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kt65 - 2011-01-12 10:01 PM

Happy food moment today.  Starving at 3pm...looked at the box of fig newtons but remembered I had brought:


Chobani Greek Yogurt strawberry flavor for a snack!  Yay. 


what other snacks do people bring to work (i know suzy likes her little egg sandwich but not all of us work from home!)

dalessit - 2011-01-12 8:58 PM Back amongst the living sort of. Finally back home.

Brought the Flu back from Disney, woo hoo!  My daughter ended up missing her Bippity Boppity Boo appointment and lunch with Cinderella at the castle since she got it also, my son picked it up last but now we're one happy germy family...

LOL, I was coughing the first full day we were there so I figured it was allergies.  Didn't have a fever or anything so I didn't think anything of it.   We went to dinner and during I started not feeling well, and pretty much was in bed the rest of the trip.

At least we go to Disney every year so not like we won't be back in 7-8 months I guess.

Suzy, yes everyone wears their medals around Disney for a few days after the race.  At dinner that night you saw 1/2, full and goofy medals at most tables.  People wear them to the parks also.  That's what made us want to do it.  A couple of years ago we saw people walking around the parks wearing them right after the race and Sam said she wanted a Goofy medal for her Disney pin lanyard.

http://www.asiorders.com/view_user_event_video.asp?EVENTID=74488&BIB=7100&S=230&PWD=

Here are the pictures from the marathon, they had official photographers at the majority of the characters, but we have even more on our camera.  And yes we were cheesy and held hands crossing the finish line.

Quite a different experience from any other race.  Every other person we talked to that was doing the Goofy challenge was doing the exact same as us, stroll through the half, and then have a great time in the Marathon taking in all the sights.  There was more entertainment every mile than anything else I have seen.  Tons and tons of spectators.  I highly recommend it if you want to have fun.  

Only thing is how early you have to be up.  We were staying on resort and still got up at 2:50 and 3:00,  They wanted you in the corrals by 4:30 or something like that, I think it was still dark at about mile 9 or 10 of both races, crazy early.

Off work at least tomorrow, need to see what the contagious(sp?) period is for this, so will try to catch up and get back to my serious posting ways.  I am taking about 2 weeks off to let my body completely heal, Knee issues, Bronchitis, Flu, etc need to all be gone before I get started.

tahrens - 2011-01-12 9:02 PM


LOVE IS BEING THERE TO CHEER THEM ON--TRUE LOVE IS slowing down and then waiting for him so that you can CROSS THE FINISH LINE TOGETHER!!!   CONGRATULATIONS!

kt65 - 2011-01-12 7:01 PM

Happy food moment today.  Starving at 3pm...looked at the box of fig newtons but remembered I had brought:


Chobani Greek Yogurt strawberry flavor for a snack!  Yay. 


what other snacks do people bring to work (i know suzy likes her little egg sandwich but not all of us work from home!)

kkcbelle - 2011-01-12 10:27 PM

Well, since my "job" is often in my car... I keep snacks in there. Not the best choice, but my go-to when I am in need of food and fast is a handy-dandy Luna bar (Lemon Zest and Toasted Cranberry are my faves, although there is usually a Nutz Over Chocolate in case I'm in need of chocolate). When I was doing IM training, I kept a bag of almonds in there too. I usually have a random assortment of bars for the kids and/or me for food emergencies. At home I find snacking tricky. I tend to grab a few handfuls of trail mix, or make a quick open-faced cheese sandwich. Pita chips and hummus hit the spot too. And nearly every day around 2 or 3pm I have about 1-3 squares of dark chocolate.

SSMinnow - 2011-01-13 8:44 AM

Kyla's office is in her car, mine is in the kitchen!  In my quest for better eating in '11, my go-to so far is fruit.  Yesterday it was an apple and orange, day before berries, an apple, an an orange.....I do eat TLC bars if I need something before swimming or biking.  Haven't done it in a while, but used to love an apple in vanilla yogurt with a little cinnamon.

PS. I have a GIANT bag of 60% Ghiradelli Chocolate chips that gets opened frequently. 

Techdiver - 2011-01-13 8:37 AM Def Almonds and a apples. Keep a bag of hickory smoked no salt almonds in my desk.

Well Still snowy and slippery didn't make it out running last night, my lovely city doesn't clean sidewalks, and its dark out when I get home so no running on the road last night.

