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gdctex - 2010-01-17 5:20 PM John, I was keeping my eye out for you but with 25000+ other people around, it was crazy. Looked liked you had a great race. It was a perfect day for a run. We did have a great day. It started rough....getting out of the house on time, traffic into downtown was backed up, etc., but we got there in time..... I ran with my son, my daughter ran with my wife.....we started out together, then they ran ahead of us and finished about 2 minutes faster. We are really proud of them both. We walked as much as we ran, but that was fine with me. I had some great moments with my son throughout the race.....SPRINTING past the 2 mile marker since that was the farthest he had ever run, hearing him say that felt GREAT!.....turning the final corner towards the finish line and hearing him say "I never thought I could do this"....big smiles at the finish line after he sprinted most of the final .25 mile while his chest was hurting (asthma).....finding our times online this afternoon and him beating me by one second, he loved that.....great day for us. We came back to Katy and ate breakfast at IHOP.....then to Coldstone Creamery this afternoon....totally wrecked our diets.....but, back on the program tomorrow. We plan to run the Rodeo 5K at the end of February and decided a stop at IHOP after a 5K is now a family tradition. Two teenagers wanting to do more of these together......PRICELESS!

fattyfatfat - 2010-01-17 3:52 PM Glen I'm sorry I missed you but it looks like your team had a great day.  Looking forward to hearing about it!

A great day down here in Houston.  A nice run with a little over 17 minutes off my previous best, 1:56:12. ya got me sam....for now.  RR here. 

kickitinok - 2010-01-17 5:29 PM Hey!!!

HUGE breakthrough for me today. I was able to run 2 miles WITHOUT walking today! I couldn't believe it. I fully expected to go out there and run/walk/run/walk all the while feeling my lungs exploding like I did Tuesday. Well....it didn't happen!

When I sat out for the run I remember what all of you wonderful people told me about pacing myself...that I may have started running faster than what I was used to on the TM because the TM kept pace for me. So I purposely went super slow...and in two miles was finished with my run sans walking - HR at 158 (I think I can run further if I keep HR under 160), and I actually felt like I could run further, but didn't want to injure myself.

I am so happy and excited! I was pretty bummed after last Tuesday's transition from TM to outdoors, and you all helped me through it. Mentor program is definitely working for me, and I have all of you to thank!

Trina

P.S. Also got a new road bike today. Will be posting bike porn soon.

kickitinok - 2010-01-17 4:29 PM Hey!!!

HUGE breakthrough for me today. I was able to run 2 miles WITHOUT walking today! I couldn't believe it. I fully expected to go out there and run/walk/run/walk all the while feeling my lungs exploding like I did Tuesday. Well....it didn't happen!

When I sat out for the run I remember what all of you wonderful people told me about pacing myself...that I may have started running faster than what I was used to on the TM because the TM kept pace for me. So I purposely went super slow...and in two miles was finished with my run sans walking - HR at 158 (I think I can run further if I keep HR under 160), and I actually felt like I could run further, but didn't want to injure myself.

I am so happy and excited! I was pretty bummed after last Tuesday's transition from TM to outdoors, and you all helped me through it. Mentor program is definitely working for me, and I have all of you to thank!

Trina

P.S. Also got a new road bike today. Will be posting bike porn soon.

gdctex - 2010-01-17 6:20 PM John, I was keeping my eye out for you but with 25000+ other people around, it was crazy. Looked liked you had a great race. It was a perfect day for a run. We did have a great day. It started rough....getting out of the house on time, traffic into downtown was backed up, etc., but we got there in time..... I ran with my son, my daughter ran with my wife.....we started out together, then they ran ahead of us and finished about 2 minutes faster. We are really proud of them both. We walked as much as we ran, but that was fine with me. I had some great moments with my son throughout the race.....SPRINTING past the 2 mile marker since that was the farthest he had ever run, hearing him say that felt GREAT!.....turning the final corner towards the finish line and hearing him say "I never thought I could do this"....big smiles at the finish line after he sprinted most of the final .25 mile while his chest was hurting (asthma).....finding our times online this afternoon and him beating me by one second, he loved that.....great day for us. We came back to Katy and ate breakfast at IHOP.....then to Coldstone Creamery this afternoon....totally wrecked our diets.....but, back on the program tomorrow. We plan to run the Rodeo 5K at the end of February and decided a stop at IHOP after a 5K is now a family tradition. Two teenagers wanting to do more of these together......PRICELESS!

dalessit - 2010-01-17 12:51 PM LOL, today has consisted of sleeping in until 9:00, then a big buffet breakfast, then a 2 hour nap. 

At least we are heading to the pool now.

