and thought it was a good time

 

Newtons1st - 2009-03-23 11:22 AM

Nicole83 - 2009-03-23 8:10 AM Congrats Eric and Betsy!

congrats!! How long had you been planning on this?

So am I a total girl if I want to know the details?  You can ask Betsy to tell it if you want  

Ya in a way I suppose if girls didn't do that it would mean I screwed up big time

Way to throw us regular Joes under the bus there buddy!  Note to self... keep wife away from site, so that she doesn't see the preperation and romance ooozing from the pics. lol!

Okay - I am just kidding! 

Without damaging my MANLINESS... I am "hopeless romantic", and you did well brother!  If you are gonna do it, you must do it right...and that my friend - you did!  Great Job! Very Impressive!  I wish you and Betsy the very best and I wish y'all all the happiness true love can bring!

Now get back to training - you have a sub 4:30 to set!

Nothing wrong with a guy spoiling his woman and I say you did a nice job setting that up.

Send wedding pics...or it didnt happen 

best case of motivation would have been a "Yes, if you have a sub 4:30"

Eric I was peeking at your log and had a Q. What does the on 2:50 part mean?

3x200 on 2:50 (2:24,2:25,2:25)
2x300 on 4:10 (3:35,3:36)
1x600 (7:06)

2:50 and 4:10 are the intervals so however much faster than that you go is rest.  So in the 200's case I got 25s rest between each one.

Geez guys don't give her any ideas!

You are also much more confident in my race than I, I'm shooting for ~4:35 but of course it all depends on the conditions that day. One of the exciting things about this sport, you can never control what happens on race day only the training before it

ERIC 

I am just gonna say... It makes me ill at how freaking fast you are in the water.  The bike...the run... I can push, I can suffer, I can hang...at least for a little while...but damn!  Your swim times are enough to make me tie a boat anchor to your butt at our next mutual race.

I feel a lot stronger in the water... I feel like my effeciency is improving (my hydrodynamics), technique... all that seems to be coming together and I look forward to some better race times because of it.   BUT, even at my "sprint the last 50's" (as fast as I feel - I still can't come to close to that)  I know you have been swimming a long time, coached, etc... It's kinda like running in a race with Sean Wade, and know just how fast he is when he laps the field and streaks past you at a sub 5min pace...  That's how I equate a swim with you... sickening!

Although I am complaining... it is also meant as a compliment to you.  And, I will continue to work and with a little luck and plenty of training time... maybe I can hold a 1:45 for 100m in a HIM or less.  Keep up the good work ~ we all have a great deal of confidence in you...simply based on your example in training. 

Haha, thanks for the complaint/compliment!

Like you said remember I had the privilege of having some great world class coaches throughout my swimming career and when you swim ~18,000m/day with them it helps. I think I told Nicole before, everytime you get in the water realize you have the ability to become the fastest you've ever been... me on the other hand am just trying to delay sucking since there's no way for me to reach my college times again

F-K!!  Totally explains all the speediness!  My body hurts just reading that.  I don't even swim that in a month!