Tuesday odds and ends

[wawa]

I'm at the y for swim. Just realized I don't have my watch, so so much for knowing how far I've gone, and I also dont have my house keys.

I really wish my brain would turn on a little faster in the morning.

[cinco]

Our pool reopened Sunday after being closed for cleaning for a week. We went yesterday and it was 61 degrees. Yeah, no. Might be another week off!

We have no coffee, wahhhh.

[wambam]

Mar 21, 2017 6:22:28 GMT -5 cinco said:

We have no coffee, wahhhh.

This made me audibly gasp. A true tragedy.

[wambam]

I'm starting to test some food things to see what I might be reacting to and it's making me rullllllll sad to eat plain chicken and rice.

[cinco]

Mar 21, 2017 6:56:04 GMT -5 wambam said:

Mar 21, 2017 6:22:28 GMT -5 cinco said:

We have no coffee, wahhhh.

This made me audibly gasp. A true tragedy.

It was! I'm drinking coffee now, and feeling less grumpy already.

[wambam]

Mar 21, 2017 7:18:55 GMT -5 cinco said:

Mar 21, 2017 6:56:04 GMT -5 wambam said:

This made me audibly gasp. A true tragedy.

It was! I'm drinking coffee now, and feeling less grumpy already.

Oh good! I have a backup stash of shitty coffee that I use for cold brew. It's like a security blanket - I could always dig into my Kirkland stash lol.

[wawa]

I just got my free birthday starbucks. I went venti. 3 shots, 5 pumps of cinnamon dolce syrup and coconut milk.

Mmmmmmm...dessert coffee.

[wambam]

Mar 21, 2017 7:21:38 GMT -5 wawa said:

I just got my free birthday starbucks. I went venti. 3 shots, 5 pumps of cinnamon dolce syrup and coconut milk.

Mmmmmmm...dessert coffee.

Wait how did I miss an opportunity for free coffee?? How do I make this happen next year?

[mysticmuffin]

Mar 21, 2017 7:23:25 GMT -5 wambam said:

Mar 21, 2017 7:21:38 GMT -5 wawa said:

I just got my free birthday starbucks. I went venti. 3 shots, 5 pumps of cinnamon dolce syrup and coconut milk.

Mmmmmmm...dessert coffee.

Wait how did I miss an opportunity for free coffee?? How do I make this happen next year?

I think you just have to put your birthday in your Starbucks app/join rewards.

[shauni27]

I have my third cold of this pregnancy. I get colds that full out knock me on my ass. I was looking forward to swimming this morning but slept instead because I feel like crud.

[wawa]

Mar 21, 2017 7:28:41 GMT -5 mysticmuffin said:

Mar 21, 2017 7:23:25 GMT -5 wambam said:

Wait how did I miss an opportunity for free coffee?? How do I make this happen next year?

I think you just have to put your birthday in your Starbucks app/join rewards.

Yup.  wambam you just need to have registered for starbucks rewards and give them your actual birthday.  The reward goes live two weeks before your birthday and I think expires like 2 days after or something like that.  I always preorder on the app, so it just pops up with "Happy birthday!  reward!" and I click redeem and tada!  free coffee.

[chw57]

I have four teaching days until Spring Break and on Friday, tonnnnsssss of kids will be absent (I've signed more pre-arranged absence forms than I can count). I need some down time (even if that down time includes having my upper wisdom teeth removed)

[mysticmuffin]

My parents will be here Friday and they'll get to see me race on Saturday (pray to everything that I don't have any issues). They are super-proud of my running/triathlon adventures and I'm really excited for them to be here.

Plus, Dad hasn't been here since August 2013 (not that I'm counting), AND he's going to move around my washer/dryer so that my laundry room doesn't suck anymore.

[mysticmuffin]

Also, I'm LOLing at the description for my half on Saturday. It's an evening race.

"We will start at dusk from the Welcome Center and watch the sun go down as we head into the first two miles and finish under the moon."

Except the race starts at 5:30pm and sunset is at 7:38pm. I think the RD miscalculated and forgot to account for DST. My ass is slow, so yeah I'll be finishing under the moon for sure.

[labbie]

I took a mental health day from work yesterday so now I feel like it's Monday. Enough said.
Although, going for a run in the daylight yesterday and then bingewatching Gilmore Girls while snuggling my puppy was very much worth it :-)

[mysticmuffin]

Mar 21, 2017 8:27:47 GMT -5 labbie said:

I took a mental health day from work yesterday so now I feel like it's Monday. Enough said.
Although, going for a run in the daylight yesterday and then bingewatching Gilmore Girls while snuggling my puppy was very much worth it :-)

That sounds like a very blissful day. I'm sorry you're back at work and it feels like Monday.