Is this what you people without kids do? 

dalessit - 2010-01-16 4:16 PM

253 for an hour is very solid, great job!  That would be your FTP.  Mine is currently sitting around 235-240

hehe Ryan and I have basically the same FTP, (but I would have to weigh less what I was in High School to equal his weight)

kickitinok - 2010-01-17 2:29 PM Hey!!!

 

HUGE breakthrough for me today. I was able to run 2 miles WITHOUT walking today! I couldn't believe it. I fully expected to go out there and run/walk/run/walk all the while feeling my lungs exploding like I did Tuesday. Well....it didn't happen!

When I sat out for the run I remember what all of you wonderful people told me about pacing myself...that I may have started running faster than what I was used to on the TM because the TM kept pace for me. So I purposely went super slow...and in two miles was finished with my run sans walking - HR at 158 (I think I can run further if I keep HR under 160), and I actually felt like I could run further, but didn't want to injure myself.

I am so happy and excited! I was pretty bummed after last Tuesday's transition from TM to outdoors, and you all helped me through it. Mentor program is definitely working for me, and I have all of you to thank!

Trina

P.S. Also got a new road bike today. Will be posting bike porn soon.

fattyfatfat - 2010-01-17 1:52 PM

A great day down here in Houston.  A nice run with a little over 17 minutes off my previous best, 1:56:12. ya got me sam....for now.  RR here. 

kickitinok - 2010-01-17 2:29 PM

Hey!!!

HUGE breakthrough for me today. I was able to run 2 miles WITHOUT walking today! I couldn't believe it. I fully expected to go out there and run/walk/run/walk all the while feeling my lungs exploding like I did Tuesday. Well....it didn't happen!

kickitinok - 2010-01-17 5:29 PM

Hey!!!

HUGE breakthrough for me today. I was able to run 2 miles WITHOUT walking today! I couldn't believe it. I fully expected to go out there and run/walk/run/walk all the while feeling my lungs exploding like I did Tuesday. Well....it didn't happen!

When I sat out for the run I remember what all of you wonderful people told me about pacing myself...that I may have started running faster than what I was used to on the TM because the TM kept pace for me. So I purposely went super slow...and in two miles was finished with my run sans walking - HR at 158 (I think I can run further if I keep HR under 160), and I actually felt like I could run further, but didn't want to injure myself.

I am so happy and excited! I was pretty bummed after last Tuesday's transition from TM to outdoors, and you all helped me through it. Mentor program is definitely working for me, and I have all of you to thank!

Trina

P.S. Also got a new road bike today. Will be posting bike porn soon.

jrj0924 - 2010-01-17 11:30 PM

Happy Sunday night!

Had a busy weekend as usual but GOOD NEWS! I was able to run 5 miles today without any knee pain!  I actually ran 3 miles Friday but thought it was a fluke so decided to tack on a few more miles to see if it was true.  Sure enough it was!  The difference?  I did some online reading about Chi Running (picking up the book tomorrow) so I started using some techniques and found the mid foot strike to really help out.  I really have to stretch now since I am using some different leg muscles, and I know yoga is gonna feel so good tomorrow!  But I am so ecstatic!  I was really starting to worry I was a lost cause but there might be hope for me yet!

Have a great week everyone!

jrj0924 - 2010-01-17 11:30 PM Happy Sunday night!

Had a busy weekend as usual but GOOD NEWS! I was able to run 5 miles today without any knee pain!  I actually ran 3 miles Friday but thought it was a fluke so decided to tack on a few more miles to see if it was true.  Sure enough it was!  The difference?  I did some online reading about Chi Running (picking up the book tomorrow) so I started using some techniques and found the mid foot strike to really help out.  I really have to stretch now since I am using some different leg muscles, and I know yoga is gonna feel so good tomorrow!  But I am so ecstatic!  I was really starting to worry I was a lost cause but there might be hope for me yet!

Have a great week everyone!

kt65 - 2010-01-18 12:28 AM It is great to see so many of our SWBKRUN mg coming back strong from injuries!  

John, you ran a great race, I hope you are super proud of yourself, I sure am!

I have a 3 hour trainer ride tomorrow unless it miraculously stops raining...wish me lots of fun.  Any suggestions on a CT course to ride?  

I can't seem to get the CA70.3 course to load, and would love to see what it's like. 

gdale - 2010-01-18 8:52 AM

Looks like lots of good stuff going on here over the weekend...distance PRs, time PRs, family fun, pain free runs and flat fixing PRs   Awesome job everyone!

Have some good news of my own to share...My wife has always been into fitness and has mostly been running.  When I made the decision to start triathlon, she wanted to race too and did a 5K, a couple of 10Ks and a half marathon last year.  Now, after seeing how much fun I am having, she is doing her first tri this year!   In fact, she is already registered for 2 sprints (she has more races scheduled than me now that I think about it!).  Very excited for her although I won't be at her first race because I have a campout scheduled with my son.

