Slornow and Wannabefaster's Winter Mentor Group-CLOSED (Page 37)

Thanks, guys.

Got in a 1000m OWS today. It was rough. Water was choppy, swelly, etc. I did get my sighting method in place for this weekend for such conditions just in case. I strongly dislike salt water in my nasal passages. Just wanna get that out there.

5 mile recovery run in the hood too. Slow and comfy.

Not sure what to do tomorrow. 2 road bike sessions this week, rest day for run schedule, one swim... another swim, no?

Enjoy your Thursday! It was kinda hectic for me.

Good morning-checking in from the road. Easy 5 on the treadmill yesterday and today. Hope to get home tomorrow in time to get an easy hour in on the trainer. Some longer sessions on tap forthe weekend.

Blanda-good luck this weekend!

Just did my first step up run to 2.5 miles from 2.25.  Felt great.  I bookended it before and after with 20 minutes on the bike.  You guys may just make a runner out of me yet!

Quick question.  What source(s) do you use to calculate calories burned?

CRAZY week for me.  DH got his new ACL on Tuesday and was quite uncomfortable yesterday.  Today was a little better and tomorrow is his first PT appointment.  And then..... we should get home just in time for the BLIZZARD to start!  YEP we're predicted to get between 15-24inches of snow.  But really it's the wind that makes it a blizzard.

Stay safe out there!  I'll check in if we have power

This has been one of the greatest adjustments we've had to make here in our house. My wife is a night owl, and I need to be in bed by 10 most nights now. It'll be even tougher in a few weeks when I start going to 3 swim workouts a week, which will mean three 4:45 mornings/week. It's been an adjustment, but I can really tell when I don't get a full night's sleep now!

Speaking of that, swim workout done this morning and 1 hour on the trainer tonight. It's time to do some sitting around before bed!

Jason: It's so hard trying to keep everyone happy and get in the quality training.

Chunga: "Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming..."

So, I've taken off about 4 minutes from my 1500m practice swims in the pool since March of last year. I'm at about 2:45 per 100m now. Still no Speedy McSpeedster, but I'm improving! Yay!

That's my only training for the day. Now I have the rest of the day to rest.

That's a big improvement, Blanda! You've earned the rest.

Good job on the hike, Mary.  I'm not crazy about going in the woods by myself either.  

It seems like everywhere I go, I come across someone affected by MS.  This disease hits home and is a charity that is near and dear to my heart.  This quarterly magazine just came out for our local chapter.  See page 16  of the Spring 2013 link.

Hello all! Home after a few days on the road. Had my bike checked out and a new chain installed while I was out of town. So much better.....drivetrain is so much quieter now. Was able to get in an easy hour on the trainer this evening. Longish bike and brick run tomorrow and bike and run on Sunday.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Thanks for the luck!

Jamie, thank you. I was so proud of myself, lol! It's a big deal to this island girl who was afraid of water most of her life!

Well, I have a cold. That's not going to be fun to race with. My throat feels like there's a small fire in it, my nasal passages are swollen and aggravated, eyes irritated. Le booo.

Will give it a good go anyway.

Happy weekend!

Good luck Blanda!

I'm headed outside for my ride today. 50 degrees now but should hit 65 later in the day. Glad I'm not in the Northeast with all that snow.

Have a good Saturday everyone. 

Not much going on in the Dallas area today ... I had my usual s/b/r workout yesterday. I am loving these brick workouts very much. Its fun seeing the work pay off. I had a massage yesterday and this morning I felt a little bit sore from the massage. I decided to jump in the pool for a few laps and ended up doing 120 at an all day pace. Not sore anymore :-)

Now off to go run for 30 minutes and  then tomorrow I have a 2 hour ride scheduled if the weather cooperates. 

Happy Saturday.  I did cross training today in the form of snowblowing and shoveling 36" of snow.

I'm spent.  Need a nap.   ZZZZZZ

Usually DH does the shoveling but since he just had surgery he's using that as an excuse and I had to do it all

I wanted to do one of my favorite rides but it has become too short for a good workout so I extended it a bit on the out of town road.  Unfortunatley that meant a 12.3 mile stretch of steady inclines into a 9mph head wind.  Add to that two consecutive days at the PT with them working over my legs plus I didn't get much sleep last night.  By the time I made the turn I felt like someone had taken a baseball bat to my legs.

I know you have to push thru days like this and they pay dividends later etc etc but right now, I just hurt.  Now I have 18 hours to 'rest up' for a 30+ mile ride tomorrow morning with my LBS group. 

Man I love this sport!

Jamie/Mary/Stuart-nice workouts!

Anyone have big plans for tomorrow?