Mother Truckers Team Thread - Nov USMC Challenge (Page 4)

Wow... that is fabulous, Robert (even though there's no pink on it ).  Merci!!

I fixed that for ya, Brett. 

Hmmm... well, you know, I usually like to write about things that are sparkly and/or pink, but we'll see.  You never know when inspiration might hit...

Fixed it for you Mila

P.S.  You really didn't think I couldn't handle it, right?? 

Here's your jody...

Mother Truckers is our name
Consistency is our challenge game
We're training, training, all week long
Then logging while we sing this song
We'll swim and bike and run some, too
And add in other sports we do.
Posts of substance are welcome here
So is padding, have no fear.
We'll meet our November goals with ease
But remember to fill out the spreadsheet please
Just keep on training everyone
And don't forget to have some fun.

Hee hee... perfect!!!  Thanks.

Mila that is AWESOME!!!

Nice Job!

Thanks so much for doing this...it looks great!

As for me I started November off with a 5 mile run this morning...which is still the longest I have done...but I did it 4 minutes faster than last time!

LOL, thanks Katie.  It's a rather useless talent unless you are employed by Hallmark.  However, I am in high demand amongst my circle of friends to provide rhyming invitations for the various parties they throw...

Wooohooooo!  Great job!  I got my lift on today but I'm hoping for a long slog tomorrow if my achilles cooperates.

Well I hope they at least invite you to the party so you get to have some fun for the work you put in

DOH!  That's so frustrating when the weather doesn't get the memo about your training plans .  Good luck with the contractors.

As for the bike miles... I'm a cyclist at heart... but I don't really love group rides... I'm weird like that.  I really believe that you can view the world at the perfect speed from atop a bicycle and a recent century cofirmed that for me (I blogged about it in my non-BT blog).  The problem with group rides, for me, is that you spend so much time trying to pay attention to signals and pacing, etc. that you don't get the same experience you do when you're out alone or with just a few people.

My pretty road bike is a Trek WSD 2.1. It has pink accessories (bar tape, fuel box, saddle, pedals, bottle cages) and Ultegra components.  I threw some carbon stryke aerobars on it just for giggles.  I also have a really crappy hot pink mtb that's fun for cruisin' and the occasional mtb ride. 

Within the next few weeks, if all goes as planned, I will be receiving a "demo" TT bike to ride and review.  I will want to buy it.  I will get a huge discount but it will still be more than I can afford so I'll pout quite a bit.  If you would like to contribute to the Mila Bike Fund, just lemme know.  I take cash, checks and Paypal... hee hee .  It will be black and pink and white... carbon... SRAM Red components... Zipps... *sigh*.

ooooh, you guys are FUN! i'm so glad i'm on this team! hooray mutha truckas!!
um, that baing said, i get a big fat zero for today. i had the "wasgunnas" i was gunna yoga, then i was gunna do some strength stuff, then i was gunna...was gunna...was gunna you get the idea. tomorrow i'm on for a big ol' run, so fret not. this won't become a habit for me.
love the table, love the transition cube, love the rhyme. this is fun fun fun.

Good morning team,

On top of having jetlag and waking up this morning at around six, I just realized that DST ended too, so I woke up at five. ARRRRGGGHHH. Well, but I am glad this is such a chatty team, so I had at least something to read.

Yesterday I did some Yoga and a run.

Haven't decided quite yet, what I want to do today, but swimming sounds good. We'll see.

Have a great day.

It's 27F/-4C right now, with some luck we might get 35F/3C this afternoon ... damn I wanted to ride outside today.

I'll see if there's no wind I will probably go ride, if not I'll put my bike on the Fortius and go ride somewhere in France I guess hehe

I want to move into some hot place ... not a huge winter fan

Good morning, Sunshines!!

Sunday is usually my long ride day but, well, I don't think my achilles would be happy about 60+ miles of pedal strokes.  Sooooo... looks like I'll be coming up with a Plan B.

Heh... yup, that's pretty much where I stand!

Ummmm... yeah.  You will repeatedly hear me tell you how cold it is there, you know, on the off chance you don't notice .  I will try refrain from telling you that here it is sunny and 74 and I'm wearing shorts & flip flops.  Oops.

Nice!!!  My daughter was a triathlete for Halloween last year.  She wore bike shirts and a dri-fit shirt, running shoes, swim cap and goggles, a race belt/number (so of course I bodymarked her) and a SC HIM medal.  She used a transition bag for her loot.  I loved that she thought of it on her own and was excited about it. 

Sounds like some tough biking conditions.  I am OK with the wind but when it's cold and you throw in the rain that can make it start to feel miserable.  Good call on bailing on the run so you could warm up, methinks.