Taser Roasted Peeps (Page 51)

Does it involve stretching when you wake up... b/c then that would be a peach....

Yikes! Glad you're okay.

Put in an hour run today for a peachy peach peach.

That would be nice!!

I thought the same thing but this being my first season of these types of races I just figured it was standard for a biathlon, no?!

Thank you!!  And Thank you for sharing ~ that makes me feel really good...to know that I've given YOU the courage as I was scared to death.  I'll admit that when I came into the transition area I started walking and just kept repeating to myself, "it's ok, you can do this."  Walking down to the water, I must have told that to myself (yes, out loud!) a hundred times!   While in the water, every time I started getting anxious (because I felt like I wasn't moving, because just being in the ocean kind of freaked me out, or because I literally got swam over a few times) I would tell myself to calm down and would tell myself again that I could do it! 

Nice job!!  What an awesome feeling, huh?!

It's only nice in the Spring when you gain an hours sleep BUT being over here, I don't have to worry about it as we don't do it!

THIS will remember.  mind if i borrow your most excellent self-talk - its ok you can do this, its ok you can do this. 

and getting swum over, oh my....i think thats part of what keeps me up at night, that and getting calf cramp, or getting kick (though ive heard that's the 'fun' of it) and just the general sense of dread i feel at the thought of DYING!!!! 

an open water swim in the ocean, that takes GUTS, and YOU DID IT YOU DID IT YOU DID IT.  HAPPY HAPPY DANCE for you.  that was SOME accomplishment!!!  im scared of some placid, flat water lake open water swim....that's like swimming in a bathtub compared to what you just DID!  HUGE.

YOURE MY HERO (im so not kidding....)

and my INSPIRATION.

if HAPPYCHICK CAN DO IT, I CAN DO IT TOO.  THATs what ill keep telling myself    [when im chicken you know what....]

onward HO!

AWESOME is right!  and i didnt even connect to how fast i was actually running pace-wise until i got home and downloaded the info in my trng log and calculated my pace....

im tellin' ya im a 10:30-11 min mile kinda of gal esp on long runs....that group was BUSTIN A MOVE and i kept up, i fought w each stride, but i kept up.

i knew where i was, but i had no idea where i was going.  this was the first time i ran w this group.  they have their usual course, but being a newbie, i didnt have a clue....

good thing, the 'fear' kept my a$$ in gear.  id be damned if i was gonna be left behind.

my spin instructor was the 'leader' that day, and she rounded back to help me out the last 5 mins or so, and she said that never leaves a runner.  nice to hear. 

onwardandupward!

we should COMPARE bruises.

when i was out on Saturday i was on the trail, and there is one section where several times the trail crosses over roads.

got to an intersection, car was coming, thought i could make it across, thought wiser of it, but my shoes, and pedals and the ground were wet from the rain, and i almost didnt get my foot out of the clipless pedal in time.

in an effort to free my foot before i went KABOOM [Erica, i refuse to be the cyclist that falls.  smile] i contorted my body in such a way that somehow i smacked my knee AND the opposite shin on the bike frame.

HOW IN THE.....

better a bruise than to be cyclist roadkill.  mental note to self, never try and outrun a moving vehicle, you LOSE everytime.

and who knew triathlon was a CONTACT SPORT??

hope your knee is aaaaalllllllll better.

Triathlon is totally a contact sport! Ever seen an OWS?

Even when I haven't had any mishaps that come to mind, I have these mysterious bruises and scratches and bumps. 

I think you gain hours in the Fall and lose hours in the Spring (we went from 1 - 3 on Sunday night). Right now it feels way earlier than it actually is.

yeppers.  mysterious bruises, scratches et al.  in fact, i just found one of those on my temple this morning...where did THAT come from.

all in a days work for us triathletes....

BTW, QUESTION FOR YOU ALL.

WHY ARE THE CALLED CLIPLESS PEDALS.

in my mind, you CLIP IN, dont you think??

queer.

im sure theres some profound reason why they are called clipless.....but, things that make ME go hmmmmm.

oooooh.  i even bumped us to a new page.

i LOVE when that happens and im the cause of it.

simple pleasures.

im off.

swimming 26 mins

running 26 mins

not sure what ill do first.

maybe flip a coin. 

then off to lunch w the ladies.

im so happy not to be eating lunch by myself today.

always nice to have company.

ta-ta!

They're called clipless because they don't have toe clips.

This was an endless source of confusion to me for a long time!

I wonder if the phrase "clipping in" actually referred to putting your feet into the pedals' toe clips, but then just got transferred to mean clipping into clipless pedals. 

I have often wondered the same things.  The only thing I can think of is that Toe Clips are called clips so they call the "clip in" pedals clipless. 

And to a huuuuuge {{{MELON PRESS}}} for you

Glad to hear you've been training! 

Oh how I have missed those!!!

ohhhhhhh I like the way you think!!!! Iz tired today, too! nap is sounding really peachy!

I rode 54 miles yesterday...and 27 of those in the HOWLING WIND! do I get two peaches??? three??? 27????

going for a swim this afternoon. Sunny out but durn wind is whipping about...makes for a long walk to the pool and back! I have to find an indoor pool...this seems to be the biggest reason for not wanting to go swim.