But wait, the good news doesn't stop there...being super competitive with herself and others, she want the extra speed she will get from a road bike vs. the wal-mart mountain bike she currently has so she suggested that she take my bike, and I GET A NEW ONE!!  So I am in the market.  We haven't talked budget yet so I haven't started looking but will be soon!  My current bike is a Giant OCR1 that I bought used last year.  After we get the budget set I will start looking and hopefully in a month or so I will be posting some new bike p0rn!

Have a great week!

gdale - 2010-01-18 7:52 AM

Looks like lots of good stuff going on here over the weekend...distance PRs, time PRs, family fun, pain free runs and flat fixing PRs   Awesome job everyone!

Have some good news of my own to share...My wife has always been into fitness and has mostly been running.  When I made the decision to start triathlon, she wanted to race too and did a 5K, a couple of 10Ks and a half marathon last year.  Now, after seeing how much fun I am having, she is doing her first tri this year!   In fact, she is already registered for 2 sprints (she has more races scheduled than me now that I think about it!).  Very excited for her although I won't be at her first race because I have a campout scheduled with my son.

But wait, the good news doesn't stop there...being super competitive with herself and others, she want the extra speed she will get from a road bike vs. the wal-mart mountain bike she currently has so she suggested that she take my bike, and I GET A NEW ONE!!  So I am in the market.  We haven't talked budget yet so I haven't started looking but will be soon!  My current bike is a Giant OCR1 that I bought used last year.  After we get the budget set I will start looking and hopefully in a month or so I will be posting some new bike p0rn!

Have a great week!

jrj0924 - 2010-01-17 10:30 PM Happy Sunday night!

Had a busy weekend as usual but GOOD NEWS! I was able to run 5 miles today without any knee pain!  I actually ran 3 miles Friday but thought it was a fluke so decided to tack on a few more miles to see if it was true.  Sure enough it was!  The difference?  I did some online reading about Chi Running (picking up the book tomorrow) so I started using some techniques and found the mid foot strike to really help out.  I really have to stretch now since I am using some different leg muscles, and I know yoga is gonna feel so good tomorrow!  But I am so ecstatic!  I was really starting to worry I was a lost cause but there might be hope for me yet!

Have a great week everyone!

gdale - 2010-01-18 7:52 AM

Looks like lots of good stuff going on here over the weekend...distance PRs, time PRs, family fun, pain free runs and flat fixing PRs   Awesome job everyone!

Have some good news of my own to share...My wife has always been into fitness and has mostly been running.  When I made the decision to start triathlon, she wanted to race too and did a 5K, a couple of 10Ks and a half marathon last year.  Now, after seeing how much fun I am having, she is doing her first tri this year!   In fact, she is already registered for 2 sprints (she has more races scheduled than me now that I think about it!).  Very excited for her although I won't be at her first race because I have a campout scheduled with my son.

But wait, the good news doesn't stop there...being super competitive with herself and others, she want the extra speed she will get from a road bike vs. the wal-mart mountain bike she currently has so she suggested that she take my bike, and I GET A NEW ONE!!  So I am in the market.  We haven't talked budget yet so I haven't started looking but will be soon!  My current bike is a Giant OCR1 that I bought used last year.  After we get the budget set I will start looking and hopefully in a month or so I will be posting some new bike p0rn!

Have a great week!

gdale - 2010-01-18 7:52 AM

Looks like lots of good stuff going on here over the weekend...distance PRs, time PRs, family fun, pain free runs and flat fixing PRs   Awesome job everyone!

Have some good news of my own to share...My wife has always been into fitness and has mostly been running.  When I made the decision to start triathlon, she wanted to race too and did a 5K, a couple of 10Ks and a half marathon last year.  Now, after seeing how much fun I am having, she is doing her first tri this year!   In fact, she is already registered for 2 sprints (she has more races scheduled than me now that I think about it!).  Very excited for her although I won't be at her first race because I have a campout scheduled with my son.

But wait, the good news doesn't stop there...being super competitive with herself and others, she want the extra speed she will get from a road bike vs. the wal-mart mountain bike she currently has so she suggested that she take my bike, and I GET A NEW ONE!!  So I am in the market.  We haven't talked budget yet so I haven't started looking but will be soon!  My current bike is a Giant OCR1 that I bought used last year.  After we get the budget set I will start looking and hopefully in a month or so I will be posting some new bike p0rn!

Have a great week!

fattyfatfat - 2010-01-18 10:14 AM

DON'T SET ONE!!!   Then you can really get what you want and she won't be able to complain that you spent to much.  ;-)

That's awesome.   I hope you have a blast together.   Just don't let her start beating you otherwise we'll have to call you Tony.