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How do you get going again after pregnancy?
Camlo did I read that correctly - you just ran 6 miles in a wetsuit?!!! I struggle to walk in a wetsuit!!!
Just finished 6.5km - feeling really good! It was a pretty hilly run and it felt like my body is starting to remember what to do!! Must stretch otherwise my ITB will start playing up.
Happy New Year everyone, been popping on but no time to post lately as usual!
Caro - I did LOL to the weeing under the chair, she'd clearly put some thought into where she would go so as not to be discovered, you've got to give her some credit for that . Issie was more like Camio's Archie and woud just wee herself on the sofa and then continue to sit in it.
Happy to report though that we have been a nappy / pull up free family since just before Christmas for the first time in 5 and a half years! Anna had been dry through the night for a while so decided to give it a try without the bedtime pull-up and she's been dry every night since. Hurrah!
Camio - I'm also confused, did you really run that far in a wetsuit? Didn't it chaffe?
RF - yes, do let us know when you're gonna be on the telly, how exciting!
Hoggle - don't you just love those runs where everything feels right. Both my last 2 long runs have been exactly the same, did 7 miles on Friday and felt like I could have just kept going all day ... ok maybe a slight exageration, but for a couple more miles at least.
This 2013 challenge has really got me hooked so far. I'm now running 6 days a week and really enjoying all of it. Think the consistency of running most days is really helping as no big breaks between running means my legs don't forget what they're supposed to be doing. It's also not too hard or tiring as at least 3 or 4 of those days are my mid-week lunchtime runs which are only 3 miles on the dreadmill. I'm sure the motivational bubble will burst soon but so far so good ...
We've just booked a place in Normandy for a week in August and I can't wait. Am considering doing 2 nights in Paris with the kids on the way so we can do a couple of half days sightseeing (Lily is desperate to see the Eiffel Tower) and then if we can afford it to take them to Euro Disney for a day too. Just a bit worried that it might actuallly be a crazy idea to try and attempt touristy stuff in Paris with 3 kids?
Season 2 of Breaking Bad beckoning so gotta go. Hope everyone else is well and good
Oh Camlo you do make me laugh BUT I am with you on hypothermia vs speed and would definitely be tempted to do the same me thinks. When is tough guy? Will put recipe on here tmrw - is dead simple and doesn't seem to matter what flour you use as I defo didn't use the 'correct' stuff!!! they are disappearing fast - this cold weather AND running etc is making me very hungry
Karen - I think little and often with the running is good - anything that creates consistency has got to be good. Normandy sounds lovely and I'd go for it with Paris. Have thought about it with our two - camping in Fontainbleau and then doing Paris as well. My parents have offered - oh I am so excited - to have the kids for 5 days in the summer hols so was thinking might do that before/after the parental holiday.
Did about 10 miles on the MBK today, weather was just stunning and there was virtually no wind - unheard of - so much so there were not even any waves on the beach. Frozen sand and shale makes for seriously bumpy riding though so am expecting to ache all over tomorrow - must be a bit like going on those wierd vibrating plates you hear about in gyms???
Was thinking of you RF as I did it and glided across a few frozen bits!! I think you'll be a fab role model for the adventure show - demonstrate it's not all about the testosterone charged he-men types!
Must be away to my bed. Both Pilates classes seem to have gone well today ...
wowee RF. fab job!
had a terrible morning with E. ended up screaming my head off at her when she refused to get dressed and brush her teeth. poor lass. she didn't deserve it, and i only did it because i am feeling so stressed about the whole N situation that my patience is frazzled. i apologised, and we hugged. but at nursery drop off she clung to me crying and i think it was because of the screaming banshee impression i did first thing. J was also shocked, i think, because i pretty much never shout and there i was screaming my head off. i feel so bad. choking back tears now thinking about it.
wow I log on to find a celebrity in our midst! Go for it RF!
Finally a chance to say hello. Although I am never going to manage to remember everything so maybe I'm best not to try and just do better from now on!
Jealous to hear of all the holiday plans. I was trying to persuade hubby that we should do Aviemore at Easter and France in the summer. He is being Mr Sensible that we can't afford it. And he is right. £600 just to get off this damn island before we even start looking at holidays the other costs. bah, hope we can do one or other (with caravan) though. Skiing would be just amazing with the kids CC. Have you booked anything yet?
Lots of good running going on with and without wetsuits! Awesome achievement from Mr MM and sounds like your training is going great MM. Any build up races planned? Who else is doing London? Camlo, Minks...
