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My achilles tendons are really tight. What kind of stretches can I do to loosen them up, especially before a run?
Thanks
Pat

It's REALLY cold here in WI.  3 degrees. Tomorrow up to 20. Going to get out and run tomorrow. Going to get out and run tomorrow. 

Hubby is heading out of town Monday for 2 weeks. Not looking forward to being a single mom.  Hopefully it doesn't snow a lot - or I'll have to call inlaws for help with the snowblower (although they are awesome people)

Have a great weekend girls!

It's suppose to be in the mid 30s here in lower MI tomorrow. I will most certainly be running outside

Anyone else doing a Masters swim? I started last week and I love it. We have a great swim coach. The workouts have been real butt kickers but it's fun. I really need to improve my swim and I am hoping this will do it.

Karen

Here's a question for everybody with kids- and anyone else who has any other significant priorities in life other than tri (which I suspect is all of us).

I've been feeling guilty about taking time away from my daughter for training. Because my work schedule has been tight, there is no down time during the day to get workouts in like I used to. It has been even worse this week since she has been sick.

I feel like all the time I work out is time I take away from parenting my daughter. I am pretty conflicted about it.

Does anyone else feel this way about training versus other priorities? How do you strike a balance?

Thanks for your thoughts. Any ideas are welcome.

I have three kids (3 year old twins and a 20 month old).  Anyways - here's how I justify my workout time.  I am actually pretty fortunate to be a stay-at -home mom so every morning we pack up after breakfast and go to the gym.  I do spinning, strength, yoga, and sometimes run on the dreadmill.  They like it because they get to play and socialize with other kids.  I do a lot of running at night after they go to bed (our kids are usually asleep by 7:30 or 8).  I also run/bike on the weekends when they are napping so that my husband isn't always stuck watching them while I'm working out.

Now - if they are sick - we'll I am out of luck.  And once they stop napping I'll probably have to get up in the wee hours of the morning to work out.  I know a lot of triathletes that get up at 4 or 4:30 in the summer and hit the roads to get workouts in before kids are up and about.

My kids also come to all my races and they talk about it all the time.  It's great to hear "Mommy are you racing again soon."  I am proud knowing that they will have a healthy and active mom growing up ---which I didn't have.  :-)