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SNOWDAY!  

They called school off last night so I managed to sleep in... What a nice way to begin a 3 day weekend.  What made it even better was when I weighed in this morning to discover I had lose another pound.  8.4 from my goal.  Should be able to get it done by April 1 at the latest.

Speaking of getting it done, I've got a lot to do today to reach my weakly goals.  I'm hoping to get in a 30 minute yoga session, push ups, plus, I want to ice my sore knee like its my job with the hopes of rehabbing it enough to go for a 3 run this week tomorrow...  Also want to sign up for my races today as well.

Hope everyone is having a good day!

Ha ha...that is worst than me showing up to work a half hour early on my day off!

Mo money for the beer!

My daughter has me doing some leg and core exercises with her and along with the push up challenge I am pretty sore. I don't understand why I am so sore since I have not felt as if I pushing myself that hard.  Missed two trainer rides this week but have been doing a mile as a warm up prior to the leg and core and push ups. 

Congrats on the weight loss. snow days are the best.  Im hoping to find some small 5ks near by to start off the spring and keep a few races in my sights to keep the motivation going. Keep up the good work!

Haha, my Mom isn't really a beer drinker..so I guess the answer to that would have to be no.

Didn't get the run in yesterday, but I am hopeful for today. Pushups are going well, I find it really challenging! I am not getting much pain, but I feel like that may come now that the first week is done. Do we do it everyday now? The first week I know they said you should have rest days. Wondering if now we just go for it daily!

Looking at signing up for some races this year, and I think financially I could be limited. With my wife staying home to look after the little one, the 2-300 dollar price-tag for a 1/2 seems pretty steep. Going to have to do some serious budgeting here and figure things out. There don't seem to be too many off brand 1/2 and iron distances events, but I will keep searching because those seem to be a little cheaper. On top of that, is my need(want?) for a tri/road bike, I got excited because I saw one on Kijiji here the other day, a 2007 Giant Trinity. You usually do not see any tri related items on there locally, but on closer inspection the bike was wayyy to small. Too bad because they only wanted 750 dollars for a bike that looked to be basically new.

I guess the take away from this is that, although you can make the s/b/r happen relatively 'on the cheap' Triathlon can be very,very expensive!

Truth.  With my wife and I saving for a house, it's always juggling.  I still haven't signed up for any races yet because of it, and then there's the new cyclocross bike I want to buy, and I need to get my wife a road bike, and wetsuits . . . one thing after another it seems.

Also, I was invited to do a 5k, and registration is $45!  For a 5k!  No wonder people use these as fundraisers.

First off pushups are 3x/ week. You will see improvement and difficulty!

As far as tri's go, is it necessary to do an 1/2 IM? I think it is great to do them and full IM but there is nothing wrong with sprints and Olys. That is all I do and the price ranges from $60 to $100. My wife is only planning on doing sprints and that is okay. 

A bike...if you have the finances which I don't, go for a road bike and add tri bars. I still used my $100 13 year old trek road bike I bought second hand. I don't lose because of the bike I lose because of the engine pushing the bike! :-)

Good point Thor....I do eventually want to do some long course racing, just to prove to myself that I am capable of it really. But I agree wholeheartedly! when you get down to the brass tacks of it, it comes down to personal fitness, and I bet it feels a whole lot better passing the brand new carbon bikes on your old school trusty road steed, then if you were to drop a mint on a new bike and get passed!

As a grandma that is all we care about, "hello daughter, kiss kiss, whatever, where is my grandson?" 

Out the door for an early 13.6 miles.

Almost forgot.  I had an imperial IPA last night from Ninkasi that reminded me why I like beer so much.

Prost!

Here's my two cents.  I agree with Thor that there is nothing wrong with doing Sprints and Olys and that you can train and race and get a ton out of the experience.

My only thought is that it depends on the type of racer you are.  If going fast is more important than going long, Sprints are the way to go.  If you want a little speed + a little distance - then spend a little extra and sign up for and Oly.  But if you are one of those guys that gains satisfaction from going long, then the HIM can be worth every cent.  Crossing the finish line last year was without question one of the greatest moments of my life and the $250 dollars I paid + cost of transportation was totally worth it.  

So - really it's up to you.  What type of race do you want to do?

Happy to report that I survived Nemo - the storm that dumped almost 30 inches (72 cm) of snow on us this weekend.  It was crazy!  I've been in some snow storms in my life - but the nearly sixty mile an hour winds created drifts that reached to some rooftops, which was nuts considering that there wasn't any snow on the ground prior to the storm.

I spent nearly 4 hours shoveling which took a toll on my back.  I'll be starting off the week a little slow to let it heal.

My friends and I celebrated making it through the storm with some tasty beverages.  The highlight was the Duchesse De Bourgogne - a Flemish Brown Ale which was one of the best beers I have ever tasted.  Sweet and tart at the same time.  The other highlight was Red Thunder by Victory which was a nice balance between hops and malt.  Tasty.

Here were my goals for last week.  

• Complete Week 4 of BT Plan and transition to 3 runs per week  completed the week but wasn't able to get the third run in...
• Yoga 2x and Stretch 2 hours  (I did the Yoga but still pulled my back...
• Start Pushup Challenge with the kids  I started it but the kids balked 
• Record calories and hit 174  173.6
• Buy Wetsuit and sign up for Season Opener  waiting on a check for the wetsuit but signed up for the Season Opener 
• Continue to support my fellow BTers

knee still causing some trouble with yesterdays 6 mile run. Happened at about 5 mile mark. My glutes are still sore from p90X legs/back. I forgot how sore that program makes a feller. 

last night I had too much beer appreciation and have therefore post-poned my bike until Monday. Great local award winning beer. The owner quit his job as a lawyer to make beer. Cheers to that!

Going to get back to it this week.  Hopefully there are no more crisis that come up and I can stay home and stick to my plan!  Hope everyone is doing well and meeting their goals!  

Alex - I downloaded the sit up app and am going to try it out, also got the one for pull ups.  Seems to be very similar to the 100 push up app.  

Got up this morning and got as much yoga in as my back would let me...  I have really tweaked it.  I will try to get a ride in this afternoon when I get home from work.  

Have a good monday everyone!