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I am probably going to be up that way early in the summer to do some training at my sisters cottage in Burkes Falls so you never know, we could run into each other?

Good luck with the new job and taking care of and spending time with your Dad - it is awesome that you are able to do that.

Have a great night.

KC

Scott - always great to meet another cancer survivor.  Congrats on your success with that and the weight loss.  Impressive!!  I don't know much about LiveStrong, but did look at their website a while back and they really have a lot of info there.  I have done the Race for the Cure for the Komen Foundation a couple of times, and we were pretty successful getting a big team together to raise money for the cause.  It feels good to be able to give back in some way.

Well, I got in a walk/run this morning for about 50 minutes.  Still have to be careful with the hip flexor, but oh my goodness, it feels SO good to just get in a light jog.  I missed it so much between Thanksgiving and now.  I really *never* thought I'd say that I missed running, LOL!  I could never run as a kid because of asthma, so I truly shocked myself this year when I was able to slowly build up and start turning into a runner.  It's addictive!!  My problem is that I want to do too much of it, and that's how I hurt myself.  Guess I need to bike more, huh? 

Goodnight, all!  Tomorrow is a new day!

Like SA Brain said I would be carefull in overfilling a plan. Rather than doing more or harder training on the parts where you are ahead of plan (or best at) I would cut out some workouts on those areas and replace it with things that will improve the weak spots. If you feel your ahead of plan on all discplines you could consider another schedule.

In my case I'm very confident in my bike. As such that part is very limited to spinning once a week in the winter replaced by some technique and bikeposition drills in the spring. Only by April will I put in an second workout a week. Instead I focus on my swim and run which are my weaker spots. Per training block I plan to change up the focus between 3*Swin, 2*run, 1*bike to 2*swim, 3*run, 1*bike. Besides some strength training I still need to plan.

Razorxp : David

                Mentor, USAT Coach, Findlay, OH

                2012 A Race: IM Wisconson Sept 9^th

KCgolf : Kevin

                Mentor, Windsor Ontario area

                A Race: IRONMAN US Championships NY August 11^th

IceManScott : Scott

               Normal, Ill, Cancer Survivor-Wow!  Former 400 lb’r – Double Wow!

                A Race: Likely Branson 70.3 Sept 23^rd.

Batlou : Brian

                Former fat-smoker, low-carb, Louisville, KY, 4^th year tri’ing

                A Race:  IM Louisville Sept 26^th

                Blog:  http://www.theurbanprimate.com

SkinnyArmBrian : Brian

               Adventure Racer, Long time runner, IM Louisville, Event Manager

               A Race: Toledo Marathon (BQ Attempt!), IM Louisville (?)

ManDown : Kevin

                1st Sprint in Sept 2011

                A Race:  HIM in May(?) - Did you already pick one out?

MaryA : Mary

                ENT Resident, Jackson, MS, Tri’ing since 2010 (Sprint, Oly), Married to fellow BT’r

                A Race: TBD, Possible Century ride and HIM in late 2012

Tmoran80 : Tim

                Rockstar, Long time runner and recently began Tri's

                A Race:  IM Wisc Sept 9^th

                Blog/Web: http://www.thetriathlonreport.com/

Cheekymonkeys1 :

                 Cannot find Summary...did I overlook?

Seitz1124 : Theresa

                Works for a Mouse,  Orlando, FL, Long time athlete/runner

                A Race: IM Florida Nov 3^rd

Bearun : Jeff

                College Athlete, North Al (Must be near the spaceship),  Lost 50-25 to go.  Roll Tide

                A Race: IM Arizona November 18^th

KeriKadi : Keri

                Hurricane Ike, Lost weight, 5 kiddo’s, Nice back story on blog(read it last year)

                A Race:  Planning mostly Sprint / Olympic for 2012

                Blog: http://mamatris.blogspot.com/

MoniqueGriffith : Monique

                Cancer Survivor, Awesome! First Sprint Tri last year.  Inspiring story, I’m in awe.

                A Race:  Shamrock HM (May)

Niezels : Stijn

                Ex-Football Player (American Style, Netherlands, quit smoking!  Want’s to drop 45 pounds.

