Poison Apples Team Thread (Page 8)

Translation --> You don't LIKE the swim, so you found a way to avoid it. :P

Penalty --> Tomorrow or Saturday, you must swim an extra 5 minutes, bike an extra 5 minutes AND run an extra 5 minutes.

Enjoy your workout!

Who needs to smack talk the other teams, when I can harass my own?

Dee

lol!! so dee is the whip cracker now??
so check my log! i did 2.5 AND i did it in 22 minutes!! thats right!! i broke the 10mm!! thanks for gettin my butt out the door today jason!!!! muahahahahaha!!!!

Ha! Well, you're sort of right. But skipping the swim had more to do with getting home at 7:30 and not wanting to start my run at 9. Still! I did feel guilty and I will gladly except my 5-minute penalties.

Man, you're tough!

Bike ride lastnight sucked so I cut it short. My endurance just does not impove as fast as I would like it to, guess I'm not a teenager anymore. After 6 or 7 weeks of running and biking... I am still having trouble putting in 50 miles bike 15 miles run without my body saying ... um yall might want to take a day off. I vasilate between doing a 5 or 6 day workout schedule and well, it may just need to be a 5 day. At least until I get in better shape. Or I will have to only do 1 brick per week or something. Anyone got an endless pool they can loan me for the winter so I can swim and have some non leg intensive workouts? Bike search is driving me nuts. Tri bike or road bike, full carbon or alluminum carbon mix, does ultegra really add that much above and beyond the 105, do I buy a cheap gosh awful looking bike or buy a more expensive ... sweeeet lookin ride, if the bike has a seat post angle of 73 is it really a tri bike or is it a road bike with aro bars and what were the cm on the top tube for a true tri bike again and which wheels sucked and which ones were good and what kind of chain does what again? And why has my scale not changed in 2 weeks? I think it is broken at 160 and won't go any lower. Hrm 25 mile bikeride on the mountain bike on Saturday or go on a 400 mile drive bikeshopping. Ya know there isn't even a bike shop within 100 miles of my house...oh well done with my 4 oz salad back to work for Monday's presentation, followed by that 3rd autism class 150 miles away, followed by that legal training 150 miles away...

Nope. Jason is your whip cracker.

Great run! I can do 2.5 miles in, um... a much longer time period.

Dee

Wow. I'm good at this. Cool!

OK, (looking at the team roster now)..... Whom shall I smack talk next?

Hmmmmm................

As for me, I swam 1100 yards today. Tonight I'll either bike or walk/jog.

yeah yeah yeah, after you did that, I did a bike swim brick.....THEN another 1.7 miles!! This time without the tie :P

I believe I'm up over 20% now, and I feel pretty damn good about that!

I love your post. It's like a stream of consciousness thing. Goes from thought to thought, without so much as a line break. Althought you DID put punctuation in there from time to time, at least.

OK, so here goes:

1) Being a teenager is not all it's cracked up to be. Hormones surging, causing the brain to act no more intelligent than a bowl of oatmeal, etc.... Although I see your point - from a physical perspective, yeah. You could work out as much as you wanted, and never hurt yourself. Or, you could not work out at all, and never gain an ounce of fat OR lose an ounce of muscle mass.... OK, you win. From that perspective, it's better to be a teenager.

2) 50 mi bike, 15 mi run. Yeah. You're so far beyond what I do, that I can't even comprehend it. Would varying the workouts more be helpful? Like going a little harder on the run one day, but easier on the bike.... And then reversing it (easier on the run, harder on the bike). Just tossing it out there as an idea. Don't know if it would work....

3) Endless pool. Now, that would be amazing. Oh yeah, now I remember you. Didn't you post on that endless pool thread? Where we found they run from about $9K on up? Yeah. I'd like an endless pool, too.

4) Tri bike or road bike. Well, I'm still on a stationary. Either one sounds great to me. I'm assuming you've tried both. So - which one can you stay on longer? 'Cause it sounds to me like you're going to rack up some distance on it. Yes, one may be a bit faster than the other, but if you can't sit on it for a long time, well... And yep, I'm a newbie - with a newbie's perspective.

