SWBKRUN Mentor Group-"Off Season?" What is that?!! (Page 59)

Tony - A quick question about logging our stuff on the spreadsheets:  are we logging how many 5k runs we did or how many miles we did (same for bike and swims?)?

Congrats to everyone who raced this weekend.  I still have catching up to do on this thread, but sounds like another great weekend for the SWBKRUN MG!!

No, it is just a time.  Pick a day or time and do a good 5k and enter your time, same with the bike and swim.  Thought it would be a good excuse to do a race pace workout for some.

Ok, I'll prolly push out a bike or run today with a swim.  Just easy for me though so my times may not actually be worth of logging.  But I may post my first 5k of the Du yesterday.  Even though it was sandy trails I still got a 21ish time.

LMAO!!  Did you just call my fat wrinkly nose a "breathright strip".  wow...there's a first.  it does look like i'm wearing one though doesn't it...LOL   Hey, at least you called me hot in the RR...my heart melted when I read that!

Edited by fattyfatfat 2009-05-18 9:24 AM

If I edit out my dumb comments I look smart and Tony is just yelling at me right? 

Edited by tahrens 2009-05-18 9:45 AM

I'm sorry, it must be a play with the light. It doesn't look fat and wrinkly, it looks like there is a lighter strip going accros you nose!!!  

/sigh... Tracy, Tracy... See that username and pwd listed right under the URL?  Maybe use that?

nothing to see here folks.

Edited by tahrens 2009-05-18 9:45 AM

Can you see it now?

okay, but to my defense, you didn't say use the email account box, so I was looking for USERNAME.  And besides, it's a monday so cut me some slack!!


I'm going to go sulk now. Two screw ups in one morning

Edited by tahrens 2009-05-18 9:44 AM

Hehe nothin but luv for ya.

X2

Congrats to all our awesome racers! I had a great two brick weekend, and am taking a much needed rest day today. Barbeque and beer tonight! 

 I'm off to read the race reports!

Our Group rocks... I am so motivated every Monday reading about what everyone did....

My weekend...

Friday Night- Sister in-laws Birthday BBQ at her house- home at 11:00pm (about 4 Jack n' Cokes)

Saturday- Met Brother in-law at lumber store @ 8am... @ 9:30pm still on the deck slaving away.

Sunday- Up at 5:15am (sissy spent the night) and out the door by 5:45 for a 7:45 race.  Home @ 10:45 and back to work on the deck.  6:50pm still working on the deck and feeling like I had a semi on my back!!  8pm laying on the floor w/ the dog watching Survivor....

Today--- Searching for an office mate to make me more coffee....  I am WORN down...


The "race recap-"

I will start off with the funny.... We are standing in line at the outhouse... It is bathroom time.  Hour and 1/2 drive, drinking coffee... I gotta go-- apparently so did everyone else!  The line wasn't bad, but I did my "business" then it happens.... Reach for the TP.... NOTHING!!! NOTHING NOTHING!!! I think I actually said out loud "You gotta be kidding me!"   WTF am I going to do?  I can't just get out of the outhouse, and stand back in line?  I knew we were going back to the car (where I had towels), so I left the outhouse and I got out my sissy got out of hers, and I asked if she had TP!  Well no line, and her outhouse having TP... I WAS SAVED!!! That would have been awful!! But a funny way to start the morning, and I think that may have helped put my sissy at ease with her and my wife belly laughing at me!

The run-  It was a great course, and the 1st couple miles were like herding cattle.  Everyone was just going w/ the flow, and then the 1st hill came and she was cruising past people!  I was impressed, and I struggled with the fact of whether I pace by running a step ahead, or a step behind.  I thought I would try the step ahead thing, and it didn't work... I think I picked it up a tad (by nature), and I would look back and she wouldn't sit on my heels, so I decided to sit next to her, or a step behind (side by side is hard in a crowded race) and let her set the tone.    Everything went really smoothly, and at Mile 10 we were @ a 1:33... This means we had to do a 27 minute 5k to beat that 2hr mark (which was secretly my goal for her!).... I knew we had @ least one more good and (another that would slow the pace some but not much) I also knew we had a nice downhill finish, where we could make up about 30 seconds or so.... Well we hit the last hill @ mile 10-11 and she wasn't having any sort of PUSHING the pace!  It was just run the hill and survive the 1/2 marathon!  I was completely ok with this, but wanted to keep pushing her forward.  Stride it out, rest tomorrow, be mad at me later, but let's finish this B*TCH strong!  Here is our analogy of the race..... I was trainer Bob to start (Biggest Loser) then by the end I had turned into Jillian! !!!!

She finished strong, finished happy, and better yet finished!!! We came in at 2:04 and I think she finished 40th at of 90 in her Age Group!  I am proud of her!  What a great experience! 







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Sign me up for Team Shi if you'll take me.  I looked through the old posts and it looks like I'll need to swim a 400m (will have to convert yards to meters) and do a timed 12 Mile ride.  Sounds like fun.

Man that's a busy weekend Steve.  Very cool that you your sister got to race together!  The deck looks like a great place to hoist 3, 4 or even 17 Jack and Cokes. 

You are making The Deuce proud with that pre-race story! 

There is no BAD place for a few jack and cokes (in fact I think sucked down about 8 {5 Saturday, 3 Yesterday}) to build the deck so far!!!   What is hard to justify is that we have a great view in the back where we sit on a hill and look at a Lake, and Mt. Baker, so spending money in the front of the yard where we look at the street... Not a fine, but A HAPPY WIFE IS A HAPPY LIFE!!!  So I am building a deck out front!

View from back...





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Nice deck Steve...repeat dEck

Here is the race report from this weekend: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=159719&posts=1&start=1 

sure thing, just add yourself to the spreadsheet for that group.

That's the view out your back door?  I don't think I would ever go to work.  Simply stunning.

Nice job on the chaperoning yesterday.  I am sure it is a memory you both will share for a very long time.

Off for OWS #2.  Today is it a balmy 57F outside with 25-30mph NW wind gusts.  How fun!

Since we are sharing photo's... Here's a pic of one of the hills from my TT (not the 'Big Nasty' hill, but a big one nonetheless):



That was a whole lot of climbing that I'm not used to!