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Same here! I will be Tivo-ing it! I wasn't able to watch 2009 yesterday, so I'll have to fit it in with the Ironman Wisconsin and another one--cant remember which right now--anyway, their both taped from this year, so it should be interesting!

I decided on my first Olympic distance tri!!! It will be the Folsom Olympic in mid-August! I'm so excited! I actually cut back on the amount I had planned on doing, (it was going to be one tri each month starting Feb!) Basically now I will be doing a 5k this month, a 5k in Dec, a 10k in February, a 'Dirty' (i.e. mountain bike) duathlon in March, the X-terra tri(1st) and an obstacle race(29th) in April, the Auburn Sprint Tri in May, nothing in June or July, the Folsom Oly. in August, and the Luna Tri in September! Although, I may fit a sprint tri in mid June, just for training purposes!

As for tonight, I hit the gym for some running and weights--2.5 Miles, and countless pounds lifted! I am feeling good....but kinda hungry...I think I'll go eat now!

Kate, that sounds like an AWESOME race schedule!

I have found the pool and the pavement (for running), now I just need to get motivation for getting on my bike.

Where are you finding the Ironman stuff to tivo?

Great schedule! Mine's firming up too. Food is good after your good workout

What/when is your next race Sara?

I'm going to do a turkey trot on 11/24 and then a "Freeze" series in January.  It's a 10k every Saturday and boy it does get cold!

Hi folks!

Here's a video to look at: http://youtu.be/b746O3Ltz44 

Thevideo was shared with us by our masters swim coach.  Let me know what you think, it's interesting how they emphasize STRONG legs!

Can  you resend that link? It didn't go through for me.

Congrats on the swimming times Sara.

And finally I'm back. Got 2.55 miles (including .04 miles running barefoot for a bus) in the last 2 days and although I was slow today I didn't really feel breathless during the walking (1.33 miles because our buses suck on a sunday) and was only slightly breathless after the running - which went away as soon as I took the inhaler which I hadn't had since getting up that morning.

I'll have to check the video later. I have been a total slacker with my swim & bike lately. And now.... knee injury! Started last Sunday after I did the 7 mile run. Its been painful, particularly when driving. Excruciating at times. I've started icing it, and that helps. I'm taking a few days off from running to see how it goes. I'm also thinking the marathon in late Feb is out the window as I'm going to miss nearly 2 weeks of training due to this. Maybe I'll downshift to the half marathon the same day. I'm also taking this slow as I don't want it to linger. I have big plans for next year. I'm hoping its OK by next week - don't want to miss the local turkey trot!

Hope the knee heals up soon

Noooooo!!!!!  That stinks!! Hope it fixes itself soon!

Ack no!!! Knee injuries suck! I hope you heal quickly!

My motivation has been there this week, but unfortunately, my school schedule has been too, and its getting shorter....so my training has been rather lax...I'm going to try and get to the gym after work tomorrow, and see if I can get better about this....aaaandd next week is the turkey trot....so I really should keep on running!

Looking forward to that Turkey Trot time!

I have my fingers AND toes crossed for you!!

Sorry to hear that Mike, hope they fix you up quickly!

Mike - sorry about your knee. Hope it at least lets you drive a full commute soon if nothing else.

Me - got in a short bike ride today - 16:47 (min:sec) 1.5 miles (5.36 mph) on a slightly hillish route - amazed the girls I baby sat the other night could make it when I'd finished,lol (well 1 did have to walk for a bit but the other soldiered on like it was flat) - and I've created an actual training plan starting this sunday. You should be able to see it if you look at the "planned" stuff on my log.

It's very low mileage but: I'm going to do the running for time - I put in 20 m/m and I'm usually 19:xx when I run/walk and can get faster depending on the day - I'll be doing general walk workouts this week as a prep

Mike - sorry about your knee. Hope it at least lets you drive a full commute soon if nothing else.

Me - got in a short bike ride today - 16:47 (min:sec) 1.5 miles (5.36 mph) on a slightly hillish route - amazed the girls I baby sat the other night could make it when I'd finished,lol (well 1 did have to walk for a bit but the other soldiered on like it was flat) - and I've created an actual training plan starting this sunday. You should be able to see it if you look at the "planned" stuff on my log.

It's very low mileage but:

I'm going to do the running for time - I put in 20 m/m and I'm usually 19:xx when I run/walk and can get faster depending on the day - I'll be doing general walk workouts this week as a prep - oh and I overdid the run distance too because it wouldn't accept anything lower so the run shouldn't be an issue.

and biking and swimming for distance - I put the lowest allowable bike speed (8mph) to create it (and yes I'm still dreaming) but the bike workouts look doable for distance and I may throw some speed stuff in there if I feel like it on the day.

I'm also looking to add the yoga back in plus get a beginners pilates dvd to use for ST but I haven't decided what days that will be on. Depends what sort of hours I get when I find a new job or when I get put back on the roster at my current place.

I'm still aiming to do my tri at the end of March at the same place as the one I was going to hit for November

Sorry for the double post but I was trying to add the extra details when I somehow set it to post the first time.

Anyway I have a question on setting up "planned" workouts. I've set up a plan with swim,bike,run data but it has no ST/sports data - is there a way to put them in the "planned" workouts without using a pre-designed plan?

I signed up for IMAZ!!!!!

It should be a very fun year The best part was I volunteered in the registration tent Saturday for this years athlete's who wanted to register for next year. After they trained us, they has us register ourselves for practice before they let people in. Some friends were in line until 11:00 Monday morning and got in, then registration opened online and sold out in 10 min!

I think we're all nuts!

So in my wanderings during the race, I saw a couple sitting that were wearing Bloome County Tro Club shirts. Sara had mentioned that she knew some people racing so I asked this couple if they knew her and they did! The gal took a picture of us together and texted it to Sara. It's a very small world!

I started a blog just for fun:

http://doingwhatilikelikingwhatido.blogspot.com/

Happy Thanksgiving!

Johanne

So Cool!!! Go get 'em in AZ next year!! That is fantastic!

Happy thanksgiving to all !!