Fred D and Queen Zipp's SWIM, BIKE RUN consistency thread.... CLOSED (Page 44)

Way to go !

Sounds like a tough ride!  Fun but hard race course.....good times 

We were getting to that kind of weather.  Then the snow and hail returned.  It's been bitterly cold this weekend, and combined with this being my least favourite weekend in our shift rotation I've appreciated having some rest time.

Today I went and tried out a couple more tri bikes.  I think I've made my final decision now, and should be in a position to order it in a couple of weeks (photos will be posted when available!).

I'll now be gone for a couple of days.  I'm going skiing for the first time in 3 years and I'm literally so excited I couldn't sleep last night.  I have to get up at 4.30am tomorrow to get to the meeting point on time, so it's likely I'm going to have a similar night tonight...  I'm just hoping I can remember what I'm doing!

Spent my morning in the pool, which is so much nicer now that the swim team is done for the season!  Now I can get to the pool early and not have to worry about swimming in the diving well.  I did 2000yds today, mostly crawl, although I did a couple of sets of pull too.  It was a bad start, but after 10 or so minutes my legs loosened up and I was off to the (turtle) races.

Later, I'm going to try to head out for a short beginning of the season hike with the dogs.  I just have to hope the weather holds and I finish the draft of my article--hike is the carrot at the end of the article stick for today.

Hope everyone is having a great day!

I used to feel the same way, until I started doing two a days.  For me, the key was making sure that I concentrated on the right nutrition to fuel that second workout AND getting into the right frame of mind before I started.  Now I can ride in the morning, do a run later in the day and feel confident that i can deliver on that second effort. 

I don't know about you all, but I'm having a really rough time with the time change!  I barely got the kids up and to school this morning, and was so short on time I skipped breakfast (Not Good when running a daily calorie deficit, I'll tell ya!).  

I did have a great run though, sunny and 70ish today    now the kids are tucked in, I'm done eating for the night, think I'll just go to bed early so I don't do something stupid in the kitchen...

Friends,

I waited for a few days after illness/lawyers/general trouble before posting this, but I think that, realistically, I have to say that while I'm not completely bowing out, you should assume that I'm mostly gone.  I just do not have time to come here, and frankly I feel really awful that some are diligently looking in on me (but thanks!) while I barely have time even to notice.  I will not say that I am gone for good, but I just cannot justify spending more than a tiny amount of time here with so much else going on that -- despite the awesomeness that I find in the good mentor groups on BT -- is more pressing.  I hope to look in sometimes, and I will certainly continue to train (if you are ever in my area, please feel free to get in touch for some training -- my contact info is just a click or two away from my profile) but I will not be checking in regularly, at least for the foreseeable future.

I wish you all the best, in training, tri, and life.

--Michael

Hoping that whatever is going on comes to a smooth and positive conclusion. 

Swim success this morning!  I had a generally awesome swim, starting with getting plopped down right in the middle of the Masters class lane three, despite not being a member of the group.  The coach saw me coming out of the locker room near the beginning of the class and told me to get in a specific lane that was empty (Spring Break=empty Masters class lanes apparently!), instead of having to go to the shallow end of the pool. 

Anyway, I had already decided that today was going to be my very first speed workout in the pool.  And this is the story of how I died a little in the pool.  No, in all seriousness it was the best workout I've had in the pool in a long time.  After warmup I did sets of 50 as fast as I could without breaking form, followed by rest, and then a 100 'recovery' set at normal pace.  It was great!  I really feel like I had a hard workout.  I don't know if anyone else has this issue, but when I was doing the recovery 100s it seemed harder to keep form than when I was doing the fast sets. 

Hoping the sun comes out and warms the joint up today.  I'm scheduled for a bike session this afternoon and I'd really, really like to be able to do it outside.

Michael - best of wishes dealing with whatever comes your way!

Gretchen - great to hear of the success in the pool!  Hope the weather holds for you tonight.

I had a little slip up last night in my attempt to be vegetarian.  I bought a hot dog from the snack shack at my daughter's softball game, and was 1/2 way through eating it when my other daughter so subtly says, "hey dad, I didn't know hot dogs have no meat in them.  Cool!"  smartass...  I totally didn't even realize what I was doing, just complete habit.  At a game, buy a hot dog...  oh well.  It sure was good. 

Anyway, I'm completely over whatever I was sick with last week, had a few good runs in the sun, and am looking forward to a good weekend.  I'm probably taking today off training as it's a short school day and I've already wasted most of the morning, and there's softball and basketball games tonight for the girls to go to.  Have a great day!

Hope everything works out Michael; and that we see you back here soon.

I hope the circumstances in your life work toward a quick and acceptable solution for you.  Hang in  there and feel free to visit whenever you have a moment of sanity.