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Alan, even though i dont have it, i have several friends who have the new Garmin, and they love it.

So, even  they tried to kill me at the FD yestreday. Hose testing all morning,  ( which includes rolling at 50 foot sections of 3" dia. hose hooking  abunch of sections together, pressure testing them, taking them apart, rolling them up, and putting them back on the rack). Mass Casuality START Triage drill all afternoon.  A head on collision, early evening, and a fire at a lumber mill all night. Oh, and assisting with a medivac, and one other medical emergency thrown in for good measure. I came home this morning, grabbed a quick ( 2 hour ) power nap and then went for a bike ride. I am really glad I did, it was actully a really nice ride. Now off to daycare to pick up my son and spend ome time with him before I go work the P/T job with Rescue

Keep up the good job everyone...I ams o proud to be a memeber of this group!!!!

Messing up on your run COULD be because of your degrees, not inspite of them.

Elizabeth that was just a joke. K, of the course is not well laid out, or you did not have a chance to drive it before hand ( with a map of the course ) then it would not be hard to mess up.

Hi Kids,

Sorry I've been flying under the radar here lately.  Thanks to all of you for the nice inspires. Alan, it is so funny that you said to go on an angry bike ride.  I told a friend that my 40 miler Sunday was just that. I felt a lot better. Life never ceases to be weird. A friend of mine sent me this great email about the 80/20 principal.  If you think things are bad, don't focus on the 20% of your life that is dissatisfying. Usually if I really think about it, it is that pesky 20% that gets me down.  I decided to jettison this week's pesky 20%.  The 80% is pretty damn good.

I think that Robyn said she was going to be out of the country again.

Elizabeth, when you said that you had post race let down I remember that I felt that way after the Danskin last year.  I felt better after a while.  I had to talk to myself a little sternly I was a little bummed after Galveston for a bit too. Maybe it is an endorphin letdown? If it means anything, I think that you are a SUPERWOMAN!!!!

Lynn, I had the same question about training. I'm really not sure what I should do and feel a bit like I'm floundering the last few weeks.  I have an "A" race in June (danskin) and then my next A race will be the Oly in October.  I have races scheduled one per month all summer and I'm really not sure what I need to be doing.  It seems like the intermediate Oly plan is too much and the intermediate sprint might not be enough. I'll have more time to train this summer (I'm off mid June- mid August...I love my job!) Let me know if you find something that fits.

Julia, I haven't made any hotel reservations yet.  My Dad has a motor home and plans to come to the race. I'm hoping that we will be staying with him! We stayed at the Drury Inn last year which was OK. It was fairly close.  There aren't a lot of hotels near to Decker Lake. I'll let you know if I decide to get a room.  It will probably be at the Drury again. It is the one on IH35.

What a great thing the web is....it amazes me to think that this type of community was not even a concept 10 years ago.  Thanks for keeping me accountable being supportive.

BT ROCKS!!!!

Les 

 This better not be over...it would sure be an odd time to end the groups and start over...right as the races start????

Way to go Heather! I wore socks with my Asics for the tri and was glad I did because there was a pebble that was irritating and it would have been worse without socks. Have a great flight and weekend. :-)

~Lynn 

Hey everyone!  Soooo sorry I've not been active on this thread for a while.  Work has been ridiculously busy the past few weeks -- I've been working 10-12 hour days.  Plus I sort of lost my motivation a little bit to train.  It's an up/down cycle I'm realizing, just impossible to stay gungho about it 100% of the time.  When I get to feeling guilty about it, I just remind myself that it's a lifelong endeavor, so as long as I renew my effort and get back out there, it's all good.

A huge congratulations to all of you who have completed your first tri's now!  You are TRIATHLETES, woohoo! 

