Ernesto's group (5th season) - Closed (Page 99)

Joe, very sorry to hear the horrible news and wishing your wife a speedy recovery.  Congrats to your daughter on her awesome performance.

Greg, congrats on your new and great looking bike!

Looking forward to another season with the group under Ernesto's mentoring 

Joe, so sorry to hear about your wife's injury and traumatic experience for whole family.  Wishing you all a full and complete recovery.

My bad.  I guess if you fill out the SI field with a 1 for not sick or injured, it puts a little SI on your calendar.  I will not be at IM Texas in person this year.  I'm riding the Real Ale ride instead.  I will be there in spirit though!

x2!

Quick recovery to your wife. THank God she and your family are fine. 

Congratulations!

Congrats on your first one!  Awesome job!

I haven't had a chance to watch the video yet (blocked at work) but the following article on the London Marathon, prospects for a < 2 hr marathon and pacing is fascinating to me:

http://www.sportsscientists.com/2013/05/pacing-fatigue-and-brain-lessons-london.html

I had a first today while sitting in my office reading BT.com.  Hear a huge thud and see a goose falling off the window from the office next to mine...he must have come in too hot and fast and ran right into the glass.  I didn't see a carcass on the ground when I left the office for lunch, but heckuva of a bang.  Surprised he walked away from that.

What's going on the large bird version of birds. We have birds hit our windows often. It normally knows them out for about 30 minutes then they fly away. Having 20 lbs of bird hit a window must have shaken the place.

It was pretty damn loud.  This being Michigan, I later got to have a conversation with a co-worker who taught me how tough a goose is from a hunting perspective...sounds like trying to shoot down a B-17.

A couple of years ago, my wife watched two bald eagles take a Canada goose off of an ice flow outside of our house. I took them almost 4 hours to take it, after dive bombing it non-stop. They are a tough bird. You need a big gun and a big shell to drop one.

Congratulations!  That is a huge accomplishment!

X2, congratulations, you now have a new PR and the incentive to further improve it in the near future! 

Joe, how is your wife's recovery coming along?  Hope she is doing better!

This morning was one of those days where I had zero, zip, nada motivation.  Slept through my 5:15 alarm that was supposed to get me up to head to the pool.  Had to get up at 6:45 to take my daughter to school.  Planned on coming home and getting another 30 minutes of snoozing.  Was able to motivate myself to at least do my run (40 minutes with 8x30 sec Fartleks).  Then I managed to get to the pool to squeeze in some swimming.  Didn't get the whole workout done due to time constraints but at least got some of it done.

Also, since I've been recording everything I eat (myfitnesspal app) I've lost 5 pounds in the last month.  Stated at around 164 - and this morning was around 159.  Goal is to get to 155 and see how I feel.  Would love to be able to get down to 150 and see how I feel on run and bike at that weight.  Typically have been around the 160 to 164 level the last couple years.

How's everyone else doing?