HILDEKQ'S Magnificently Motivational Mentor Group - CLOSED!! (Page 41)

Hey guys, sorry I haven't been so social lately.  I've been struggling with all this health $hit going on.  You guys have been so supportive and I really appreciate all the inspires and encouragement.  I trying to find a middle ground that makes me happy and i haven't figured that out yet.  I just wanna know what is going on with me....my bike ride today was horrible....it's like biking with a straw in your mouth......it's okay until you need a little more air..then it just hurts.  I got a sharp pain in my chest on the way home today...under my left pec - don't know if it was a muscle spasm or what...didn't feel good and frankly scared me.  I feel like every time I go out now I'm gingerly trying to test my upper limit...which is way way too low.  My best pushing performances are in the 178 - 184 HR...and there is no way in hell 140-150 HR is gunna cut it - which is all I got!!!  Unless a miracle happens this week I'm probably gunna cheer everyone on from the sideline....I think everyone knows how much I want to compete but my body isn't cooperating....which is murder on the mind.  So, I'm gunna switch gears now and focus on having a $hit load of fun hanging out with the MMMers and making some very fun memories.  I will photograph the whole event so we have some really good stuff to put on the website!!!  I can't wait to meet everyone and watch them do their best!!!!!

So, I'm gunna pop another anxiety pill to try and calm down...seriously....gunna clean some house for the wifey since she took the kids to a party and then come back and return some inspires!!!!!  I really hope everyone is doing well.....I've been thinking about Tammy's husband...I hope to hear good things when I look at her blog.  Ok gang...enough self pity for me....Time to start thinking about having fun next weekend....spending some quality time with new friends and create memories for a lifetime!!!

Wilson - apron on - drugged - listening to angry music - and cleaning!!!!  How sexy is that!!!!!???????????

Wilson, I'm so sorry that racing seems to be out of the picture for now (believe me, I understand THAT frustration!), but it does sound like the smartest thing for the moment. As soon as your docs figure everything out, though, I'm sure you'll be back out there kicking all kinds of behind! I'll be cheering people on from the sidelines too-- do pm me the details of where you'll be and when, won't you? Then I can figure out how to come and join in the shenanigans!

Sometimes cleaning is good for what ails you. And hey, you'll always be sexy to us, no matter what you're wearing!

Hope all you MMMers are doing well-- apologies for being short on contact this week. Steppenwolf is AMAZING and INTENSE, with lots of physical movement involved. By the time I get home at around 7-7:30PM, all I want is food and sleep, in that order! I'll try to be better at updating logs and checking in, though, promise. Hope you're all having a good weekend!

Wilson, I just can't imagine how you must be feeling with all the not knowing and having every workout end up sucking.  These docs just gotta figure it out, they just gotta.  I think not racing is probably the smart thing to do.... only because I want the free photography,  ha ha!!  Just kidding, I would much rather have you chasing me down on the bike or the run and then me chasing you down....  This has just been one crazy year for the MMMers.... I hope we all can back to normal and SOON!  It's pretty gosh darn scary that  I'M the normal one!

I am so excited to meet my online friends in person and make some memories.... I think there should be karaoke... yes, definitely!  I guess this leaves us all open to another destination race NEXT year!  Hmmm, maybe time for all you northerners to experience some Texas HEAT!

Have a great weekend everyone!  Stay safe and healthy!

Just don't forget the jammers under the apron, please!

Wilson, take it easy this week, bro! Just putt along at turtle pace- you'll see, it's fun! You can watch the grass grow, admire the spring blossoms, watch for squirrels, have entire conversations with people in their drive as you pass... it's really quite nice, you'll see!

I'm coming to Indy, but not to race; with everything that's going on around here and my ridiculous schedule this week, getting up super-early Friday and dragging the bike to the airport is just not happening :-(  I don't know yet if I'll be there in time to cheer Hilde on from the sidelines, but (barring any scary medical developments) I'll DEFINITELY be there to party! So I want to see some PARTY PLANNING on your log this week, Wilson!!