I've entered Edinburgh marathon at the end of May but 100k race at the end of March.is my main focus. Training going well, 91 miles last week despite a grotty cold/cough which had laid me low the previous week and has taken a wee bit too feel normal again. An easy 6 miles this morning before my first track session in 8 weeks (since my 80 miler) tonight. Doesn't help that I did my first pilates class for 7 months last night and my glutes are feeling it today. Hubby not been well either and is really struggling to get over it. Thankfully the kids have been fine.
Hoping JT and CM are well on the road to recovery now.
Yay to the nappy free status Karen. Thats a good milestone to hit.
Hi, i've been lurking on here for years bu never posted anything for ages, do any of you have advice on trying to save your complexion in the cold weather ?? I have hit the forty mark and starting to see the effects of ageing in my face, wrinkles etc. Running in this cold weather isn't doing it any favours and was wondering if anybody can recommend good face creams etc that will protect my face a bit from the elements when out running, especially in this cold weather ??
By the way some of you are awesome athletes, especially the ones doing all the off road endurance stuff, you all keep me inspired to keep running!! I am getting more into off road running now, did the Carnethy 5 Hills Race and the Lakeland Trails Keswick race last year and it was amazing, such a nice route and awesome scenery.
Oh dear CM - I do it A LOT and still feel guilty (sometimes......)
I am so cold! I have on fleece tights, thick socks, slippers, jeans, a vest, a long sleeved top and 2 jumpers, the heating is on and I'm still cold!
100k race.......
Mrs O I use no fancy face creams or anything like that, I just moisturise twice a day with boots stuff, and I do have a tibe of eye cream that I got for free from boots a while ago, so I use that as well - I actually dont have wrinkles or crows feet yet so maybe it helps!
You're too skinny Caro that what my mum always says to me anyway. I am always cold just now. Standing with my bum on the radiator as I type, had to give in and put the heating boost on because I am too cold to go outside to get wood from the shed for the fire, lol.
Hi Mrs O. Don't lurk, join in! I just use boots no 7 protect and perfect day cream with spf 15 all year round, and vaseline on my lips.
Don't feel guilty CM, E has probably long forgotten. I screech at my kids every morning trying to get them on the bus in time.Glad we don't have close neighbours
i remember you Mrs O. you and i were pregnant at the same time i think - J is 6.5 yrs old now (and the size of a 10yr old)
i did really really bad screaming though. grabbed her arm and screamed in her face. several times. . totally out of control screaming. i feel soooo bad. i literally dragged her into the bathroom to clean her teeth and ended up pinning her on my lap with her head backwards to brush her teeth as she was refusing. for some reason, i saw red and the poor child felt the brunt of it. i feel so guilty because it was a completely over the top reaction to something that actually occurs pretty much every day. for some reason i couldn't cope this morning, whereas normally it's not a problem. whenever i lose it with the kids (which happens very very rarely), it is ALWAYS because i cannot cope, not because they 'deserve' it.
ooh RF that's so exciting!
CM don't fret - I lose it like that sometimes too. I once threw her backwards to brush her teeth so hard that she banged her head on the sink. Guilt guilt guilt! But sometimes you're just driven to it!
Well today was scan day! Nuchal was 1.9 and the baby has a nasal bone. Last time we were 3.3 and no bone so very very happy. Under 2 for nuchal is good. My sister got 1.8 yesterday. I'm measuring a week ahead! 12 +4 but they keep the due date the same because they do know the date of conception. Just means that for now the babs is big! We don't get bloods done but weirdly they do send off an empty envelope so that they will still calculate a risk for us. No bloods because the combo of ivf and what originated as a twin pregnancy (second empty sac was still there!) messes up the blood levels so it's better to discount bloods.
I'm sooooooo relieved!
And soooooooo cold!! It's not all to do with skinniness cos I'm blooming massive already and I'm frozen right now. Though at nights I'm having the sweats and I've got heartburn already - never had it at all with Lou!
Mrs O I just slather on vaseline on my lips and I'm a clinique 3 step gal other than that. Nowt special!
wooo hoooo EF. Great news. Those 12 weeks have gone past in a flash though not for you I am sure!
wooooooohoooooooooooo EF!!!!
oh kinsey - best get it checked out tho. hugs xx
oh and kinsey - i had a chest x-ray with my night sweats after J. they wanted to rule out TB!?
Oh fab news EF. So so pleased for you.
