light_sabe_r's group is CLOSED (Page 5)

Husbands that help with all that???  Where do I find one????    Okay, I won't say any more since there is a male here who may check in.

Does anybody have any races coming up this weekend?  I'm going to be out of touch for a couple of days so I'm sending my best wishes ahead of time.

Hey,

Smug married person here! But I think husbands like that only exist on TV. We all do it tough just in different ways(although I must say I don't have it too hard as I'm a stay at home mum and if I manage my time right mostly I can get in my session or swap things around).

Mind you tho' that many sessions (4,4,3) is alot. You could periodize it buy only doing 4 sessions in each discipline but on alternating weeks. So say 4 rides,3 runs and 2-3 swims one week and another combination the next and so on. Is that clear or confusing. Or do the same thing on monthly cycles woking on building one discipline each month and maintaining the others then rotating.

I'm still playing with these ideas myself in an effort to maintain balance in my life and not compromise my family time too much

Sorry if I rambled.

Having an unscheduled rest day today guys.  ;_; 

I'm sick.  I even left my baby at work because I didn't feel well enough to ride her home yesterday!  At least she's in good company.  The pretty pink Orbea was parked next to her in our work lock up yesterday. 

As for smug married people - I'm ALMOST married.  he he he.  FH and I aren't exactly smug... We WISH we had someone to clean our unit, do our washing, cook for us.  We both work full time and we both train.  Some days we only see each other for an HOUR because we're stuffed.  

I've been naughty today on my recovery - I cooked a chocolate pudding for myself and downed it with  some frozen rasberries I found in our freezer!  it was divine!  I'm not worried about blowing out nutrition wise because I actually got the recipie from Australian Triathlon and Multisport Magazine!  THUMBS UP!!!    

 Good on you all for getting your training in!  Swimming is going to get harder and harder for Tammie and me over the next few weeks!  For me it's been cold and windy!  Throwing this cold into the miz sure ain't going to help anything. 

Tammie I was looking at the forecast for Melbourne - 16 degrees MAX today!!!  ARE YOU KIDDING?  THAT is cold! 

 Even though I'm sick I want to go for a spin on the bike.  Nothing fancy - just a jaunt down to the shops and back.  It's too nice a day not too... Might go for a walk later. 

But for now I'm curling up underneath a doona and drinking my tea.  I think it's time for a nap!  

Have a great day guys!   

Jenni G - 2008-05-01 9:16 PM Doona? translation, please? Afghan, blanket? I'm guessing. This is fun!

That's funny. I had a problem with this word when I used it in one of the challenges( I think Maddy was on my team actually). It's a Duvet or comforter.I think that's what you Americans call them.

Mornin' all - I have a splitting headache that will not go away, even though I took medicine around 7:45. Stupid lady issues (sorry, Brian!). Which is why I've felt exhausted all week. Ah well, I will just pop some more advil (probably burning a hole in my stomach, but it's the only thing that helps - seriously, I'm talking like 3 or 4).

Hopefully swimming and running tonight, if I can muster up some energy today. Our monthly choir dinner was last night - the choir is mostly people old enough to be my parents or my grandparents. Usually, the food is good (we make pasta or get it catered from the BBQ place nearby), but one of the older women has taken over the cooking as of late, and I am guessing that she has not bought a new cookbook since 1963 - seriously, it reminds me of my great aunt's at Thanksgiving...gross. If I didn't work until 6 pm, I'd do it (I'm a good cook), but the dinners start at 6:30 and that's usually when I end up being able to get there, if traffic isn't bad. Must be nice to be retired...

Kate_r - 2008-05-02 4:53 PM Hey don't knock the supersprint - that's all I feel capable of at the moment! I'm working up to a sprint at the end of the year!

You can definitely do it! My first race ever was a sprint, after 13 weeks of training, not coming from a biking or running background and with no competitive swim background (just good technique background and liking the water). It was a HARD sprint, too - the bike course was awful. And I survived - really, the only think that destroyed my time was the bike. My run wasn't fantastic, and I still would have been BOP overall, but I bet I would have placed a bit higher if I hadn't totally been killed on the bike (go read my race report sometime - I walked down two hills). So you will TOTALLY be able to do it! 

Hi all,

It's Saturday morning for me already. So, my weekend..

DH got called out to work last night so it was me and my 7 yo son left for our weekly Pizza and movie night(He has the pizza,I had a WW frozen dinner-trying to be good). We watched ET and he loved it-he's a real softie so I think he was trying to hide a tear.

I'm taking it easy today cos I'm still fighting my cold and I have a fun run tomorrow. DH has to work again! So I'll spend the day being mom and houseworky chores.

Tomorrow is my favorite fun run of the year. We race against a little steam train thru our picturesque Dandenong Ranges. I'm not expecting to do really well-not enough long distance stuff in my training so far and I'm wrestling this cold.

Lots of healthy food for me today..not a fan of whiskey I'm afraid. Wine or chamagne wont cut it will it?

Whiskey is best but vodka will do in a pinch!

Have fun at your run tomorrow!  Kick that steam train's tail!

Kate_r - 2008-05-02 3:53 PM Hey don't knock the supersprint - that's all I feel capable of at the moment! I'm working up to a sprint at the end of the year!

I'm not knocking it. I'm jealous that you feel capable of it right now. I DONT. I wish I did.

This will be my first tri thingy and I'm slightly, no UNBEARABLY, nervous.

Hey Trina,

Congrats on the website launch. All the Best for your future business. I hope life settles down for you in six days. How exciting!

By the way..There was no offence taken, I got that it was just a passing commenty thing. Just teasing you.

The website looks great, Trina.  I love that your company name is your first race number - way cool!