Gingerbread Joggers party & commiseration thread (Page 5)

Hope you feel better soon!

Team Standings - as of Sun Feb 10th:

Congratulations to Team Swimming Rocks! They are the current leaders in the Feb Challenge!

I've noticed that some of the lower ranking teams have members who haven't reported in. In other words - the majority of the team is DOING FINE! But there are one or two people who have ZEROS recorded, which really brings the team total down!

Remember, your training needs to be reported on your BT Training log and on the spreadsheet! Team captains - please help your team members log their training correctly.

February is now 28% completed. So there's still plenty of time for you to SWIM, BIKE and RUN!

- Dee

KNOCK, KNOCK!

I worked 12 hrs today--and we were busy as a one armed paper hanger with an itch!

enders_shadow - 2008-02-11 7:27 AM To make Dee happy (and really, it is all about making Dee happy)... I had a lovely weekend. On Saturday I did a nice long run (10 miles) although my footpod is off and I need to recalibrate. (I was supposed to do that this morning, but it was too cold and I wimped out and slept in.) On Saturday night I had a date night with Sugar Daddy that involved much wine and a search for a cookie that ended unsuccessfully. Since when are there malls without cookie stores? Have you ever really really really wanted a cookie? I settled for a Reese's PB cup. On Sunday, after church I was going to take my bike out, but the wind was too strong, so I wimped out. I rode on the stationary at the Y, which was at best boring. This morning, I was supposed to run but didn't. I'll hit the Y probably after work to do my miles on the 'mill. Today is supposed to be the only cold day here, so on Wednesday I should be able to get back outside. Oh, and when I wasn't engaged in all of this fun, I was on stage with Beyonce & Tina at the Grammys, on the Campaign trail with McHillarObamaBee, and I delivered a 3-eared baby with a can opener on a hillside in Kazahkstan. Maybe that will give you something to write about.

kristen, Have you considered writing for the gossip rags at the gocey stores?  You could have a serious future in it

Afternoon Gingerfolk..

I'm back from a frigid 10 miler and enjoying a great recovery meal of peanutbutter and banana on whole wheat with  a big glass of milk--Yummy

Oh Kristen - that was hysterical!  Way to go...

Can I ask a non running question?  OK, well I'm gonna ask anyways....Does anyone have an opinion on tri versus road bike for sprint triathlon...I was at the bike stores this weekend drooling, and I'm not sure...do I REALLY need a tri bike for sprint distances?  Or just a really good road bike??

I'm in love with a Lemond Zurich (road) at the moment, but would really like to know what you guys think...

For the record, there's a very interesting thread in tri talk about the future of this sport and the cost of gear/tri toys is a factor in the discussion.  Most of us AG'ers have no delusions of making money off this sport and do it for the healthy lifestyle benefits but then spend enormous amounts of money on gear and race fees that we don't always have to spend.   Some interesting points to ponder if nothing else.

So what does everyone have planned for the week?

I've got tomorrow off, so I was planning a longer run to catch myself up from the weekend slump. Depending on what's going on I was planning on running every other day this week with some yoga thrown in.

HailRunr - 2008-02-11 3:01 PM Ellie Is that last gingerbread sleeping? That's me today...I have 0 energy!!! Maybe I should lay down and call it yoga. Isn't it the plank pose? My weekend was full of...um...uh...what did I do? Oh yeah a spinning interval training video on Saturday followed by much housecleaning. I also had 7 kids at my house ages 9-2 for 4 hours. Believe it or not it was NOT chaotic. In fact I read for about an hour of it. Some friends of ours went out on Saturday and we had their kids at our house in the afternoon, 3:30-7:30 so my kids just had their friends over and they were able to play outside because it wasn't raining for once. I did have sushi on Saturday night. That is probably my favorite meal ever! I haven't had it for a long time so it really hit the spot. Any sushi lovers? Haters? What is another crazy food addiction in our group? No...chocolate is NOT crazy that is a scientifically proven and perfectly normal food to kill people for. ( I mean crave) Happy running!!

I live for peanutbutter--Crazy Richard's all natural specifically but I'll eat Smucker's all natural too.  My V8 addiction has been commented on by a few folks around here Better watch out Kurt, the last person who asked me about that is now a faithful V8 drinker because he made a bet with me about his time for a race (<1hr he didn't have to drink it, >1 hr he did)  Check back a couple weeks in Dexter's log or the wrap up from the Jan.  Challenge for the proof   I also live for my afternoon snack of veggies and hummus most days Yeah, I'm one of those super-healthy eating types.  People have a hard time believing me if I do eat something bad or that I was once obese...

As to the Zipp-ity-do dah...ROTFLMAO.  I use this as a tribute to an old coworker who used to call my husband zipperhead and me mrs zipperhead.  When I wouldn't take that name he called me zippette and would yell that on the way into the ER whenever he saw me.  I miss his antics...When I joined BT the name zippy was already taken so I had to adapt