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Woo hoo!!! If by "mall" you mean "shopping center" or "retail outlet" then I should be all caught up on my workouts!  Tuesday, I went to three different strip malls, one mom-and-pop shop, and the more traditional mall. Today, I braved Costco, which took me five minutes to drive OUT of once I was done. So does all that count for six workouts?!?

Well, I wish that I could say that I've lost weight over the holidays, but I haven't.  I think I'm just barely holding my own, which means that I still have the 8-9 lbs that I gained back earlier in the fall during my "offseason."  My plan is to not gain weight in the next week (and maybe lose a pound or two if I'm lucky) and then buckle back down with the 300 cal/3 hour plan that worked so well for me during the summer.

I have logged 12 workouts this month, not counting mall sessions and some strength training (trying to get my metabolism back to running high and lose my jolly belly fat). If I workout everyday (ha ha ha ha!!! no, seriously...) the rest of this month, or maybe double up on a day or two, I could actually make the goal! Crazy!!!

I have finished the marathon mall shopping, and today, I get to try for my longest run ever.  I have a two hour run on the schedule, which I will take pretty slowly, I'm sure. But it will still translate into 10-11 miles, and my longest previous run is 8.25 miles.  So, I'll put the christmas tunes on the ipod and head out while the weather is still nice and see how far I can go!  My last runs have felt really strong, so I'm optimistic.  Maybe it will help make up for all of the christmas cookies I've been eating!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!! LOVE YA BUNCHES!!!!!

Congratulations Rich!  That's awesome...4 days to sit around, drink leftover eggnog and eat the rest of the fudge in the house!  Oh, maybe that's me...  I've completed 15 workouts (2x for the marathon).  I feel really good about what I've accomplished this month with the holidays, parties, shopping, marathon recovery.  I still have 2 medium runs planned to finish out the month.  Kat, you've done awesome as well!  It's hard to workout with guests in the house...I would have blown off my workouts.   That's dedication girl!

2007 has been a really good year for me personally...a lot has to do with finding all you crazy, cyber, tri friends!  Thanks y'all!  I'm leaving town for a few days so I wish everyone peace and happiness for the new year!  Ring it in with style!

Cheers!

Angela 

WOW!  Rich, that's a beauty!  Be sure to tell us all the details of your first ride together.

HAPPY, HEALTHY, PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR to all! 

As some of you know, I had surgery a few weeks ago - I guess you could call it exploratory-type surgery and the good news is I do not have cancer!  So I couldn't train most of that week. I also have a sore knee from a particularly tough Taekwon Do class -- but Monday I did double-workouts and yesterday had a triple-workout day.  Very pleased!  And over the past few weeks, Carl and I have started a regular Yoga practice and at least a weekly trip to the gym together.  Feel like I'm back on track for the New Year...

How about you?  :-)

Oh Christine...that is good news!  I'm so glad it turned out well!  You've started 2008 right!  Keep it up.  My husband's been working out more consistently these past few months and I love it!  He's even signed up for a 1/2 mary in Feb.  I think I've got him talked into doing a sprint tri with me this season. 

Rich,  love the ride!  How does your wife feel about the new lady in your life?  You might need to thank her often for sharing you!  BTW, Santa bought me new clip pedals and tri bike shoes.  I'm very excited to learn how to use them...I'm sure I'll fall a few times trying, but I'm soooo ready NOT to wear my running shoes to bike. 

Cheers!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!! 

Rich .... LOVE the new ride!!! You'll have to be sure to let us know what you name him/her. I bet you can hardly wait to get out on the road and let it fly....

Christine, great news! I know that has to be such a relief.  I can't imagine facing that possibility and just not knowing for sure - that had to be hard.  Excellent news, and great job with the workouts!

I've been slacking off on the training for a little bit.  My sister was kind enough to bring her cold with her from NC when she came out for the holidays.  I'm almost over it, but today I'm in a waiting room in a hospital in Houston while my father-in-law has double-bypass surgery.  All will be well, but it's been a long today.  I'll try to get on my trainer for a little while tomorrow after I'm home.  I've still got a lot of recovering from the holidays to do, but this week is supposed to be a relatively light week training wise  I'm also going to sign up at a new indoor pool in my area to get my butt back into the water! Looking forward to some good swimming to soothe the soul.

So glad to hear from all of you...let's get geared back up for another great tri season!

Thanks guys!

I hope everything goes well for your father-in-law KAT.  Good luck with the new pool.  Overnight it got very cold here - so we will now have to dry our hair after swimming for a few months.

RICH, Get on that bike yet???  Geez, I couldn't STAND to wait if I lived in sunny Cali.

OK, folks....I don't know about you, but I'm ready to get serious about getting my bod back into racing shape.  I have an oly on my schedule for March 30, and about 15 lbs. to lose before I get there.  I'm also going to try to get back into the pool today - woohoo!

One of the reasons that I'm feeling so far behind is that I missed almost all of my workouts last week.  My father-in-law's heart surgery did not turn out to be as uncomplicated as we had hoped - in fact, he had to be kept unconscious under sedation for five days while they worked the complications out.  He's in the best possible medical care and he's going to be fine, but we didn't feel good about leaving his side until this weekend.  So...I've got some catching up to do!

Rich, any tips on how I should appproach jumping back in after missing so much? Should I just go all out and try to pick up the full workouts again? Or should I be easing into it a little bit? As luck would have it, last week was supposed to be a recovery week anyway, but the workouts on my schedule this week are looking pretty dang hard!

I don't know how much time I'll have on the bike, but I'm in for the running miles...so far I've got 31.73 miles of run time so I know I'll hit the 100 mark by the end of the month.  I'm planning on doing a cycling class 2x a week so that will at least get my legs spinning again.  I saw bathing suits on the racks today!  YIKES!!!  I had way too much fun during the holidays...red wine became a pretty good friend that I'm ready to get rid of!  She adds way too much weight across my belly.  'Tis the season!

I always need socks!  Be looking for my PM to you!  Thanks Rich...you're the best!

Cheers! 

Angela

OK, I'm in.  I just checked my training calendar for the month, and it looks like I'm supposed to spend a lot of time on the bike in the next few weeks. Good, 'cause that's what I need the most work on! I'll go for 250 miles on the bike and 70 miles on the run. I'll pretty much need to not miss any more workouts this month, so this will keep me motivated and in the groove! Great idea, Rich!