Jenny (jsnowash)'s Spring Guinea Pig Group - CLOSED (Page 6)

Jenny,

So sorry for the loss.  As any parent knows, once you have a child you send a piece of your heart out into the world and lose all control to the bumps it takes as your child learns about life.  It is hard to explain death and loss to children.

I spent the morning on 60 minutes of biking in preparation for my bike race next weekend.  I am excited and nervous at the same time.  I did this race last year although it was a different course.  I feel more prepared this year, but still get the butterflies.  That is part of the thrill, though! 

I am fiddling with my bike fit because my hands and wrists are causing me trouble.  I don't have a reliable LBS so I work on it myself which is dangerous I know.  This race is self supported and the course is a country highway with some road debris.  Has anybody ever really changed a flat during a race? 

Janette

Aww!! Hi Miss Lauren!! *WAVES*

My only concern with "Forward Momentum Fitness" is that it might not necessarily let potential clients know right away what your studio is directed towards (spinning, cyclists, endurance athletes). I kind of like power2endure because it does make an inference to that.

I'm not very good/creative with coming up with names but if you'd like I can name a couple cycling studios here in Toronto to maybe trigger some potential ideas? Let me know.

On another note, my right knee is still sore and I'm not sure if it's a result of my bike fit, my running or both. Today is supposed to be a lighter day for me but I really wanted to get some good long workouts in this weekend. Anyone have any thoughts? I was thinking of doing an epsom salt bath tonight but aside from that should I ice/heat?

Janette, First thing is to check to see if your seat is level.  Even a tiny bit of nose-down will cause you to slide off the seat, thus holding yourself up with your hands.  Second-If the 'knife' edge of your hands (pinky side) are hurting, then you may have to move the brake hoods on the bar (it's not to hard).  Third-if the actual 'grip' on the hoods is hurting a) your hand near base of thumb or b) the thumb itself; this can be remedied by rotating the bars up/down in the stem to distribute pressure better.  And lastly....lighten your grip.  You should be thinking 'piano playing' with your fingers, not Death Grip!   PM me if you want me to talk you through it.  Good Luck!  jeff

Jenny:  I think Forward Momentum Fitness is kind of a mouthful.  If it is a workout location, I think you want something that can be shortened or abbreviated as in, "I'm headed out to the Y for that killer spinning class."  I like Power2Endure and InFitness.  How about The Sweat Lodge!  Just kidding!

JayCee:  My race is 49 miles so I watched the you tube stuff for speed changing a tire yesterday.  I won't be speedy, I'm sure.  It was ironic because this block I follow (http://www.shutupandrun.net/) just so happened to have the funniest post yesterday about flat tires.  I don't have CO2 cartridges, but just a little hand pump.  Should I invest in those?  I hear they can be pretty tempermental in wet and cold.

Jeff:  Thanks for the advice about fit.  I find that my hand goes numb just below my lower thumb joint in the pad and down into my wrist.  I think I am too stretched out.  I rolled my handlebars up just a smidge, but I think I need to also move my seat forward a bit.  I really wish I had access to a LBS! 

I added a 45 minute swim yesterday.  Still working on turning only my neck out of the water and not my shoulder.  I still have plenty of drag ....  Spent my morning workout on a 60 minute spinning class.  The weather is beautiful so I am thinking about some running shoes later this evening.  My 5 y.o. has decreed that he will be joining me because he is "SuperMan Fast" on his scooter.  Should be entertaining!

Janette

I am certainly no Fish.  So take this with a big grain of salt water.  But I'm pretty sure you want the shoulder to rotate out of the water.  See the Swim Smooth guy.  Maybe I'm misunderstanding ...

Bill

Dateline...Yesterday!

Get off work, hustle home to go on ride/run brick.

Starts raining.....change plans to gym for swim/run brick.

Son comes home, needs new cleats NOW.  I say 'ok, go get ready'...1 hour later son is still preoccupied with restringing lacrosse stick; I've dozed off on coach.  Dinner still not completed.

Son decides he wants to wait on cleats....It's 7:30.   "Eat leftovers",  I say with TV remote firmly in my grasp.  "And bring Dad a beer".

No workouts were completed during the making of this story........ 

Now to go to my laptop and see if it worked.

Bill

ETA:  Looks like it worked!

I like P2P. Or, to be more general, a name that can be shortened - it will make it more of a conversation starter as people will ask questions about what the acronym stands for.

I was having the same issue with messages on my Blackberry.. I saw Bill's note about the html coding thing - would that work on a 'berry, too?

trying to add a line break on my iPad...hopefully it'll work.

haven't been able to connect to BT on my blackberry - any hints there?

trying to add a line break on my iPad...hopefully it'll work.

haven't been able to connect to BT on my blackberry - any hints there?

I went out for a run this morning and what a great day it was. Same 9.3 mile course as I did on Wednesday and I beat that time by 2 minutes. The weather was fantastic, low 50s (10 degrees C for our Canadian friends), blue sky and a slight breeze. Couldn't have asked for better conditions. I don't want to increase my mileage too quickly, but felt as if I could have easily run another 2-3 miles at the same pace.

hopefully my biking tomorrow will go as well. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!