[sadlebred]

I need a day off work so badly! We are slammed, and I am stressed out. A day off won't happen til June.

[labbie]

Mar 21, 2017 8:50:48 GMT -5 sadlebred said:

I need a day off work so badly! We are slammed, and I am stressed out. A day off won't happen til June.

Hang in there! 

[mrs.jacinthe]

I'm already dying for R to find another job. He's crimping my work-at-home style because I feel like I need to offer for him to come with me when I do stuff, plus I have to eat real meals instead of a couple spoonfuls of peanut butter or something. It's ridiculous. Argh. (And YES, I know this makes me sound ridiculous. I'm ok with that.)

[coconutbug]

The movers came and packed up all of our stuff yesterday, but it still doesn't feel real that we're moving soon. I'm on leave this week, but just got called in for a random drug test, so I'm sitting here waiting in the lobby for my turn. On the plus side, my mom comes to visit today!

[wawa]

Mar 21, 2017 9:28:53 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

I'm already dying for R to find another job. He's crimping my work-at-home style because I feel like I need to offer for him to come with me when I do stuff, plus I have to eat real meals instead of a couple spoonfuls of peanut butter or something. It's ridiculous. Argh. (And YES, I know this makes me sound ridiculous. I'm ok with that.)

this doesn't sound ridiculous at all.  Perfectly reasonable.  Imagine if you worked at an office and suddenly your H was just like...chilling in a chair in the corner.  AWKWARD.

[wawa]

I just realized that a little local tri that I wanted to do again this year is the weekend before the race I have pegged as my first Oly. Ever. The Oly is definitely the A race for the fall. (this is September/October)

The local race is a sprint - and it's short even for a sprint - the swim is 400m and shallow (I actually jogged the majority of it last year rather than try to swim through the bay chop/current - it was windy), the bike has all of two small hills and as per my watch was only 11 miles, and the run is nearly pancake flat.

The training plan I was looking at has a 23 min swim/47 min bike brick in the slot where this would go...if I'm just treating it as a fun outing and not like BALLS TO THE WALL RACING, can I call I just call this my final brick? My total time from the race last year was only 10 minutes more than that brick workout...

If MH does it too though I'm not 100% sure I could not hold back. If I had any chance of catching him on the run like I did last year, I'd be going for it. Because how could I not??

Or I could just go and maybe volunteer and hit it next year...it's just up the street from my IL's. Save myself the entry fee...because despite being a tiny wee non-usat race - they still charge $85 for it. (county parks and recs fundraiser)

[osulori]

I took this week off work and even though I don't NEED to run today it's nice out so I might. Though I might puke because I'll be going after I eat Raising Canes for lunch I was supposed to go early but wanted to stay in bed for a little longer...good thing I did because AJ slept til 9am, thank you 8lb6oz newborn infant jesus.

[emilyj]

Mar 21, 2017 11:01:05 GMT -5 wawa said:

I just realized that a little local tri that I wanted to do again this year is the weekend before the race I have pegged as my first Oly. Ever. The Oly is definitely the A race for the fall. (this is September/October)

The local race is a sprint - and it's short even for a sprint - the swim is 400m and shallow (I actually jogged the majority of it last year rather than try to swim through the bay chop/current - it was windy), the bike has all of two small hills and as per my watch was only 11 miles, and the run is nearly pancake flat.

The training plan I was looking at has a 23 min swim/47 min bike brick in the slot where this would go...if I'm just treating it as a fun outing and not like BALLS TO THE WALL RACING, can I call I just call this my final brick? My total time from the race last year was only 10 minutes more than that brick workout...

If MH does it too though I'm not 100% sure I could not hold back. If I had any chance of catching him on the run like I did last year, I'd be going for it. Because how could I not??

Or I could just go and maybe volunteer and hit it next year...it's just up the street from my IL's. Save myself the entry fee...because despite being a tiny wee non-usat race - they still charge $85 for it. (county parks and recs fundraiser)

If the Oly is your A race, I would not. Especially if your H does it and you're going to fully race it. Or even if he doesn't, could you REALLY do this and go super easy (I know I couldn't). Go and volunteer.  A couple years ago I did an Olympic, then a sprint, one week apart.  Neither were my A race, and after the sprint I wanted to kill myself. 

