tri signup website

Rachel is already signed up! Here is the link for the sign up page: http://www.fatrabbitracing.com/Events/Tri4Cure/Triathlon4Cure.aspx
We need to sign up before April 1 in order to get the discounted pricing!
ETA-All are welcome to stay at my house before/after the race!

Completely unrelated to training...

Isaac won 3rd place (out of about 10 teams) in his baseball tournament. David won 1st place in his baseball tournament. I think they had 1 loss all year. He got a huge trophy and had a little award ceramony right there on the field. It was a lot of fun watching them play this year. I think I like the little kids games more than the pros, they are more unpredictable and cute. It is a more interesting atmosphere; they aren't expected to be perfect, just having fun and giving it their best shot. It is enjoyable to watch the kids working together and learning and getting better. Anyway, here is a shot of David with his coach and trophy.

Love, Arlene

Baseball interuption

My current excuse for not exercising (other than being tired so much) is that the boys are playing baseball 2-4 times each week. The games last from 5:30-7:15, when it is dark. The good news is next week will be the last week! David's team is in the championship game on Tuesday. They are the winners of the winner's bracket (it is double elimination), so they have 2 chances to win, if they happen to lose on Tuesday. Isaac's team lost their first playoff game, but they play their last loser's bracket game on Monday and if they win they can play for the championship later in the week. Then I will have no more excuses. I've gotta run!!!!

old lady

so, at the gym there is an elderly lady  that walks, lifts and swims in the morning.  Around the same time as I workout.  In the pool today, she kept going and going.  And I realized, this old lady could probably take me!  I could be lapped by a 70 yr old!  Then I thought but I could take her in the run!  How sad is that!!

Toddler Triathlon

Check out this site for the Toddler Triathlon:

Toddler Triathlon

I thought that it was fitting since two of the 3 PMS Teamsters have toddlers.

back to a routine

Hi guys just wanted to say hi.  I am starting to get back into a routine now that life is settling back down.  Went to the gym this am and boy it felt good!  Gotta run!

Keep up the hard work!

Rach

Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarden

My first post... hope it goes well.

Nutrition - found out how important it is to maintain a well balanced and healthy diet.

It all started on Monday when I ran 6 miles in the morning followed by weight lifting in the afternoon and basketball pick-up games. It was late by the time I got home and thought that I didn't want to eat so close to going to bed... so I had a salad, cotage cheese, and yogurt.

Tuesday, it was raining so I took the day off. Since I took the day off, I decided to cut back on my calorie consumption... again - salad, cottage cheese, yogurt.

Wednesday, I got up early and biked 28+ miles. Didn't eat much of a breakfast and was going to a buffet lunch so I thoguht that I would be OK if I comsumed a fair amount of calories at lunch. Good idea - bad results. By this time my body was so calorie deprived that I felt horrible. Consequently, I thought that it was just something I was going through and took the afternoon off and ate very little. Another bad idea. I thought that it was just a lack of sleep so I went to bed ultra early... later to only find out it was not the lack of sleep.

Thursady, feeling not so great, I didn't workout in the morning as planned even though I had a fair helping of sleep. At work I didn't feel my self. On the train ride home I decided that I needed to eat more because I bet it was my blood sugar getting low. So, I went to the grocery store to get back to my normal diet of chicken, vegetables, beans, salad, yogurt, and peanut butter. I took the afternoon off from working out!!

This morning, with my system revived of calories... it was easier to wake up and ran 6 miles at a great pace. I feel a lot better.

Well, that was a long story just to get the idea across that while training hard and trying to cut weight... proper calories consumption is needed and a well balaced diet. Not having the enough calories actually inhibited my workouts and set me back 2 days.

Take it from Mr. Slim Goodbody.... nutrition is important. However, it might not be a good halloween outfit!!