HILDEBEAST'S Mentor Group, CLOSED! (Page 6)

Oh dear. Worst day ever. I hope you have some good wine handy. Big cyber hugs.

This was Reade using the hand for the first time, he had it on about 15 minutes...

http://youtu.be/wzwEmY_usTc

Dana - that sucks all around.  Sorry you've had such a crappy week.  

Hilde - looks like he was handling it pretty well.  I hope he gets it full-time soon.  We're taking the 9 month old in next month to get him checked out and see about a prosthetic.  

Shad - very interesting final project. The new lower leg prosthetics are pretty awesome.

The VO2 test was interesting.  The treadmill decided to freak out, so I had to go on the bike.  We didn't do a good test, but I got about 30 mL/kg/min as a rough estimate doing a quick test.  So pretty crappy, but not far from what I expected.  I'll do a better test once we get the new equipment and I fix the treadmill.

Between the VO2 test (short, but still hard on the legs), sick baby, and the husband's work schedule, I decided to take today off.  Hope to get a good ride in tomorrow morning and a run on Sunday.

I got in a good 7.5 mile run today.  Lots of hill.  My race in May has lots of hills on the run so I am specifically training for that.

See the elevation chart below to get a good idea of the hills in my neighborhood!

The second is the elevation chart in % grade of the loop that I did last week (did it 5 times and then ran some more in the neighbor hood).  I am shooting to complete this loop 10-11 time in one run prior to my HM in March.

Hope everyone has a great day.  I will be settling down for football later today.  Rooting for the Patriots.

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Got my ride in yesterday and run in this morning.  Nice easy ride.  Run felt fine.  I'm going to have to behave with the running.  It's tempting to crank up the mileage quickly.  I think keeping it to twice a week should suffice.

Keep up the good work everyone.

Yeahaa!!  Good job.  You are on track.  When you count in weekends, it sure seems like there not much time left.

It's called recharging!!!  Hope you had a great day.

I have heard lots of folks have the lingering cough.  Hope it goes away soon.

So I had a very chilly commute this morning but was pretty toasty.  I have figured out all the right layering so I am not too cold but not too hot.  This is a terrific thing.  Too cold is a bummer but too hot can be just as bad.  Being too hot leads to too much sweating that leaves me chilled when I get to a certain part of the commuter where there are lots of stops and starts.

I wore my new full face balaclava.  Feel like a ninja rider.

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Got in a good run today.  But before I started two bottles of my not inexpensive beauty products fell out of my locker and onto the tile floor.  Broken glass bottles everywhere.  Bummer.  

This is the 2nd time this has happened.  I may have to transfer the stuff into small plastic travel size containers to prevent further mishaps.

Apologies for slacking on the log last week, gang-- recovery from the bug took a while, and then wouldn't you know it, several projects suddenly demanded immediate attention, as did annual reports etc...oy. Ended up going to bed really early all week and sleeping at least 9 hrs/night. I'll take it, after last year's near-constant insomnia, but it did rather cut down on time for things like logs and inspires. So sorry-- am hoping things won't pile up like that again for a while!

Time to go get caught up on the forum and see what shenanigans you've all been up to while I've been away...

Grin-- I have one of these, too! Ninja Beasts, unite!

A bit late to the party, but YAY STAN!!! Way to go-- and I've heard nothing but good things about Tri-Shark: a lot of people from the Chicago Tri Club do it, I think. They're a good group to hang out with, too, by the way-- they do group runs and rides, and even open water swims in the lake in the summertime. I should be around Chicago most of this summer (first time in a while!), so hope to be able to do more of their events while I train. Have fun as you head toward your goal, and don't be afraid to ask questions-- that's what we're here for!

Alex