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 2010-05-03 8:57 PM in reply to: #2829278 |
Extreme Veteran 494   Morris County, NJ |  Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge ThreadActually felt pretty good today after yesterday's half-marathon, just a little tired. Had a fantastic yoga class to set me to rights this morning. Went to the pool for a short slow swim with my 8-year-old daughter Maddy, because she declared that she wanted to beat her "record" by swimming 34 laps straight. She did it, but there was a line of increasingly impatient men looking to seize the lane from her. Normally, I would totally yank her out, but I explained that a new record was being set. Afterward, I made sure I let her know that in the future, until she is strong enough to circle swim with the big boys, she needs to vacate the lane if adults are waiting on deck during peak evening hours. In response, she very confidently declared "I am a person too, and if they don't like how slow I swim they can go around me." Uh oh. |
| 2010-05-03 8:58 PM in reply to: #2829278 |
| Extreme Veteran 494 Morris County, NJ | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread |
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Elite 3447  West Allis, WI | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread MDHillSlug - 2010-05-03 4:18 PM owl_girl - 2010-05-03 11:29 AM Hey Nicole. Sorry your race did not go as planned. The official results are up and I came in 4/5 women  They officially declared the swim to be 0.6mi rather than the pre-race 0.5mi so my 20:16 comes out to a 2:02 pace and qualifies as a PB for race OWS!  My T1 was a respectable 2:13 (7/15) As far as the ride goes, I guess I now have a much greater respect for what it takes to be a good flatland racer. I think rollers and short climbs (and fast descents!) actually suit me best. Nice job Nicole! |
| 2010-05-04 8:06 AM in reply to: #2834839 |
| Elite 3447 West Allis, WI | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread jtrezza - 2010-05-03 8:57 PM Actually felt pretty good today after yesterday's half-marathon, just a little tired. Had a fantastic yoga class to set me to rights this morning. Went to the pool for a short slow swim with my 8-year-old daughter Maddy, because she declared that she wanted to beat her "record" by swimming 34 laps straight. She did it, but there was a line of increasingly impatient men looking to seize the lane from her. Normally, I would totally yank her out, but I explained that a new record was being set. Afterward, I made sure I let her know that in the future, until she is strong enough to circle swim with the big boys, she needs to vacate the lane if adults are waiting on deck during peak evening hours. In response, she very confidently declared "I am a person too, and if they don't like how slow I swim they can go around me." Uh oh. Love this! and she is right....as long as she is swimming laps she can be in the lap lane! |
| 2010-05-04 8:07 AM in reply to: #2829278 |
| Elite 3447 West Allis, WI | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread Ok Ladies I'm off for a run... check in later! |
| 2010-05-04 9:24 AM in reply to: #2834839 |
Master 1792 | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread jtrezza - 2010-05-03 8:57 PM Actually felt pretty good today after yesterday's half-marathon, just a little tired. Had a fantastic yoga class to set me to rights this morning. Went to the pool for a short slow swim with my 8-year-old daughter Maddy, because she declared that she wanted to beat her "record" by swimming 34 laps straight. She did it, but there was a line of increasingly impatient men looking to seize the lane from her. Normally, I would totally yank her out, but I explained that a new record was being set. Afterward, I made sure I let her know that in the future, until she is strong enough to circle swim with the big boys, she needs to vacate the lane if adults are waiting on deck during peak evening hours. In response, she very confidently declared "I am a person too, and if they don't like how slow I swim they can go around me." Uh oh. Awesome on the 1/2 mary. Yoga always sets me straight after a long run or ride. You GO Maddy!!! You are a swimmer and you have every right to use that lane! She sounds like a very confident little girl...which is awesome! |
| 2010-05-04 9:25 AM in reply to: #2829278 |
| Master 1792 | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread |
| 2010-05-04 10:12 AM in reply to: #2834839 |
