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Good morning whizzz!!

Thank you for the invite to join you guys so late in the game.  A little about me:

I was not active in sports in HS because I was a band geek.  Hubby started training for some high adventure mountain hiking in 2004.  After he got back from Philmont he decided that he needed something else to motivate him to train so tri's were it.  I was his personal cheerleader.  Last year I signed up the family to train for a 4 mile run.  I figured the boys and McFuzz were allr eady in ggod shape and I wasn't that far off.  Little did I know how far off I was.  I couldn't even run a 1/4 mile without gasping for air!  I worked hard at overcoming this little problem and ran my first 5k in May of 2006.  I did complete the race that we originally trained for (4miles) and kept going.  I raced the rest of the year while McFuzz ramped up his competitions.  About August I decided that I should really try to do something else.

I wanted to lose weight and it just wasn't coming off as fast as I would have liked it to.  Joined BT and thought I was good to go  It wasn't until January of this year that I got a training plan and have stuck to it. 

I have signed up for a indoor tri in late March just to see how my training is going. I plan on still running 5K's (already did one in late Jan--with a PR and a medal in AG).  My committed to tri is in late July.  I am signed up to be a volunteer at Steelhead and NcFuzz is leaning towards competing again.

I have 4 children (5 if you include McFuzz).  One is away in college and I am a full-time student at the local university working on my secondary ed/English degree with a projected grad date of Dec., 2008. 

Hey guys!

BAMBAM66 was displaced as her Mentor had to give up Mentoring. I've invited her to join us because I really think she could benefit from all of our collective motivation, insight and support.

Please add her to your "Friends" list in your log and check in on her often. Stop by her log to say hello, too.

I will add her as a link in my log as well, as soon as I'm out of my work meeting.

Hooray for Beth!

Hi guys,

Had the gait analysis done... mostly on the treadmill, a little running outside. He took video of me and will need to look at it and do something with it on the computer. Then I go back in 2 weeks and get the CD rom with all the suggestions. He will also recommend drills based on whatever he finds when he does the computer thing.

So right now, I don't have alot of updates...he did say I need to work on picking up my cadence and to stop running with heavy feet... fastfeet, fastfeet... Cadence should be considerably faster than what I'm currently doing.

Also showed me some foot strengthening exercises because my arch is low. Am hoping to get out of my motion control shoes at some point and into something a little less cumbersome.

So that's that. And that was my workout for today. About 1.25 miles on the treadmill. Some of it walking, and some of it running faster than I've ever gone on a treadmill before... I think the setting was 7.8. And the grade was 2. I thought I might die... or at least fly off the back.

Heh.

Tomorrow I will probably spin and swim. Maybe spin and lift. I don't know. Then Monday I start with my prescribed workouts. I can't wait. I'm craving structure. I feel willy nilly.

Lori: I've never used that Hammer stuff you are talking about. I have been told by several people to try Glucosamine/Chondroitin for my joints. I'm just really bad at taking vitamins. I am sporadic at best, and you have to get a steady stream of that stuff in your system before it really starts to take effect.  Couldn't hurt, might help! If you decide to use it, I'd be VERY interested to see how you think it works for you...

What's up with the rest of you this weekend? What have you got planned for workouts?  

Is anyone racing anytime soon? 5K? 10K? Indoor Triathlons?  Anything?

Have a great weekend!

Whizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 

hi

January was good for me - had a serious month off the couch and increasing training duration and intensity steadily.  No serious weight loss but all my clothes fit better.

Feb is starting off poorly.    Neck/back clamped up for 4 days.  still a bit off but another trip to the chiro will set me better.   Then I travel again - to Fairbanks, AK.   Will push to work out - I have 10 full days there, so if I can get a serious work out 8 for those days, I will be happy.  the hotel appears to have more of a fitness center than the one in vancouver.

 this weekend - 2 good days at the gym is planned.   

Now, more to support me, my husband goes to the gym with me.  he does some jogging and then lifts weights.   He has visibly gained muscle and definition, has a 2-pack already....    how does it go so much faster for some!!??

Hopefully one day my trainer will come back from the shop and I will be in the same boat as you!

Spinervals are supposed to be great training DVDs. I'm open to other suggestions too, because I'm going to be needing trainer workouts as well!  

You could browse through different people's logs and see what they've done, and lift a workout that works for what you're trying to accomplish in that particular session...

Same with swim workouts. If you need variety in your swim workouts, feel free to lift ANY or ALL of mine. I record each workout's sets in my log! FWIW.

How's the snow by you, Todd? 

You have no card, but a sweetie....I have no sweetie, but 2 cards! Dumpster is stuck in Washington DC. All flights out were canceled yesterday. May get home today, may not. He's trying to book himself on another flight. He was going to drive home, but decided against it.

Tricky one, that Mother Nature is....  

I'm getting ready to go for a run on the dreadmill.  I'm going to try to get in some consistent workouts this weekend. This is the first time I have not made my planned goals  

Next week is full of tests and projects that are due so I know that I will need to make time for my workouts.  I find those are the times that I need them the most. 

Hi Everyone!

Got a long run tomorrow followed by some lifting.

Sunday will  be a trainer ride or spin class.

Since it's mid February already... how is everyone doing on their February goals so far? Any adjustments that need to be made? Any questions, comments?  

I thought the bike course was nice... sort of rolling hills... nothing too steep... nothing too terrible... I train out there on those roads and I'm used to riding them.

The run does feature Frank's Killer Hill... which is pretty darn steep. There's also a rather awful incline toward the back end of the run... by George Williams College... you go back thru there... and wind up a hill... no one talks about that one... rough. You will do the run course twice, so if you hated it the first time, you will really hate it the second time!

Lake Geneva is usually pretty calm in the early AMs. However this past year it was REALLY choppy. Not sure why. Winds, probably.

The run course had plenty of shade, but it did have hills. The bike course has the opportunity for some shade too, I suppose... it has some minor rolling hills. The swim is usually quite nice, but last year it was choppy.

Now, about the RD... he's notoriously disorganized. Nothing starts on time and it's anyone's guess if the swim course is going to me measured correctly or not. 2 years ago, the swim was about HALF what it should have been... This past year, I think it might have been a bit long.

You do get a sweatshirt. I'm wearing mine right now, from 2003. I've done this race 3 times, all varying distances... It's a great venue... the RD leaves alot to be desired, and it's a little expensive.

I don't know anything about Pigman... Except that I've heard your shoes can melt to the asphalt there. Seriously. (!!)