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Awesome training day indeed!!! It is really nice to see things coming together. I predict that this year will be different for you!

I'm starting to forget what the sun looks like!  ARG!

It is so awesome to have support on the home front!

Well, since they already took care of the couch, they have less options, right?  I'm trying to be optimistic for you.  As for wanting to hit something or someone, punching bags work nicely.

A lot of days Kevin comes home and says, "I didn't kill Abhishek today.  I wanted to but I didn't."

I hope that the dogs helped to relieve your work stress. 

How is Phil doing in Indianapolis? 

It's fun to read success stories!  BIG congrats to Spanky, Sean and Steve, now enjoy that good feeling and keep up the good work!

Or you could pound on the chewed-up couch cushions.  A tennis racket on a pillow also works wonders.  Just warn the rest of the family; they might get a little freaked out by all the "racket."

Hope today's a better day!

Between the passengers and his manager DH has some frustrating days. I respect his ability to control his tongue and tell him so. I couldn't do it.

So the gym posted on FB this morning that prices are going up $5 in February. Included in this notice is a statement that they are the best in town. Welllll, they are the best if you happen to live close to one of the two locations that are updated. Mine.... notsomuch.  So now it's time to reconsider my gym options. For as often as I use it I'm not digging the new $40 price tag. Planet Fitness is further away but I like the $10/month for the times that I need a DM (they do have DM's right?). Orrrr there is a nice facility in Santa Fe that  has a pool (50 meter on T/TH) DM and an indoor track. But Santa Fe is not convenient on non-work days. Orrrrr, there is another local gym chain that is $45, again further away than mine but much much nicer facility. Hmmmmmmm  decisions decisions. As Darren said, first world problems.

Aaaaand it looks like another kitteh has adopted Her Yantiness.

It's rained here every two to three days for the past month, which sucks because I can't ride my MTB due to wet trails.

Yay for supportive SO's!  Mine is great too.  He's a retired triathlete--he quit because he hates to swim--as well as a former rowing coach so he totally gets the need for workouts and consistency.  He's also a great resource for answering questions.  That being said, he doesn't nag, which I hugely appreciate but also sometimes need.  On top of all that, he's a super-sherpa and he cooks, cleans, grocery shops, and does his own laundry.  How did I get so lucky?!

Great job on your workouts everybody!!  Last week was pathetic for me but I'm back at it this week.  Didn't do my assigned workout last night but PT exercises got done so at least I did something. 

How come your agency doesn't have a gym for you in-house????  I haven't paid for a gym membership in 12 years!!  BTW, just had my 12 year work anniversary.  I never thought I'd be here this long 

Yeah right. Welcome to the fed. Unless you are FBI or Secret Service a gym ain't happenin'

Why oh why won't gym's just give me a price on the net. They want you to come in for the hard sell

Originally posted by Jet Black This morning was my hard workout for the week (week 15 on 20 week HIM RPE plan). Run: wu: 20 minutes main: 7x(3t,2r) cd: 20 minutes Once again set a couple of personal records for longest time and distance of run. 1:17 & 8.5 miles. Actually felt like a runner this morning! I can tell my fitness is way better than it used to be because I'm able to recover pretty fast at this point. Hope everyone has a great day!

That looks like a solid run.  Good job showing variance in your efforts. 

A cool camera video of the race I'll do in March was posted.  Shows the quality of roads that I'll be riding on.  It's gonna be epic!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=818880664835759

Oh goodness.  Double trouble.  Wait, she has Bobtart and another one whose name I don't remember.  Pretty soon she's going to have a cat farm in addition to the shrimp farm!

Looks.... bumpy

She's the cat lady

Slowly, slowly, slowly adding some actual quality workouts in after lots of easy running. I have a 17 mile trail race this weekend so I just did 2/3 of the workout. Also trying to be mindful about not adding too many things at once. 

The workout was:

WU

400 meters at 82 second, jog then 2 x 1.5 miles at 6:30 pace 

CD

It felt nice and relaxed, enough that us ladies had some real talk during the workout LOL 

I've been making strength an emphasis for the next six months. Strength in running (hills! mountains!) as well as weights. I've also been rock climbing with the idea to add this in permanently. I think it is the best complimentary sport to running. Considering joining the climbing gym...

Steve! Save the overachieving for the race! 

Great run session! I love how diverse your outdoor/fitness activities are. Your IG pix are always a new surprise!

Originally posted by Jet Black This morning was my hard workout for the week (week 15 on 20 week HIM RPE plan). Run: wu: 20 minutes main: 7x(3t,2r) cd: 20 minutes Once again set a couple of personal records for longest time and distance of run. 1:17 & 8.5 miles. Actually felt like a runner this morning! I can tell my fitness is way better than it used to be because I'm able to recover pretty fast at this point. Hope everyone has a great day!

Good job Sean.  That is a tough workout.

I start through the 20 week plan in about a week.

Steve, I think when that happens I'll just have my legs replaced. I'm sure I will have a wide variety of bionic leg options by then