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Hi Michele!

Welcome  to the group!!  You will find us a supportive bunch and there are lots of medical professionals as well.  It is much easier to talk the talk than walk the walk but we are all trying to be the best that we can be.  Have a great weekend.

Way to go Kathy!!!  Youve been so focused on the swimming its so awesome to see all your hardwork paying off!!!

Hi Michele - great to meet you! Im not such a fan of the running either so we can work on that together!

This is an awesome group and so much advice on anything and everything you can think of! Welcome

Cat

Welcome to the group, Michele! Sounds like you're well on your way to a successful season!

Long weekend with a small 50K to cap it off!

 Have a great race tomorrow

Good Luck, Darren!   Question....isn't this long weekend because of President's Day?  And aren't you in Canada? ...just thinkin'........

Linda

Thanks for all the well wishes everyone.

Tommorow is what we call Family Day in Alberta, and certain other provinces.  A random Monday off in February. 

Family day running a 50K with a baby due soon..sounds like a wonderful day!

Good luck Darrne!

Hi all! What is everyone up to today? It is a holiday here in Canada as well, Family day.

 I am currently in taper mode for a half marathon on Feb22......really want to get outside and ride......but I won't.  

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Hi all!! We need some challenges for this week..... Pass on any ideas!  For now I had 2 in mind. The first is a nutrition one- eat 5 servings of fruit & vegetables a day as many days as possible this week and post your number of days on Sunday. That is a combined total of 5 a day not 5 fruits & 5 veggies ;-).

The second is a continuation of one Helen suggested last week.  Share a story of what motivates you to train.

Oh I just remembered one from Mina- post a photo of something or someone you see while training.  It can be anything from a lovely vista to the dirty laundry by your trainer.  Share what it is and when you see it.

Have a great day all.  Lottsa racing coming up (or going on in Darren's case as I type this), post some photos to cope with taper madness!!

I have an idea for the challenge. I'm trying to figure out how to put it into words so it makes sense.

Have you ever had a bad experience or something at the time seemed really negative turn out to make a big huge positive change in your life? Share the experience....... Sort of the silver lining in the cloud thought.

I'll share what stands out to me for this....

In June 2007 I did my first day of bike racing...crits where you do laps and basically ride in a tight peleton with surges and break aways much like you see in the Tour but slower and we aren't as skilled.

First crit I did it was so incredibly hard and I fell off the back and basically time trialed to the end. I was signed up for the over 40 race in about 1.5 hours later, suggested to my husband we call it a day, but he and others encouraged me to stay and race. 

Race started and I did much better at drafting and staying with the group. I jumped on someone's wheel (drafting) and she made a move up the outside so I ended up being 5-7th wheel (ie from front). There there was this steep left turn that the road narrows, and we had a crash and 7-8 folks went down, I was ejected from my bike and went head first into a metal street sign with a large sound, grazing it down my whole left side. I have no memory of the crash or about 1.5 hours after wards as I had a bad concussion and grade 3 AC separation.

Up until that time I had been gradually doing longer tris but a bit afraid to committ to doing an IM as I wanted to be faster before I went longer.

About 2 weeks after my crash I realized it was my pride of being slow preventing me from doing something huge that I wanted to do, and that I never knew when the opportunity to do an Ironman might be taken away from me. I easily could have been paralyzised in that bike crash and been unable to walk, run, cycling, swim and thankfully my helmet protected my head from what could have been tragic. So about 6 weeks after my crash I signed up to do IM Lake Placid. I honestly decided about 4-6 days before I could sign up I would do it.

I'm in a way appreciate the lesson my crash taught me as it reminded me that we need to be brave, try new things, as we never know when our ability to do something cool might be gone.

^^^^^great post Kathy!

I haven't had moments like that training or racing but most of my life I have found the silver lining in every cloud after I got through the storm.. I think that's the key to getting through any bad experience, 1.knowing that it will have an end (I just can't always see when it will be) 2. I will come out on the other side stronger for getting through it. 3.  I will have gained something in the process more valuable than what I was looking fo in the first place...like Dorothy and the red slippers I didn't know the power of what I already had within.

I had always let physical problems be my limitors--asthma, the back surgery I had 10 years ago...you name it.  Training and racing have opened my eyes to look beyond the limitation and not let an illness or injury be what defines me any more than finding my only validation in training defines me.

The best thing you can offer your friend is your presence.  She'll let you know what she wants or needs fom there (a listening ear or someone to process things with) 

I thought after seeing all the ugliness I could take in the ER that stories like that wouldn't bother me.  For some reason they bother me more.  Maybe cause in the ER I saw the in citical moment pictue and now removed fom that I see families and more long term.

^^^^ I want to know too....I'm sure he had a fantastic day look at his amazing training!

I was wondering the same thing....

  she blew up our thread!

Awww, the glittery stuff came through when I saw it just made the thread really w-i-d-e (nerd)