[wawa]

Mar 21, 2017 11:13:45 GMT -5 emilyj said:

Mar 21, 2017 11:01:05 GMT -5 wawa said:

I just realized that a little local tri that I wanted to do again this year is the weekend before the race I have pegged as my first Oly. Ever. The Oly is definitely the A race for the fall. (this is September/October)

The local race is a sprint - and it's short even for a sprint - the swim is 400m and shallow (I actually jogged the majority of it last year rather than try to swim through the bay chop/current - it was windy), the bike has all of two small hills and as per my watch was only 11 miles, and the run is nearly pancake flat.

The training plan I was looking at has a 23 min swim/47 min bike brick in the slot where this would go...if I'm just treating it as a fun outing and not like BALLS TO THE WALL RACING, can I call I just call this my final brick? My total time from the race last year was only 10 minutes more than that brick workout...

If MH does it too though I'm not 100% sure I could not hold back. If I had any chance of catching him on the run like I did last year, I'd be going for it. Because how could I not??

Or I could just go and maybe volunteer and hit it next year...it's just up the street from my IL's. Save myself the entry fee...because despite being a tiny wee non-usat race - they still charge $85 for it. (county parks and recs fundraiser)

If the Oly is your A race, I would not. Especially if your H does it and you're going to fully race it. Or even if he doesn't, could you REALLY do this and go super easy (I know I couldn't). Go and volunteer.  A couple years ago I did an Olympic, then a sprint, one week apart.  Neither were my A race, and after the sprint I wanted to kill myself. 

You're right.  as soon as I typed, "not balls the wall racing" I had a mental image of myself just loafing along on the bike while people whizz past me and was like   I hate getting passed.  I can deal if the person passing me is on a full on tri bike and moving at like 24 mph...but if somebody I COULD beat passed me...it'd be on.  Even without the Husband as Rabbit issue, I'm unlikely to truly take it easy.   hmph. 

[mysticmuffin]

Mar 21, 2017 11:27:04 GMT -5 wawa said:

Mar 21, 2017 11:13:45 GMT -5 emilyj said:

If the Oly is your A race, I would not. Especially if your H does it and you're going to fully race it. Or even if he doesn't, could you REALLY do this and go super easy (I know I couldn't). Go and volunteer.  A couple years ago I did an Olympic, then a sprint, one week apart.  Neither were my A race, and after the sprint I wanted to kill myself. 

You're right.  as soon as I typed, "not balls the wall racing" I had a mental image of myself just loafing along on the bike while people whizz past me and was like   I hate getting passed.  I can deal if the person passing me is on a full on tri bike and moving at like 24 mph...but if somebody I COULD beat passed me...it'd be on.  Even without the Husband as Rabbit issue, I'm unlikely to truly take it easy.   hmph. 

This is so helpful to recognize in yourself though. I would hate for you to set yourself up for a disappointing A race.

[ktzmoh]

I'm back on my bike 4 days/week and holy hell my butt hirts. I really should not have neglected my bike all winter because my butt is not conditioned anymore :‘-/

[itsme]

Swimmers, do you listen to anything while swimming? I recently took up this activity but was so bored with laps and need music or a book to listen to. I found the waterproof iPod shuffle for $130 but I have spent so much on other trinkets for the other sports that I'm balking at spending that much on something else.

[mrshandy]

Mar 21, 2017 13:11:17 GMT -5 itsme said:

Swimmers, do you listen to anything while swimming? I recently took up this activity but was so bored with laps and need music or a book to listen to. I found the waterproof iPod shuffle for $130 but I have spent so much on other trinkets for the other sports that I'm balking at spending that much on something else.

I don't usually, but I might try. I have waterproof bluetooth speakers. So I guess I could just leave my phone in my bag at the of the pool. I'm a little scared to try. 

What really works to break up the monotony is to do drills. I joined swimplan.com and/or you can google and there are a lot of swim plans out there. 

[itsme]

Mar 21, 2017 13:32:53 GMT -5 mrshandy said:

Mar 21, 2017 13:11:17 GMT -5 itsme said:

Swimmers, do you listen to anything while swimming? I recently took up this activity but was so bored with laps and need music or a book to listen to. I found the waterproof iPod shuffle for $130 but I have spent so much on other trinkets for the other sports that I'm balking at spending that much on something else.

I don't usually, but I might try. I have waterproof bluetooth speakers. So I guess I could just leave my phone in my bag at the of the pool. I'm a little scared to try. 

What really works to break up the monotony is to do drills. I joined swimplan.com and/or you can google and there are a lot of swim plans out there. 

Thanks!!  I'm getting a pull buoy since the gym doesn't have those in order to help with drills.  I also forgot my watch so counting laps was terrible!!!  I'll check out that site.  I need some guidance and that will help!  THANKS!