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I knew what it was.  Love Monty Python. 

My avatar is from http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com.  I went to the University of Wisconsin whose mascot is the badgers.  

That's really funny.  I haven't read that comic before. Thanks!

As far as changing it, it's totally up to you.  Some people change their avatar a lot.  Personally, I've used the same avatar as long as I've been on the site.  

I hope everyone had a great weekend.  My hockey team played in a tournament on Saturday, that we won, heckyah we did!!! 

I have a question, is anyone familiar swim/bike/run/tri stores in the DC area?  I have a conference next week and will have some down time to shop.  I want to find bike shoes, petals, and sweet deals, plus I will be helping the American economy.

Fleet Feet is probably the closest thing to a tri store.  Capitol Hill Bikes might also be good if you are looking for bike specific things. 

Hi all!  How is everyone?  I'm off work today (YEAH!) b/c of Martin Luther King Jr's b-day.  I hope to get a lot done today, too: 600m swim, upper body weights, and 8 miles cycling...then I am going to install a countertop on some new cabinets I built in our basement.

How has everyone's training been over the weekend?  I had a great workout: I simulated a sprint tri and had a great time doing it!  I'm pretty psyched that I was able to do it and not feel tired at all.  Granted, it was an "indoor" workout, so I didn't have wind on the bike (I did mess with the resistance quite a bit), and my run on the treadmill was at 0% incline (breaking in new shoes).  Overall, my HR didn't go up past 150 on the bike and stayed in the 130 range on the run.  I never felt out of breath or tired at all.  Very encouraging.

Well, I hope everyone has a great day, I'll be checking in later today I hope. 

Kelli, if you want to train with HR, it is important to figure out your VO2 max rather than using the 220 - age formula.  Mike Ricci is a coach who made a great post about how to do this.  The thread is a little long, but it is really informative if you want to start training with your HR.

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=25733&start=1

Using this method is one of my goals for the year, too. 

We are pretty active, and that's awesome!

A swimming question for our resident experts: I realized yesterday that now that my swimming distances are increasing, simply chugging out the entire distance 3-4 times a week is going to become dull over time.  My question is this - would the below be a good weekly swim schedule?

Mondays: swim full distance

Tuesdays: breathing drills (aim for more strokes per breath)

Thursdays: speed drills (call it a "tempo run", except for in swimming)

Saturdays: swim full distance

Incorporating interval training (speed workouts) is really important as your distance increases.  I've noticed a much bigger effect on my speed from doing them than from just swimming a whole distance.  I probably only swim a "full" distance once a month.  Granted, that's over a mile, so it's really really boring in a pool.  Anyway, I think your plan is good, but you'll need to adjust it once you are swimming longer distances (my guess is 1500 - 2000 yards, but that's just a guess). 

I think that once you get up to your peak distance, you'll probably want to switch to doing one LSD workout.  You can also incorporate drills into your workouts where you work on improving your technique.  I think there is more to be gained by doing drills and speed workouts than swimming straight.