Slornow and Wannabefaster's Winter Group version 3-CLOSED (Page 43)

Jamie--just reading your story freaks me out.  I had something far less invasive happen when I was out walking Cooper and it scared the heck out of me.  I hope it never happens again.  Was your dog scared?

Jason--you're crazy, but I have a friend just like you.  They live in Traverse City and while beautiful the summers are so short and the winters so long!

We're bracing for another round of storms.  Ice storm tonight, then rain, then snow.  I hope they're wrong.  I don't want to miss Master's class tomorrow morning. Teeth are fine by the way.  Never had any pain once the anesthetic wore off.  Good stuff.

Jamie-glad you and Gus are OK. Very scary.

Suzy-glad the root canl was relatively pain free.

Nothing too exciting going on here. Short swim and then a run this evening. Legs were still feeling the low cadence intervals from last night's bike workout. Swim only tomorrow....leg rest day.

Suzy -- Glad you made it through your root canals okay. I've had more than my fair share of those things -- ugh.

Rene -- Great job on the treadmill -- hopefully, you kept a bucket nearby!

Jamie -- I'll never complain about being nipped in the ankle by a Dachshund again. That sounds like quite an experience. Glad your dog is okay. :-)

Super happy that I was able to make it to Master's swimming this morning (is this really me talking? ) and I had a decent day (and I won't say "for me"). The ice storm ended up going a bit north so it was rain for Madison which was awesome.  We're bracing for snow and 50mph winds later tonight.    

Jason, please be careful running if it's glare ice.  No reason to get injured just to get those 6:35s done!

Jamie, I have to agree with you.  I am more tired from harder Masters swim sessions than my solo pool efforts.  I think that is a good thing.

So, I had my last hard bike workout and brick run before my indoor/outdoor  tri on Sunday.  I have to say I am really looking forward to it.  It'll be interesting to see all these college kids compete.  I hope I beat some of them! 

Glad to see everyone checking in. really busy morning at work then a 3700 swim squeezed in that I really did not want to do.. That's it for my swimming this week. Somewhere around 9500 yards but I feel like I'm slacking compare to my other weeks so far this year. Up until about 4-5 months ago that would have been a big week. 

I was thinking about Jamie's dog story and it reminded me of something that happened to me on the bike 2-3 years ago. Not nearly as scary but still not a good situation. I took a different road, thinking it was a shortcut, to get back on my normal route. Headed down the road and a few hundred yards in these 2 big dogs came running out of their yard chasing me. I was able to sprint by them and they soon quit the chase. So, I keep going and about 1/3 mile down the road it dead ends. I turn around and the dogs are now laying in the middle of the road (very rural area). Crap, I have to ride back by there to get to the main road. I actually thought about calling my wife to come pick me up as I was only about 15 minutes from home. Finally, the dogs wandered back to their yard and I was able to pick up enough speed on the way out that they only gave a half-hearted chase. 

Another dog story. The path where I usually run is right next to a moderately busy 2 lane road in  a residential area. 10 foot wide concrete path with beautiful scenery and well shaded. I was about 2 miles from home on my way back when a big dog started following me. As he does this he is running back and forth across the road and people are honking and obviously think I'm just letting my dog run around with me. Finally, I'm able to grab the dog and check his tag. Its further to take him to his house by this point than to take him to my house. So, I drag the dog (tag says his name is "Horse"...which is pretty accurate) all the way to my house and then call the owner. She drives to my house and Horse happily jumps in her Jeep. She says thanks and that Horse does this all the time. What the hell? Not a very good owner if you know your dog is getting loose and you are not doing anything about it......would have hated it if Horse had been hit by a car.   

Suzy - Good luck in your tri on Sunday. Show those college kids how it's done!

Jon - Sounds like a good race schedule this summer. You'll get a good build up to the HIM in Aug.

Jason - Hope you got your run in before the big storm. Icy runs don't sound like much fun at all.

Randee - Very cool that you get to work from home. It works for some people better than others.

Randy - Yikes, I'm glad I don't have any dog stories like that to tell!

I squeezed into my wetsuit today for my first OWS of the year. It wasn't as cold as I thought it would be.  I think the water and air temps were about the same (~58-60F). But it took me a while to get into a groove. My sighting is a little sketchy. No boats on the lake this time of year -- nice. :-)

Happy Friday everyone. Easy run later for me........and maybe a nap. Stayed up late, till 10:15pm, to watch the UNC versus Duke basketball game. Then, severe thunderstorms had the wife and I up from 2:00-3:00 am.   Can't believe we didn't lose power.

Have a good day everyone!

Uhm, because you're a natural athlete who is really hard on himself?   Tomorrow is another day to prove it!

Hang in there Jason. I always feel awful swimming after an extended time out of the pool. Maybe an easy session with some pull work and a few drills will get you back in sync. 

The WIAA swim state meet is here this weekend.  A friend of mine (who is a very good swimmer herself) has a very talented son.  He won the 200 IM in 1:53:59 and just won the 500 free in 4:39:82.  Can't even imagine what that feels like.