Sesh's Group - FULL! (Page 37)

I am so jealous of all these vacations on warm, sunny beaches.  My next trip is to the Crayola Factory in May when we take the kids up for a Time Trial race my husband is doing.

Have a drink for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :-)

Check the rim tape.  The only bike I've ever owned that didn't flat a gazillion times after I got it was the one I built.  It has always been shoddy rim tape placement by the wheel manufacturer.

Just got back from my vacation and I'm still jealous of you guys who are about to go!

We had an awesome time in NZ and walked/ran on the beach and over the coastal hiking trails most days.

I forgot my mfing digital camera but we bought a disposable, so if I get a chance I'll scan the photos when they are developed and post some pics.

As far as training goes it was quite a lot of raw volume (for me anyway) but definitely low intensity, so it felt good to get back and run a little harder last night.  I don't think I lost too much fitness.

It was so good to see my friends and family again - I ate badly and too much but had fun and it was good for the spirit.  On the last weekend my friends decided I wasn't training hard enough for a triathlon so they put on a decathlon, consisting of cricket, soccer, soccer penalties, tennis, croquet (wtf???), minigolf, Cranium, scrabble, hearts and poker.  We kept well-hydrated with some sports-beer along the way of course.

Now the important stuff - congrats to Bill for an awesome race - especially on the bike.  Great photos too.

Hope everyone is getting over the winter colds and flu and feeling ready for the summer tri season.



 

Remember how I was complaining about being sore?  I felt fine this morning, got back in the pool and did 500 yds for the first time.  Then, just to make sure I had really done it, I did it twice more.  So I did my first 500s and my first 1500 yard swim.  I love that swimming gives me all these milestones to get excited about.  It really motivates me to get back in the pool again.

I'm starting to feel like I may actually be able to do a 750m swim by the end of June.  It seemed almost impossible at the beginning of February when I was struggling to put 2 laps together.

Happy Wednesday!

All the best with that surgery.  Sounds like you're staying positive.  Keep up that attitude through the rehab, and you'll come out even better on the other side.

Yow!  That's some cold water.

Good luck!!  Any time goals in mind or is this a "practice" event for Mooseman?

Just an update.  They got a lot of the cancer that was causing my Grandmother a lot of pain out with some surgery.  She's far to old to treat it, though.  At 90 years old, any chemo would get her before the cancer does.  She's recovered enough from the surgery that we got her moved to a home where 24 hour nursing care is available.  Her mobility is way, way down, but she's doing ok.  Before the cancer really acted up and the surgery, she was pushing all her church friends around in their wheel chairs.  She does have dementia and early alzheimers as well, and there have been good days and bad days.  She told me and my wife about graduating at 16, going to Delta State because she wanted to be a teacher, and taking weekend trips to the Peabody in Memphis.  It was stuff I'd never heard about before.  Then the next day she was talking to people that didn't exist and offering me punch and cookies.  It's been tough on my Dad to see his mom like this, but he's doing well. 

Have a great weekend everyone.  My friends that were in New Zealand for two years have made it back, and we're going up to Miss. State with them this weekend for some baseball, hanging out by a lake, and a music festival thing.  Then on Monday, my recovery weeks officially end, and it's right back into the Oly training