Milaminute and Sparco's Group - Closed (Page 42)

Heh... I hope she got the Miss Gulch reference.  As for the jumps... no comment... suffice it to say I only do things in my spin classes that you would actually do on the road .

Sounds like a good day.  When you meet Jeff tell him I said to have a cold and empty day, just like Mila's heart.  He'll get a chuckle out of it.

The $1.79 comment was a reference to BT's own ADollar79 (I happen to know him in RL as well).  He recently blogged about going to his 10 year high school reunion and it dawned on me this morning that he was a senior in HS while I was birthin' that baby.

I'm a big Goo Goo Dolls fan... that's very cool... well, about the running... not so much the rehab thing!

That's how I got my bike. I got the javelin varese. It's a pretty white. They are nice bikes, and they ship sooo fast.  

I know how he feels...Mila thinks I'm a flake because I put a high priority on babies and rock climbing and cheesecake and such...

You also put WAY too much emphasis on work  

As for the cheescake, rock climbing  jury is out, But I know you're just dying to be daddy again    You'd only be 60 something when it graduates!!!  

Yeah, but if I compete in an Ironman and climb El Capitan before we have another then it doesn't matter......(heh, having another is probably not very likely)...

Funny, yesterday I was talking to my co-workers about life accomplishment lists...I made one when I was 13 years old.  Here's how I'm doing so far:

Compete in an Ironman
Run a marathon
Climb El Capitan
Watch the Tour de France IN France
Get married
Have 5 kids
Become a doctor or CEO of a company

As you can see, I haven't crossed everything off the list.  The last 2 are no longer on my current goals list... 

I hate jumps.  I heard they serve no purpose and are bad on your back (or something).  If I get an instructor who is doing them, I just stay in the saddle.  I'm such a rebel.  LOL

That's what you should do!  When I train instructors I always tell them that if they want to know who the real cyclists are in the class they can try doing a set of jumps.  Those that stay seated are the ones!    Some instructors will argue that it's a good leg workout.  I find this interesting 'cause when I teach a hills and strength class I help people build hill climbing legs and we don't ever have to enter the "uuuupppp two, dowwwwn two" zone . 

The things is that a large number of indoor cycling instructors don't ride outside.  They have no idea that many of the things they do aren't really things you would do on a real road ride and so they basically end up doing aerobics on the bike.  You don't have to be a cyclist to get certified in cycle.  Many instructors have a general group fitness certification and then just take a half day training from their employer or cycle manufacturer (Schwinn or Keyser come to mind) to add a cycling cert.  THe woman that recently took over one of my classes at a gym where I used to work has never taken a cycling cert class.  EVER.  At that particular gym you only have to have a CPR cert and a promise that someday you will take a group X certification class in order to start teaching.  So basically you could have someone in there that knows little about the kinetic chain or bike set up or overtraining... scary, isn't it?

There's nothing really wrong with the party on the bike approach by the by... you are on a bike going nowhere in the dark... but for me, cycling is a mind/body kind of thing and I find these types of classes kind of jarring.  I don't have a need to hover, do push ups on the handlebars or wave a towel while yelling woooohoooo when I ride outside... thus I don't do it inside, either.

*Putting away my soapbox*.

That's VERY true in a lot of cases (we have one brand new club where members are going out of their minds because they don't get to do hovers and lifts for an hour) and, like I said, there's really nothing wrong with them, it's just that I personally don't do anything that doesn't translate to the road.  I also happen to teach in a club that requires instructors to simulate road rides (works out great for my teaching style!) so jumps, hovers and isolations aren't technically allowed... that's not to say it doesn't happen, though.  Of course, now that there's a couple of new regional cycling coordinators that might change .

However, I am surprised that a triathlete instructor was doing "lifts" (which is the current preferred term for jumps).  If I tried to do them in my classes I'm pretty sure they would throw towels at me and complain.  Loudly.  Almost all of my participants are either triathletes or cyclists (with a few adventure racers and some cross-training marathoners thrown in for good measure!).  Sal has been to one of my classes... he can tell you they are tough customers!!

gygyhawk - 2008-03-29 5:25 PM Today was a day of folly.  I totally choked on the swim, just couldn't breathe - it is my goal to get this under controll - I just fall apart come race time.  The ride included wind, rain, hail, more wind (head wind), and rain.  I only had to open my mouth to hydrate, LOL.  My cycle shoes were full of water, and so were my run shoes and everything else in transition.  The run was hilly and muddy, think slip-sliding.  Oh and the temp was in the mid 40's.  Fun times!  Hubby ate it on the bike during the last mile and has some pretty road rash to commemorate his first tri.    I'll get the RR posted tomorrow.  I've got some friends coming over for beer and pizza and race talk.   

MAN!  That's what I call Folly!!! Congrats for toughing it out and gettin it done!  Kudo's to your hubby as well  -- Is he wanting to do another??

 WAY TO GO!

20 VERY interesting miles for me today.  Rained here last night as well, but it had stopped at ride time.  Bit chilly though, only low 50's.

Read all about it on my blog - I'm too pooped, tired, LAZY to type it out a second time! 

gygyhawk - 2008-03-29 6:25 PM Today was a day of folly.  I totally choked on the swim, just couldn't breathe - it is my goal to get this under controll - I just fall apart come race time.  The ride included wind, rain, hail, more wind (head wind), and rain.  I only had to open my mouth to hydrate, LOL.  My cycle shoes were full of water, and so were my run shoes and everything else in transition.  The run was hilly and muddy, think slip-sliding.  Oh and the temp was in the mid 40's.  Fun times!  Hubby ate it on the bike during the last mile and has some pretty road rash to commemorate his first tri.    I'll get the RR posted tomorrow.  I've got some friends coming over for beer and pizza and race talk.   

Oh my!!!  At least you've got good stories to tell... it's always nice when conditions make it "interesting" out there.  Good job toughing it out though... looking forward to that RR.

As for me, I'm wiped out.  It was a looooonnnng day of work and my kiddo's birthday party (which was AT work... so basically almost 13 hours there... except for the part where my team had a short meeting at the place that serves big pomegranate margaritas).

UTTriman - 2008-03-29 6:52 PM

gygyhawk - 2008-03-29 5:25 PM Today was a day of folly.  I totally choked on the swim, just couldn't breathe - it is my goal to get this under controll - I just fall apart come race time.  The ride included wind, rain, hail, more wind (head wind), and rain.  I only had to open my mouth to hydrate, LOL.  My cycle shoes were full of water, and so were my run shoes and everything else in transition.  The run was hilly and muddy, think slip-sliding.  Oh and the temp was in the mid 40's.  Fun times!  Hubby ate it on the bike during the last mile and has some pretty road rash to commemorate his first tri.    I'll get the RR posted tomorrow.  I've got some friends coming over for beer and pizza and race talk.   

MAN!  That's what I call Folly!!! Congrats for toughing it out and gettin it done!  Kudo's to your hubby as well  -- Is he wanting to do another??

 WAY TO GO!

 

My friend and I paced each other the whole race until the first mile of the run, then she told me to go ahead, she still finished about 4-5 min. behind me.  Want to, or not, hubby is signed up for another in June.    I think he is looking forward to it.