5) Carbon vs Carbon/Aluminum. Either one sounds good. I think my stationary bike is stainless steel. Or maybe plastic.

6) Wheels and chains - visit the Gear Forum. They'll have loads of advice for you. Personally, I prefer round wheels, but don't have much of an opinion beyond that. (Go ahead. Roll your eyes again.)

7) Your scale is broken. Put it in the pool and see how well it swims. If it sinks, leave it there. If it floats, well then there's REALLY something wrong with it. In either case, leave it there. The people at the gym will know what to do with it.

8) Saturday - First do the 25 mile bike ride. THEN throw in some RUNNING. I'd like to remind you that you're doing a RUN CHALLENGE. Once you've done those, then sure, feel free to drive 400 miles to look at bikes. Enjoy your day.

9) You're eating salad. What are you? A rabbit? Eat some real food. With all this biking, swimming and running, you need protein. No wonder your body is not happy with you. Salads....

10) Autism class? Legal training? Ah well, I'll have to check in with your next stream of consciousness post to find out more about those.

11) Take home message is... um, well, I don't know about you - but I need to get off BT.com and get a life.

OK, I think we're done here. That will be $50 please.

Dee (aka the whip cracker)

Nah, my whip cracking is done for the day. I'll get ya tomorrow.

Sorry to hear about your day at work. Although, you know --- a nice workout might help you feel better.

If it helps any, I didn't walk/jog today either. This site is WAY too addictive. And I've spent the entire evening on the forums. (I DID say earlier that I need a life!)

Dee

lol! i'm a little scared to even get on now!! i'll be whipped!!
so i think jason said i was at 22%. so ha. i'll be going out again in the morning, hopefully a little longer than today. maybe 4. that's my goal anyway. i keep forgetting to print out that training schedule i had once upon a time. i think it was 12 weeks to running a half mary. that's the goal of the hour.
if i can get 4 tomorrow that'll put me at a total of 15-ish?? something like that. that'd be good. don't whip me!!
my legs are smoked. after tomorrow, i might have to take a day or two off. i DO want to go out tomorrow though. it'll be my last opportunity for a while, as hubby is picking up some extra shifts at work.
beowolf. i'm a little frightened of you. you're thought process was a TAD hard to follow. i thought dee's interpretation was pretty funny though.

Not by me. Jason is doing a GREAT job of it.

Besides, I promised to crack the whip at Stacie tomorrow.

(I SHOULD be aiming it at myself. All I did today was swim.)

Okie-dokie. I will turn this @#$% computer off now, and hit the treadmill. Of course, then I'll have to come back to the @#$% computer to log my workout......

I SO need a life.

Lol that was the best response I have read in a long time had me rolling. I'm at 29 percent for the month already and my running is loaded M T W and bike is loaded TH FRI Sat with Sunday off. I probably need to do 2 days off a week because I tend to get stubborn and throw minutes or miles onto my plan ... like 45 min run... bah im at 4 miles suck it up and make that 5 miles.... or K so I made it to the biking goal i had for the day, but hey I'm only 6 miles (one way) from that thing i was gona hit next saturday, I can just pop on over and take a looksee... of course I am 11 miles out now 1 way... and when I go another 6 + the wrong turns I'm gona be hurting... oh well I have my apple and cheeze sticks with me and 100 oz of water im fine... and well I am sposed to be doing bricks I'll just jump on the treadmill for a mlie or 2 .... dang... ok now im fried for tomorrow. So finding that ballence between building endurance and overdoing it is hard for me. I like to just do better and better untill well I did too much. Ya don't get a Ph.D. and such by slacking... well not in 5 years anyway (comittee cost me 1 year) but ya 40 year old body not as responsive as i was in my youth. And the pool... I am actually looking at a swimex swimspa... upper end but 18 inch + depth of current up to 3 mph for the basic model... but where to put it.. ah i will remodel the garage.. but then I will need a garage for my junk so well I will build one... 30k + 20k + 10k, pool gona probly cost me 60k so that I can swim in a tri. I guess the bike dont look so expensive now. Anyone have a 60k bike or pair of nike's? Oh well, suck it up put on the sweats, its dark, its cold (30 F) and I got to put in at least 9 miles bike tonight or tomorrows ride is gona need to be 32 miles +. Sorry for the punctuation I'll do better next time.

man, making ME out to be the bad guy

I just love giving Lyssa a hard time. She has definitely motivated me, and I know that I'm motivating her as well, and isn't that what life is all about???

everyone else, keep up the good work!