                A-Race: XL Triathlon of Gerardmer, France

Jennifers : Jenny

                Soccer Player, Lizard named Mojo, Milwaukee, WI

                A Race:  IM Wisconsin Sept 9th

DaveL : Dave

                Double E, Kayaker & Snowboarder, Barrie (Ontario?), 4 Months working away from home(ouch)

                A Race: Century Ride in June

Very cool video. Makes me wanna do an IM too.

Hey Jennifer!! Welcome! And I love the name Mojo. To the nervous bit. Isn't that not the one of the thrills why we sign up for these races. Everytime I watch the motivational video of my planned 70.3 I get goosebumps. Thinking on how I can possibly survive a start form the beach with 1200 rushing into the water. Result: As a proud junk I watch the video again and pack my bag for the swim workout.

Yeah it sucks when real life decides to disturbs the trainingplan.

Wow that is some serious cash. Though I do hear some good stuff of traithletes who added it to their plan. Especially one who joined it during a nagging ankle injury of her. But still serious cash Unless you plan to go like 2+ times a week. Over here I'm planning to try a bootcamp this week. I can tell you how that went if you're interested.

No personal experience with Crossfit.  But I've heard great things about it from friends who do it here.  They get ripped.  I'm loving having someone work with me with the kettle bells.  I am being pushed more than I would myself.  Concept is the same with the bike coach and the swim coach.  Going to get help with the run from one of the top runner/IM here too.  All about team building. 

Thanks!  Mojo is named after the helper monkey in the Simpsons...my husband has this thing with naming any pets we have after Simpsons characters.  We also had lizards named Roscoe and Jubjub at one point. 

I have a video I watch too!  There's a really awesome one from IMWI 2011, and one of my friends is in it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzJdc8PIxxQ&sns=fb

I went to Masters this morning...what a tough workout!  But I survived.  Now drinking coffee to make it through the morning at work.  Riding the computrainer this afternoon.

Have a great day everyone!

Crossfit sounds awesome and I think I would really enjoy that so if you can make it work I say go for it.

I am about to drop $100 extra a month on hot yoga three times a week. On top of that I might also have to drop some cash on an indoor pool since mine is outdoors and although it is heated they close it at 45 degrees which means no swim for me today

Brian - you mentioned your wife did the St. Louis marathon - Awesome! Do ya'll live in St. Louis? I've been in Houston for 16 years now but lived in St. Louis before here and I loved it there. I've lived many places and it is the only one I really miss.

A little more info - I work at a triathlon store called Tru Tri. We are not open yet but we are setting the store up and reps come and talk with us. So far I have met with reps from Zoot, Bell, Giro, Asics and CEP. Today will be meeting with Brooks & New Balance. I am NO expert but because I have had the opportunity to meet with experts I may know something so if you guys have any questions let me know and I'll see what I can find out.

I had an idea yesterday that we pick one day of the week and that day we each post a picture. It could be a picture of anything - bike, kids, landscape, house, you, pet etc. Another nice way to get to know each other and put names with faces. So maybe post a picture Wednesday? What do you guys think?

Good Morning Team.

I hope everyone is having a great day. I have a run planned for today (inside unfortunately) and that weight and core workout I never go to yesterday, followed by Curling tonight. (anyone else in here every curl - great sport)

Monique - what else are you doing for that hip flexor issue?

Stijn - thanks for the tip on training plans and let us know about the bootcamp.

Brian - thanks for updating the list. Hope you have a better day today.

Theresa - safe travels and see you when you get back.

Jenny - great video, thanks for posting the link.

Keri - I love the picture Wednesday idea and when does the store open? Is there a live web site yet? Will you be doing on line orders?

Skinnyarm Brian - I forgot to say congrats on the cool new job - sound right up your alley.

Kevin - when are you entering that race?

Have a great day everyone.

KC

Happy new year, everyone! I'm just now getting around to jumping on the board, haha!  KC - thanks for the reminder   Great to see familiar faces and meet new ones!  

Name: saskat / Sarah

A Races: My big race this year will be IMWI. I also plan on doing a few OLY and at least one half IM before September.

