Rich Miller's Group - FULL (Page 43)

Hey, if you are coming to Texas, then I'll take you and Blondie out for dinner! That would be uber-cool!

Good Morning!  I feel like we need a Saturday group hug since we're all checking in!!!

I'm with you, Felipe...we've all come along way with our training and goals.  I'm so proud of this group!  Everyday, I'm truly amazed and what my body can do...How training smart really does improve all aspects of one's life...physically, mentally and emotionally.  Keep up the great work! 

And yes...Katz, I'll take a date with you anytime!  Felipe will be there...he wouldn't want to miss an exciting weekend with his cyber friends!  Right Felipe???

Hey Group!  Hope all is well with everyone.  It's been awhile since we've checked in.  I'm sure everyone is busy training!  El Scorcho 25k was the other weekend.  It's a midnight run that loops through Trinity Park in Fort Worth.  It was a blast and I was so pleased with my time.  After being awake for 22+ hours I finished 15th out of 119 women in the 25K!!!  My "secret goal time" was 2:30 and I finished in 2:31...not at all disappointed.  It was a great race.  Next year, I'm training for the 50K.  Anyone want to join me?  Registration fills up fast because they only allow 400 participants.  I think it will open sometime in the spring so you have plenty of time to think about it. 

I would love to hear from everyone!  

Angela 

Hey guys!  I'm still out here!  Glad to hear everyone is doing so well.  (I check in and read up on everyone every once in a while.)  I'm so jealous of what great runners you all are (my weakest event).

I did several cycling events this season and one triathlon, which was this past Sunday. I'm very proud to say my 15 year old niece finished the race with my brother and I.  Despite STILL working on recovering from my early-season knee injury and not training as hard or as often as I would have liked to because of it, I gave it my all at Steelman.  It felt really good.  Turns out, I shaved almost 9 minutes off my time from last year! Very pleased. 

RICH -- How's your recovery?  I will have to read up on your activities the past 2 months...  XXXXX  :-)

Hello, everyone!  I'm stressing a bit here.  I have an oly in two weeks and I just lost almost an entire week of training to a not-so-pleasant bout of food poisoning!  Ach! So, at the moment, I'm feeling less than prepared.  If any of you are feeling particularly fast and well-trained right now, feel free to send some of it my way

Felipe, have you decided if you're Austin-bound in October yet?

Kat,

You have done all of this training all along -- what you have built will still be there on race day.  Be glad the food poisoning wasn't the week of your race and go give it your best.  I'm sure you will do great!

RICH -- Really glad to hear things are going so well for you.  Further proof that keeping fit helps in every aspect of life. You are going to have a blast in AZ.  We want daily postings.

Wow! Congratulations, Felipe! And sorry about your rough race, Rich...it was a scorcher this weekend! Still sounds like you managed the majority of your race well despite the glitches.  It's amazing how little things like watches can throw you off your game!

I had a rough race yesterday myself - did great on the swim and bike, but fell apart at mile 4 on the run in the heat.  Started getting crampy and dizzy so I did the walk-run-walk-run thing for the last portion. I was far and away not the only one.  There were folks walking all over the course.  10am in Austin on Sept. 1 is HOT HOT HOT!!! The fun part was that my kids ran the last 100 ft or so with me and we crossed the finish line together!  That should make a cute photo.

Hey, Rich! I'm in off-season training too. I'm using BT's run-focused 8-week winter maintenance plan.  I'm also planning on riding my first century on September 27.  After this first 8-weeks, I think I might do BT's bike-focused maintenance plan.  That should gets me ready to seriously train for the Lonestar oly in early April.  At least that's the plan!

Hi Everyone,

I'm still training for Longhorn HIM so as soon as I complete the distance Oct. 5, I'll take about a week off and then marathon training will begin.  I plan on doing the same 2 races as last year.  I would like to shave off about 30 minutes for White Rock and about 10 minutes for Cowtown.  I think I can...my running has improved tremendously over the past year and I feel ready to try to finish a marathon in 4 hours.  I'll be satisified with any time under 4:10 actually!

Since going back to work full time, I've lost a few pounds.  I think it was just what I needed.  I'm down to 123.  I feel good at this weight and I'm not planning on losing anymore.  Now I just need to maintain healthy eating through the upcoming holiday season!  YIKES...I can't believe we're halfway through September!

Take care and happy training...Rich, keep up the great workouts.  Think of me when you swim so I can receive the vibes!  I need swim help...still! 

Rich pointed out today that I surpassed my cycling mileage from 2007; much to my surprise.

So, since I still have weight to loose and new goals to achieve (why not surpass my swim and run distances from 2007 as well?!?), I will push and train as I have been through December.  Come January, I will re-assess.

We have one last cycling event for the season in mid-October.  Did I mention that I was in a bike ride with LANCE ARMSTRONG 3 weeks ago???  :-0

I am starting swim lessons in October. It's funny, people are very confused by this.  They say things like, "But you're a great swimmer. What do you need swim lessons for?"  They have no idea how much room there is for improvement.  It's cute.