kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2012 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 86)

I LOVE being on a team.  There are the obvious advantages: discounts with sponsors, support at races, people to train with, etc.  I love that I've found people that "get" me.  Lets face it there aren't many outside of the endurance sports world that get what we do.

Things I didn't expect to get out of being in a tri club that I have would be things like life long friends.  I have more connections now in the local tri scene than before.  I get access to local used goods that I wouldn't have otherwise.  I had 50 or so people's brains to pick when I needed to find a bike fitter.  I could go on and on.  Our dues are the same as yours.  Gets us membership and a Tshirt, but I find that I "profit" much more than I pay in.  Of course my guess is that each tri club is different and each person has a different experience, for instance KeriKadi here on BT loathes my club. 

Things I would look for would include people you click with.  People of the same ability level.  People of a higher ability level.  A group schedule that you can incorporate into your life at some level.  A group of folks that you don't mind being identified with.

Here's tonight's schedule for the Olympic Trials:

Men's 100m Free - Semifinal

Women's 200m Free - Final

Men's 200m Fly - Final

Women's 200m Fly - Semifinal

Men's 200m Breast - Semifinal

Women's 200m IM - Final 

Scott -- you need to watch the 200M Fly.

to meet everyone, sure,

to race...highly unlikely

but thanks for thinking of me!!!

Its almost time . . .

Excuse my dumbness....For...????

Thanks Scott. Yea I am actually surprised that with membership this group gives you either a tri-top or a singlet. I like the Coach a lot so far, since I am not being coached by him haha :D I am hoping that this weekend I will be able to meet the other coach and some of the people. I am pretty outgoing so that shouldn't be a problem. They have early morning workouts which is when I mainly train so that is a big reason why I think I will join them. Plus they are near my work so I can just come straight to work afterwards.

Tour de France starts on Saturday!

Duh! Man it is just motivation city right now. Swim trials, The Tour, and Olympics coming up. Whew! Gonna need to control myself.

Haven't missed a night yet.  My daughters are enthralled.  I will say Reagan asked last night "Mommy where are those women's boobies?"  I damn near fell off the couch.

bwhahaha.  Tell them not to take up endurance sports because the boobs just go away.  Madge asked why the women wear such ugly outfits in the pool.    I told her that I like the new speedsuits.  

Ooh I forgot.  Picked up these on Sunday:

And this is coming today:

Went for a ride and thought 10:15 would be "cooler", boy was I wrong! Almost saw 100 already this morning on my Garmin.

The boobs don't go away.  The suits are just THAT tight.

That's what I'm going to tell myself when I look in the mirror.  It's just the spandex  

It's supposed to be 104 this weekend. WTH! The 90's are bad enough. And air quality is supposed to be horrible too. Fabulous!

Edited by karen26.2 2012-06-29 6:24 AM

Rest day for me today.  Don't know how resting is possible in 100 degree heat.  I'm taking my 2 younger boys to the pool for the morning....will try to keep face out of the sun.  

btw...I have always hated sweet cherries.  I think I've tried them twice before in my life.  Bought a bag at whole foods yesterday (along with blackberries, watermelon, and grapes). They are SO GOOD.  How did I not know this before?  My new favorite snack.     

Long run this morning.  It's soooo humid here.  Feels like running in puddles. 

So on my TV yesterday we went swim trials, mens gymnastics (2 guys from the gym my girls go to are competing), a brief respite to get the So You Think You Can Dance in from our DVR, and then Track and Field trials.  It's funny 4 years ago I was 230+ lbs and had really no interest in the Olympics other than casually.  This year I find them riveting. 

Oh and Cindy said "Who needs Magic Mike when you have male swimmers and gymnasts to look at for free??"

Shaun has a massive crush on a gymnast from the University of Oklahoma -- he's calls the gymnast "8 pack" -- its pretty amusing.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Probably no more amusing that your obsession with Cavendish ....  

Week 4 of no running ... COMPLETE (almost)