Elaine's Awesome Start to 2012 Group! - Closed! (Page 9)

Ran a 47:50 10K

3rd in my age group, 35th overall out of 257.

I was happy! I still feel like I left about a minute on the course! I am running other 10K this weekend!

Crossfit is a stellar workout!

Be VERY careful mixing it with running at first. They do LOTS of squats and similar movement - I often have trouble running for a week afterwards!

The instructors should help you scale the workouts properly, and your body will adjust. Just be ready for some soreness in the beginning

That is AWESOME!

Recover well this week - just runs to stay loose, then kick the crap out of your next one!!

Great job Phillip, 7:42's, nice pace!

Ok... let's get some discussion going...

What motivates you??

doing something that many think can't be done is one thing that motivates me. Another is never going back to a point in my life when my waist was creeping up to a 38. Now I am a size 33 and that is where I would like to be.

My clothes fitting well is definitely a motivator!!

And I LOVE crushing goals. It's mostly been building distance (first OLY in 2010, first 70.3 in 2011) but this year, I want to learn to rock the Olympic distance. I'll do a 70.3 or two, probably, but I want to focus on FAST!

One thing for sure, exactly what Eddie said.  I too was heading towards a 38 about 3.5 years ago.  Now I'm 32-33 and it's saweet!  On the other hand, most dept. stores don't carrry pants in a 32 or 33 waist with 34 length   I would like to win a race someday, not sure if that will happen at 45 but if I keep at it, the Tri gods may shine upon me one day at a small local race.  Setting a good example for my kids also motivates me.  They don't know what the letters HTFU stand for but they understand the concept.

My podium finishes have all been at small, local races. You've only gotta race who shows up that day!!

I found out that NO ONE in their 20s did the half iron distance at the HITS race in Naples - I should have gone and claimed the overall win in my age group

I did a few crossfit workouts last year with another groupon I had purchased for a different location, so I have a good idea of what I'm in for.  Before I moved to GA, I strength-trained at a gym that was only about 3 miles from my apartment.. and there were plenty of days I had to put the cruise control on to drive home because my leg was shaking so bad I couldn't hold down the gas pedal.  Then there was the issue of shampooing my hair the next day, amongst other things..lol

I'll let you know how it goes!

I'm REALLY looking forward to a few good workouts like that next month! I've been so careful b/c of the marathon!

Those workouts are a blast!

And trust me, you're still not the weirdest person at the pool

The workout was quite basic last night - just as many reps as possible of 5/10/15 pushups/situps/squats, I guess to get a baseline for most people.  I think the instructors were  at the number of people who showed up last night - there were probably about 30 for the one class, 99% of whom bought the groupon and had never been to the location before.  I'm hoping they will let us advance to the regular crossfit workouts after a while... the groupon is for the "basics" class but I'm pretty sure (and hoping) that to thin out some of the herd, they'll let us advance to the regular crossfit WODs before the 60 days are up. 

I feel fine today.

You guys are a fun bunch! Such a varied group of athletes!

This is a HUGE motivator for me: my first podium!

...and that's me on TOP!

It sort of made me realize that anything is possible. The race was one of a series of 5 races. Had it been any other of the 5, I wouldn't have been in the top 5 - not even top 10 for most of them!

That's one of the beauties of this sport - you race who shows up. 

I have to have goals to keep me motivated. Sometimes I get a little OCD with it. 

Went skiing the last 2 days. My legs are screaming, it sure was fun. I did well for my first time out. Its nice to be sore because of activity and not some disease.

Feeling life is real good right now.

Onward for the week.

Awesome.

Life IS good. Enjoy it!

A friend posted this on FaceBook. It made me laugh