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How was your week? Sept. 29 Edition
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How are you?

maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD
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Re: How was your week? Sept. 29 Edition [tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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Most goals met.
Wanted 2 swims, 5-6 runs, 3 bikes, 2 strength.
Got 1 swim, 5 runs, 3 bikes, 1 strength.

Aborted one of my swims because of a house project deadline. Having something done on the house and I need painting in the room to be done first. So I opted to paint a bunch one night instead of swim.

This week might be iffy - need to finish painting. Deadline is next Monday. All trim in the room is painted. Some touch ups needed on the trim around the windows.
Cutting in on the wall color needs to be done, and part of the room needs a second coat of wall color.
It's a LARGE room (like ~500 square feet).
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Re: How was your week? Sept. 29 Edition [tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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Well enough. Last week, being an open, post-race week, was pretty good. 4 runs, 1 ride and 5 YES 5 skates. Awesome. Loved it. K is skating with me now 1x week too. :-)

This week: run 4x, ride 2x, skate 4x. Will look to try and get in some weights/drills/plyo as the World Masters Games are only 4 months away...

Ap

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"How bad could it be?" - SimpleS
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Re: How was your week? Sept. 29 Edition [tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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goals for this week:
ride 4x (2 done) rode 3 times
swim 3x done!
take a day off from running done! and keep total mileage under 45 close ran 48
do well w/ food particularly while traveling I did a good job!!!! proud of myself have not had issues for quite awhile knock on wood

M: 7.2 mi run + 20 mi bike
T: 8.5 mi run + 7.5 mi bike
W: 3400 yd swim
T: 7 mi run + 4600 yd swim
F: 7.2 mi run + 1800 yd swim
S: 11 mi run
S: 7.1 mi run + 4 mi bike (erranding)


totals 9800 yd swim, 31.5 mi bike, 48 mi run

School started today... boo...
goals for this week
day off from running, total mileage 45 or under
swim 15k
bike 4x
do well w/food

maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD
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Re: How was your week? Sept. 29 Edition [tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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Mon: work 9.5 hours in SF

Tue: see Mon, late dinner with Katy and others

Wed: see Mon + 6-8PM videoconference with China

Thur: fly SF-DEN-BNA, rush home to swap suitcases and put stuff and bike in the truck and drive back to airport to pick up Kristi and Sienna. Drive to Chattanooga.

Fri: IM Chatt expo; walk a lot; hang out with Kristi and Sienna and Mr. Kristi; dinner out

Sat: See Friday, but work at expo with QR doing bike count and giving out t-shirts. Kristi and I did get in a ride (~20 miles) in the afternoon. Ran into Deena on the road somewhere in the north Georgia countryside. Dinner out again. Lots of walking again.

Sun: Spectate IM Chatt. Yea AWARE! Lots more walking and up until about 1:30 AM.

A great weekend!!!

clm
Nashville, TN
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Re: How was your week? Sept. 29 Edition [tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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Didn't set any goals for last week from the looks of it. Whoops.

I did: run x 3, row x 1, swim x 1, weights x 4. Had two afternoon naps which have made the other half worried that I have a thyroid problem or something. I think I was just tired.

This week hoping for: run x 5, swim x 3, everything else is a bonus.
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Re: How was your week? Sept. 29 Edition [tigerchik] [ In reply to ]
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First knee injection was Wed. Felt good for about 24 hours. Now it hurts constantly. I was limping by the end of my shift at the shelter on Sunday. But the Dr said this wouldn't be immediate. I have injection #2 of 3 this Wednesday.

Now I'll just be happy if I can stop the daily aches and pains.

Glad everyone is enjoying their training. I don't mean to be a Debbie Downer.

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Jen

"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce
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Re: How was your week? Sept. 29 Edition [JenSw] [ In reply to ]
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If you're feeling down - you're entitled. Sometimes life just isn't great.

I had a "meh" week. Got some good 10 min runs early in the week. Then the cold took hold & I lost steam. Now I'm out of town for work. Heading home tomorrow & really hoping to get a run in when I get there.

FaceTime-ing with my husband/son was pretty great tonight. My son was really missing me so it was fun to "play" with him & read him a story.
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Re: How was your week? Sept. 29 Edition [determination] [ In reply to ]
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Last week's goals:
Swim x 1: WIN
Run x 4: FAIL with 3. Too busy Thurs night
Core/strength x 4: WIN


My in-laws being in town threw things off a bit, but I was able to do most of what I wanted - just missed 1 easy run.


Then Friday morning I buggered off into the woods. Was supposed to do a 19km easy 1st loop of solo backpacking over 2 nights. Well, the damn park was full so I could only get a campsite permit for 1 night at a site at the far end of the 2nd loop. Went for it anyway, and owned the whole damn trail (35km plus a couple of side trips for 37.8km total) in under 11hrs of non-camp time. Legs handled 15km the first day by being sore but functional for the 22.8km day 2, but have been very grumpy since - feeling like they do after a hard trail race.


It did mean I got to spend the 2nd night glamping with my sweetheart, which was awesome. Amazing weekend!

















This week's goals:
Swim x 4
Bike x 2
Run x 6
Core/strength x 4


Cheers!


-mistress k

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Re: How was your week? Sept. 29 Edition [ironclm] [ In reply to ]
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Hello friends. I've missed you. The craziness of life & the mental mindf*ck that is ST & triathlon in general blew me off into the real world for awhile. No promises on consistency, but I do check in from time-to-time. Did IMCHOO last weekend, probably write a race report at more length at some point. Currently just going through the motions of daily life until I can sleep again....pretty much plan on repeating that until I feel human again and/or have found different career path.

