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Well, personally for me it's legs and underarms...my husband like that I do that

I really think it is a presonal choice.  Forget the thought that it will give you more speed, because it won't. The number one advantage for guys is that if (or when) you take a fall on the bike, you will heal better without hair.  Also, if you have to bandage the area it is nicer to have to pull bandages off without hair.

Personally, I think it looks nice!  DH may do it before IMAZ, jury is still out on that.  I would say no to the arms unless you are really hairy.  Now the question is how far up the legs to go.  Do you go the whole way or do the hair shorts thing ?  That may be better answered by some of the guys on the board

G'morning  everyone. Well i got my swim in this morning. i kinda cheated on the cool down part, but the drills were fun. i'm hoping my bike comes in today. They said thursday or friday and it Friday and well...

(in my best Freddy Mercury voice) "I want to ride my bicycle! I want to ride my bike."

Marcy, i had a question, last night I went to an introductory orintation for a coached group tri training club I guess is what you'd call it. basicly its a 15 week of session with 3 days a week coached by a group local here. Total cost would be about $450 starting Feb 2. It sounds interesting but I'm not sure I can come up with the funds. After all last week I just coughed up about 2 grand for my bike and various accessories. whats you experience with group session like this? Is that what you are doing now or are you being coached one-on-one? Any thoughts?

Thanks and good day to all!!!

To clairify, the group meets 6 days a week but the coaches are there 3 days a week. I think thats was how they explained it to me.

I know that with me it was running. I was never able to get in real good cardio shape til i started running. i never got into spinning til a few weeks ago when i started training. it's not bad but I still find myself looking at the clock after 40 minutes or so. When I'm outside either biking or running I have a better time getting "into" the work-out than if Im at the gym. That may be just my own thing though.

Oh and I'm gettinf a Felt S32. I also was looking at the Cervelo P2SL but the LBS marked that one up $150 over MSRP. The P2 was already $200 more than the Felt so I just couldn't justify that larger expense.

Hopefully it comes in today or tomorow.

Hey Mark,  Did the bike come??  You really need to post some pics!  I have taken only a handful of spin classes.  I prefer riding outside of course, or using the trainer and watching TV or a movie.  I can never seem to get comfortable on the spin bikes.

I totally agree on the cardio improvements on the run. I actually have a hard time getting my HR up enough on the bike but never had any problems on the run.  But, as I am learning with my current training...it all comes down to the run! 

Well at about 3 o'clock this afternoon I got a call. I reconized the number, it was the bike shop. So cool my bike is finally in. So I anwser it sure enough its was the bike dude. and the first thing out of his mouth? The truck got delayed, the bike wont be in til MONDAY!!!! AHHUUUGG!!!!

Oh-well, we're getting nothing but freezing, drizzling rain all weekend anyway so I wont have a chance to ride anyhow, still the anticipation is KILLING me! :-)

Oh-boy did I completely blow my diet tonight. butI don't care. I think i've earned it for doing pretty good these frst two weeks.

Had a FULL rack of rib at this TX BBQ place tonight. They were awsome. I feel like I gain 500LBS. I'll prolly head to bed right after I type this. Funny thing is, even though I totaly went over board today, I'm still under 2500 cal for the day. And I swam 1850m and did a 90 min spin class today. So I bet I pretty much broke even. I almost had a couple of beers on top of it, but I came to my senses.

OK off to bed, gotta get up early to brick a spin and a short run tomorrow.

G'night all.

Hey Mike,  Glad to help.  for me, having the support and especially the accountability makes such a difference.  It's like I don't want to let anyone down. 

I tried for awhile to do things alone, but never had the success I felt I was capable of.

When Ron first stared this mentor program, I knew it was a great idea, but I never had any idea how big it would become.  I get so much out of this!

Have a great day everyone!  Did you all get the day off? 

Hey Mark,  Have you recovered from your weekend binge?  Glad you enjoyed yourself!  Remember, you can't look backwards, only forwards!!

Did the bike come?? 

hello and G'afternoon all. All in all I dont thin I did too bad this weekend. Like everyone else weekends are always a challenge. To be honest I'm happy I was able to stay away from the beer. especially during the football games. I should get a little credit for that anyway.

I didn't make my work-out this morning. I did my run at lunch around noon. I'd like to say I would be able to get up early enough to train before work, but i thats isn't gonna happen everytime.

The run was pretty good. I went faster than I normally would go becasue I happened to run with a buddy from work. He happend to be my boss and one can't be a slow-poke in front of the boss.

nope no bike yet. I keep telling myself that witht the weather lately I wouldnt be riding anyway. That still dosen't change that fact that I want my bike NOW.

 have a great afternoon all.

Funny about running with your boss.  It is really true that when you run with other people, you tend to run faster.  My problem is that I am a pretty slow runner so most everyone is considerably faster than me, I just can't keep up.  I can hang for a little while, but then I fall back and it hurts the rest of my run.  I really don't mind running alone since in a race I am alone anyway.

I have also spent a lot more time running without my iPod.  Almost never wear it on outdoor runs.  Always inside because I would go nuts running in circles around the track at my gym.  

You're right about not being able to ride outside today, but I would be impatient too.  Can't wait to see the pics.  What color?  Red is the fastest color you know  

A  big loud YES... it is taboo and illegal!  Although it is one of the least enforced rules in tris, in my mind, that still does not make it right.  I see people all the time running with headphones and it is against the rules.

I started doing most of my long outside runs without music.  At first, it was hard but eventually I grew to really enjoy the sounds of my feet hitting the pavement and my breathing.  The worst, though, is when I get some really bad song stuck in my head and it plays over and over.  It's usually something rediculous like Happy Birthday or the theme for the Brady Bunch

When I did my first half, I was totally suffering on the run (although for me it was more of a death march).  I had the song Over My Head by the Fray running over and over.  At that point, I was over my head  

Mike, that's awesome news about the weightloss!!  Way to go!  Also promising news about the knee.  DO YOUR PT!!  It will only help!! 

Hope everyone is having a good week.  It is cold here in North Texas.  But, like typical Texas weather Sat and sun are going to be in the 60's.  I am so happy about that since we have a 4 hr bike and 30 min run on sat and a 1:45 run on Sunday!!

Had a lousy day at the pool yesterday.  Just was not feeling it and my time showed.  I guess we are all allowed to have days like that.

Tonight we are going to the "Spirit of the Marathon" with a bunch of BT peeps.  Should be good!

I totally agree with you.  I have bad days at the pool, on the run and on the bike.  But, the trick is that even a bad workout has accomplished something. 

Sometines I have to look at the reasons why it was a bad workout.  Was it something I could change for the next time.  Maybe my hydration or nutrition was bad, or perhaps I did not get enough sleep the night before. 

I have to look at every workout, good or bad, as a learning experience!