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Finished 2:30 on the CT. 48.78 miles. The long hills at the end were a pain. I was doing 20.33 for the first hour.  Glad tomorrow is a rest day.

MICHAEL JORDAN PHELPS!!

LOVED that!!! Awsome awesome awesome!! Riding off into the sunset! "What are these hook things on the bike?"!!!

I want to do a triathlon with you, GrapeJuice! Thanks for sharing that. Oh, and Fatty can give you some tips about getting that transition time down...

LOL she was the timer, wish she was my cheering section though

I thought maybe she was your wife, girlfriend, sig other who showed up from her high paying modeling job to cheer you on....did you get her #?

Did you ride the Calgary 70.3 course? How did you find it?

Grape Juice that was the best 5 minutes I've spend in front of my computer in a while. Awesome commentary in T1. No one can over acuse you of not being deliberate.
Love the fact that there was a dog dipping his head into the pool as you were swimming.
Didnt that guy in T1 realize you were being filmed. CMON MAN, get out of the shot!!!
And hey, has you buddy who was filming done a tri yet? You'll have to turn the camera on him!

Trevor:

Calgary Canamore came with my CT software. Yes it is the 70.3 course, but the distance is 59.15. I hope to get to the end the next time I have a 3 hour session.

When I was done I went to do the food shopping so my wife could watch the Australian Open Finals she taped. When I got outside I could have kicked myself it was SOOOOO Awesome outside. Why was I on a trainer? My daughter and I proceeded to wash the cars.

that was awesome... are you active duty? 

That just made me smile!  Grapejuice, you are awesome!  
 

after reading all you posts on the flu it finally got here. I was able to swim yesterday then that was it I was out for the count couldn't even think about my long run or bike this weekend. I was really looking forward my long run because that would have marked my longest run ever. So debating on doing that run on Monday or Tuesday to get it in or just waiting for next Saturday to do my scheduled 13miler.

Getting sick really screws with your training schedule.

Below the head rest, above the head ok to work out, but just take it easy. I have been there.

GraceJuice that was awesome!  Great attitude and quite funny!  I wish you could provide the commentary during football games so I wouldn't have to listen to that idiot Joe Buck.

 

Hello all,

Back from Richmond and we picked up a friend.

Love the puppy!!!

That is the offical bike distance for the race. Where the lake is located, they couldnt keep to the offical 56 miles distance. Kind of sucks as you want to have an 'official' distance on it, but its a very scenic course.

I think i will fix this for you.
Hard to be sick above the head!

Well if you're in the Navy then that just means you 're vomiting into the toilet! Thanks for fixing that!


Edited by DougRob 2011-01-30 6:29 PM

Tony, she is adorable!  Do you get to keep her or are you dog sitting?

Edited by Havin'Fun 2011-01-30 10:19 PM

Oh Boy!!! How cute!  What kind is it?  Looks almost like a Bernese Mt. Dog.....details Tony and Sam.

so cute! Love that pink little belly!

OH tell me about it!  I was getting a little excited to get back into training after being a lazy a$$ for a month.  

    So, in a sense, I'm kind of "starting" over. Am I mad about it? No not really because I've come so far since last year in January/Feb Swim - avg was 2:40ish, Bike - avg - 13-14mph, Run - 14:00. So, yeah..I was happy when I started my first week to find that not much has changed the since the last few training weeks.....THEN....

THE DAMN FLU! *#$@*$!  It started on Wednesday. I was feeling very uncomfortable, every joint in my body HURT (and I thought it's from starting up training again),  very tired, and just under the weather. Decided to skip my run. The next day, I wasn't feeling better, I was feeling worse. Friday, eh, neck pain was really bad, and I tried to do a light jog, and it hurt. Started to have hot flashes at night. Everything hurt. I went to class, and my sign language interpreter (I'm deaf for those who don't know me), who is a mother, pretty much said to me, "You have the flu".   I had no idea.    In fact, this wasn't the first time that I felt like this, and usually they only last for a day. And here I am, proclaiming to the world that I have never gotten the flu. It seems like I had a bit of a mild form, but just lasting a bit of a long time because I didn't do much of anything to treat it (honestly, I thought I was hurting from starting training again and feeling tired because I was just under the weather...that happens sometimes...once in a while). 

Today is Sunday, and finally I feel 98% better.  My neck is still hurting, but everything else is fine. Will do Run/Swim tomorrow!  

So I know exactly how you feel how being sick puts a damper on your plans.  My "A" race isn't until the Fall, so I have PLENTY of time to get back on track...I hope. *crossing fingers*

Hope everyone is doing good and everyone is done with the flu! :-P



 

Tony - VERY cute puppy!! :-)



Suzy - and other doggie owners-  I got a Doggy DNA test for my dog, Stardust.  I was getting sick of people asking me what breed she was and frankly, I'm curious.  

The results has come in - 50% Chihuahua, 25% Shetland Sheepdog, and 25% Mutt (too mixed to really determine). HOW cool is that?!

Here's a pic.




Edited by CyborgQueen 2011-01-31 1:35 AM

Nice work GrapeJuice! You've got the right attitude! Keep up the good work.