Sparrows Experiment

You are very popular at the gym. I don't really have that problem... I'll just skip the obvious, lewd comparisons. :D

I liked the mind tricks bit. I do that to myself all the time. Not at your level, but like I'll tell myself that I'm tired when I'm not even close, or that I should really get X done. Right in the middle of my cycling, I'm thinking, "Oh. Isn't Kayla's birthday coming up? I should really go get her something. The stores will be closing soon. I better hop off." Then I convince myself that I don't even like Kayla. And I get all proud of myself and ****. :rofl:

I think it'd be fun if you could into a gym with the power to read minds and just listen to what everyone's thinking. Well, hmm. Disturbing, more likely, but still.
 
yeah like cartoons with the little bubbles overhead. that'd be awesome...maybe.
 
Derwyddon said:
I totally don't get people like that either. I hate when people talk to me at the gym, let alone when its OBVIOUS I'm busy. Yes, i want to joke about how its funny to see a girl deadlifting when I'm holding 200 pounds. No thanks!
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sitting on a stack of plates does not warrant saying you are holding 200 lbs. ppffffft

nice run Sparrow. I especially like the less than 10 min pace. is that less as in 9:59, or less as in 12?

i am a bit sassy tonight,

i will go now. Need my sleep, tomorrow i do swim workout #2.

Great run. Teach me what "tempo run" is?
 
[Focus] said:
You are very popular at the gym. I don't really have that problem... I'll just skip the obvious, lewd comparisons. :D

I liked the mind tricks bit. I do that to myself all the time. Not at your level, but like I'll tell myself that I'm tired when I'm not even close, or that I should really get X done. Right in the middle of my cycling, I'm thinking, "Oh. Isn't Kayla's birthday coming up? I should really go get her something. The stores will be closing soon. I better hop off." Then I convince myself that I don't even like Kayla. And I get all proud of myself and ****. :rofl:

I think it'd be fun if you could into a gym with the power to read minds and just listen to what everyone's thinking. Well, hmm. Disturbing, more likely, but still.
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LMAO

I can read minds. The problem is, I'm illiterate. :(

That joke isn't really funny when I'm typing this with perfect grammur an punctuatin
 
lol. I love all you guys, yer so fun.

Less than 10 min pace means I wasn't willing to cool down at 10 min or more pace after running at a high speed for so long so I just sort of jumped around with the paces until I felt cooled down. :D

what I think D really meant to say was that she's gained a bit of weight and is a tad insecure about it.

hahaha. J/K you know I love ya sara
 
I rounded my day out at the pool right after dinner *urp* don't ever do that, its stupid.

300 warm up
30 min threshhold swim
5x100 IM
3x100 kick
cool down

I did 82 laps in 30 min which is 1:27 average each 100 (4 laps). I did most of it at a very easy comfortable pace and picked it up about the last 20 laps. If I'd NOT eaten I think I could have done better. I had some GI issues.
In any case I'd like to get that down to more like 1:22-23 by the end of the season.
 
Derwyddon said:
That reminds me - how is your stomach doing? Have they come up with a definitive diagnosis yet?
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nope. I have an endoscopy Feb 26th so they'll either confirm or throw out the ulcer theory. i have a friend who has an autoimmune disease and it took her 10 years for the right diagnosis. She has celiac disease and gastritis and we have very similar symptoms. She suggested if the endoscopy doesn't show anything, maybe trying a gluten free diet.

I've been "juicing" quite a bit in addition to my regular diet and it seems to be going better. thanks for asking!
 
yeah, I have heard "juicin" makes it seems like everythign is all right, and you get really fast results, and you even feel super human, but the long term effects are terrible for ya. they even say a guy could burn up his nutties!! Do you have parts to spare?

ahhahaahahah

FF'in
 
flyinfree said:
yeah, I have heard "juicin" makes it seems like everythign is all right, and you get really fast results, and you even feel super human, but the long term effects are terrible for ya. they even say a guy could burn up his nutties!! Do you have parts to spare?

ahhahaahahah

FF'in
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that doesn't make any sense.
 
I went to tri class today. I was exhausted and really should have taken the day off, but I'm stubborn as all get out.