((CM)). I so know how you feel. I have just been screaming at S cos she pooed and weed in her pants just before school pick up. I lost it completely too. Which is not good I know but she has been winding me up all afternoon. She has gone backwards again the last few days, no idea what has triggered it as she hadn't had an accident in months. Maybe the mad weekend, I don't know really. She is dry at night too Karen so not sure when to go for it. Josh is also pretty much there after the threat of the school nurses. He is dry 6 days out of 7 I reckon which is good enough for now. Keep an eye on it and keep encouraging him, so nearly a nappy free house here too
Lotte a 91 mile week with a cold. You are nuts! I will have done 84 this week but this is going to be my limit. I think I go up to 88-90 at peak but not consistently. I think it will about 80-85mpw and cut back weeks down to 65-70. Cut back next week, can't wait.
12 easy miles today in daylight. Hurrah! Although I suddenly realised I was going to be late for pre-school pick up so ran the last 3 miles at sub 7s just to get there on time!!
I am so cold too, not warming up until the evenings at the mo when the fire is on and I can wrap up in a blanket!
Oh best go boys have a friend round and they are upsetting Sophie now...


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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Friday 030113
Workout of the Day
Push Press
4-6 x 5
3 Rounds:
1 Minute Max Thrusters
1 Minute Rest
1 Minute Max Toes to Bar
1 Minute Rest
K-Starr and Carl Paoli talk about tension and its application during your lifts. This is some edjumacation here, understanding your body and how it operates will help make you a more aware and more efficient mover.
A great article from Talk to Me Johnnie that has been circling around the Facebook… If you haven't gotten a chance to read it yet, give it a looksy!
42 Things I Learned Leading Up to 2013
BACON! This muffin recipe from Paleology101 has BACON in it! BACON! NOMNOMNOM.
Banana Maple Bacon Muffins
Thursday 022813
Workout of the Day
Handstand Clinic with Coach for 15 Minutes
20 Minute AMRAP:
1 Deadlift (315/225)
10 Box Jumps (24/20)
200m Sprint
If you have a problem with lower back tightness, or if you do a lot of working out followed by sitting/driving/etc check out this mobility from K-Starr. Free your tissues, fix yourself!
Whose of the mindset to work smarter, not harder? Anyone? Why don't you put that to work with your diet as well…? Eat smarter, not…less. Read up!
Keep it Simple and Eat Smarter
These little dream balls look finger-lickin' good! Need a healthy, yummy recipe to take to a party? Use this! Or make a din-din out of it! Found this recipe on Against All Grain, check it out!
Turkey Meatballs with Sweet-N-Sour Sauce
Wednesday 022713
Workout of the Day
Power Snatch
10 Minutes to Work Up to a Heavy Single
Power Snatch (95/65)
Wall Ball Shots
K-Starr talks about the set-up for the back squat, but this mobility has a multitude of uses including the overhead position of the power snatch. Try it out, especially if tight shoulders are an issue for you (excuse the distraction-attempts by the kiddos)!
Read up on some different ways to end your day from Mark's Daily Apple.
12 Healthy Ways to End the Day
A quote straight from Meatified about this recipe "This "sandwich" is the love child of a hangover and frittata." Enjoy it.
No-Bread Bacon & Egg "Sandwich"
Tuesday 022613
Workout of the Day
Front Squat
4-6 x 5
Tabata Row then
1 Minute Max Burpees
**Cash Out: Mobility**
Here's a little mobility for your hips, couch stretch gone bad in this one.. grab two bands and get to opening your hips for some front squatting!
How much thought do you put into your foot position during your lifts? If it's not part of your set-up routine, you are not giving yourself the most possible advantage. Feet are important in every single lift. Here's an article from Bill Starr that's on the CrossFit Journal. Check it out.
Feet First
OMG. This recipe from Of Goats and Greens looks super yummy (but hey, I'm a sucker for anything with Goat cheese…), I can't wait to try it out! A great way to stay on track with clean eating is making lots of yummy little egg cupcakes for the morning, so all you have to do it heat 'em up!
Baked Eggs with Veggies & Goat Cheese
Monday 022513
Workout of the Day
[Power Clean + Hang Clean] x 6
5 Minute AMRAP:
5 KB Cleans
2 Minutes Rest
5 Minute AMRAP:
20 KB Swings
10 GHD Situps
To the "OC" Athletes From Your Coaches About the New Cycle
Alright y'all. We are going to be starting a new programming cycle this upcoming Monday, and with that we coaches wanted to address and explain a couple things!
