Girl Passing on Left (FULL) (Page 97)

Congrats on the new bike! She looks fast.

No name yet, I need to wait for her to reveal it to me. Right now the red and blue makes me think of "Fire and Ice", but that's not much of a name.

OHHHHH I so want one of those!!!!

(Roomie is deathly allergic to nuts.)

good for you for following thru! I think that is a good move on your part! hoping you can keep your friendship with your present roomie...nice to have a few training partners! have a great weekend Susie! good job on going forward! kiu!

I do have to admit that ever since I hit 50 that ol biddy doesnt visit me anymore! haha

good riddance I say!

Congratulations, Nicole! She's a beauty and looks like she has the need for speed!

Hey Susie! Great to hear that things are looking up on the roommate front! Unless the smaller room is A LOT smaller, I would probably take it and save the $100 per month (it's a lot of swim caps or just a year of saving for a decent bike!).

Hope you're feeling better too- if you can get out for a ride/walk, do- it often does make you feel better.

Well, we are in Fernie and no skiiing for me today. We got in late last night after I delayed our departure so that I could go for a run. I just could not waste 15C and sunshine and opportunity to have my first run in shorts (or in this case my new running skirt). So Linkin and I got out and splashed around in some puddles and had a grand time.

Dh and I had a good sleep in and then went out for coffee, read the paper, and threw the ball a kazillion times for Linkin. We are just enjoying the rest and plan to walk around downtown. We will hit the hill tomorrow. Besides my triceps and chest are killing me from the 80 push-ups in our 'fighting mile' workout from Thursday.

Hope you are all enjoying a wonderful Saturday doing something fun!

Very cool! Funny, the race that first really got me excited about running was the Around the Bay! When I was in Grade 9, our track coach put us in the relay and I had the time of my life- loved every minute of it. It inspired me to take my cross-country team to the CIM in Sacramento to run the marathon as a relay. We had 35 kids go last year!

Chatham eh? I went to U Waterloo and had many friends from Chatham and Windsor, so I know it well! Did you grow up there?

Have a fabulous run! Perhaps if timing allows, I might just make my way down!

Oh congratulations !!! I'm so happy for you !!!!!!!

See, this is the type of conversation where I am just going "UM......DUH"......'cause I have no idea what any of these words me ! lol "Mash, crank, bottom end"  The other night my spin teacher was laughing (kindly do not get me wrong) when they were talking about "carbon fiber"..... i just said "I am so sorry but I have no idea what you just said" !  He giggled...... and said "I LIKE THAT"

I do not know if I will ever catch on to all the lingo ! ......but I am truly impressed you know it !

WONDERFUL ! No more feeling like you live in prison and you can have a freakin peanut from time to time ! I hope you feel great relief from being on egg shells and enjoy a new home starting next weekend !

80 push ups......YOU ARE AWESOME !!!!

I felt fast on her. I hope I'm worthy of such a bike! ;)

OK, we need to find out where you are and take it from there. Do you know about shifting gears? Low gears for climbing and high gears for speed?

Cadence is pedal revolutions per minute, basically how fast you are turning the cranks (cranks are the arms that the pedals attach to). Mashing basically means standing up on the pedals when the bike is in a higher gear, usually at a lower cadence, whereas spinning refers to staying seated, using lower gears, and pedaling at a higher cadence. People are usually much more comfortable mashing or spinning.

kew - 2009-03-21 6:39 PM Hi everyone. My name is Karen. With Julie's permission, and if it's ok with the rest of you, I would love to hang out with you guys. I am 44 years old, recently divorced and a mother of two teenage boys. I have been running off and on for years. Finally got around to doing my first Sprint last April and absolutely loved it. Would like to do an Oly this year, maybe a Half Ironman next year. After that...who knows Looking forward to chatting and getting to know all of you...

Welcome!

kew - 2009-03-21 3:39 PM Hi everyone. My name is Karen. With Julie's permission, and if it's ok with the rest of you, I would love to hang out with you guys. I am 44 years old, recently divorced and a mother of two teenage boys. I have been running off and on for years. Finally got around to doing my first Sprint last April and absolutely loved it. Would like to do an Oly this year, maybe a Half Ironman next year. After that...who knows Looking forward to chatting and getting to know all of you...

we are thrilled to have you!  hope you will drag the others over...no reason you can not chat on both...I know Pam and Emerson will both be back and I am sure are feeling crummy for not being there for you guys!!!...just crazy times in their lives! Pam just getting out of school and Emerson trying to get his financial group back on track. so, with that said, WELCOME KAREN! hope we can get Cath to come back, looks like she has taken a haitus from BT!?

Glad you decided to come have fun! We have a great group of guys and gals! I think you will agree!