Poison Apples Team Thread (Page 9)

Great job! Actually, I just posted in your blog a minute ago. Bet the dogs loved their walk today, too.

Enjoy your walk (run?) with hubby.



Dee

Here is the spreadsheet updated. We are doing GREAT.

 Stacie

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Just wanted to let the team know there have been a bit of confusion about anyone that joined the challenge late. Mileage for any late entrants will be counted from the beginning of October so goals should be set taking this into account!

 

Thanks

Cat

Yeah, I really DO need to get a life.

Sorry you had a crummy week. Good for you for getting those runs in though! Way to go!

(Wait... what did you say about exclaimation points? I think I'm addicted to them!.... Whoops there goes another one!)

Hehehe

Dee

Dissing? Nooooo..... motivating!

A theme song? Um. I vote that you record it and put it online. Wait -- can you sing?

(Amazing how many posts I now have. And yet, how little I've actually had to say. )





Edited by D001 2007-10-06 8:25 PM

Speaking of motivating...Dee! You are awesome! Today was my punishment, so I added five minutes to everything, and it was actually not too terrible. *g* In the swim I used my five minutes to add a new drill. In the bike I used my five minutes to go farther than I have before (well, without stopping, anyway). In the run (which I did as a brick after the bike) I was actually really happy to have those extra five minutes because I felt *great*.

Thank you!

Just a heads up to the other Poison Apples -- consider yourself lucky if Dee sets her sight on you. She'll kick your , but it's totally worth it.

theme song? I heard that song by the Proclaimers today, the I would walk 500 miles song...and wondered what our total team goal is for miles. If my math is right, our team goal is 456 miles. I think we can pull off 500 though

we cannot be stopped





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all right, i know i'm really asking for it here. but someone PLEASE motivate me!! i gotta get my butt out the door, but it's pouring, and i'm freezing, and i DON'T WANNA!!! i must i must. oh geez it's so nasty out right now!!!
someone give me the boost i need!! quick!

Wayyyy cool!!!! See? You pushed yourself a bit, and you survived!

GREAT JOB!

Last month was my first challenge (swim/bike), and that's pretty much what I did all month. I'd say, "OK, I swam 1000 last time, so I can do 1050 yards today. It's just 2 laps more." And voila, I'd find out it wasn't too bad. By the end of the month, I'd set new personal records for both swimming and biking.

Dee

Lyssa, Lyssa, Lyssa.....

While you sit here, online.... Do you know where Jason is?

He's out RUNNING!

Yep. He's outside, despite the rain and cold. And do you know why?

Because he wants to BEAT YOU in the next race.

What do you say to that? Are you going to let him get away with that????

NO, you are NOT. You are going to get out there, and RUN.



Dee

Um, yeah. Good for you. (insert eye roll here.)

You know, there's something about this signature line that we have to address. Hmmmm....

I think it's the progression. Starts out well, but ends on a particularly down note. And that's just not acceptable.

So Bao, I think we're going to have to change your signature.

Anyone have signature suggestions for Baowolf? Either that, or he just needs to decide on a bike, and go buy the @#$% thing.

All right, I agree that the pool issue is a bit more problematic. But hey, it's only money. Buy yourself the Swimspa already. You KNOW you want it. (I am an enabler. You want the pool. You want the bike. And I'm just helping you, um, justify getting them.)

(Boy, I'm particularly obnoxious today, aren't I? LOL)

Dee

thanks dee. on my way out the door now

i didn't go for the run yet....but i did do a 7 mile bike ride this morning

note to self, manbits don't like riding a bike in the dress pants you work in....MUST LEAVE CLOTHES AT WORK.

the run/walk will come later tonight, once I see how much I have to beat Lyssa by to beat her in week one!!!

Well, OK then.

(This is kind of fun. Wonder where I can find a full-time (paying) job to "motivate" people.)

Dee

Well gee, don't tell Lyssa that you haven't gone yet! That messes up the "motivation." :P

my name is matt foley, i am 35 years old, i am divorced, and i live in a VANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN DOWN BY THE RIVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

lol!! i LOVED that old snl bit!!
ok, i did a whopping 5 today, IN the rain, AND i have a few things to say.
depending on which route i take, there are three major hills on my "regular" route. the first one is fairly close to the beginning of my run, and i can usually take it. the second one (i call it bit** #1) i can more often than not i can take her. every now and then RIGHT before i get to the top i have to walk. it's about 2 miles in to the run, well, maybe not quite. the third one, (bit** #2) is REALLY steep, and it's just maybe 1/4 mile from the END of my run. if i DON'T make it up without stopping, or without walking, i have to take the long way home, which adds about 1/2 mile on to the route. if i take her, i get to cut the corner and go home. sometimes i win, sometimes she wins. today she got me. so i added the extra 1/2 mile, AND once i got that done, i was still ok, so i added ANOTHER 1/2 mile.
now there's another route that i sometimes take, it's "the other way" and it has the biggest, meanest ugliest hill you ever saw. i call this one The Bit**. in capital letters. she's the ugliest most greuling hill in my neighborhood. i have yet to make it up without walking. i didn't even attempt her today. one day i'll kick her as* and then i'll celebrate. ok. that was the first thing i was going to say. the next thing i was going to say is that when i was training for my race, i figured that if i got out there at least once a day (or maybe every other day sometimes) i was getting ready, every little bit helps and all. you know? i wasn't especially worried about mileage, i just wanted to get out every day. so this is the first time that mileage has been a consideration for me at all. and i'm glad, i have to say that i'm working WAY harder on this challenge than i did getting ready to race, and it's made a HUGE difference in my overall fitness. now having said that, i'll throw this out there. a year ago i was coming up on 200 pounds (ok, granted, i was pretty pregnant) i got on this morning and was 148 pounds. ok, so i'm clearly not going to win any miss america pagent at 148 pounds, BUT it's smaller than i was when i got married, my husband isn't a particularly big guy, he's 5 feet 8 and weighs about 170-175 pounds. and this is the first time in our marriage that i've weighed LESS than him!! and by a considerable amount.
OK, all this to say, i'm SO glad i'm doing this challenge, i'm so glad i found this site, i'm so glad i do triathlons now, i'm so glad i've become who i am. sappy? probably, but hey, i'm still high from running. later i'll get on here, and probably chew you all out
thanks for hearing me out, you guys are totally awesome