QuincyF and Oriolepwr's Magical Mys-tri Tour for Newbies Has Begun (CLOSED) (Page 36)

When you say you are ok, we are speaking physically and not mentally, correct? LOL

This is always an uplifting story.

Ha!  Yes indeed.   Physically fine.   Mentally I'm  effing cRaZy!!! 

OMG, I think riding the trainer is way harder...mentally...I did 90 minutes yesterday! TORTURE. Treadmill, hmm, I think you do get a bump from the moving belt as opposed to the friction of running outside, but for most of us it's probably too small of a difference to matter...

May the legs be with you, haha, you crack me up...

OMG, glad you're ok...I did the same thing a couple of years ago...funny how you lay there after falling...sort of doing a systems check...am I ok???

Chris is going to sign up for Bigfoot and Racine, maybe today, I am going to wait and take my chances. If I don't race, maybe I'll volunteer. Or maybe Eileen and I will just work on perfecting our Bloody Mary recipes...I'm trying to have a good attitude about all of this, because there is no other option. 

Also I have decided that I am going to race every TT in the Midwest...I just need to figure out a bike training plan for TTs...any thoughts? 

And yes, to your question, somewhere on this page I think, this is the same surgeon who has given me moving targets on all of my dates...rehab, return to swimming, etc. I don't consider myself particularly intimidating, but apparently I am weird enough to spook him. Ultimately it is my own responsibility to behave like an adult (agh) and make choices accordingly. I do have a buddy from school who is an ortho who I am going to check with and also I might hit up BTer, Socks, who is also an ortho. Just for sanity checking...

In Mr. OrthoDoctor's defense, the damage to my shoulder was extremely unusual so even for a guy who has done thousands of these surgeries (he's known as a good 'shoulder' guy) he doesn't have a lot to go on in my case. Also, he claimed to be SHOCKED, SHOCKED that I am 42...that I looked much younger. I think he realized he was treading on very thin ice telling me what I shouldn't be doing and tried to distract me with vanity. It worked, but I'm onto his sneaky little game. 

So there, are you guys amused with my psy-ops campaign against my doctor...he probably drinks heavily after appointments with me. Poor guy.

Can't wait for the Shuffle weekend, we are all up in a tizzy about seeing you guys!!!

Not only are ear plugs allowed, I wear them religiously in the pool and in open water...I llike the silicone ones that you smoosh in your ear...you can get them at the pharmacy/drug store. I use half of an adult size or the child sized ones which are bright orange, but I have tiny little elf ears. Anyhoo, it keeps nasty lake water from sitting in your ears (I'm prone to ear infections and I always get that annoying water in my ear, especially if I'm in the pool 'cause I do flip turns). It also helps me a LOT with dizziness...some people actually get sick from swimming in swells or even choppy water, and even in smooth water, the transition from horizontal to vertical (swim to transition to bike) makes me woozy. Earplugs help me a LOT!!!

I get a foot cramp while swimming but only when I really point my toes hard. Since we are trying for flexible ankles to allow our feet to be more like flippers, the cramp merely reminds me to relax my ankles and get more of a paddle effect out of my feet. Maybe this will help you??? Let me know.

To be clear, maybe try not to point your toes so hard...report back if it helps or not...

What a great idea, I love it. Who are the kids you are targeting? I am trying to organize a bunch of kids from Katherine's second grade class to run a 5K with her and I (the pre-eclampsia foundation 'promise walk and 5k). Katherine and I are actually doing a little training plan together and I think we are going to invite the class to do a run after school, maybe once a week???

If any locals are interested, I can post the link to the 5k...it was really fun last year and I am encouraged by the participation from her class this year...we actually have a fund raising team!!!

But, back to your question, could you set up a facebook page where everyone could post their progress? Definitely have a pizza or ice cream party at the end, maybe some t-shirts or medals or something? Emails or notes once a week to encourage participation? Let us know, what a fun project. I might steal that idea for our school next year...

OK, I'm crying. 

Well, to make sure that I keep my movement going, I signed up for a splint tri on May 6th. A fun run on April 6th and then a duathlon on April 28th. Also start some swim lessons tomorrow, along with a triathlon training on saturdays at my local YMCA. Really looking forward to it. I had something else to say but I am having a brain fart right now.

This is outstanding!   happy to read this. 

Yes its in that moment when you think "I could get up and not have a thing wrong with me,  OR I could be in serious trouble here."       Or to put it in Mr. Quints words  (Jaws don't ya know)      "Sometimes the shark goes away........Sometimes he don't go away"   

I have not organized one.  But I think its a wonderful thing that you want to do it.    good concept you have!

My daughters have both been in a program called "girls on the run"  at their school    they run daily after school  and its taught by strong women that are runners themselves, and they also teach them about balancing a healthy lifestyle.

http://www.girlsontherun.org/theprogram.html

Maybe that helps??

Yes, we have that program too, but from a scheduling standpoint it's difficult for me to commit to getting them there.  They start their Tri training in March, in prep for the big youth Tri "swim for smiles" in May.

I can't claim credit for the idea, we are going to Virginia Beach in March for the Shamrock 8K (for me) and the Smile Mile (for the kids) and that's how they do it. They get a cool medal in the shape of a shamrock so they are super excited

I just think it's a shame that elementary school kids have so little physical education and exposure to things like track and field and team sports at school.  I would like to get them interested now so it can be a part of their whole life moving forward.  The "Field Day" at their school is all fun stuff like balloon toss, etc.  Not one track event is part of it, exact opposite from when I was in elementary school where it was all running, long jump, etc.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TED! (sammeg)

Question:  Has anyone attended the MultiSport Expo?  The one in NY is March 10th and I was wondering if its worth the day to go?  If so, what should I look out for?

Happy Birthday Ted

oops, dp sorry

Still working through some tight muscles and this stupid kink in my shoulder/neck.  Went for an easy swim yesterday, after 500yds it felt good, no pain.  Decided to practice my open turns a bit and tweaked it again, even though I wasn't doing anything strenuous. 

Feeling guilty for skipping my workout this morning but tomorrow is another day....