My first tri is next weekend, and the reality hit me full force today since my race packet arrived in the mail.  Nothing like a timing chip, a bib with your name on it, and a swim cap to drive the point home!  After a moment of hyperventilating, I calmed down enough to read the race instructions.  My training has been light the past few weeks, so my only goal is to finish this one.  I really don't know how my blood-sugar will react, with the increased adrenaline, and all.  I've done 1.5 to 2 hour bike rides, so I *think* I should be able to finish OK, without bonking.  Just need to stay really vigilant with hydration and gels.

Yeah, I noticed there are new mentor groups forming now too.  I for one really hope this one can continue through the year.  It will be so cool to see how everyone progresses through the season.  By the end of the year, we should all be veteran, old-hands at it, right?

This is a great support group and I'd really like to stay in touch with all of you, so even if it's not an official mentor group anymore -- I'll be checking in.

As far as Mission Bay tri goes next weekend. You'll do great. I was down there today to check out the water and course. The water is clear, yippee! and a bit cold, but with a wetsuit it will be fine. The bike is totally flat around Fiesta island and the run I believe is around the parking lot?? Anyway, you've been training, Keith and you'll do fine. Are you doing the sprint?

I'm currently signed up for the super sprint since I'm doing the La Jolla 1/2 mary tomorrow and I wasn't sure how I'd do with events 3 weekends in a row. I'm gung-ho for this stuff, but I don't want to trash my body and have it revolt. :-) But that said, if I'm feeling strong next weekend, I may pay the extra $5 and do the sprint -- what the heck!

Hope you're all having a great weekend. The shark attack here sure has the beaches quiet. We only saw a very few surfers out there on our drive up the coast.

~Lynn 

Yep, I'm signed up for the sprint.  The swim is short -- 440 yards -- which I'm happy about.

Yeah, that shark attack sure was freaky and scary.  I already suffer from shark phobia, so this certainly didn't help.  But I just feel so sorry for the victim and his family and friends.

Ditto Lynn!-

I didn't think that our group would be ending so soon.  Should we start a new thread so we don't live in archives? I would like to stay in touch. Just like Keith, the opportunity to see us all grow and achieve the goals we set is what the group is all about.

It looks like the season is up and going.  I think Lynn wins the prize for the most races in the first season.  I think you should up your July-August races to OLY and then do a HIM in the fall! I'm sure you can do it.  I wish I was out there to train with you.

I've found one possible person to train with.  She lives very close but is training for a IM and I'm definitely not there yet. The only Tri club that I'm aware of in my area has dissolved. When I ran with two friends from work that are doing the minisprint May 10 and then rode with a coworker last Thursday, I realized that in training by myself I'm not pushing me enough.  It makes a real difference in my perception of exertion.  I learned to ski by skiing with my brother and his friends. He ski raced and it helps so much to watch and be pushed by people better than me. He was my brother so he had to let me keep up with him.  I am reluctant to ask others because I don't want to hold them back.  I sure wish you guys lived closer!

I've been struggling the last few days being sad for a couple of reasons.  I'm forcing myself to get out this morning for a run. That always makes me feel better. I think I'm going to post a request for training partners in the Texas forum. 

GO Heather, Lynn, Keith and any other folks with an event today or next weekend.  I'm heading to the beach next weekend and am going to swim a ton in the Gulf.  I was so sad to hear about the triathlete that was killed in the shark attack. I've been to Solono beach. My brother and sister in law live near there.  I grew up in San Francisco and whenever I was in the water (Ocean Beach, Stinson) sharks never left my mind.  Be careful, pacific swimmers, but don't let it keep you out of the H20.

Les 

Lynn, thanks for starting the break off group to continue this.  Hopefully most of you will go over there as well so we can keep in touch.  Seems add that at crunch time with everyone starting to race that we end this...even though everyone will be posting less and training more. 

Sorry everyone. The link above won't work. It was removed by the moderator. Apparently, that's not the place for it. So, I'm sorry to the moderator and to you guys. Didn't mean to break any rules. Just trying to all stay in touch. Take care.

~Lynn