Beer Drinkers Appreciation Society (BDAS) 2022 Mentor Group - ALWAYS OPEN (Page 41)

Fairly productive week so far for me...two 2-mile-ish runs on the treadmill testing out my back (it's back to its normal semi-annoying self), two rides, two swims and two strength sessions plus another short bout of planks.  Can't shake this sleep hole I'm in - I keep waking up super early.  Hopefully I can force myself to sleep in a little this weekend and get some good workouts in.

@Andrew:  keep rockin'

FTW  = for the win...basically saying Andrew's comment won the internet that day. 

@Nathalie:  hope you had a nice weekend in France. 

@Andrew:  "planning committee meeting" LOL - welcome to the o'dark-thirty club, though I'm more around 5:15-5:30.  The trick is to make sure you get yourself to bed early.  I think it's great you're hanging on to your Talon...it's a oldie but I always liked that model and if it works for you then why mess with it for very marginal gains.

So all this talk of illness is apparently contagious and I have caught something.  Achy, chest hurts, a little bit of a sore throat and some light coughing and run down.  Ugh.  Well I've been sick for a total of about 3 days since the pandemic started so I'm probably due.  Slept like 10 hours fitfully last night.  Daughter is sick too so I'm blaming her. 

Nothing so far this week after a decent week last week. 

Good to hear from you, Nicole.  Congratulations on your promotion!  I know your job has been frustrating you for a while so hopefully that will get better.  And it IS cold here.  If it's below 50 I'm cold. 

@Andrew:  I went through that decision process about rim and disc brakes and eventually wound up with a rim brake 11-speed tri frame which was the same my road bike so I could swap out wheels.  You're probably wise in your decision as there aren't a lot of rim brake bikes out there anymore.

Still coughing, can't talk, throat is killing me.  So, I did my first video MD consult and it was totally painless and saved me a couple of hours of going to urgent care or my primary doctor (who is a half hour each way).  I'm prone to these chest/throat things though it has been about 4 years because of the COVID isolation.  I hope to be on the mend and back at it by the weekend.

Hope everyone is having a good week.

Hi, everyone.  Continuing to get a little better every day so almost back to normal.  I got in trainer rides three out of the last four days, keeping my HR and breathing down so I didn't cough up a lung.  Mission accomplished.  Obviously my strength and speed off-season plan has gone off the rails a bit and I'm sure the Thanksgiving weekend isn't going to help.  My daughter just flew over to Ireland so it's just me and the wife this weekend so I'm sure I'll get some training done with her.

@Gretchen:  smart move - look at you being good to your body!  What you do for a living sounds both exciting and insane at the same time

@Nicole:  we had an old house with about the same height basement ceiling with the exposed floor joists; there are certain treadmills designed for it but they're either not very good or expensive...at least you're not 6'3"!!  You'll probably be OK with a regular treadmill - I think ours (Bowflex 10) is about 8-9 inches high and it's a monster; most have decks a little lower; look at the Sole brand - they have a ton of different models and a wide range of prices and are REALLY highly-rated; they sell them at Dick's Sporting Goods so you can go look at them but make sure you buy directly from Sole as the warranty is better

@Nathalie:  I really miss playing soccer, too...I wasn't all that great but I loved the running around and I had a good feel for the game just zero ball skills LOL; is it like speed-walking soccer?

@Andrew:  your base training is going along great; keep it up and nice work managing 4 o-dark-thirty days in a row; it's not easy

Speaking of soccer, very disappointing result for the USA yesterday after dominating the first half; officiating was horrible but not the reason we would up in a draw; England on Friday!!!!!