Sparrows Experiment

Thank you G8r. I guess that is the silver lining :) I had some big time heart palpatations the last 2-3 miles of that 10K and that scared me more than anything else. I felt like I was suffocating
 
I sm very sad to hear this event unfolded this way. :bncry:

BIG HUG!!!

((((((((((Kate))))))))

now- good on you for showing up!

You do not get the entire week off. The fitness is not lost. You have much bigger fish to fry. Your week off was based on dumping yourself into a 1/2 mary.

protect your temperature. Work your core, stretch, and do not turn this into a physical fitness slide into depression.

Enjoy your vacation, hate me if you must- you are an athlete. You went and showed "willin to suffer."

Much respect to you Sparrow. And that is exactly why I am not being a patty on the poo poo go lick your wounds sissy fitness partner.

Break a fever, but do not damper a spirit!

XOXOXOXOXO

lots of love
FF
 
thank you FF. Good balance of words there. I let it get to me for half the drive home and was dealing with feeling really ticked off and really ripped off. But I got over it and came to the same conclusion-bigger fish to fry. I actually think it was rather dumb of me to taper for this race. Part of me justified it by saying that I hadn't taken any down time between tri season and now and I felt really beaten up by the time taper week came. However, I know tapers rarely work for me, especially longer ones like a week. I need like 2-3 days decreased effort tops and I'm fine and I also know that when I take time off or taper I tend to get sick! My body just takes the opportunity.

I take this as another lesson learned. Don't worry, this "vacation" isn't a vacation from training. I won't just be sitting on my booty-but it won't be a driven need either. If I can I will and if I just can't, I won't. ....PM
 
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sparrow said:
Thank you G8r. I guess that is the silver lining :) I had some big time heart palpatations the last 2-3 miles of that 10K and that scared me more than anything else. I felt like I was suffocating
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After I had my stent implant in 11/06, I resumed exercising in 1/07. After my first day or two exercising, I could feel my heart beat, i.e., I was having palpitations and I considered calling 911. I spoke to my cardiologist who scheduled an appointment with me the next week when I returned. He checked me over and said every person he has ever operated on came back to him afterwards complaining about being able to feel their heartbeat and he said as long as you can feel it, that proves one thing...

Do you wear a heart rate monitor? Sometimes i'll think my heart is racing, look at my HRM and it's okay. Trust the HRM and relax if the heartbeat is in your safe range.
 
Ok, that pis ses me off. You worked too damned hard to get ripped off like that, period!!!! Anyway, no need to dwell on the negative. We all know, from your experience last weekend, that you are a world class, beast of an athlete. Small setbacks will be small setbacks. You know what you can do and one day, a bad day at that, will never let you forget what you can do. You are an athlete, an unstoppable beast! Keep up the good work, don't let your head hang. You know you are better than your performance on this one day. So, keep going forward. Your day to shine will come. We all love you and appreciate the effort you put in. Take care and keep pushing forward. Hugs and kisses from us all, Greg
 
Sorry to hear you got sick Sparrow! Things like that are out of our control though and there will be more races. You had a fantastic 10k time even when you were sick! None of the training is wasted, you are now just set up better for the next one.
 
Thank you guys. I really appreciate your words. I had a hard day that day. Later that night I washed my mp3 player in the laundry :(. I wanted to cry. I think God was talkin to me. Seriously. Amazingly it was the ONLY day I had both a fever and felt sick. Totally random freakish thing. I wonder if I made myself sick with worry and anxiousness. It was very weird.

Before I left for my race last Friday a friend of mine said "Kate you've worked pretty hard for this one and you've made phenomenal progress in your running. No matter what happens you know that you wake up race day and it will either be your race, or it won't. Don't beat yourself up if its not what you expect." I don't think she knew how much her words would ring in my ears as I was running that day, and it made me feel better. No matter what happend I am happy that it spured me on to bigger and better running. I wouldn't be ahead in my running right now had I not trained for that. Just for the record. Had I gotten the same time I ran 2 weeks ago (1:42) I would have placed 3rd in my age group and 64th out of 400.

ANYway, I'm on vacation writing to you all. Thats how much I love you. lol. I cannot describe the beauty surrounding me right now.

This morning I lifted a half hour of pretty conventional-type lifts, then ran 7 miles at 8:27 pace (with no music!) and then swam 1000 before my kids got in with me. Great workout felt strong and invincible. The pace today was cake so that made me feel better about things.

There is another half on the river trail beginning of May. I was going to do a sprint tri that same weekend but being that I still don't have a bike I'm thinking I'll consider the run instead. A lot of friends are running it. Might be just fun.

peace out
 
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Hi Katie,

I guess I'm late, but will offer my 2 cents...

"To everything there is a season,
a time for every purpose under the sun."
- Ecclesiastes 3:1

Well ok that wasn't mine, but hopefully this is... Your time will come. Yes, you trained hard and yes you came up short, but not by your own doing. This is a setback to be sure, but what does it really change, other than to add to your determination to succeed next time. You've still got a loving husband and children, your friends, your home, and all the other good things in your life. Learn from this experience and use it to fuel your training for the next race so that you can run them off their feet.
 
