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That is why you INVITE YOUR MOTHER IN-LAW!! She will wear the same sweater.... You'll be fine!  It is all in good fun. 

We made it home late last night.  I can't sleep on the plane, so I was up for about 22 hours yesterday.  Our daughter had a great time at the in-laws, if we'd known we probably would have stayed in DC through the weekend in order to see some more sites.  As it was, we prioritized what we wanted to see and what fit my work schedule and feel like we did pretty well given the limited time we had.  Bev laughs when I include ESPN Zone on the list of sites we saw.  

Good luck Tracy, the only thing worse than a sick kid is a sick husband. :P

I hope everyone had a great weekend?!

I am going to be petty for a few minutes..... it was total throw back to the 80's night at my gym!!  I saw more women with enough makeup on that I spotted them all the way across the floor, 2 women with long droopy earrings, and I swear a 40 something year old woman with a pink bow tied ON TOP of her head. She looked like a poodle.  I must have been quite a sight for comparision, I forgot to bring a hat for after I swam, so I was lifting with wet swimcap hair and racoon eyes.   I wonder who looked funnier?  I forgot how entertaining working out in a gym can be. 

JEALOUS MUCH!  I want snow!   I thought it was snowing on my way into work today until I realized it was 53 degrees.  It must have been from the construction sight I was passing at the time.

So, tonights project is to rework my running music list on my iPod.  Any suggestions?  What gets you really pumped when you workout?  I am not a big heavy metal fan but I re-discovered my old Metallica CD last night - Enter Sand Man is a great song.   I also like Green Day, Bon Jovi, some Hip Hop and great 80's songs. I have been spotted playing the air drums on occasions as I am out running.  What do you guys like to listen to..... I need some variety. My play list is getting boring.

p.s. enjoy your morning coffee everyone

Tracy - You should check out Me First and the Gimme Gimmes for your playlist - they're one of my favorites right now. 

I also have Modest Mouse,  Beastie Boys, Candlebox, U2, RHCP, POTUS, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Bush, Led Zepplin, Foo Ffighters, CCR, Finger Eleven,  Blink 182, Jay-Z, Nelly, Outkast, Biggie, and Eminem on my iPod right now - to name a few.  My shuffle list is around 175 songs, which helps keep it from getting stale too quickly.

Had a swim lesson over the weekend, she video taped my stroke above and below the water.  I have to say that is the best kind of feedback.  You can have someone tell you what you are doing but to see it is another thing.

Hands crossing over the center line, breathing side my stroke falls apart, not so bad on the opposite side. 

She was pretty funny, She had no problem yelling at me.  I think alot of swim coaches are used to kids and can get intimidated by adults.  She told me that it was her job to tell me how much I suck in order to justify her hourly rate.

She gave me a small piece of PVC to hold while doing drills to make sure that my hands always come back to that point making this ! !, instead of this ^.

Running a 10k this weekend with a large crew of BT'ers, I think we had 30+ people last time I checked, should be alot of fun.

Ipod wise for motivation I play

Atreyu - Becoming the Bull

Motorhead - Ace of Spades

Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff

Linkin Park - Bleed it out

Nelly - Number One

Nonpoint - What a day

M & M - Lose Yourself

of course eye of the tiger and the not quite as popular "You're the best" from the Karate Kid soundtrack : )

"M&M" or Eminem is a great one...

Ludacris ---- MOVE BIT*H is a great one... I love to listen to this one running where lots of people are....

Tracy for you... Knowing my wife who was also a ex cheerleader in college.... She digs JT, and Timberland when running.... Also she get's going to Ludacris, or ANY DAVE MATTHEWS BAND...

I played a little Nirvana unplugged running the other day... Seemed great....  Trail running I tend to go a little mellow with stuff like John Mayer, Death Cab for Cuties, Augustana, Sun Kil Moon, Jack Johnson, etc...

feeling my age there, tbh I wondered why I couldn't find the song sorting by artists, I was looking in the M's... To my credit I thought it could have also been sorted under Marshall Mathers...

I'm telling you - check out Me 1st and the Gimme Gimmes.  They cover great songs in a punk style, everything from 60's to Country.  Or don't, it's really up to you.

I have another early flight tomorrow - sucks getting up at 3:45 to catch a plane.  On the upside, this is the last trip I have scheduled for now and I'll make MVP status again with this trip. 

Good morning everyone.  Great thing happened to me this morning.  I didn't eat breakfast at home  and was trying not to raid the vending machines at work. I had a package of peanut butter crackers and an apple so I was good.  After I scarfed down the crackers and the apple I was still hungry.  I picked up the cracker wrapper to throw it away, AND THERE WAS ONE MORE CRACKER LEFT IN THE PACKAGE!!!!  Finding extra food when you are training is like finding money in your pocket!!!!  

Simple pleasures in life are so nice.

Very nice.

Somehow my kids stole my goggles and jammers out of my bag and hid them so no swimming for me today, it is cold and rainy so going to run on the indoor track here at work.  45 laps for 5 miles, ugh...

I had some free time this morning so I went and made an excel spreadsheet of all my races and results from 2008.  Also pasted it in my logs.  Kind of fun to do some analysis.  Can't wait for next season to start so I can see how things have improved (hope with all this work they have improved).

Good luck w/ your daughter... Hope that all is well with this?! Finger crossed, prayers your way !!!

Here is a fun site for the holidays...

http://iamsaintnick.com/

Yeah had that happen with contractors at my house too.  The guy's kids got sick and he couldn't be there which I understand but still not sure why the rest of his guys couldn't be there and work.

Check your rim tape for anything on it or spoke that poked through.  I think the wear depends on what you are doing, if you are riding the trainer I believe that it is harder on the tire than regular road riding.

There are more durable tires out there.  Check out www.probikekit.com they are in england but are cheap and still get you just as quickly as anything in the states will.