But I did get out cross country skiing last night. MAN I forgot how much of a work out that is, I went out with my Toque on and winter coat and gloves in -10 degrees C or -19 with wind chill ie -2 degrees F with wind chill. By about the second lap of the bush area near my the toque was off, the thick gloves were off in exchange for thin ones and my winter coat was wrapped around my waist with just a long sleeve Mizuno shirt on and the sweat was pooring off me. Two laps and 4km later we managed about 35 mins for two laps. but didn't time the trip to and from because we were not working hard enough for me to warrent that.

But spent about an hour out last night and managed to ski about 6-7km. Tough go after not doing it in a while. I only managed to fall about ohhhhhh 5 times.....LOL

Any that is in range and can do it, I highly recommend it for a work out, plus it was fun. The snow was very light fluffy and SLOW SNOW. which made for a good work out.

peterday - 2011-01-13 8:13 AM Hey guys, i love the forum so far but here's a question for you.  I'm about to finish Michael Pates Total Sprint - 22 Week program and i'm not sure what direction to go after that.  Do i do a generic full distance program to get the volume, do i do speed drills 2x a week and 1 day work on distance leading to a full tri, or should i get really fast at sprint first and then move on to a full tri? So far i have just been working on distance for a sprint. 

I was planning on a sprint in june and july, then a full tri in August.

kt65 - 2011-01-12 10:01 PM

Happy food moment today.  Starving at 3pm...looked at the box of fig newtons but remembered I had brought:
Chobani Greek Yogurt strawberry flavor for a snack!  Yay.    what other snacks do people bring to work (i know suzy likes her little egg sandwich but not all of us work from home!)

dalessit - 2011-01-13 9:17 AM

That's strange your whole post wasn't showing up for me until I replied, I was going to ask what your question was.  Very strange.

If by a full tri you mean an Iron Distance 140.3 then that should be your focus, sprints will be practice for transitions and such but not really much help in prep.  I would do an Iron Distance plan that ends exactly when your race starts.  That way you are fully tapered and ready to go.  The styles for doing both those distances are completely different, fueling is different, prep and recovery is different also, pretty much the only thing that is the same is you swim, bike and run doing them. 

EDIT: Still not showing his full question that's really strange, I copied and pasted it to notepad so here it is.

"and i'm not sure what direction to go after that.  Do i do a generic full distance program to get the volume, do i do speed drills 2x a week and 1 day work on distance leading to a full tri, or should i get really fast at sprint first and then move on to a full tri? So far i have just been working on distance for a sprint."

dalessit - 2011-01-13 9:17 AM

That's strange your whole post wasn't showing up for me until I replied, I was going to ask what your question was.  Very strange.

If by a full tri you mean an Iron Distance 140.3 then that should be your focus, sprints will be practice for transitions and such but not really much help in prep.  I would do an Iron Distance plan that ends exactly when your race starts.  That way you are fully tapered and ready to go.  The styles for doing both those distances are completely different, fueling is different, prep and recovery is different also, pretty much the only thing that is the same is you swim, bike and run doing them. 

EDIT: Still not showing his full question that's really strange, I copied and pasted it to notepad so here it is.

"and i'm not sure what direction to go after that.  Do i do a generic full distance program to get the volume, do i do speed drills 2x a week and 1 day work on distance leading to a full tri, or should i get really fast at sprint first and then move on to a full tri? So far i have just been working on distance for a sprint."

peterday - 2011-01-13 8:13 AM Hey guys, i love the forum so far but here's a question for you.  I'm about to finish Michael Pates Total Sprint - 22 Week program and i'm not sure what direction to go after that.  Do i do a generic full distance program to get the volume, do i do speed drills 2x a week and 1 day work on distance leading to a full tri, or should i get really fast at sprint first and then move on to a full tri? So far i have just been working on distance for a sprint. 

I was planning on a sprint in june and july, then a full tri in August.

DougRob - 2011-01-13 9:06 AM I feel your pain. I rode 1.5 hour on the trainer last night and rain 31 minutes this AM. I have diminished lung capacity right now. Boy do I I appreciate what people with CF must go through now! it hurts to try and breathe deeply. CAn't wait to be healthy. Hope this is not bronchitus!

fattyfatfat - 2011-01-13 6:22 AM

everything in site,  and i've still lost almost 10 pounds since Christmas.  i like the ironman diet. 

TrevorC - 2011-01-12 7:46 PM

CRAP. I forgot the decimal point!!

kkcbelle - 2011-01-12 5:10 PM

Me! Wheels up to Phoenix on Friday and running the Rock n Roll Marathon on Sunday. Woot!

fattyfatfat - 2011-01-13 7:22 AM

everything in site,  and i've still lost almost 10 pounds since Christmas.  i like the ironman diet.