T.W.I.S.T.E.R. - March Winds Challenge (Page 9)

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If you want a low calorie extremely nutritious food try a Daikon.  It is a mild asian radish that has tons of vitamins and antioxidants.  It looks like a giant white carrot.  Ways of preparing it is only limited by your creativity in the kitchen.

I get it for 59cents a lb at my local asian market (versus $2 lb at the chain grocery store).

so I just made a quick trip to the pharmacy only to discover that my insurance coverage has been dropped (again).  Don't you just love Unions?

I think that it is time for me to find a new avatar.  Maybe I will go back to my 'popping through the roof' pic.  That or Little Miss Chatterbox.

Bill, I must say that you have gotten chattier since my last challenge with you. 

Guy at work introduced my to Xterra.  Its all been downhill since then....  Now, I love anything endurance related.  The longer, more punishing the better.

Yup...daikon is good stuff.  Especially in asian style clear soups.  Yummm

Good question.  A coworker of mine mentioned it to me.  I had recently started running so I thought, hey, why not.  Best part was I beat him by 15 minutes my first race

Useless?  All conversation is meaningful in here, even if it is by yourself.

Very little.  Google says a whole medium sized tomato has 22 calories.  Now who's bored

Just finished a swim.  Time for dinner, a drainer ride, and some core work!

ok i got lost around page 6, seriously, i go away for a couple of days off the thread and 10 pages sprout up !
went to the gym today,  and finally put my goals up!

Yup...there's no point in counting calories in vegetables...unless it's starchy like a potato.  Most are so water based that your body burns more calories to digest them than they actually have in them.  Basically why WW counts them as 0 points.

Just finished some short speedwork on the treadmill at lunch...yes, it's lunch time here.

Masters class after work...in about 5 hours.

how did I get into triathlon?

My best buddy is an old High School friend named Maneesh.  One of his college buddies, Dave, is a marathoner turned triathlete.  Dave invited Maneesh to do a sprint tri with him and the invitation was extended to me as well. 

My training consisted of a few jogs, a few swims (mostly spent coaching Maneesh), one bike ride, and numerous hours working on my bike to make it somewhat functional.

Despite my haphazard training I had a fabulous, albeit uncomfortable, first race - a good portion of it I spent laughing at my blunders. 

The three of us spent a couple of hours laying in the grass and then went to my parents place for dinner.  I promptly made the day even more memorable by managing to flash flame my face and arms while lighting the gas BBQ. 

Note to self...don't light BBQs when in a race induced stupor.

Dinner was a success regardless.

ahhh, good times. 


Edited by mchally 2010-03-03 5:41 PM

OK...since this is a "challenge me" thing...I'm going to try and top your 4900 with 5000 tonight.  I'll try to get in 1000 before masters class, then get the remaining after.  I suppose I need to do this anyway...because I'm going to miss my scheduled swim on Friday.  I'm more like a 2 minute 100 yard swimmer if I'm doing 500+ yard sets, so this may take me a while...LOL.

Damn it... That's it, I'm going to 2x day swims to keep up!

Edited by brick94513 2010-03-03 6:23 PM

5k yards? jeez louise, i dont do that in a week when i'm doing swim training (can't really do much til about maytime here!)

Last summer one of my clients was training for a marathon.  Listening to him describe how he felt while training and racing made me wish I could do something like that,  despite the fact that he was overtraining  and causing his body problems.  My wishing was only wishing since I didn't even jog.  Then another client came in right after her first triathlon.  She is my age and about my fitness.  Listening to her pleasure in her accomplishment sparked even more interest in me.

So here I am six months later with my first tri scheduled next month.  I have learned to jog (up to 8 miles) but am not very fast.  I started swimming again after  35 years since swim team days... I'm slow but I can do it.  I ride my step-daughter's 12 year old mountain bike.  I am saving for a road bike!

I love the training, wish I had realized this 30 years ago!

wouldn't that be ironic...

I fully intend to reach my other goals as well. 

I'm planning on joining a spin class this evening.  I also have a 50 mile bike ride scheduled on the 14th.