| Elite 3460 Slackerville, USA | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread jtrezza - 2010-05-03 7:57 PM Actually felt pretty good today after yesterday's half-marathon, just a little tired. Had a fantastic yoga class to set me to rights this morning. Went to the pool for a short slow swim with my 8-year-old daughter Maddy, because she declared that she wanted to beat her "record" by swimming 34 laps straight. She did it, but there was a line of increasingly impatient men looking to seize the lane from her. Normally, I would totally yank her out, but I explained that a new record was being set. Afterward, I made sure I let her know that in the future, until she is strong enough to circle swim with the big boys, she needs to vacate the lane if adults are waiting on deck during peak evening hours. In response, she very confidently declared "I am a person too, and if they don't like how slow I swim they can go around me." Uh oh. I think its a cute story. And you won't have to worry about any guy pushing her around when she starts dating either. Good job mom. |
| 2010-05-04 11:15 AM in reply to: #2834839 |
Royal(PITA) 14270 West Chester, Ohio | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread jtrezza - 2010-05-03 8:57 PM Love this story!! She isn't taking garbage from anyone already!Actually felt pretty good today after yesterday's half-marathon, just a little tired. Had a fantastic yoga class to set me to rights this morning. Went to the pool for a short slow swim with my 8-year-old daughter Maddy, because she declared that she wanted to beat her "record" by swimming 34 laps straight. She did it, but there was a line of increasingly impatient men looking to seize the lane from her. Normally, I would totally yank her out, but I explained that a new record was being set. Afterward, I made sure I let her know that in the future, until she is strong enough to circle swim with the big boys, she needs to vacate the lane if adults are waiting on deck during peak evening hours. In response, she very confidently declared "I am a person too, and if they don't like how slow I swim they can go around me." Uh oh. |
| 2010-05-04 11:15 AM in reply to: #2829278 |
| Royal(PITA) 14270 West Chester, Ohio | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread I got a swim in thei morning....did a little core work and have a run on tap tonight! |
| 2010-05-04 11:37 AM in reply to: #2834839 |
| Expert 1163 | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread jtrezza - 2010-05-03 8:57 PM Actually felt pretty good today after yesterday's half-marathon, just a little tired. Had a fantastic yoga class to set me to rights this morning. Went to the pool for a short slow swim with my 8-year-old daughter Maddy, because she declared that she wanted to beat her "record" by swimming 34 laps straight. She did it, but there was a line of increasingly impatient men looking to seize the lane from her. Normally, I would totally yank her out, but I explained that a new record was being set. Afterward, I made sure I let her know that in the future, until she is strong enough to circle swim with the big boys, she needs to vacate the lane if adults are waiting on deck during peak evening hours. In response, she very confidently declared "I am a person too, and if they don't like how slow I swim they can go around me." Uh oh. Smart girl! |
| 2010-05-04 11:51 AM in reply to: #2829278 |
| Expert 1163 | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread Happy Tuesday Ladies! I got a good lifting session in last night, and I have a swim planned for tonight. My front delts are now sore because I swam last Thursday, Friday, and Sunday but before then I hadn't swam since my last tri in August! I thought my shoulders would be sore, but nope, just my delts. |
| 2010-05-04 12:31 PM in reply to: #2829278 |
| Champion 7931 Sequim, Washington | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread Hi gals. I am joining in a bit late...but excited to be here! |
| 2010-05-04 12:32 PM in reply to: #2829278 |
| Champion 7931 Sequim, Washington | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread Well, I started my month off with a half marathon. My first serious half...the first I did in November and I was keeping a friend company and it was a lot of walking with some easier jogging. i managed to do this one without any run training (I had gotten in a fair bit of swimming and biking though). I devised a strategy during the first mile of the run. I did run walk intervals. I walked the first 1.5 to 2 minutes of miles 2-9, the first minute of miles 10 and 11 and then ran through the end. It worked really well. I think that I was running at about an 8:30 pace, my average pace for the half was 9:12 or so. My goal had been to finish without injuring myself and planned on taking a bit under 3 hours. My finish time was 2:00:04! Very excited. Tempted to never train in the run again...I always end up injuring myself. Probably a bad idea though. I just need to train smarter. |
| 2010-05-04 12:52 PM in reply to: #2831276 |
| Champion 7931 Sequim, Washington | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread KOM - 2010-05-02 8:51 AM I am thinking we might want to ask the boys to shave for their losing leg shots. What do you think? Most definitely...now you just need to tell them! |
