UltraIronJen's Club - FULL (Page 6)

Hi girls -

Hit the pool tonight. My workout looked like this:

Hi ladies,

 had an exhausting weekend of girl scout cookie sales, kids running around and then a day trip to San Antonio.... long weekend! 

Woke yesterday and needed to clean my home!  it has been neglected for many weeks and it needed a scrubbing.  But half way thru cleaning (which included cleaning due to windows being open and pollen blowing in) I broke into hives....  Massive itchy hives!  the sweating while cleaning did nothing to help the itch.  So last night i wake at 3am and I am itching!  i have 20+ hives all over and I'm going crazy.  I took benedryl and my allergy meds but I still am being driven crazy.  sweating and training with hives isn't pleasant so I'm hoping that they go away soon and I'll try the spinner out during nap time....

That's life here in houston... As most of you are coming our of winter hybernation - I'm starting my spring/summer hybernation in houston due to pollen and heat/humidity!

Hives yesterday finally went away around lunch time - but by then I needed to work on my projects but I did hop on the spinner after dinner and get an hour ride in.  Today no hives (knock on wood) and I am off tot he Y for an hour of swimming.  It's the Y's fundraiser day and you swima nd swim for 1 hour non-stop and see how far you go.  I didn't get sponsors - so I'll just donate a few bucks.

The spinner I think is going to work out wonderful.  I recorded a few shows, planning for the time I'd get on and it was nice to just spin away and watch shows... I'm going to enjoy having it.

Boy, I feel like I have been out of commission for way too long!  I got the intestinal bug thing that messed me up royally.  So, I think I can now safely go to the pool!    Have a swim class tomorrow afternoon and I can hardly wait.  Then I need to get myself back into training religiously.  I'm starting to get a little nervous that I won't be ready in June.  Probably just getting myself psyched out a little bit.  The weather is supposed to improve a ton here, too.  It's been in the teens all this past week, but this next week we'll see 60 degrees.  I can't wait! I want to ride my bike outside so bad.  And to be able to run without snow and mud will be a huge improvement, too.  Keep after me gals....ask me every day what I did for training.  I do not want to be a slacker so don't let me off the hook, okay?

I took yesterday off - unplanned and unwanted but I felt like crap!  Every month it seems my cramps get worse and worse not to mention all the "other" side effects of being a women... lucky us for being a woman.  I feel better today and plan a spin tonight.  This is my last week to organize for my carnival for the school so I'm spending more time this week gathering as much as possible as next week is Spring break and I'll be heading to the Y most everyday for fun for the kids....

Good run yesterday teresa, but watch out for shin splints... ice them dow and be careful.  they can side line for a long time.  I've read they can eb caused by either shoes or improper form running... might want to check into tht.

I got a brick in tonight... strong cadence on spinner and slow run getting legs used to running.  With having the spinner in the house I've ignored the dreadmill - gotta stop that and get a few runs in each week.  Need to get some new shoes this weekend also and get them broken into before the May race....

Ladies, it's been a tough week.  My son Thomas is close to being diagonosised in the Austism spectrum with PDD or Asperger's.... it's not too surprising but still hear it out loud from a professional it does sting.  I've been trying to figure out what to do with him and the school and his education and it's such a difficult process....  There are some wonderful people here on BT who have so much experience to offer me and I am gladly accepting their words of wisdom from people who have been there done that to those who are in the schools and even some who are child advocates....  I'm very lucky to have BT as more then just a TRI resource.

In the coming weeks/months my training is going to be my vent of frustration and anger... if I can't cry from life frustration I'll cry from the pain of a brick (LOL)... Thanks for reading - life certainly throws curves at us and the best we can do for our children and ourselves is to educate ourselves.

Cathleen

Read the post about the "not working out and not being motivated".  Hey, I was so there the past few weeks.  This week is really the first week I have actually felt well enough to actually "train' as opposed to hitting and missing.  I think when you're sick it's hard to get motivated to do anything let alone add swimming, biking or running into the mix! It was hard for me when I was sick because I, too, felt guilty that I wasn't doing what I should've or that I could've done more but was making excuses.  I just think this has been a really bad winter for illness.  Everyone has been sick longer and with more stuff, so for me I had to finally decide that it just didn't matter what I did or didn't do before.  I was just going to start all over again. 