Pfft. It was only one run.

A sparrow doesn't have to fly every day to prove she can. And she doesn't have to sing every day to be called a songbird. :)
 
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Pfft. It was only one run.

A sparrow doesn't have to fly every day to prove she can. And she doesn't have to sing every day to be called a songbird. :)
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LOL clever Focus. love it :luxlove:

another 7 miler today. I feel so good running I could do more but the tread is very very boring without music. This will be more of a running week. The pool here has lanes and is the right distance but its too hot for me to really swim hard in. My upper body is pretty sore from those weights yesterday. how pathetic. I'm out of my lifting loop a bit. Today I did split squats, leg presses, calf raises...all that kind of lower body stuff plus more core. There are no free weights besides some puny dumbells at this little gym here but I'm making the most of them. We're taking the kids to go ice skate today. That should be a nice little adventure.
 
Took yesterday off, we went to Crater Lake. It was gorgeous. I'm basically working out this week to work off all the crud I'm eating. haha. I've not been that bad actually, but much more liberal than normal. My body is really sore but my husband surprised me and scheduled a massage yesterday and that was a lot of fun too :)

Today I ran 5 at 8:30 pace and then a few weights.
 
Katie,

Have you heard back from the owner of that Cannondale? That looks like a sweet ride. I'd rather you get a nice, high quality used bike with better components that really don't wear than a new, lower quality bike.
 
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Katie,

Have you heard back from the owner of that Cannondale? That looks like a sweet ride. I'd rather you get a nice, high quality used bike with better components that really don't wear than a new, lower quality bike.
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Yes, he's posted this bike twice, the first time at 750 and said I'm the first to inquire about it this time around(its been up a few days) I told him I'd be in town Sunday and wouldn't be able to see it till Monday at best. So I'll just call when I'm back in town. I'm not sure of the components on it but if its boasting a retail of
4K+ I'd assume its some good top end stuff. Just not sure why nobody has taken it off his hands yet! I'm also not sure if I can come up with the extra few hundred bucks. err
 
He's exagerating like a used car salesman and that concerns me. There is no way you can get to 4K with an aluminum frame unless it had disk wheels. Just not possible. I would think most aluminum frame bikes sold new for no more than 2 K and that would be if it Dura Ace. And, if it had Dura Ace, he would have stated that....

Be careful of this fish vendor
 
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He's exagerating like a used car salesman and that concerns me. There is no way you can get to 4K with an aluminum frame unless it had disk wheels. Just not possible. I would think most aluminum frame bikes sold new for no more than 2 K and that would be if it Dura Ace. And, if it had Dura Ace, he would have stated that....

Be careful of this fish vendor
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hmm good point. what he wrote back on my component question was "you'll have to just call and talk about it with the owner". interesting...
 
5 mile run and some core. I've officially run more in one week than any other week in my half training, and the week isn't over yet :). I guess thats what happens when you have few options!
 
CBWill found this bike. Aluminum frame but with Ultegra for $799 and with 105 for $599. That seems to be a really good deal.
 
g8r80 said:
CBWill found this bike. Aluminum frame but with Ultegra for $799 and with 105 for $599. That seems to be a really good deal.
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is there really that much of a price difference between the upgrade??
 
got home. Swam 3500. Feel like junk, BUT its a beautiful day. Can't complain at all.
 
Just spin class today. It was rough after 2 weeks off of it. The pool was packed today for my class. Everyone missed me and let me know it :)

I've recently realized this is going to be a really hectic summer with very little space to actually train the way I'd like. My kids are involved with a lot of stuff on top of my really hectic summer. A week of vacation let me reflect on the fact that I take this stuff way too seriously and I need to chill out. My massive disappointment in my race last weekend-as if that was all there was in life-helped me see this. Yes, its okay to be disappointed. No, its not okay to act like life just stopped because of a bad day. I've also not resolved my health issues and it really is a factor in the intensity of my training.

I was talking to my lifting buddy about this today. While we both want to train this season she is back going to school full time on top of being mom to 3 young kids with a cop husband...while I am working 2 times a day, have lessons on the horizon, involved in a lot of church stuff, and organizing the schedules for kid sports and clubs. I'd love to be selfish but I need to back off a tad and just have fun with this stuff while my kids are young and sweet ;). If I can train hard then I train hard. If I have to take the day because my kid is sick, or has a swim meet or just wants to hang with me or whatever, then I shrug and go with it. Life should not revolve around my training. Its not like I'm a professional getting paid for this. lol. My happiness each day should not depend on the kind of workout I've had that morning.

I had my kids young enough I can be a hot mom 40 year old with most of them almost out of the house and lots more time to train if I want to

I think this kind of thinking will keep the peace better in my family and actually add to my success this season as I hold loosely to these things God has given me. It usually seems to work that way.

I'm still signed up for the half ironman, and I will finish it. But i'm not going to place so much importance on what place I come in, or what time I achieve. Finishing it will be enough success for me.

I guess I just wanted to write all that out so I could see it since its been rattling in my head for a while.
 
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