Bah 25 F out now... 9.2 mile bikeride... I'm done cya tomorrow. Counts his pennies for a trainer.

seriously..that cannot mean 25 degrees can it?? must be in the mountains of cali...

i'm in wisconsin, and we are bracing for an 85 degree day tomorrow....in october. Something just is not right about that!

Hrm a whopping 36 F this morning at 9 am, and I have a 20 + mile bike outing planned. I am thinking i will need the insolated camelback water tube today if it gets any colder. Sunday will be a day off and then back to running on Monday. Given the way lastnight's bikeride of 9 miles went, I doubt I will be throwing in an extra brick run after the 20-25 mile bikeride. Although I did have run, walk or crawl... stated up front on my distance for the month so I may get a few yards down getting from the front door to my bed aftewards. Perhapse I shall wait till the frost melts off my bike frame before going out.

1) Forget the punctuation. Steam of consciousness doesn't include it. A line break here and there would be nice though.

2) Thanks for posting a reply to my "Pool Water" question. You had some good ideas in there. I'll have to ask the people at the gym about those things.

3) So you run M, T, W. And bike Th, F, Sat. Maybe the 3 consecutive days is overstressing the body? (Especially since you're eating those high calorie salads.) What would happen if you tried alternating instead? Run M, W, F. Bike T, Th, Sat. Would it give you better recovery time?

4) Throwing minutes/miles in your workouts... well, I do that too. I try to challenge myself. So I can't say anything there. And I know what you mean about trying to balance building endurance and overdoing it. I think I've been overdoing the swimming. Either that, or my technique is falling apart. Because I've NEVER had a shoulder problem, and now BOTH shoulders hurt. (Yes, I should use this as an excuse to concentrate on walking/jogging for the month. This is a run challenge, after all.)

5) Apple, cheese sticks, water. Well, it's better than just salad. I sure hope you eat the occasional protein or complex carb meal, though! I eat cookies. Lots of them. Yes, I know they're bad for me. I don't care. :P

6) If you think the 40 year old body is bad, well, just give it a few years. What we've got now is the best it's gonna be. (After all, we don't get YOUNGER.) Think about that cheery thought for awhile.

7) Re putting the swimex swimspa in the garage, followed by the need to build a new garage - Well, why not just build a pool room, and keep your garage as is? Could be really nice. I'm thinking plexi glass walls, so it would allow the sun in during the winter. But you could take them down during the summer. Cool, eh? In fact, buy two swimspas. Send one to me.

8) 30 F? Um. I'll stay in NC, thank you. It was 72 F this morning.

9) How did the bike shopping go? Did you decided what to get?

Dee


Edited by D001 2007-10-06 1:19 PM

Yeah, it works for me. You motivate Lyssa. Lyssa motivates you. It gives me more time to crack the whip at everyone else.

Hm, I'm supposed to "motivate" Stacie today, right?

Dee

Yeah, I want a trainer too. I'm willing to bet that I'll have that before I have an Endless Pool, too.

Which trainer are you thinking about? I want the Cycle Ops Fluid 2. Oh wait, I need a bike before I get a trainer, don't I? Whoops. Need to move the trainer purchase back a bit.

You may be counting your pennies. But I'm saving mine.



Dee

82 F here today.

As for something being "not right" about it, well, I'm not going to complain.

Hooray for the 2+ miles! Way to go!

You have track teams. I have swim teams.... They take up all the good pool time, AND all the pool lanes. They posted an announcement that there will be teams using the pool during the morning before school, and from 4-8 PM. Um, hello? When is everyone else supposed to swim? Sheesh.

Oh wait. I keep talking about swimming, and this is a RUN Challenge. OK then, I'll just go walk/run today.

Dee

Great job!

It's ok to throw the walking in. The point is that you went out and DID 4 miles! Way to go!

Poison Apples rock!

Dee