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Oh Kathy, that's wonderful news about your boys.  Life will sure be different in your household next year!  By the way, I have a Brian too ... he's my youngest and now has two little ones of his own!

And Lauren, if you decide on CSU, you'll be close enough to stop in and see me if you ever get homesick!  We're about an hour and a half south of Fort Collins.

Yeah ... I wish I could share the nice weather with everyone ... but we did earn it after 8 weeks of snowstorms!  Today I didn't even have to wear a coat to work!  It's the perfect day for riding ... if I can figure out a way to disappear from my desk without anyone noticing!

Hey Kathy,Congrats on your sons! That's awesome. I know what it's like to pay for college tuition...I'm still paying for it 10 years later!

Becky - enjoy the weather!! I wish I could say the same for NJ...way way too cold here. It's 22 degrees, but the wind chill makes it feel like 6 degrees.

And Happy (belated) Birthday Lauren! Sorry I haven't been here lately.

Congrats to the twins, Kathy!  That's very exciting!!  I'm so thankful to be going to a public school w/in state tuition because I didn't get either of those the first time around and my B.A. is by far the most expensive thing I "own". 

 Happy B-day RR!!!

And we got more snow today.... good thing I braved the wind on Monday.

How was everyone's weekend? Weather was in the 50's here perfect for some time outdoors running and biking!

Hope everyone is doing well! What is going good for you? what are you struggling with?

When is your next race be it a tri or a 5K or whatever?

Sounds like everyone is humming along nicely.  Good stuff!  I just went out on Sunrise, and I *heart* my new bike   Too bad it's supposed to be rainy and yuck for the next couple days, I'm not looking forward to putting her back on the trainer!  It felt so good to be out there, and my positioning felt much easier than it does on the trainer.... less forced, I think.  I only almost fell over once, (clipped out with left, went to start back up from a stop...leaned right...oops!!) thankfully my 'beginner' setting on the pedals saved me

Other stuff is not so good though.  I think I have a stress fracture in my left foot, from babying my left side (shin splint, hopefully not also a stress fracture *sigh*).  I have a pain in my arch that does not like running, that started for no apparent reason at mile 3 of 5 this past Sunday, and it hasn't gotten much better over the last few days. I'm really bummed, because I think I'm going to skip the 10-miler this Sunday and probably the 1/2 marathon at the end of April because of it.  My longest run has been 9 miles - if I take 4 weeks off from running, there's little time to "ease" back into running before it's time for the half-mary.  I don't want to just go and hurt myself again, so I think it's time to bow out gracefully, rest a bit, and start back up really, really slow.  And when I do, remind me not to increase both distance AND intensity at the same time, or I'll end up in the same boat all over again. 

I'm mad and sad and frustrated, because I've worked HARD and I actually do like running (!!) but I have to be smart about this, right?  I mean, I could do more damage and be out of even more races, or goddess forbid, my tris, or ... perish the thought, even biking and swimming, if I make it worse and need a cast or something.  I'm trying to be positive, but it still sux.

So if you need me, I'll be on the elliptical machine

Hi Everyone,

I'm crawling out from under my rock......

Parts of February and most of March was a bust.  Between the weather getting me down and some family tension, I completely lost motivation to train.  But, I never gave up on the idea of starting the training again.

I plan to get up and going again full steam ahead.

I think part of the problem of me losing my motivation is that the sprint is/was so far away that it was hard to really visualize doing it.  I think for next time, I will schedule some 5k's, etc. in between to give me something to focus on and get me to work toward something more immediate to avoid the slacking.

I hope you all haven't forgotten about me! 

I feel so much better knowing that you walked a 5k, LOL.  My major motivation is to actually finish the Tri.

I joined a running club that's starting up in a couple of weeks.  Working out with people instead of alone will get me going again for sure.

Glad to see most of you are doing okay. Training comes after the important stuff in life. My first tri of the season is less than a month away and it seemed so far off until recently. I have found that each year...I wait and wait for it to be tri season and then it sort of catches up on you quick.

Beautiful weekend here in the NE, big surprise I'm planning to s/b/r.....well long swim one day with strength training and 40-45 mile ride/30 minute run the other day. Need to coordinate it around 2 sunday soccer games and dentist appointments for 5 tomorrow. 

Sadly my injury flared up again.  My BT buddy Dr. Sue thinks it is from sitting driving/working (got a new contracting job so my calves went numb and started cramping again, but they are much better today.

 hat training do you plan on doing this weekend?

I'm impressed with your guys fortitude...keeping at it when times are tough and coming back after a break for important reasons.

Have a super weekend everyone! 

Hi Kathy! Congrats on the new job.  Boo to the injury flairing up again.  Hopefully it doesn't turn out to be so disabling again.

I finally joined that gym Jeff belongs to that has a pool, so he and I are going to go on Sunday so he can give me a tour and I'm going to try to get in a swim for the first time!!

Today we're heading up to Grantham where the tri will be held to get a lay of the land.  The route for the run is around the lake which will be really nice and flat.  I'd like to drive the bike route (will have kids with us, otherwise I'd bike it!) to see what we're in for. 

Otherwise, I'm playing the training by ear.  If I want to run 3 days in a row, I've done it.  If I want to bike for the rest of the week, then that'll be what I do.

I found training to be such a chore, so I'm trying to do what I want rather than follow a schedule.  As long as I keep moving, it'll be better than nothing at all, right?  

rebelrunner - 2007-04-12 2:28 PM training is crazy - getting my new BIKE!!! this week! Specialized Dolce in hot blue with new pedals, shoes, and cages i'll post pics when i finally get it! how's everything else going??

Congrats on the new bike...we want to see some pictures!

How does she ride? Have you named her yet?

I love shopping and getting new bikes...my husband thinks I'm to good at it...2 new carbon bikes in 6 months I have my eye on another one or two.... 

Tri Clinic is awesome!

Doing each sport on it's own is very different than doing all three in a row plus that transition thing twice. My first tri honestly I was so scared and nervous I really didn't have fun...don't be like me soak in the day and enjoy every scary or excited moment of it...you are only a tri virigin once.

Congrats on the new Trek...we want pictures too....how does she ride? Tell us more!

How is everyone's training going?

Being on vacation in FL when it is cold in MA is like training heaven. I rode my bike 208 miles in 8 days and you all know how much I like to ride...I was tired yesterday though. It is hot and my body is adjusting slowly to the weather..it really slows my running down.

Just 6 days until my first tri of the season.....can't wait to see how my off season training will come thru on race day.

Be well everyone...train smart...don't panic and overdo it before your first races, trust your training and it is better to get to race day over rested than over tired from pushing to much last couple of weeks.

Tips...stay calm, don't push to hard on swim or bike, hold back and kick it up on the run.

If you can practice transitions this week. I made my kids go barefoot run around a tree 4-5 times to get dizzy as that is how you will feel after getting out of the water. Transition to biking go around the block and do it again.

Simple things like placing your helmet a certain way so as you lift it to your head it goes on the proper way...once you have a system of transitions they are much easier and you will be faster..sort of like automatic pilot.

Your fitness is set don't do to much this week as it will only make you tired. Don't feel like ahhh...I need to do x, y, z as I didn't get enough training in. Trust what you have done, take an extra rest day, do shorter workouts and enjoy the prerace excitement.

Specific questions post them here and we can all chime in. 

I did St. Anthonys the 2nd largest tri in the country Sunday. I have my race report up...very long and maybe boring. I won some hardware which is always cool...it was tough conditions out there.