Rich Miller's Group - FULL (Page 41)

Oh, bummer!  Those dang work people...don't they know you are the king mentor and need to see your mentees in person?  Have a safe trip and I hope you enjoy your time in Texas...Y'ALL! 

I'm so glad your shoulders feeling good and you've been given clearance to ride.  I love riding in the spring.  Mornings are just beautiful.  Are you still doing PT?  What about training for IM in Nov?  Is it a go?

Happy Birthday Katz!  I hear you're 21 again!  I love that age!  Take care and have a fabulous day!

rich ,

 thanks for the tips! Nutrition is key!

I am very excited, just now getting over a cold. Didn't even go to work for 2 days. I didn't want to jeaopardize my race...

Rich, what about nutrition the last couple of days, carbo load on friday night?

 Glad you are doing great, sounds like work is keeping you crazzzyy busy!!

Hope everyone else is great and that Kat YOU HAD an awesome birthday!

FELIPE, CARU -- Have a great time at your race!  I'm sure you will both tear it up!

RICH, you must be SO happy to get back on the bike. Good for you!  Sounds like you are progressing like a rocket.  When's your next race planned for?

I'm doing 6 weeks of PT - I have tendonitis (patella tendon) and damage to my sciatic nerve.  No one can say how long it may take to recover, but I keep testing the limits. :-) Trying to work it/use it without tweaking it again.  Mostly yoga and swimming; but cycling and running are gong to pick up after next week.  I miss training full-out SOOOOO much.  RICH, I'm sure you can relate.

Our first open water swim of the season is next weekend -- I can't wait!  And it's my nieces big try-out.  My goal for us is to have fun and make it around the lake.  Pray for us. ;-)

Hello, hello, everyone!  So great to be hearing back from everyone!  Sounds like we're off to a fantabulous start to the 2008 season!

So, if you've been reading my logs lately, you know that I've been having health issues lately.  Lots of dr visits and ultrasounds and stuff like that to figure out why my lower abs hate me.  Well, I think we finally may have it figured out...at least I hope so. Some adjustments to my meds may just do the trick, so we'll give it a try and see how I feel in a few days.  At the very least, we know it's not anything serious, and I'm getting pretty good at treating my symptoms.  So the 90-mile GASP (charity cycling ride) is on! Obviously, I won't be breaking any land-speed records, but I do hope to make it all the way!

With all of the health crazies, I haven't been working out much lately, but I've discovered that I can cycle and swim without too much trouble.  Running is out until things are settled down a bit more - it's just too uncomfortable right now. But like I said, I'm hoping all will be well in the next few days.

Felipe and Caru, go kick some butt at your race! You two are totally impressive, you know....I can only dream of running as fast as you do! Can't wait to hear your reports...

Cristine - ow ow ow ow....PT is so not fun.  Take care of yourself and that knee.  I hope you feel better soon, and I love your great attitude!

Rich - great to see you making such great progress! You'll be back in the water in no time at this rate!

Angela - the Danskin is coming soon!  I totally want to get with you the Friday before the race while you're here! Let me know your schedule and where you're staying and we'll make plans!

Love y'all bunches!!

Guys!

It's so awesome to hear from everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you know what PT and all injuries and colds will be done and over, we are officially at the first week of SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TRIATHLON SEASON...YEAH BABY!!!!

So, now we can reflect upon our last year goals..and how far we have all come...it's really unbelievable...

thank you RICH for all yoru support, you have been UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!! SERIOUSLY a support like no other..when they ask me who trained me last summer, I say Rich and not the guy that I actualyl paid to train me !!! ha!!! thats nutty!!!

Anyways,send you all love and I know I will be thinking of you all on my race, just like I did on my Olympic distance race last year!!1 although this is not my A race, it is particularly special since I will be doing it with Felipe and there are only 80 people racing(  we are VERY concerned about being the last ones out of the water!!! hahahah) thank GOD we are good runners!!!!!

Anyways,send u all love and have happy training!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Hello Everyone!

Caru & Felipe...Good Luck on the HIM!  Go Sister/Brother team!

Christine...Ouch, Girl!  Take care of yourself.  How old is your niece that's racing the tri?  Looks like her aunt is rubbing off on her...she's got the tri bug, too!

Katz...I sent you a PM regarding Danskin.  I'm planning on meeting up with you on Friday night.  Have a great ride today!

Rich...you're a lean mean fighting machine!  PT is your b****! (did I just say that??)

Enjoy your weekend!   

Hey, hey, hey!  I did the GASP!  85.5 miles in the saddle and I didn't even bonk!  There were plenty of other folks struggling, but I paced myself well and cruised right in!  It ws a beautiful course, a beautiful day, and a beautiful tailwind for good portions of the way.  I'll be sore tomorrow, but it will be worth it!

Oh, and by the way, my 8-year-old daughter is doing her kid's tri in the morning.  I'll post pictures later.....

Bragging on my little girl - fair warning!

So my 8-year-old, Liana, completed her 2nd kids' tri yesterday.  Despite having a crash on her bike, she beat her last time by more than 2 minutes!  She did the 100m swim, 3 mile bike, and 1K run in 31:21. Her run was particularly fast - I couldn't believe her stride and determination! I was totally impressed!  The race was so much fun...they started the kids in the pool by sending them down the big swirly slide every 10 seconds - too much fun!  It was an awesome experience, and I'm so very proud.  Liana's next race will be June 28, and her younger brother will take his first stab at a tri at that race as well!  He's chomping at the bit to get in on the action.  Should be pretty hilarious.

If you'd like to see a few photos of the most adorable triathlete in the world, check out my training log.

Quick update!

WE HAD AN AMAZING TIME BLAST BLAST BLAST OF A TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fELIPE: 4:42

Caru: 5:25

we both won our age groups...i just got an e mail where the race director corrected it since the girl that won my age group CHEATED! i passed her, she got in a car and appeared at mile 10!!!!! she also was trying to qualify for olympics swim or something like that!!!

Two other athletes saw her cheating! amazing.... nonetheless...i had the most amazing time, people where awesome, the race course fabulous!!! ill write my report  as soon as i can..

thank you all, pipe and I thought of you guys all the way!!!! and i did the 15 minute before nad after in the little ring (on bike) after you RICH!!! HAHAH!!!

SEND U ALL MY LOVE!!! 

You have got to be kidding about the cheating girl!  That's just crazy!  I'm so glad she got caught.  Congratulations Caru!  Just Fantabulous!  (isn't that our new buzz word)   Congrats to you to Felipe!  Both of you winning your AG is awesome! 

Katz, you've passed on the tri bug to your kids!  That's great!  I wish we could begin our swim with a ride down the slide.  I'd probably do alot better!  Too cute...

Rich, you fall on the other shoulder and all you really care about is that your bike is okay.  Now, that's a true athlete!  Be careful out there...let's keep you in one piece!

So I participated in my first tri of the season and........................................I rocked it!  I wanted to beat my first tri time ever of 1:42 by coming in at 1:30.  Well, I did it and then some...my official time was 1:28:12!!!  And looking back, I still had a lot left in my tank.  I need to learn how to really push it especially on the sprints.  Good news is I still have lots of room for improvement.  Next tri is in June.  My goal is to beat last year's time...especially on the swim and run. 

Have a great week Team Miller!  I'm so glad everyone is off to a great start this season...with crazy injuries and illnesses and all!  Keep moving forward!   

Hey folks!  Just wanted to let you know that I have a new article up on BT....just in case you'd like to check it out.

We now returned to our regularly scheduled mentoring....