In the park the hills are up and down...nothing insane, but enough to let you know they are there.  And once you get out of the park you generally go up an incline in 3 stages...The last one is a real sneaker - it always catches me off guard!!  You'll see what I mean soon enough!!!  I'm a real good cheerleader...and I'll wear my pink panties to give me extra cheer power!!!  It's gunna be fun!!!

So I read somewhere on the internet that cheese puffs can cure any ailment known to man...So in the spirit of trying to race Hilde this Saturday I've consumed 1,423 cheese puffs in one sitting.  I have so much energy now - I think I'm getting better.

I'm not sure why after eating one cheese puff that you can't stop....Wow, a little bit of heaven in a tiny package.

I was inspired for a self portrait....Can you tell I'm bored to death...It's 77 blue skies and just itching to get outside and run or bike!!!  The kids think I'm crazier than before..haha.  The potential of family therapy bills are skyrocketing!!!

Personally I prefer the pics when you actually chew the food and THEN open your mouth!!  And are you laying down???  Ha ha, makes you look even more bizarre.... I haven't had those cheese puffs in years, they turn your fingers orange don't they?  You are too funny, Wilson!! 

I can handle up and down hills... I am REALLY good on the downhills, and I do okay on the uphills if I can get enough momentum from the downhills.  I'm good at long hills too, the ones with a steady incline... it's the steep ones that get me, probably because I have FAILED to take off the 15 pounds I wanted to since Xmas, but I'm okay with that because ice cream is my friend.  I am hoping that it won't be 100 degrees on race day, that should make me feel pretty peppy!

Wilson -  Don't let Hilde fool you!! She kicks A$$$$ on the hills - ALL OF THEM!! LOL !!

Get well dude!! Personally, I love dancing around the house in WHATEVER cleaning when no one else is home......I recently read an article that stated that singing is one of the best types therapy for what ails you. Brings to mind the old song......"Dance like nobody is watching......" cannot remember the rest of the lyrics - but you get the picture!

Reminds me of a joke I once heard...

A man goes to see his doc one Monday, complaining that his dick turns orange every week. "It was fine Friday, but now look at it!"

"Well," the doc says, "what did you do this weekend?"

"Nothing much," he replies. "Just ate Cheetos and watched the Playboy channel."

I'm saving the REALLY good ones for Indy!

Okay, my Indy friends...put your order in now....

What do I need to make sure I have on hand for pre-race breakfast.  Any favorites or special requests...I haven't gone shopping yet, but am planning lots of good stuff...Are we all meat eaters???  

How about Friday night??  I assumed we'd go out for italian or something???  Any other ideas - I'll make reservations.  Do you guys have Buca di Bepo in your areas?  That is family style italian and pretty good...What ya think???  When is everyone due in???  I'll be home all day...have a Dr appt from 7:45 to 9:45AM but after that I'm good to go!  I'm looking forward to the meet-up....and I still may say FU$#%$@#CK it, HTFU and race.....There is a medical tent there...so I'm okay!! haha....I'll wear my RoadID so if I keel over they'll know where to send the bill!!

Let me know what you guys have in mind for food!!  I'll have plenty of refreshments too...and favorites there and I'll make sure I have them.

I normally just have a bowl of instant oatmeal and maybe a banana and/or 1/2 pb+j for pre-race breakfast... oh and COFFEE!!.... Italian sounds GREAT for dinner!!!  We don't have that restaurant here, mmmmmm!  Carb loading!!!!!!!!!  I think me n' Kati are the only ones that will be there Friday nite... I'm expecting we'll  pull in anywheres between noon and 2:00.  Depends how far we drive on Thursday... we're planning on hitting Graceland around 2-3:00 and after we tour that we'll either find a hotel in Memphis or drive on another hour or two.

Hey, I don't know what kind of big bash you're having after the race... but if you could pick up some O'Douls (or any other brand of non-alchoholic beer) that would be great!  Gives me the pretense of drinking without all the other stuff....

