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Welcome James

Sounds like some good goals for your season.

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Yippee! I got into the Bjorklund!  I'm very excited, can you tell?  Now the question is, do I think about doing two half-marys, or stick with my initial plan?  Hmmm....

Oh, and thanks for the encouragement about doing the indoor tri - it's more just a question of logistics.  We'll see.

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I feel like I've been in a steady decline. I'm just hanging on, but averaging about 3 workouts a week through February. I haven't gained any weight back, which is good, but I'm just not in rhythm. Sick kids and minor surgery this week are setting me back.   I'm hoping to get back into it by Tuesday. I'll need to recuperate from my procedure through the weekend at a minimum.

I'm glad others are doing well! Keep up the good work!  

Welcome Khristine

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Looks like you have a very fun race schedule this season. PacGrove is a very cool race. I think there is a thread going in the California Forum about this race and there are a few folks posting who have done it before.

As I recall, if you catch the race on a High Tide the Kelp thing is not so much of an issue. But if the tide is drained down, it can be a bit challenging.

Welcome, Khristine!  I can't wait to hear all about your kelp crawl at Pacific Grove.   

 Dreu, stay strong.....you have come so far.  Just stick with it like you are doing and eventually life will settle down and it will all get easier.

Tim, I'm biking some of your 70.3 race course tomorrow....we're doing the San Clemente - Pendleton ride.  I'm hoping there aren't many lights or stop signs, as that will reduce the number of times I will fall off my bike.  (I did it again on Tuesday -- I'm really over the clips)

Have a good weekend, everyone.

Have a great time on the ride. I got an invite from Jean-Claude to do the ride in Saturday but I have a conflict and can't make it.  I am going to try and make the cove swim on Sunday though

That part of the ride is pretty safe and only the short bit between the Main Gate and Las Pulgas is with traffic. (On the Base) The good news is that the road is usually pretty quiet on Saturdays. (IE. Not many Tanks, Troop Transports or Humvees rumbling through)

Enjoy

Tim,

Got room for one more?

I am training for my 1st Olympic(St. Anthony's) /1st tri ever. I have a strong base of cycling and running but very little swimming.

I had a pretty good week last week - hit almost all of my training sessions AND I managed to get up for 3 early a.m. sessions (2 swim, 1 run).  I had a small breakthrough on one swim and had a very encouraging bike on my dad's computrainer - I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but it seems to bode quite well for my biking come springtime.

I dropped two runs, though, and I absolutely have to start hitting 3 runs a week as I start to prep for my June half-mary.  Last year I sacrificed some of my bike training for that, and I don't want to do that again.  I'll beg off that it was really cold again last week.  No excuse, really, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

The time change hit me this morning - DH and I stayed up late watching the last ep of The Wire and I just wasn't tired... until it came time to try to get up this morning!  I do like morning workouts after I get in the habit of them.  I love the days when I wake up just before my alarm goes off, and I lie in bed for a minute thinking "could I sleep in?  Nah - I'm awake and antsy - let's go!"  I love morning runs for the peace of them.  I love coming home, logging my workout, and starting my day knowing that I've done at least one good thing for myself already that day.

Last week ended up being a productive training week for me.  It was a "peak" week (one of two before my race in April), so I was pretty spent by the time Monday rolled around.  My swimming form is coming along nicely, and I'm able to do the longer bike rides without feeling like death warmed over.  My knees are holding up to the running mileage, and last week I logged more miles than ever in one week.  (Marathoners will laugh, but 15 miles is a lot to these legs)  Dare I say I might even be enjoying these longer distances?!

Time change was rough because I had a 6:30am flight yesterday, but otherwise, I'm happy about the extra daylight at the end of the day.  I find that I don't have an "ideal" time for a workout--- even if I'm tired at the end of the day, I still manage to do just as well with a 6pm workout than I would for a 7am.  But because of my work schedule, I definitely prefer the early evenings.

Welcome Libby and Khristine!! 

Last week was a bummer week for me.  I took 3 days off of training.  I caught that flu bug that's been going around- it's really nasty!  I did still run the Mercer Island 1/2 marathon on Sunday, and was pleasantly surprised that I came within a minute of my PR -2:03.37.  Pretty slow, but I am working on it. 

As far as the time change thing, I haven't noticed a significant effect, but I have been tired, and I have been blaming it on being sick, but it may be a combination of illness and time change.  As for favorite workout times, I run at 9am, and my swim workouts are at 7pm with the masters group.  It definately feels good though on the rare ocassion that I get an early morning workout in, because then I'm not thinking about it all day. 

Tim,

Thanks for letting me come aboard with a bunch of dogs! Anyhow the time change didn't effect me much as I get up around 5 AM anyhow so sleeping in is not an option.

i prefer to do my workouts early afternoon (2ish) kids are still in school and i can pack in 2-3 hours if required and it doesn't bother anyone. I am in the construction business  and most of my work is complete by then unless I need to meet with clients in the evening. Plus the pool @ the gym is pretty empty except for the old people that I hear 'em say  "there is that guy that is going to make waves for an hour again" one of them said to me "don't you get tired of swimming back and fourth" my response "....but of course"

Any how training is going good but yesterday i noticed something strange. I was doing a 50' run on the treadmill at a blistering 10:30 pace while maintaining a HR Zone 2 and the old mind started drifting. I was thinking about and upcoming 5k and the St. Anthony's race at different times and both times I glanced down and noticed that my HR went up 10-14 BPM but my pace was still at a 10:30. I was very intrigured by what the mind can do to the body. Anybody every experince anything like this?

Ps today is Friday "NO TRAINING DAY" WOOOHOOOO going to get a massage  and demo a few tribikes