They Who Shall Not be Named! (Page 85)

Yoganerd - 2007-11-09 7:19 AM

sparco - 2007-11-09 4:14 AM

Hector, YOU HAD AN AWESOME RUN YESTERDAY!!! Now rest up, drink lots of fluids (with electrolytes--sodium and potassium) and you get to eat lots of carbs...stay low on the fat, though...

Do a quick run tomorrow, and you're all set.

It's a good thing to start slow, although you'll FEEL like just rocketing out there at the start. If you use all your glycogen reserves at the start, you will have a hard time pushing it to the end, so keep an eye on your early miles, maybe make up a pace band if you don't have a watch that does splits:

Mile 1 11:00 min
Mile 2 22:00 min
Mile 3 33:00 min...and so on...

You'll do great brutha...and think of all the ladies here that will be rooting you on!!! Enjoy a rest day!

barqhead - 2007-11-09 5:13 AM Good morning everyone. Bad news all the way around. My weight is up, I didn't get up for yoga and I have to take my daughter to the doctor (well check, but still). I WILL go to the gym and do strength after my daughter's appointment. I WILL NOT run to give my hip a few extra days to rest since I have no races planned until January at the earliest. I WILL NOT binge out of self-pity and loathing because of the numbers on the scale. OK. That's out of my system now. Going to to into everyone's blogs for inspires and inspiration. Later...Pam

HCS5QA - 2007-11-09 7:12 AM

Sorry for your rough morning, but cheer up because you'll recover just fine. Besides you should have a smile on your face because will be thinking about those hot cycling calf's of yours.

HCS5QA - 2007-11-09 10:48 AM

Wow, I can't believe there was no posting for this length of time. Is everyone ok? Did I miss something? Was there a global internet meltdown? Did the ladies talk themselves to sleep? Answers, must have answers!

Ok hopefully everyone is working out at least.

lastcall2003 - 2007-11-09 2:06 AM

Dee, is this Avatar worthy?

lastcall2003 - 2007-11-09 8:59 AM

Morning!

I think everyone that's not traveling is working :-( 

I've had back to back meetings today so far, just popping in to say a quick hello before I head to my next meeting

see you later this afternoon!

Yoganerd - 2007-11-09 8:08 AM
Ah, the swimming leg...

I do the breast stroke for pete's sake! (still finish middle of the pack in my age group). But, knowing that I WILL be doing ALL of the distances within the next three years, I am SLOWLY, PAINFULLY learning freestyle.

Quote from the swimming instructor, "You'd swim really well if you used only your arms, once you add the legs, all forward progress stops".

So, my struggles are strengthening my shoulders (so that they don't hurt), and retraining the muscle-brain connection so that my legs don't act as water brakes. I get the kick correct when I use fins, but take off those babies and I feel as if I should really be kicking hard (and, there is plenty of leg buoyancy, so that is not the problem).

By the way, Morning 'Nibbins! I have a lot of catching up, to do.

I like the swimming cat avatar, however.

If you really don't want to swim, you can be our mascot... with or "without" the Speedos... hmmm, what does THAT mean? Trunks, or ...

geauxtri - 2007-11-09 9:10 AM

I got a star!! I got a Star!!!  I'm a STAR now, ahhh!

barqhead - 2007-11-09 8:13 AM

Good morning everyone. Bad news all the way around. My weight is up, I didn't get up for yoga and I have to take my daughter to the doctor (well check, but still). I WILL go to the gym and do strength after my daughter's appointment. I WILL NOT run to give my hip a few extra days to rest since I have no races planned until January at the earliest. I WILL NOT binge out of self-pity and loathing because of the numbers on the scale. OK. That's out of my system now. Going to to into everyone's blogs for inspires and inspiration.

Later...Pam

HCS5QA - 2007-11-09 10:14 AM

Besides I'll be cheering for you.

D001 - 2007-11-09 9:17 AM Weight --> Assume it's water. Ignore it and continue "doing what you've been doing." Gym --> Yes, go. Then come back here and tell us what you did. We expect a report from you, so you have to go. Hip --> Well, don't hurt it. Any "alternative exercise" you can do?

D001 - 2007-11-09 9:19 AM

Hahaha, this pic still cracks me up. It's just so wrong. LOL

geauxtri - 2007-11-09 12:10 PM

I got a star!! I got a Star!!! I'm a STAR now, ahhh!

Gotta agree Dee,dogs over cats, thoguth in our family we have oneof each to keep the balance. But MY dog is bigger than HIS cat.

HCS5QA - 2007-11-09 12:24 PM

But you can't help but laugh at it. Just looking at it makes me LMAO.

D001 - 2007-11-09 9:24 AM

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D001 - 2007-11-09 9:25 AM Yeah, but I'm at work. They're going to wonder what I'm laughing at.

D001 - 2007-11-09 10:14 AM When I swim, I don't bother kicking at all. The kick requires a lot of energy, for a relatively small increase in speed. If I'm trying to sprint, then yes, I kick hard. But if I'm going for distance, I don't even think about kicking. Back when I was in high school (oh so long ago!), I remember hearing: Freestyle/Crawl - you get about 90% of your power from upper body, 10% from the flutter kick. Breastroke - you get about 60% from your upper body, 40% from your kick. And, if you think about having to bike and run afterwards, then it also makes sense to not worry about adding a kick. JMO on this....

D001 - 2007-11-09 10:19 AM Hahaha, this pic still cracks me up. It's just so wrong. LOL

HCS5QA - 2007-11-09 10:26 AM Yayyyyy! It's a very twinklie star! TwinkLie. Not Twinkie. There's an "L" in it. (Which is what I missed last night, and ended up thinking that Cat was saying that I was a Twinkie.....)

Yoganerd - 2007-11-09 12:29 PM

REALLY??? Wow... this makes a TON of sense...
When we used the pull buoy for the first time, I smoked the others in the swim class, and actually got a nice body roll.