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Racer 5 is probably my favorite beer.  Unfortunately I can't get in here in Maryland anymore.  :-(

Yeah, I get into this figh with my mother, who thinks that what I do is bad for me.  

My company, and even more specifically my little part of it, has a culture of physical fitness and we've have a ton of triathletes.  Our CEO has done like 50 of them (and pretty well) and my director has done about a dozen IMs.  Pretty cool stuff to have those folks as role models AND they get it if I have to decompress during the day and go for a run.   :-)

Hey, everyone.  Work has been absolutely bat$h!t crazy the past few weeks.  I'm working on a project that has our whole team a hot mess.  

Still being bothered by my knee.  Guessing patella tendonitis at this point.  I swim fine no  restrictions, bike up to like 80% FTP and walk hard on the treadmill, but no running.  Even my strength training routine doesn't bother it.  I dealt with a bout of this five years ago and it lasted quite a while; hopefully it'll resolve itself eventually.

Still catching up on the posts.  I see Gretchen is still a rockin' machine!!!  :-)

Hey everyone,

I'm finally back riding the bike outside. My endurance and top end have come down a little but my aerobic power (FTP) is still there. I'm not ready to race again, the bone is still broken so I can't handle too many bumps or jostling of the peloton quite yet. Another two weeks should do it. The last weekend of this month is the Killington Stage race in Vermont. Our team director is using that race to determine the guys he sends to Tour de Beauce the big UCI stage race here in Canada. So I'm making it a point to be ready for that. 

Jenn is Killington anywhere near you? 

First off great pic of your son pitching!

Can you find a sub for race? I completely understand never wanting to miss your kids activities..they grow up waaay to quickly!

You should double check to make sure everyone is still a go as there is usually a couple more in the weeds that will bail at the last moment.

Good luck!

Originally posted by aviatrix802 Happy Mother's Day! Nice weekend on the Cape - was rainy and 20 degrees colder than back in VT (what?!?!?!). hahaha. I did bring my bike and am happy I brought my trainer!! The roads have no shoulders on the Cape and I found the bike path crossed so many roads (where you had to stop for cars) that there would be no rhythm going on so I set up in the basement of the house my friends rented, had Ironman 2 on the TV and went to work for 2 hours before the wedding. The 5 hour drive down Friday and 5 hours back on Sunday plus the bike ride leaves me with an achy lower back but I've been stretching and will be back at it tomorrow. I hit the NH state liquor outlet and picked up some extra Mother's Day presents for myself. Tomorrow I've got a bike and a swim and an awesome trip to the DMV to renew my driver's license (so psyched! hahaha). Weather is steadily improving this week and will be 73 and sunny on Thursday! woohoo! It does drop back down and rains Friday, but I'll take it!!! I have a Corporate Cup Challenge race on Thursday evening but I'm in a bit of a dilemma. When I signed up for it with my colleagues I had no conflicts. My hubby's national budgeting meeting (in Indy) is all this week now and the kids group I coach at the school is Thursday (though there are 4 other coaches), and my now 9 year old has a baseball game that night. Do I.....bag the race, coach the kids (I think I might have a chance of doing this anyway), and take the son to baseball...and therefore cause my team to disqualify since I couldn't go... Or do I try to get someone to watch my 9 year old (10 year old will be on an overnight field trip to the Boston museum of science so he's taken care of) and go to the run? I feel badly either way...for my teammates since that's the first thing I signed up for; and guilty if my son misses his baseball game (he actually doesn't mind this too much though). My birthday is Wednesday so maybe I race? hahaha I really don't know.

I am envious of your work environment! People in my office look at me like I have a hole in my head, a tail and purple and green skin when I tell them I am going for a run in the morning...Chances of someone asking to come run, bike or swim with me are about the same as winning the lottery!

How come the kid in the background playing 2nd base isn't watching the batter?

That is a really cool pic - that is such an old school follow through.

I run on Continental GP4000 IIs; those bad boys are like $75 a pop - but I figure it's like once every two years so it's worth it.  I notice a definite speed advantage over the more "durable" tires like the Conti Sports or Gatorskins.

Had a great week of training. Just need to keep the ship going forward consistently.

A bonus this week. A gal my wife and I know has  pro deal discount with a certain bike/run/triathlon clothing manufacturer. We are ordering some gear at 60% off.

We are buying 2 pairs of tri shorts, a cycling coat and cycling knickers--$345 regular price for $145!! this includes shipping and taxes! (no the knickers are not for me... :-) )