| 2010-05-04 12:54 PM in reply to: #2829278 |
| Champion 7931 Sequim, Washington | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread I was surfing the boys thread and wanted to share this post from bill wgraves7582 - 2010-04-30 3:07 PM That's right Paul - let's kiss their butts in the nicest most gentlemanly manner possible!!!! I am hoping that is a typo! |
| 2010-05-04 1:24 PM in reply to: #2829278 |
| Expert 1163 | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread Hey Mel, congrats on your half marathon! That's awesome! I will admit that I've only ever done 2 half marathons, and I didn't train for either  And for the second one, I PR'ed by 4 minutes from my first one! It seems like having a good fitness base carries over for the most part. I'm totally with you on the don't-run-so-much-but-run-smarter training plan! I followed the FIRST training plan for my marathon (only 3 runs/week + crosstraining), and I did just as well as others in my training group who followed a more traditional plan of 5-6 runs/wk. And I was basically recovered 2 days after my marathon. That's funny about Bill's typo  |
| 2010-05-04 1:34 PM in reply to: #2836232 |
| Master 1792 | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread mchally - 2010-05-04 12:54 PM I was surfing the boys thread and wanted to share this post from bill wgraves7582 - 2010-04-30 3:07 PM That's right Paul - let's kiss their butts in the nicest most gentlemanly manner possible!!!! I am hoping that is a typo! That is hilarious! They should definately have to shave the legs if they lose. ...and post pics! |
| 2010-05-04 1:37 PM in reply to: #2836149 |
| Expert 1246 West Grove, PA | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread mchally - 2010-05-04 1:32 PM Well, I started my month off with a half marathon. My first serious half...the first I did in November and I was keeping a friend company and it was a lot of walking with some easier jogging. i managed to do this one without any run training (I had gotten in a fair bit of swimming and biking though). I devised a strategy during the first mile of the run. I did run walk intervals. I walked the first 1.5 to 2 minutes of miles 2-9, the first minute of miles 10 and 11 and then ran through the end. It worked really well. I think that I was running at about an 8:30 pace, my average pace for the half was 9:12 or so. My goal had been to finish without injuring myself and planned on taking a bit under 3 hours. My finish time was 2:00:04! Very excited. Tempted to never train in the run again...I always end up injuring myself. Probably a bad idea though. I just need to train smarter. OK Mel, rub it in, why don't ya! I trained for 2 months and finished my half mary in 2:06!  Kidding, of course. Congratulations! I've heard some very compelling stories about the run/walk strategy when doing marathons. |
| 2010-05-04 1:40 PM in reply to: #2836331 |
| Expert 1246 West Grove, PA | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread crews - 2010-05-04 2:34 PM mchally - 2010-05-04 12:54 PM I was surfing the boys thread and wanted to share this post from bill wgraves7582 - 2010-04-30 3:07 PM That's right Paul - let's kiss their butts in the nicest most gentlemanly manner possible!!!! I am hoping that is a typo! That is hilarious! They should definately have to shave the legs if they lose. ...and post pics! Bill is just trying to show that chivalry is not dead! |
| 2010-05-04 1:40 PM in reply to: #2836331 |
| Elite 3460 Slackerville, USA | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread crews - 2010-05-04 12:34 PM mchally - 2010-05-04 12:54 PM I was surfing the boys thread and wanted to share this post from bill wgraves7582 - 2010-04-30 3:07 PM That's right Paul - let's kiss their butts in the nicest most gentlemanly manner possible!!!! I am hoping that is a typo! That is hilarious! They should definately have to shave the legs if they lose. ...and post pics! You can dream, but it just isn't going to happen. We'll be seeing a lot of shaved legs next month, it just won't be guys legs. Hey Mel. Good to see you're alive and posting again. Congrats on the race. |
| 2010-05-04 1:41 PM in reply to: #2829278 |
| Expert 1246 West Grove, PA | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread ^^^^^^^^^^^^ENEMY THREAD TOPPAGE!!!!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (take that, Mel!!!) |
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| 2010-05-04 1:58 PM in reply to: #2829278 |
| Expert 1163 | Subject: RE: Women's May Challenge Thread Bill, Paul, & Bill - Miss us? Now you guys can't say you didn't get the memo about the leg shaving, hehe.No worries, (not muck raker) Bill ... Mel is also faster than me without training. Lol. And you are faster than me, too! Edited by yogachic 2010-05-04 2:00 PM |
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