Oriolepwr and QuincyF's Magical Mys-tri Tour "The Sequel" -On Tour!! (Page 39)

Just say nooooooo   Pinksocks.   Double dipping is like Soooo  lame  its like putting your entire FACE in the dip.  

Next questions:  

Are you master of your domain?   (on second thought please do not answer this)

Do you know what a calzone is?

Can you sing or play a musical instrument?

Is peeing in a wetsuit (come to think of it maybe that's why it is called that?)  something you look forward to?

Have you ever shopped at Costco?

Do you have Breaking Bad available on streaming netflix?

Have you ever been lucky enough to find the holy grail of Gatorade?  (cucumber lime)

We are happy you are here, in fact we have been totally waiting for you.    The Magical Mys-Tri tour rolls on, some of our rock stars have already introduced themselves  kind of.     now please read all 48 pages of Tour #2    we also had the original tour and I have the link to it somewhere if you want it.

However, putting your entire FACE in the dip and motorboating in it is AWESOME!

Hello Pink!! And welcome to the nut house!!!

Your answers were PC, insightful, and mostly correct....except one!!! Don't knock Breaking Bad!! It's like an addiction once you start watching....wait, maybe you shouldn't start watching. I don't know what I'm talking about anymore!!

Ok, Sarah, I've agreed with ya'll on most things so maybe I need to give Breaking Bad a try.  Or maybe not.

Well, I had a really good time reading over this thread!  I'm only about a third of the way thru (I'm still living in your April 2012 world) but I was going to comment  I’ve seen some of the most inspiring stories and also just laugh out loud hilarity.  So many of you have the same attitude I have about life – do your best, laugh at the mishaps, and then drink enough to forget some others. 

Comments thus far,

1. It’s nice to see that many of you are parents with the same types of angst that I have.  I guess misery loves company.
2. We have gone to Hash, Hound, Harriers and even done a red dress run.  It’s so much fun!  Each “kennel” can be different – many are a drinking club with a running problem and then some are just a drinking club period.  
3. I ‘bout lost it when I read Quincy’s comment about nudity and how in her experience (I’m paraphasing.  She said it much better.), many times it’s the ones that you don’t want to see naked that you do and vice versa.  Yep, I hate when I can't unsee something.
4. Ok, ya’ll brought it up (Think it was Sarah, Yvonne, and Shelly).  When I first started running, people asked if I would ever do a tri.  I responded “No, I didn’t want to swim with a few thousand of my closest friends on top of me.”  I’ve never experience a diagnosed full-blown panic attack but I have had a few mild attacks.  Then when I decided to enter a tri, I just focused on how crappy my bike skills were to take my mind off of that swim contact.  Now I’m freaking again about the people around me.  {deep breathes}   I think I may try Dave’s technique of embracing the contact during training.  Oh Lord tho, I’m scared now.
5. I'm really going to try to get in the habit of checking RHR.  I have only used the HRM a few times because one day on an ez run it had my HR at 193 just as I started out.  I think that meant that I was dead and the stress from my demise made me pull off the monitor. I've since tried a few more times but it was never pretty.  I will lose every RHR contest because apparently I'm very unfit.  But now after reading Dave's commentary on RHR, I will start trying to take it as a sign of what's happening with my body.

Oriolepwr update:

So yesterday I got certified to be a spin instructor!    Fun day.   Me and another guy with like 30 women.  It was a tough tough day.  ;-)

Basically I won't be able to commit to a regular class and plus need to work with another instructor for a bit and do some classes together, but after that.  Will be a sub for the regulars in case they can't make it for a while.  

My thought for doing this is that.  Since I'm there at spin  anyhow  may as well get paid to be there.    One day I'd like to buy yet ANOTHER bike  (have 4 of them)  and I cannot justify it.   And with kids braces,  my house seemingly in "replace every major appliance" mode.  I just do not see how a new tri bike will ever be in the regular money flow justified expense to my DW.    Sooo  with the spin thing,  perhaps I can earn it in a new  "this $$ is hobby don'thavetofeelguiltyfund"

Plus have ideas to hopefully inspire some of the spinners into becoming cyclists.  

Also

I am beta testing for a company that is producing a neat new app.  for the ipad   They have high resolution running courses for the ipad from all over the world.    Say like Central Park NYC      (actually that is one of the courses I am testing)     So what happens is,  there is an Ant + receiver that fits into the Ipad and you wear a foot pod and run on the treadmill.   The video tells you what/when to raise/lower elevation and the course video moves as you move.     So like a computrainer real course  but for the tready.       Exceptional video.   so you can feel like you are there.  and see the sights as you would if you were running there.   Pretty cool. 

Other than that   I am REALLY in trouble for the Chicago Mary.   Though I'm a veteran of many marathons, that experience tells me just how bad this race is going to go for me.   I am like totally untrained for it.     But I will be running it anyhow.    Still am looking forward to the fun weekend that it will be!  

Dreary day in Chicago-Land.  

I was thinking about this strange experience I had a while back.   I don't think I've shared it here before. 

In a sense it's a race report.....  kinda    you know a good or bad race day can color the ENTIRE rest of your day/week/year/whatevs

Anyhow here it is..

I’ve read thru all of the tour posts.  Whoa, you are all studs!!!!  I’m so impressed!  You are all amazing people.

