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Went to Ireland in July and had a fabulous time with Hubs, including climbing the 618 steps hewn by monks around 500 AD on Skellig Michael (where Luke was hiding out in The Force Awakens). I got sick coming home and am STILL fighting the cough and congestion mess with a second round of antibiotics. I took a month off from…
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@justanotherjen13 -- my elderly cat is currently perched on my left shoulder as I write this, and we both like your stopping to pet a cat during your workout. Welcome! @Djproulx, great video! It makes me want to go for the middle distance IM. @nossmf --your description of nearly tearing your arms off in the weight room…
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@Djproulx, great job finishing and thinking your way through the difficult spots of the Half Iron race. Those photos were nice to see, also. Take some time to really rest up, mentally and physically. You know this already; I'm just spelling it out again. :)
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I took myself back to the gym today for the first time in awhile (in summer my workouts move out of doors). Got in 35 min. on the elliptical and a couple of min. on the Helix trainer to stretch my leg muscles after.
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Really helpful info here, @Djproulx. I haven't tried walking out of T2 but then haven't needed to when to bike part was only an hour and the run only 2 miles. Best of luck with your race!!
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Two plus hours in the river yesterday just messing around with my kids--some light swimming, treading water, etc. I'm taking a few weeks' hiatus from running because I started developing shin splints. I tried to up my mileage too quickly, I think. I hate enforced rest, though.
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Took a quick 5 day trip down to the Florida Panhandle to visit family and of course the beach. Lots of fun playing in the water with my girls, but the riptides in the Destin area have been pretty bad lately. Twelve people drowned in the last two weeks. We witnessed a rescue Wed. when an older woman swam too far out and…
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Had a rare night away from home with my hubs, so breakfast today was a big restaurant meal. We shared a giant blueberry pancake and a Chef's veggie scramble (an open omelette over roasted potatoes). Also a pot of tea for me and lots of coffee for him. Instead of lunch, we had several pieces of chocolate from a local…
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I keep thinking about how you lost NINETY pounds whenever I jump on my bike and start to think, "Oh, it doesn't burn that many calories." It really can, truth be told.
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Hubs and I took a rare night away from our kids, so today's workout was really just walking around and window shopping in the quaint town of Eureka Springs.
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I'm with you, @mtaratoot. I walk my dog nearly every morning, and it never fails that Sunday morning's walks involve seeing lots of cans of booze, soft drinks, McDonald's wrappers--sometimes other types of wrappers--discarded throughout my neighborhood, which is on the edge of town. Sometimes I bring a couple of extra…
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Agree with you, @LenGray! I find it endlessly fascinating to hear what different people eat, esp. on MFP. With that said, tell me more about Ben and Jerry's Netflix n' Chill'd ice cream--I haven't seen that flavor in my corner of the world.
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[quote="Ernest_Nigma;c-47526302" I could barely manage a slow couple of km on the track today. There was a time when I'd have hardly considered that a decent warmup, but I'm obviously not that guy anymore. Gotta start from where I'm at now, and this is a start.[/quote] I feel this. I've been missing my distance running…
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Pictures?? Please!
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@Djproulx, thank you for the offer. I do have lots of questions about tri training. Biked for 50 minutes today, high humidity so a slower pace.
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Hear, hear to those just joining this thread! And a big "boo" to spilling tea. This happened to me yesterday while sitting on our wonky love seat (the foot rest comes part way up and gets stuck). I managed to spill near-boiling tea on my stomach and shorts. Ouch! I made dinner for a friend tonight who a) just had a baby…
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@thiccc2fit, that's an awesome story! I've finally (at age 47) ditched the idea of fast weight loss and am embracing the .2 of a pound daily loss (or 1 lb off / week) that I'm seeing this summer. I've gone from 238.8 in 2018 (my highest weight ever) to today's 190.8. I lost 30 lbs in 2019 but then gained some back during…
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30 min. run this morning in humid conditions. Also some walking to cool down (ha!--not possible in 83% humidity). 36 min. bike outside yesterday, with another half hour of "water aerobics" ie, jogging in place or treading water while keeping up with my autistic 15 year old at our local outdoor pool. My regular Wednesday…
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Don't I know it!! Ask me (or rather, don't) about my 8 minute TI in last year's sprint tri. All I can say is that race (the Ozark Valley Triathlon) included a 200 m. run uphill straight out of the water to the bike area in their transition. That was the worst part of the race, IMHO.
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[quote - For the longer races, Half Iron (70.3 mile) and Full Iron (140.6 mile), my coach and I went back and forth verbally and in writing to produce a written "race plan" that established my base goal time( the most modest result that I needed to achieve to feel successful) the a stretch goal (say 10/15 minutes faster…
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@DJProulx, I love all the details on Escape the Cape!! How fun to have a group to train and race with. And man, I only ever top 20 mph on a steep downhill slope. Your swim and bike sections sound outstanding. Kudos to the women in your group for their podium finishes, but I hope you feel equally proud of a strong effort in…
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This one's for you, @DJProulx!
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10 min. walk with the dog, the later a 10 min. bike ride to the coffee shop; one hour of reading; a short warm-up walk, then 20 min. of running, and a 15 min. biking home. Left my bike at the coffee shop so I could get in a different route than the usual one around my house.
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I spent EIGHT hours at my 12-year-old's swim meet yesterday in Joplin, Missouri. With a 2 hour delayed start because of rain, then some technical difficulties, we were there past 7:30 pm. This wasn't a workout for me, but it sure felt like one, especially the two hours I spent timing the swimmers. (Meets are usually 5…
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Long run this morning for me: 45 min. with another 40 min. of walking split between before and after (and a few minutes in the middle of the run). Yesterday's workout was some short stints of biking, around 50 min. total.
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@Djproulx, I'm sorry to hear that! Hope the wildfires die out and the race goes on.
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A 30 minute pool swim today, first thing. I slept badly--that seems to affect my swim more than my bike or run.
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@mtaratoot, thanks for sharing your adventures. Those pictures were gorgeous. Where is this, if you don't mind my asking? It is hard to believe anyone would want to move away from so much natural beauty, even for Australia. I'd love to see volcano pictures if you have some. *Update* I did a quick Google search and realized…
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@laurachambers86, my workout today was a lot like yours. No caving over here!
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@drmwc, this story is amazing and also the stuff of my nightmares, you realize!?! That picture of your feet disappearing into a gopher hole was something else. I biked first thing this morning, so it was still cool out. A 20 min. loop around my house, then back to get my autistic son ready for the bus (summer school),…
