August "Don't Be A Slacker" Challenge (Page 8)

Yeah... I'm hoping to talk to someone there and maybe they can take a look at it and help me out.  Though I'm pretty sure they'll just say they need to send it in for repairs. 

I think I'm always overly optimistic at the beginning of the month.  I feel like I'm always just squeaking by with my goals. 

Either that, or you need to figure out when I'm about to post a random update, and just do your update before that.

Good luck with this ^^^.

I know which option I'd opt for.... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

TGIF.....

That is actually a GOOD thing. It means you're challenging yourself.

I, on the other hand, opt for the path of slackerhood, so I set my goals low. LOL

lol. I'm on track to hit 100%+ by the end of the month. No worries here.

So what happens if we're both at 100% and 31/31 in August?

No race for me - did an ultra last weekend.

Anyway - question for the group - as my Garmin died an untimely death, do I abandon that portion of the challenge or estimate my kcal burn?  That was how I was keeping track.  My guestimate would be based on the year plus of wearing it where I would burn about 150 per mile run and 75 per mile biked.  I'll just be hosed on the P90X workouts (if I ever do any) 

Have a great weekend folks!

Estimate it. We wouldn't want you to slack off a portion of the challenge, "miss out" on a portion of the challenge.

Nothing? 

All women's sprint tri on Sunday.  Should be fun.

Why is it they can have all women tri's but they can't have all men tri's? Or is it that men wouldn't be interested in an all men tri because there wouldn't be any eye candy?
Not that I really care if they have an all men tri. I don't really care. I was just wondering.

I wasn't feeling inspired to work out today and kept putting it off. Finally went on a ride after work and I'm glad I did. It was a good workout and I feel much better (not to mention that I don' feel like such a slacker now).

Good luck to all those that have races this weekend. I'm excited for my weekend. I have a weekend where I get to plan most of what I am doing instead of having a full calendar running from one thing to another.

Maybe because men don't mind competing with men, but some women don't want to compete with men?

Besides, if you have an all women tri, everything can be PINK.

I get to taser you both?

16 mile run in the rain/mist - done!  shower - check!  This means I'm ready to be a slacker for the rest of the day!

Oh.....we had a small earthquake here today as well!!!

I hope I'm rocking and rolling with fully inflated tires tomorrow!

Edited to fix my horrible spelling.

Edited by owl_girl 2010-08-21 6:29 PM

Go away for a couple of days and its like everyone went to sleep. We're is everyone?

As the saying goes, life is what happens when you make other plans. Went for a run Saturday night and literally came staggering home (Severe chest pains, blah, blah, blah). Wife rushed me to the hospital and now I am finally home.  The tests all come back fine. Angiogram doesn't show any blockage or narrowing of the arteries. Heart function looks normal, mostly. They did find that my heart pauses after a deep breath but they weren't overly concerned about it after the angiogram. I am supposed to go back in to see the cardiologist in a couple of weeks. I guess that means I am out of the challenges for the next little while.

Which brings my first tri season to an end without even doing a single race. I know "All those posts and you haven't even done a single race?" I like to chat and I like the challenges to keep me going. I had this whole season mapped out with a race every month from April through Aug and something came up every time (sickness, family obligation, etc). I was going to do a late season tri next month but now that is out too. Hopefully everything will be in order soon so I can get back on track and be ready for next season.

I hope its ok if I still hang around even though I can't do the challenge. Like I said, I like to chat.

Congrats!