IMAZ 2007 tales from the road...

[KSH]

Yeah the lottery is luck of the draw. And I imagine there are THOUSANDS of us kooks willing to shell out 50 clams just to be in the lottery...
Lets just say the odds are against me. But I have this wierd karma with race lotteries, I tend to get picked. Lets just say I have a perfect record. Now I still don't think I have a hogs chance in heaven to get picked. But if I do, I'll be convicned that pigs really CAN fly...
Sigh... I just wish I had that kind of luck with the lotteries that involve large sums of money....

Hey... all you can do is enter your name and try...right? And if you tend to get picked... your odds are very high!!!

[crazycanuck]

Hey RM,

Why not take a pic of you in that IM Western Australia shirt & show it to us funky chickies?


C

[knapplaura]

Denise,
I hear you, another tough week! We are starting to get some nice weather here, I am fearing the heat in Phoenix though!

My tng week (i always start counting from Monday):
MON-easy swim (1200m) and weights
TUE-7 mile run, 1000m swim, 15 min spin bike
WED-1.5 hour bike, 3.5 mile run, 1800m swim
THUR-8.5 mile run
FRI-500m swim and aqua jog (i hurt my hand in a fall and it hurt to swim)
SAT-15 mi run, 3000m swim
SUN- 73 mi bike, 5.5 mi run

Sunday was so hard for me on the bike, my tng partner was hurting and we stopped for him to eat 2 meals! 73 miles felt like all day long, and i am hoping next weekend will be better!

Good luck,
Laura

[Running Mommy]

Great to see your training is on track. I hear you on the long ride taking forever tho! I estimated that the total of my 3 stops and dealing with the police cost me 30 mins...
but whaddya gonna do?
Anyway, hopefully we can actually meet in person this year! I mean heck, we live in the same state and are doing the same RACE!!

Anyway, I'm having a BAD day today. I think I have some health problems brewing and I'm a bit stressed. You see I had cervical cancer in 01. As a result I haven't had a period since then. I'm on the pill, and eveything has been checking out ok, so I've just been going with it.
Well about 2 weeks ago I started getting really BAD - and I mean BAD- cramps. So I went to the doctor last week, she did a pap and sent me to the lab to have blood taken. She didn't seem too concerned, said that everything seemed to check out ok. And the fact that I wasn't bleeding was a good thing. Well this morning I woke up to a mess. Yes, I'm now bleeding..... sigh..... UGH!
So I guess now I'll get to visit the doctor again.... sigh...
I don't need this right now.

[Offthegrid]

Oh, no. I'm so sorry. I hope everything is OK ...

[ladyfish]

We'll send all our healthy wishes and prayers your way! You don't need THAT kind of stress ever, but especially when you are training for the IM!

Good luck homegirl! (I live in AZ vicariously through you and your descriptions of my home state--I still miss it every day) Even the rattlesnakes!!!

[KSH]

Denise,

I hope everything is OK! How scary.


Laura,

You would never want to ride with me... For a 73 mile ride I would probably have to stop 3-4 times! HA!

[rocknrollgirl]

RM...I am sending a little karma and some healing thoughts your way. I hope everything is ok.


Ruth