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Steve, 

Glad to hear you are doing well after your fall.  I have done similar things.  I fell off the trainer in my basement once with my feet still clipped in.  It took some doing to figure out how to get up.  I also could not make it up a hill once and decided to walk but since I was clipped in  I just fell over.  Oh well. It is hard to remember all that stuff about pedals when you are concerned about oncoming tractor trailers. 

Nation's is now at 73%.  You might be right. You have a couple weeks before you have to decide. 

I am off to the YMCA.  I know you listed what kind of weight training is recommended for triathletes but can you remind me where?  I have looked and can't seem to find it.

Thanks.

Ellen

Another not so good week training wise... need to get my priorities straight ... this whole work thing really needs to stop cutting into my training schedule.

On a better note, since I haven't trained this week my hip is feeling a bit better so swimming tomorrow and maybe a spin class... just no treadmill.  I will have to get outside to run.  I think that the treadmill is doing in my hip but until I get outside and do some running I won't know if I can continue to blame the treadmill or if I need to learn how to run and go have my gait analyzed.

Alex

stevebradley - 2011-03-05 8:59 AM DUNCAN - Got the bike yet? Huh? Huh?

Haha, not yet.  The shop will take delivery on Wednesday.  It's a special limited edition paint job to celebrate Taiwans 100th year, so they didn't have any in the shop.  I do have my cash ready, my shoes and pedals are packed and ready to be taken to the bike shop.

Oh yeah, almost forgot, while I was teaching my private class on Thursday the boys father came in and asked if I need a bike rack for my car.  I said yes, so he showed it to me.  It holds 3 bikes, and from what I understand, he paid a good sum for it.  Probably somewhere in the 300 ~ 500 USD range.  They won't let me pay them anything for it either.  So not only will I have a new bike, but a way to get it to the nice bike paths that I can have a good, uninterrupted ride on!

Way back I mentioned a tiny camper I was building and someone requested pics. I added a couple of basic pics to my album. It is still bare plywood, I will smooth this with bondo and sanding, seal the whole thing with a 50/50 blend of polyurethane and mineral spirits and paint with an epoxy paint. The windows and ac get trimmed out, the galley hatch gets latches and trim and door seals along with the door. The roof will get the poly mix sealant, bondo and fiberglass seam sealer then an elastomeric mobile home roof paint Those rusty little wheels will be replaced. The interior is wired for 110 and 12v systems with repurposed low voltage landscape lights as reading lights. The galley will be kept very basic, room for a coffee pot/small microwave or camp stove and cooler.There is also a small cabinet in the cabin, room for a tiny tv or radio or space heater. A 12v elec blanket would probably do the trick. I have both 12v and 110v outlets

 This was built on a salvaged pop up camper frame so I've kept it lite weight and small. It will sleep two comfortably if no one is over 6 feet tall. The interior is 6'x58" but the floor slopes up at a 45* at the front 12". This will get a foam cushion essentially carrying the mattress up like a pillow.

In the coming weeks, if I don't get laid off, I will get it registered, finish the tail lights, paint and roof it and begin tinkering with the galley finishing touches. Ill take interior pics as t starts to look like something.

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A cryptic email from the executive director about a mandatory meeting, re: "direction of the company" and low case loads, reduced government spending on contracts all add up to an anxiety filled weekend

Johanne, hope it went well, can't wait to hear about it!  Congrats.

Melinda

I use a pencil and paper at the edge of the pool.  I know it is an old method but it works wonderfully for me. Each slash represents one set, what ever it may be.  I have my workout printed on the sheet also.  it works for me and best of all the supplies are relatively free.

I got my first long ride of the year in this past Saturday night.  It was the worst bike ride ever.

The day started out great though, I was about to hold 24-27mph for the first 30 miles of the ride.  We had 2 regroup points at 15 and 30 miles.  Our whole group (8 of us) did not realize we had a tail wind the whole 30 miles down to the beach, we kept playing cat and mouse trying to push the pace and generally have fun.  2 people turned back at the 15 mile mark due to time constraints. 2 more turned back at the 24 mile mark again for time constraints. At the 30 mile mark we finally hit the beach, there are bathrooms, water fountains at the end of the trail, at this point we also ran in to another group from my tri club of about 6 - 8 people.  They started half way down the trail(giving them a 30 mile round trip).  We all stuck together as we headed back up the trail.  I was the first one to break with a right calf cramp, I pulled off and stretched out which helped but the group was long gone at this point. I hopped back on the bike and kept pedaling my heart out.  I looked down at my gps because it was screaming at me for a heart rate of 210, I hit the silence button and changed the screen to see what my speed was.  Much to my surprise with a heart rate of 210 I was only moving at a speed of 11mph.  I just realized I still have 24 miles left of this crap.  Just as I thought it could not get any worse the head wind picked up, I went from traveling at 11 mph to 9 mph.  About at the 40 mile mark both my calves, quads, hamstrings all cramped at the same time.  Thats right all six muscles cramped at the same time.  I  had no idea what to do, I could not get off my bike because my quads wanted to cramp on the down stroke and my hams and calves wanted to cramp on the upstroke.  So I basically I limped home for the next 20 miles at about 10 mph.  I caught up to 2 more guys from the club that had hit their walls as well.  We were placing bets who was going to fall over and die first. They made the ride a bit more enjoyable, but not better.

All in all a BAD day on the bike is better than the BEST day indoors. 

I have been limping around the house all day today.  I am hoping by tomorrow to be able to walk good enough to hit the pool.