We need to remind each other once in awhile that we are already light years ahead of so many other people who won't even consider tri let alone actually put themselves out there to train and do it. Don't be hard on yourself.  I know, I was doing that to myself and it made me feel like I should probably just quit and give up.  But, I kept reading the posts of what everyone else was doing and decided I just didn't want to quit.  So maybe just keeping in touch is a good thing.  If one of us is having an off day, get online and let everyone know.  That way we can motivate each other and the reality is, probably someone else is having a crummy day or two or three (or more!) as well and we can tell each other to hang in there and keep going.

This week is a good week for me.  Next week might really be awful and I will need you gals to help me get through it!  I'm willing to help you guys get through it, too.

Ahhhh wedding planning.  I'm a good 20 years off from that pleasure - but I can already predict some of the "issues".... my girls are head strong!!! Good luck in that endevor.

Got my swim in yesterday - it was nice as noone else showed so I had the instructor to myself for 30 minutes... got alot of 1:1 instructions and tips on my form.  Then of course the 2 speedy people showed and she went to start them off... but otherwise good.

The problem yesterday was that the Y provides too much "free" play in the child watch and given Thomas isn't the typical normal child - he just can't go there.  this summer is going to be a challenge.  i have my treadmill and spinner in the house though so i can always get something done but swimming at night will be rough.  if Cesar doesn't get home early the kids will have to come and Thomas just can't do the child watch so he'll have to hang with me on the deck while I swim... Not fun or fair to him but it's better then the Y asking us to 'Leave" because of his behavior - despite it being the Y's issue with not keeping kids under control... 

Yesterday's issue:  Some kid hit thomas (with one of those cardbaord bricks)yesterday so hard that his glasses flew off into another part of the room for the toddler's so when thomas went to climb over and get his glasses he got in trouble then he retaliated by hitting the kid who hit him and he got in trouble.... all the while the staff is pinching kids cheeks who weren't wearing green.  Come on what do you expect!!!  Your staff doesn't keep their hands to themselves why would the other kids.  Not to mention why were these kids allowed to throw and hit each other with cardboard bricks???  The Y just doesn't get child rearing..

Ok, plan today is to spin/run during izzy's nap.  Alyssa is going away for the morning with a friend....

Have a good one....

Teresa, feel better soon.  Take care of stress in your life so you function in life without MS symptoms... 

Hi ladies!

Sorry for the radio silence but last week I was in Maui for a training camp.  I've been horribly jet lagged since I got back so even answering emails has been a challenge.

It was a great camp. We got in several days of cycling, a couple awesome trail runs and several swims. I highly recommend Maui for training! I unfortunately ate way too much and put on a few pounds but they are coming off with some sugar withdrawls.

The only problem is that I have aggrevated a knee injury and I'm off to the doc today to get it checked out. If it turns out to be serious it could mean the end of Ironman training for me. That would really suck.  I'm going to pretend everything is OK and hopefully the universe will pick up on that vibe and it will turn out to be nothing serious.

It sounds like some good training is going on but with some health issues still lingering for some.  It is really tough to train when you aren't well so don't push yourself.  I remind myself of all the training I've already done and that doesn't go away. I figure I can muscle my way through a race if I've done the basic work I've needed to do.  You might need to adjust your goals to just finishing but that is fine. That's pretty much my goal for all my long races.

Spring is coming here in the Northwest. I hope you all are seeing some signs as well!

how's the knee?  what did doc say?

anyone have big plans for easter weekend?  Cesar is in school but tomorrow night he has a casino night so I'll head down and join him for that.  otherwise just yard work is planned.

Happy Easter everyone...

I got the all clear for Ironman but will eventually need to get a minor surgery.  Basically my kneecap doesn't track correctly.  With my snowshoeing incident I has a minor dislocation that when it healed I built up a bone spur. My kneecap is rubbing against that because of swelling. Kind of a cycle.  He wants to do a small tendon release that will allow my kneecap to "tip" and stop rubbing on the spur. It will take me out of running for a while so I need to decide on timing.

I also have some arthritis starting there. I have a little on the other side to. He said it would have happened eventually but the training I do is accelerating the degeneration. 

He didn't tell me to stop at all, just let me know that I am speeding up the inevitable but having this surgery will slow things down on the right knee.

So, good and bad news. 

No Easter plans. I'm doing brunch with friends tomorrow and need to get back to training so I'll go for a run or hop on the trainer in the afternoon. Same for Sunday, either run or ride.