Shelly, I wish I had known you before that Atlanta tri!  My in-laws are near that area and I would have alerted you as to the hills.  You may already know about this but www.runningahead.com has a good elevation chart.  (Others use mapmyride but my mind grasps the RA map easier.)  Sometimes I cross reference with google maps too.  My first HM, I saw part of the course and immediately knew the elevation chart posted was wrong.  So afterwards, I used RA.  Now I map out my future courses, id the types of elevation, and then try to simulate them in training.

Mike brought up that wife is thinking of IMFL for them in 2013.  If so, or if anyone else is considering IMFL, let us know.  DH will be volunteering there this year; he says that he won’t be using the volunteer spot to gain entry into 2013 but I know him better than he knows himself.

 I added my future races, added you all as friends, and updated my training log for this month.  First, I’m sorry that I didn’t lists the times for many; I usually just record the miles.  Also, it’s not very impressive because I was sick with nada training for several weeks and had to start back SLOW.  Now I’ve got some back issues so I’m making myself rest for 2 to 3 days in an attempt to avoid the doctor’s office for the 5^th time in a month. (5 flippin’ times?!?!  Sorry Sarah, I know you and DH are doctors but I hate going to the doctor.)

Also, I unintentionally tried Dave’s approach to swimming the other day.  I was practicing and my son jumped in and bumped up against me.  When I told him that it could help me learn contact, he took it as a personal challenge.  Before it was all over, I was fighting for my life a couple of times.  He does have 6 inches on me and a few pounds and he fights dirty.  As a mom, I didn’t want to hurt my baby but soon I was trying to give as good as I was getting.

Welcome aboard Pink Socks. Pretty impressive that you made it through the entire Tour. 

A quick baby update:

We had an appointment to be induced at 5am this morning. It got postponed due to all the beds being full. (It was a cold December this year and now the OB ward is pretty busy.) Her due date is the 22nd but the baby is a big-un and the doc would like to go ahead and get him/her out. Thankfully there have been no complications thus far.  Hopefully we will get a call soon and can head over and pop this kiddo out! I will update as soon as I can. Whoohoo!! 

Dave - that sounds like a pretty cool gadget for the ipad. I'm a treadmill runner, so I'm always looking for something entertaining to watch...I might have to check it out!

Pink - I can't believe you spent the time to read all those posts!! I haven't even read them, and I've here since (almost) the beginning!! Anything I missed????

TJ - I have been wondering about your wife and baby!!! I'm excited for you. Can't wait to see pics of him/her!!

I had to share a pic today...while running I came across a 7 foot gator, so I had to stop and get a pic!! Last week I saw a fox...I always feel like I'm on some sort of Discovery adventure when I do my workouts!!

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SEPTEMBER TOTALS:

Name     Swim yrds/Bike miles/Run miles   Total time

Sarah     14760     260.44       44.72        27:47:28

Quincy    5724       129.50        41.09         16:57:51

Todd       ?             ?                42.00         12:05:00

Mike        0             26.40        63.60         11:17:13 *Obviously haven't lost the run mojo!!

Dave       0            104.00        31.00         11:06:05     

Alicia       0            120.06        0               08:12:06   

Pink         ?             38.50        54.10         08:09:00  *Nice run total!!!        

TJ            ?             70.57         ?               07:46:31  *You get extra credit for walking with PG wife!

Shelly      0             23.77         7.48          03:08:22

Jackie      0             0              15.90          02:28:24

Yvonne    0             21.07         1.02          01:39:25

Awww crap, we're suppose to do all three sports right?!?! Well at least I'm getting out of the gym and biking in the real world for once!!! I can't seem to bring myself back to run training....got a 5k next weekend and a sprint tri on October 6  I'm volunteering at an oly this weekend so maybe that will give me some much needed inspiration.  Even my new awesome Garmin 910 isn't doing it for me....

Pinksockspam - you know when I read how Q typed that, I saw Pink Sock Spam, weird

Welcome! You will fit right in here I can already tell.  First, don't listen to Dave regarding the cucumber gatorade, doesn't exist, urban legend, the whole tour is looking for it yet he is the only one who ever finds it, the mythical unicorn of endurance sports drinks.  But yes, I still look everywhere, I have a problem.

I feel your pain regarding the clip less pedals, totally terrified me, still does but been riding with them since December and haven't busted it yet, now I need some wood to knock on.  Did you know that you can adjust the tension on them? I didn't before but thanks to one of the mystri peeps I found out, loosened them up, and SO SO much easier to get in and out of now.

Can't wait till you crack open the wine, noob tour members are always responsible for the wine, did the fearless leaders tell ya that?!

Hope for an update soon!!! Good Luck!

@Yvonne, ew that would be scary to see pinksock spam.  I won't spam you tho - promise.  I have opened the wine last night - and then I finished it since no one showed up.  I'll open up a new one now.  Get the feeling it's gonna be gone quick tho.  My back issues aren't going away; meds don't seem to be helpiing so the wine is the preferable alternative.

@TJ, glad the time has come.  Can't wait to hear about it and see pix.  Hope it's a wonderful delivery.

OK, just to keep everyone apprised without stealing thunder I will share that TJ's spawn has arrived safely, healthy and beautiful. I will leave the details to TJ...gender, name, weight (ahem).

Happy baby day! Can't wait to hear more about it!

Q

OK, not to be alarmist, but...this would freak me out...there's always some story about a jogger (always female, wtf) getting eaten by a gator! Let's just keep our speedwork fresh, shall we?, and maybe run with a tazer.