Let the *FREAK OUT* Begin....

[Trek420]

even though I'm not a racer I like # 98, for the look on my managers face when I told here about the Cinderella. She signed up for the gym a block away from work, went once, stopped....I'm doing the Cindy

[Lise]

...that you'll have to change your tag line from "Iron wanna be"! What's it going to be? Iron IS?! L.

[Running Mommy]

Hmmmm... I like Iron MAMA. I just might try to change my user name to that. Of course everyone from the runnersworld forum to trinewbies knows me as "running Mommy. It's been my moniker for years... Another reason why my lurker cousin was able to pick me out on this forum.. heh heh heh
I just might change it next week from Iron wanna be to Iron "gonna be".. whaddya think??

[Running Mommy]

As of yesterday the water temp went up a whopping 2 degrees!!! WHEEEE!! Lets pray for a massive heat wave between now and 4/9. Maybe it'll make it to 62!! ugh!

[Running Mommy]

Last chance to drop out...

Dear Ford Ironman Arizona Participants,

We will be assigning race numbers to the 2006 Ford Ironman Arizona race early next week. If you are not racing and do NOT wish to have a race number assigned, please let us know by return email on or before Tuesday March 28th. Be sure to include your name in the body of the email.

If you have any other inquiry, please feel free to email us at admin@ironmanusa.com be sure to include the subject of your inquiry in the subject field, it will help us route your inquiry and expedite the response.

Thank you

Marc Lees

Ironman North America

Nahhhhhhh.... BRING ON THE PAIN (mad dog race face)
(me after I finish)
(the color of the pretty finishers medal)

[Lise]

If you are not racing and do NOT wish to have a race number assigned, please let us know by return email on or before Tuesday March 28th.

No WAY!

[Running Mommy]

I found something on the IMAZ website forum that I thought was interesting. A girl was having phantom pains so she emailed her massage therapist to see if it was the massage and this was the therapists reply. I found it quite interesting and maybe useful to us gals who "go long"

I don't think it's massage pain because you really were not that bad this time. I think it may be more tapering. Tapering...the lesser mileage and time spent exercising causes the muscles to change their tension. Not the same pounding or exertion, so they begin relaxing a bit and change their length. Each muscle fiber may change differently than the next...this change in tension also changes the pull around each joint...many times this change causes achy pain...like the flu..weird aches and pains that you never had before. This change in tension seems to trigger all the proprioceptors...including the pain receptors unfortunately. It is a very strange phenomenon. And it seems the more intense your training, the worse your taper may be...but I also have seen that the more uncomfortable taper phase, the better the race performance...so keep the faith. You may want to try upping the intensity, like we talked about, with the shorter mileage. Meanwhile, take drugs, drink wine, and this too shall pass..........

[Lise]

Hmmmm... I like Iron MAMA. I just might try to change my user name to that. Of course everyone from the runnersworld forum to trinewbies knows me as "running Mommy. It's been my moniker for years... Another reason why my lurker cousin was able to pick me out on this forum.. heh heh heh
I just might change it next week from Iron wanna be to Iron "gonna be".. whaddya think??

I like 'em both!

What are you thinking about the wetsuit?