Current Training: For the last 3 days has been non existent, ha!  I've had to travel a lot with my job but since being back, I was able to start back into a somewhat regular routine.  PowerPlate workouts have made up the bulk of my off season workouts, along with some spin classes, running, and a little swimming.  Oh, and I've taken a boxing class as well!  My goal for the off season was to do as much non-tri activities as possible since that is all I'll be doing starting next month.  I plan on training with the same group I did for my half last year (Maurice Wills, aka Mo, @ Infinity Multisport).  Training with that group doesn't start until last week in March so I'm planning on starting on my own probably in February sometime. 

Story: I signed up for my first century in July 2009 (San Jose Livestrong Challenge) as I was going through a tough time in my life and needed something to focus on.  Before that I only went to the gym occasionally to maintain.  I moved to Chicago later that year and then in the spring of 2010 I joined an all women's competitive cycling group.  I competed in a few criteriums and time trials (no road races unfortunately).  I also sprinkled in a couple duathlons, got hooked, and was determined to try my hand at triathlons.  Last summer I did my first triathlon in June, a women's sprint distance in Naperville, and then did the Door County Half IM in mid July.  Finished up the season with the Lake Geneva OLY tri in September and signed up for Madison while volunteering the following day.  

Looking forward to getting to know everyone! 

Hi Sarah - welcome back and great to see you with us again.

What is power plate?

Boxing- Awesome!

Have a great day.

KC

Thanks, KC.  It's good to be back  

So I couldn't find a good description but basically it's a vibrating plate that you perform various (traditional) strength training exercises on.  You can also use it for post workout massages.  There's a Power Plate gym walking distance to my condo that I tried out for the first time in the early in 2010.  I was walking home after my first PP workout and felt like I was still on the plate and my head felt weird.  The vibration definitely takes some getting used to but once you've done it a few times, it's a really great workout.  It's also great for golfers.  Here's a link to the gym I go to: http://purevibesfitness.com/  

Oh, and some exciting news is that the owner of the gym said he wanted to sponsor me as an amateur triathlete.  He wants to show people that using the Power Plate can really improve your racing performance.  He says he sees a lot of marathoners, triathletes, etc. stop coming altogether in the months leading up to their A race.  I get free membership to the gym and he just asked that I write a blog to keep track of my progress and wear their t shirts to some of my group training workout.  I've already been telling people I know how great PP workouts so it's a win win all around! I was pretty stoked when he approached me about it.  Stuff like this never happens to me! 

I was gonna enter this week, I should have done it last week and I could have saved 10 bucks, crossfit workouts can get pretty crazy, i did that for a while and know quite a few people that got injured while doing them. One thing to remember even though your tired as hell, you still need to use good form, or your sure to injure something...

I like that list of our names and main points.  Thanks for putting that together.  Just to be sure though, I am not racing in IMLouisville, I am going to support friends, maybe volunteer where needed.  I told mywife (and myself) that last year was the only IM I would do.  She does not believe me, but so far I am not changing my mind.  She is waiting for me to come up with something else crazy to attempt next.  I told her I was researching the English Channel

Saw a note at the pool desk this morning apoogizing for the 80 degree temp.  I was thrilled, not only was it 5 degrees cooler than normal so I would not sweat while swimming, but it kept many of the slower swimmers out of the lanes...had a great workout.

KC - I have got to figure out a way to try some curling.  I love it on tv.  Our downtown ice rink has a club, i may try the open clinic next week.

Sarah you rock!  IM Moo woohoo!  If I can help in anyway, let me know.

Ice.

I'm sure we can find you one to get into! lol

I have done "crossfit" style workouts. but, not in the class setting.  I followed their website and found the workouts of each day to be short yet challenging.  I don't have all of the equipment in my home so I could not do every exercise.  Definitly see the value of the workout style, but membership/clubs are not what I am looking for.

Ok - here is the official list.  Gonna try it a little different this year since always seem to have problems when I put into the HTML of the forum.  If you haven't done this before here is what you need to do:

1. Copy this HTML text
2. Go to your blog home page
3. Click "EDIT"
4. Click "HTML"
5. Cop this into the HTL Source Editor
6. Click "UPDATE"
7. Click "OK"
8. Test eh link to make sure that they are working.  If they don't work complain to KC.

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