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Love the attitude!  It's the right one to have.

Well 1 week after knee surgery the bruising is at the surface. But I managed to take my dog for a 2.4km walk today and I think I can feel the difference in my knee even while walking. However the end of the walk it started to get sore. So I know I am even limited in walking for a while.

But it felt nice to finally get out for a walk. I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Only if you pull together a bio and visit at least once a week!!!  Yeah Andy!

Yes, still having the Christmas' spirits and looking forward to the New Years' spirits too (and maybe a little asparagus if I can steal some from those rain-dears), but no races for a while.   My single greatest accomplishment in 2012 was my near-HIM (2km swim, 105 km bike, 20 km run) - being able to have a half way decent run off the bike in 90+ temps was a sign that I was doing something right in my training.   What did I learn?   Consistency.....consistency....consistency.....you gotta have consistency to build upon.

Go Jayne!!!   Welcome back Doug, Andy and Spanky!!  John: a couple classics already ---ROFLMAO.   Great to see all the new folks too!

Now, back to my post Christmas, pre-New Year spirits.

And, here's my bio:

NAME: Dan

STORY: I'm 54 and live in Sendai, Japan. My first Oly was in 2009.  I continue to struggle with the swim but am slowly improving. My running has been pretty consistent for the past two years and that is not a bad thing, i.e., better to be consistent and building the base than taking weeks and months off for injury.  Cycling?  Slowly improving - looking to bump up my time in the saddle next year.

FAMILY STATUS: Married with two sons from my wife's previous marriage. We have 3 grandchildren and 2 more on the way.

CURRENT TRAINING: trying to build up to 6 runs/week ala Barry P and ramp up my weekly distances to 50 km (said this last year, but it did not happen....making better progress right now).  Cycling - on the trainer 3 times/week and looking to crank it up the intensity along with at least one long ride.  Swimming...one lesson every other week or so, lots of drills and I think my balance is finally getting better (but I said that a year ago too).   

2012 RACES: 2 Olys, an HIM, a couple of HMs.  I had my first DNF in one of the Olys - bad swim, but they let me continue on with the bike/run.  The HIM was definitely my A race for year and I was happy to make it through in a little over 7 hours.   On the HM front, I improved my PR to 1:40:45...20 seconds or so better than 2011, but a far cry from the 5 minutes I'd like to knock off.

2013 RACES: Likely 2 Olys and one HIM again along with 2-3 HMs.  I am also contemplating doing the Houston-Austin MS150 bike ride in April, i.e., during a visit to the US.

INSEAM: 28 inches and shrinking...

Weightloss: not a problem as long as I keep my beer/wine consumption up.

Just checking in from my overseas trip; we're now in Cornwall down in the Southwest of England and as I write this I'm looking out at surfers catching waves in freezing water! I've just done an hour on the exercise bike at a local hotel, reminded me how much I hate those machines!!!

My biggest achievement this year was running my first marathon, the training really improved my running style and I learnt a lot about pushing yourself through pain at the end.

Does taking your son and his cousin to a water park count as swimming in this forum group?  Just asking... 

Big weekend and week of College Bowl games..who's got who?  GO DUCKS!!!

Barry's back....GO BUCKY!

Go Horns! Hook 'em!

Whoop Whoop!! Made it through our first swim in the pool. You will be happy to know that Michelle, Candice nor I drowned. Yay!! However, my homegirls are much better swimmers than I. We did, thanks to all of your advice get signed up for a swim class. Semi private lessons. And will probably be doing a stroke class too.

After getting in pool, I have found that I have an apparent fear of putting my face in the water. I know I need to do this to be an accomplished swimmer. Any tips or drills anyone has that can help me with this? Puuuuhhhhleeeeassseee!!!

CARDINAL RED!!!!!!! 

Wait!  You had family attend Wisconsin.    You raced your brains out in this city.  GO BADGERS!

x2. Going to a par-tay on New Year's to cheer on the Cardinal... with all of our local alum friends. Fun!!

Whatever.

According to the Marist Poll for 2012

: For the third straight year 'whatever' has topped a list of the most annoying words polled in the U.S.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2254040/Marist-Poll-The-annoying-words-year-revealed-2012.html#ixzz2GUFztOaA
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Divemedic,

I think that the American concept of college football is slightly different than ours! (ie. Acadia vs. Mount A).  Brace yourself for the storm tonight - supposed to dump a lot of snow on NS.

jon