kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2012 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 47)

x2!  That's fantastic news!

2000m recovery swim this morning and strength training.  i have to squeeze in a run at some point.  

The house we were going to look at went under contract before we were able to see it, after only 5 days on the market.  Back to the drawing board on that.  I am the type of person who likes to have a plan/schedule.  I organize my day into chunks, and it seems to help my parenting, because my kids are always on a routine (we all know kids thrive on routines).  This goes for my monthly and seasonal calendars as well.  I can't plan summer activities for my children, and I can't plan any trips or vacations, because we have no idea where we will be.  I want to get them registered in their new school (this is my job), but I can't do that either.  I know I need to be more flexible, as life throws us curveballs all the time, but I can't seem to settle down in this chaos, and it brings me a lot of anxiety.  My cortisol levels have to be at an all time high right now.  

Sweet deal Steve.

A friend of mine asked me to pace her and give her some drafting practice this morning while she tried to prove to herself she could knock out 2.4 before next Saturday.  I took shift one at 5 AM and did about 1200 with her.  Then I hit the weights.  Have intervals later.  Trying to decide how easy they'd be to do on the road as opposed to the trainer.  I'm kinda tired of riding inside.

Dang that stinks about the house, never even got a chance at it

Yesterday I didn't get anything done as I was here all day with the HVAC guy converting me from swamp cooler to refrigerated air. He'll be back today in about an hour to finish up. When he's done I think I'll try an easy walk/jog to test out my achilles. Then I have to meet up to fill out my applications for the state licenses at 4pm. 

IM question.  Can non participants take part in the practice swim?  I'm guessing I know the answer but thought I'd check.

And I am so psyched for IMTX you'd think I was racing. 

Historically, yes.  In 2008, I went to IMAZ to volunteer and register and swam during the practice swim on both days.

 I have swam IM Cali, IM LP, IM Hawaii when I was there race week not racing

Sweet!!!!!

Now to continue the quest to convince Cindy registering for next year is a good idea. 

Faster, yes, but there are those people who have the mental hang up with shoulder constraint, which will adversely affect the swim.

Bryan posted this on his Face Book page --

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=3923422;page=1;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25;

Really interesting read.  After reading this, I'm wondering why Bryan isn't on the start list for San Diego.

bryancd - 2012-05-10 7:51 PM Because I'm not a raging biatch like Kristi. I know her, she and her ex-boyfriend used to coach with my coach about a year ago. He fancied himself an Olympic hopeful...except he sucked. I, along SI a few other of our guys, would kick his at track practice and at races. But he was convinced he was Olympic quality. It was disturbing how in denial he was. He left my coach because he wasn't winning races...because he sucked, and he and Kristi disappeared from my radar. Then she becomes this "pro" because of one finish at some random race in Buffalo NY and earns her card. So fats forward to last week and I hear a true story about how at a local Splash and Dash she screamed at a volunteer in a kayak saying something along the lines of, "you are always in my F'ing way!" WTF? And now this. The entire Phoenix tri community is all abuzz about this.

Sounds lovely.  I'm just floored that a girl with a 2:27 Olympic distance PR is going to be on the start line in San Diego. 

There have to be literally thousands of girls in the U.S. who are faster. 

1:15 Z1 trainer ride done and short recovery run later.  

We're heading out of town for mother's day.  I have to pack everyone up and pick up my husband after work.  My parents live in a flat, rural town, so I'm pretty jazzed for my long ride tomorrow morning.  No stop lights or traffic!!!  2 of my sisters are making a brunch for my mom, other sister (who has 3 kids), and me, so there should be lots of good eats after my ride.  2 of my kids are being treated for pinkeye (1 for less than 24 hours) and 3 of them have colds, so I do have to call and confirm that it's ok for us to come with our lingering illnesses.  Apparently Madge was exposed to Fifth's Disease at preschool, so I am on the lookout for signs of that as well.  

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms in this group!  Being a mom is a 24/7 job....no vacations!  It's the hardest, most rewarding process, and you all should be proud when you look at your little ones.   

OK I just googled Fifth's Disease and it's parvo for kids?! Is that true?

Anyway, have a great Mother's Day weekend to all the mom's here!

I had to google it too.  Ummmmm......yeah..... that looks like fun.

On a related  note I had to google attachment parenting after seeing the Time cover.

What you don't chew your kids food before giving it to them?