Fighting Artichokes - September End of Summer Challenge

hey team....my name is Julie...I am about to run in my first HM October 4th. Not sure of goals yet...but running will be a big part....will update goals tomorrow or the next day!

go chokes go!

Hi Katie...when and where is your HM?

awww thats nice of you to stop by Stacie....hope that you dont get caught up in the dust....that we will be leaving as we fresh picked artichokes go rolling past you! haha

losta - 2009-09-01 1:32 PM Hi Fellow Fighting Artichokes!! Nice to be here with you all. Go Arties! What has everyone set as their goals? Mine are: Bike 15 hours (at least 50% time at higher cadence) Run 10 hours (run 10% faster by end of month) Strength 1x-2x a week Plus Swim 5 hours lots of HM training here..I guess running will be big!

will really sit down and think of my goals tonight.

you are right on about the HM training...just got back from a 5 miler.

tommorrow I will be running 10 miles...sure running will be a big part of this months training....do you have any races coming up? if so, when? where?

there are lots of fun half marathons (SF, Luna Chick, San Jose Rock n Roll...) on the west coast....come on over! sf ones will be hilly the one Im doing SJ RnR is supposed to be flat and fast...sure it will be flat...but dont think I will be too fast on it! haha but will try and go as fast as possible without blowing up!

so racing in the snow eh!? sounds fun! but I would need my iceskates...dont run well in those kind of conditions...too afraid of falling...and at my age it could get ugly!!!!...it would be oops I fallen and I cant get up....just like in those silly comercials you see all the time on TV.

Hey Lisa!

x2 on the goooooo!

is it just us? the mighty trio!!!!

Hi Team

 Here are my  Goals

swim 15000 m

run 80 miles

bike 200 miles

I hit two of these goals last month .  The swim has been the hardest to make happen  due to pool hours and work and all .I have a long sprint race on Sept 13 th . And after that i am looking at doing a longer event in mid october.  My limiter is the swim so I  really need to bear down this month. 

Training is thin this week due to the wildfires and the bad air quality. 

Thanks ,  fires are burning many miles  away from us and the smoke is blowing east (away from us) .  But its still not good to train locally .

Morning everyone!!!

Bike done this morning!  So this is how the tally stands right now

Run 0/12
Stretching/PT  1/8
Bike 1/8