The pseudo (not at all) short version follows:

Almost came unglued on one of the swim start people who chose after I had crossed the mat to mention my calf sleeves not being allowed (my fault for forgetting a rule that I consider really stupid - "compression" does not help one or provide any advantage in a swim unless it is neoprene or some other buoyant material. Otherwise it's just a more drag to pull through the water....but whatever). I spent about a minute yammering with that asshat as I took them off & shoved them up the legs of my suit. When he tried to tell me that he was going to make me stay with the wetsuits b/c of my suit I lost it - and pointed out the same 4-5 walking by quite emphatically. I then walked toward the start, figuring if he had a real issue someone would follow me. I also figured it would be best to let go of the anger before I took it out on the water with 111mi left in the day....angry swimmers are not usually conservative swimmers...Swim was uneventful, jetted out towards the middle as far as was practical to catch current, did stop to ask 3ppl if they were ok at various times, extended breaststroke & floating tends to draw attention, for the record. Swim 47:00 (116th OA time! WOOT!!)

No idea what the hell I do in transitions that takes over 10:00...but no stresses there. Just preparation & not hurrying. I'm not racing for positions or anything, so I'm not going to spend time worrying about 3-4min. T1 - 10:43, T2 - 11:44 (WTF, did I have cake or something?!)

I love the bike course, even if I whine about some of the hills not being momentum rollers. Knees got achy before I got to 30mi...left foot also with a knot under one of the mets - shimmed my bike shoe a couple of weeks ago & never really had much riding after that, so no real worries. Knees got worse, ankle got tired of the different foot position, but nothing real catastrophic, held good pace, felt great, had fun. Volunteers were awesome - never missed a single hand-up. Guy even gave me his daughter's Starbucks straw to use in my aerobottle, since not having mine was really flubbing up my nutrition - apparently I'm not smart enough to drink/mix in the bottles themselves...There was a fair amount of drafting & some really poor bike-handling, but a lot of it was unavoidable with the volume of riders & to be expected with a large number of triathletes & First-timers. The draft marshalls did seem to disappear after the first loop though. Overall a good ride. Bike 6:40 (16.78avg)

I expected carnage on the run. I anticipated feeling awful & the wheels coming off the bus. My knees weren't thrilled, but seemed to settle in ok. Miles 5-8 were my biggest challenge as my nutrition fell a bit behind (cumulative effect of being a moron the first 3hrs on the bike)...thankful to Matt Miller for interjecting some sense on my salt intake there at around 8-9. I managed to find my rhythm on the salt, fluid, oranges & broth that held through the end. Saved some guy from a total meltdown at the bottom of the hill on Barton by giving him one of my salt tubes (thanks Base!) as his wife tried to get him to stay coherent - he went on to finish in fine fashion waaaaay ahead of me. Walked the uphills, cruised the flats, enjoyed the downhills. Three advil at SN really changed my world. I ran the vast majority of the second lap, felt fanfreakingtastic, was smiling all over the place & laughing with everyone. Although I don't know the times, I'm guessing it was a huge negative split, even if it was still slow. I anticipated this being near or over 6hr. Run: 5:33 (12:44/mi)

CHOO was a great race. Really didn't have many low points, just a couple of about 3-4min on the bike in the later stages & one 2-3mi funk on the run.Great (fast) course, great volunteers, great weather (even with some quality rain for awhile), great friends & family....I'm NOT a WTC-fan & probably won't do another branded race unless there's a DAMN good reason, but I thoroughly enjoyed this experience. TOTAL: 13:24

I didn't wear a watch (unless you count my Citizen dress watch, which I only used the minute hand to rough-guess my gel/bottle intake), I didn't look at anything but my cadence on my bike computer (literally never changed the screen) & I had/have no idea what time I even started the race....I do kind of wonder 'what might have been' if I had really trained more than 8-9wks & if I had even been consistent within that. What could I do if I had a better coach than myself, if I had adequate sleep & didn't eat like a teenage boy? I only did one 104mi, one 84 & one 78mi ride, was maybe semi-consistent 1-2 24mi rides Tues/Thurs (when I managed to remember both my bike and shoes). I maybe did 10 total runs...a couple/few 5-6, one 10 & one 13. I've been swimming once maybe twice a week for about 3/4 of the summer....I really should have just fallen all to hell in this race, but I didn't. Instead I managed my body, my emotions & lived right inside every.single.minute. of the entire day. I may be retired as a 140.6+ athlete (again), at least for a good number of years until I have the mental/emotional/financial energy & ability to devote to the horrendous undertaking....but if ever there was a flipping wonderful day to end on....this was it.

I'm now going back to being a swimmer because I love swimming - in a really weak moment I signed up to do Swim the Suck again (3rd year) a few weeks ago.

AW
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Re: How was your week? Sept. 29 Edition [AWARE] [ In reply to ]
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You are awesome! Congratulations.
When you have time, please let me know about the electrolyte problems you had. That seemed to be my limiter in my last race as well. What worked and what didn't? Thanks. and well done!!!
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Re: How was your week? Sept. 29 Edition [AWARE] [ In reply to ]
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thanks for the mini race report. I'm glad you had such a good day :-) you are awesome.

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If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
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