I'm getting really excited!!!  I just got some new bar tape today... I ordered it off Ebay on Friday afternoon and it came to my house today!!  I'll put it on tomorrow... the piece de resistance oh Madame Dominatrix!

Awesome, thats a good list and the norm here for the most part....And I know I'll need ice cream for you..haha..what flavor??  The party is gunna be small...I figured keeping it that way would allow us to social and maximize the time rather than a lot of other distractions.  I think a few others will show after the race... I know Brad (brizzadd) is pretty excited to meet you - haha...he thinks you are nuts and lurks around the crazy MMM group some.  Not sure about the other triathletes I know..I told them about it, but haven't pushed the issue.  So it'll be quaint.  I'll add all that to my list and wait for others to chime in.  I'll make reservations at Buca's - that will be fun.  Not sure if Alex is gunna come down Fri night or wait till Saturday morning...she was undecided last I heard...She has a late concert schedule on Friday and wouldn't get here till 10PM or so....And Tammy is Saturday morning - I believe.  Awesome!!!!!  I'm getting pumped too!!  

I eat ice cream the way I used to drink.... I'll eat it as long as it's ice cream!!  But I do favor the kind with gooey and chocolately stuff in it! 

And smaller is better in the case of parties, at least for me!  I'm game just to hang out in the hot tub and the pool all afternoon, stuff my face, repeat...  We could rent a movie to watch Sat. night??  Unless you think you'll be parading around the neighborhood in a lampshade, your MMM shirt and jammers... 

This is how I initially read Hilde's post.  I guess I know where my mind is... 

All this talk makes me wish I could be there with you.  Then again, the thought of Wilson climbing into my sleeping bag with me kind of makes me happy I am not coming.    I hope you all have safe travels there, a great time and those of us not traveling will be sending some happy time / good weather vibes your way. 

Good news, Wilson!  Good to hear all this stuff is coming back "normal", but still doesn't explain what's wrong!  Did they scope your lungs?  Not your esophagus? 

Sure hope your workouts the next couple of days go well so I have someone to race with!!!! 

Do they allow a swim warm-up before the race??  I read the athlete info they put up on the race website, but didn't see anything about that.  I sure do like the TT start!!  My last one was like that, worked out well.

Thanks, they looked at my throat and lungs...So good news there!  I ended up spending too much time with my life coach tonight and then mowed grass and pulled a big darn fern thingy out of the mulch bed....wifey has been after me for that one awhile.  So it's late..hehe.  I hope to talk to the doctor later this week to find out what normal is???  Yes, they do allow some swim time before the race - I'd say about 10-15 minutes or so...many of the advanced dolphins swam out to the first buoy (200meters) and back.  I didn't go that far..haha...They release every 2 seconds as you are seeded by bib number.  If you are significantly faster or slower than your seed then you can self seed....it's a great system...you run down a ramp into the water..that's fun to watch too..haha.  Keep your fingers crossed for my run to go well tomorrow.....I'm hoping to get a swim in too...if I can get out of bed at 4:30...it's been 2 weeks since I did that...ugh...not gunna be fun!  I'm so hopeful....body, don't let the mind down....please!!!

Hope everyone is having a good week so far...the weather here has been super duper nice....I hope it continues for awhile!!!

Shawn, you don't know what your missing...LMAO....you've never had a "Silverthorne" before!!! haha

Time's a tickin' down!!!  I'm just about to head out for a run, last training session for this week, then 2 days of nuthin' in the car, unless you can call yakkin' non-stop with my daughter exercise for the jaw!  Then it's time to pack, hoping not to forget anything essential for the race!  I cleaned the bike up yesterday, she is shiny and sexy in her new bar tape... hubby even asked me to do his bar tape, THAT was a shocker, ha ha!  What is UP with these bike companies that put WHITE bar tape on their bikes, that is just stupid... it looks horrible after a couple of rides.  I am really looking forward to temperatures that top out in the 80's rather than the 100's...

And Shawn and Wilson, I DO fantasize about smaller panties ... unfortunately my fantasies do not match my reality, ha ha!! 

Gotta go run!!