45 min spin (I took this down a notch)
15 min core (planks, push ups and all sorts of other stuff)
30 min water running

The water running was new, never did that before and I really didn't feel like it did much for me. If I were super hard up and needed to "run" but couldn't because of injury I might do it again, but otherwise it felt a waste of time. It was a more mellow workout today. I'll take it. This week has been pretty intense. I've upped my cals by about 550 a day without flinching lately because of the increased training. I've seemed to need the extra. I've been able to deal with protein better this week, thank GOD cause I was dying without much of it. This afternoon I made a 10 egg white omelet with mozz. cheese, avocado and sliced tomato atop some sprouted ezekiel bread. It was crazy good.
 
sparrow said:
that doesn't make any sense.
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you know, like when peeps get all loaded up on steroids that feel like that, and they call it "juicin"
"you said you had been juicing along with your regular.......nevemind.,... oh boy.
sheeesh

sorry for my deep sense of humor. hahahahahaha
 
flyinfree said:
you know, like when peeps get all loaded up on steroids that feel like that, and they call it "juicin"
"you said you had been juicing along with your regular.......nevemind.,... oh boy.
sheeesh

sorry for my deep sense of humor. hahahahahaha
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lol. sometimes I'm just not "with" ya there FF.. Today is a more literal day for me I guess. :eek:
 
I got up for a 10mi long run this morning. I hit "snooze" as long as possible and then got up. We went out to dinner last night and I overdid it a bit which made me sleepy. My husband has a junior high camp from today through Monday so my long run opportunity was this morning or never. I got 1+ mile into my run and just felt the extreme fatigue of my legs and thought "this is stupid, I already know I can go the distance and I have the speed I want, go home, take the day" so I did. I went to the gym with my husband and got wrapped up in a conversation in the locker room with a friend in need so I lost that opportunity for any workout...then I was going to swim with my Masters swimmers but then 14 of them showed up! So I coached from the deck. I guess a workout just wasn't meant to be today, AND THATS OKAY.

I do wish I was about a week out from this race instead of 3. I have 2 more weeks of pretty hard work ahead of me. The goal is to get pretty torn down and then rest a bit on that last week before the half. I have 2 more long runs to go and I'll just have to be okay with skipping for this week.
 
It's cute how twitchy you get when fate conspires to force you not to work out for just one day. It's also pretty funny how you count a day in which you get up and do a 10 mile run an off day. :D

You are so fierce.
 
what type of performance are you planning at this 13.1? time?

you know your right in the zone when you are wishing your race was now.

stay cool lady. sustaining that is tricky. I was sooo set for that half in the mud, and now I feel like I am about to burst,.... At the spin class I over did it, and my one knee feels funky today. I should have known I was gettting a bit radical when I started adjusting the seat so I could BURN THE ENTIRE MUSCLE. I know the weirdos like us are hard to contain.

Do your best. STAY SMART!
 
Well, I wouldn't have called it a day off if I'd DONE the 10 miler but I didn't. I ran all of 1.6 miles this morning. lol. You are right about the day off tissy. I can get pretty obsessive. I have to remind myself that days of rest are actually HELPING me.

FF initially I had nothing riding on this run. I didn't care either way, I just wanted an accountability race to get me to train into the higher distances. However, now that I've actually seen my speed and endurance working together I have a goal that I still consider a lofty one of 1:45. I will be happy with anything between 1:48 and 1:45. that gives me a mile pace of 8 flat to 8:14. I will be disappointed if I see 1:50-anything. I've done that and feel way more conditioned than when I did it. However, that being said, I'm just going to be reallly happy running in my old stompin' grounds and seeing my buddies up north. I will base a chunk of my success more on how I FEEL during this race than the actual time of it. Part of my success will also come in how good of a job I do at programing my mp3. :) I'm all about music. It can make me achieve levels I'd otherwise not go :D.
 
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Oh. Haha, I fail at reading comprehension. But I excel at poking fun at you when you haven't actually done anything to deserve it. My apologies miss sparrow. :cool:
 
damn straight focus. you best apologize to katie, or else she'll track you down and put you on a treadmill at 20 mph! haha
kidddddddddding
 
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