Marina & Bopper's Mah-velous Mentor Group - Closed & Kickin it hard! (Page 4)

Awesome quote! It's so hard to get to the gym, pool, or outside when our minds play games with us but then when the workout is done, it's like, what the heck was all that fuss about beforehand?

I apologize for being awol. Got a bit of the flu and home PC is wonky so until I get myself and my tech problems all fixed up, I won't be online as much as usual.

Oh yeah...happy new year!!

Look at you guys...sharing and being all supportive. Great work group!

I finally caught up with the posts and looking at everyone's detailed goals and plans for this triathlon season. As I see it, we have three common goals:
1) Weight loss (except for a couple of us)
2) Build speed/endurance
3) Time management

That darned scale!! There is the weight loss forum here at BT, but perhaps we can have our own challenge? On a weekly basis, we set our healthy eating goals for that week and have a weigh-in (if you're comfortable). I know that I need all the support that I can get in this area. With some determination, patience and willpower (double dose of that for me please), we can do it!

A few questions related to nutrition:
What eating plans are you using?
Anyone doing Weight Watchers or something similar?
Are you counting calories? Calculating macronutrients like protein, carbs and fats?

Building speed and endurance is all part of how and why we train, along with improving form. One thing, that helps with my motivation is doing every workout with a purpose. Like today, I plan to swim and work on my form with specific drills. With the plan, it shouldn't be about putting in our time, but thinking about what we are trying to accomplish in that workout and in the end.

Time!!! Tri training isn't only about skills in swimmimg, biking and running, but perhaps more importantly about time management ability. TR and Salma...I totally admire the work you that you do and the tenacity take on school as well. And, those with families, I am impressed with how you can balance it all. Like Kevin said, a good motivator to go for that run or swim can be to release stress. I'm an 8 to 5er, but I take a little longer lunch hour to workout. It helps me break up the day and, especially at this time of year with the short days, get out of the office and into the daylight. I find that scheduling my workouts in my PDA helps alot...I know that at 5:30pm, after work, that I planned on running, so I better get out thwere and do it so I can put a checkmark beside that

Keep on trucking, team!!

Oh yeah, just a note on listening to music while running outside. This is a hotly debated topic when it pertains to running races but I've been an active opponent of this even in training because of safety issues. I've seen runners not hearing cyclists ring their bells or call out and then, startled, jump in the wrong direction in front of the bike.The same goes with being able to hear cars approaching and someone coming from behind who could be either a fellow runner or a bad guy. Just my two cents on the running music.