First things first, The CrossFit Games Open starts March 6th, and we want you guys to sign up! CrossFit has become a sport, whether you do it for competition or for your general health and wellbeing, it is competitive in nature. This is an opportunity for a little taste of competition and to see where you stack up against…everyone else around the world! The workouts are meant to be a tester for everyone, ages 9 to 90, and for all levels. If you need to scale, that's okay; it's about community. This is a community activity that extends past our gym; it goes all around the world. This is what its about y'all, give it a shot! We will be programming the Open workouts on Thursdays, so sign up and participate!
Next up, this cycle will be doing a couple of things for us, including getting us ready for The Open. We get the opportunity to use all the strength we've gained from Coach Matt's strength cycles now in developing our Olympic Lifts! So, the strength portions of our daily WOD's will be geared toward the Oly's or strengthening the technical parts of our Oly's.
We will be getting away from percentages and getting into ranges. So, when you come in to the gym and see something like 3-5 x 5, that means we are doing 5 sets of 3 to 5 reps. You get to pick your weights based on this, and will add weight each set. We obviously want you to start with a weight you can do 5 reps at, but get to a weight that is hard to push out 3 reps! It's all about creating new pathways, giving YOU the control of your progress and reinforcing your confidence in your abilities. Use this opportunity to push yourself in a new way, a way that will strengthen you physically and mentally.
The daily WOD will include workouts that are designed to develop and rev your motor. The workouts will include some high-intensity intervals as well as shorter workouts that require high output, like The Open will. What else can interval training do for you? Well, (depending on your goals) increase your gains in body composition! If you want to look like a marathon runner, this cycle won't get you that. If you want to look like a sprinter, here's your chance.
How to approach intervals is simple. Don't rest until it's time to rest. In this cycle, you will learn a lot about your body's (and for some of you, your mind's) ability to sprint and recover. The workouts are designed to encourage high output followed by recovery, so if you leave feeling like "huh, I didn't even get tired from that," you didn't push through the working intervals as hard as you could of.
Last thing, we will be doing clinics before the workouts on Thursdays for some of the more technical pieces that are involved with CrossFit. Things like Muscle-Ups, Handstands, Pistols, etc are on the list to go over! Get excited! Even if Thursday is your rest day, come in and get some of the knowledge from the Clinic, then work on your mobility.
That's it y'all! Can't wait to start, POST YOUR SCORES AND TIMES! Why? If you want to track your progress and see your improvements on your lifts and workouts, you can use the website to do so and easily find your previous scores. If you want to be competitive (which as was stated earlier is inherent in the sport) you can use the website to compare your scores with others in your performance "bracket" and use it as motivation for the next day!
Sunday 022413
REST DAY! yeah "what a week of WODs"… www… epsom salt bath time Batman….org
Saturday 022313
Workout of the Day
This workout was created by our own Coach KC for the USS Enterprise. The Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was decommissioned this past December (after KC's deployment). Classified as CVN-65, after 24 deployments and over 51 years of service (and a cameo in Top Gun), the Enterprise leaves a legacy to be remembered and is commemorated with this workout from KC.
24 Minute AMRAP:
51 Deadlifts (135/95)
65 Pull-Ups
51 Hand Release Push-Ups
65 Overhead Walking Lunges (45/25)

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Sept. 28, 2013 Tournament Bracket | Live Stats The match, played at the University of Tulsa's Michael D. Case Tennis Center, will begin at 3:30 p.m. The first round of the draw includes 128 of the nation's top players. Toledo, who ended last year's spring season ranked No. 80, is coming off a 25-11 season, including an 8-4 ledger in fall play. At the All-American Championships a season ago, the Hamburg, Germany native dropped matches to Emilio Gomez of USC and Malte Stropp of Mississippi State in the main draw. Fellow junior Lock finished his sophomore season with a 21-15 singles record, including a 6-4 mark in the fall. A native of Harare, Zimbabwe, Lock is one of four players from Florida State to make the trip to Tulsa. The winner of the match will play the winner of the match between Max Schnur of Columbia and Behzad Minavi of Texas A&M Tuesday. A field of 64 singles players will then compete in the main draw which begins Thursday. Singles quarterfinalists will receive an automatic entry into the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships on Nov. 7-10, held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, NY. Following Toledo's appearance at the All-American Championships this week, the Gophers will pick up play back in Tulsa at the USTA/ITA Regional Championships Oct. 17-21.
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Back from our amazing trip -Any questions?
Hello all,
At the weekend me and my girlfriend returned from an amazing trip to Orlando. We spent two weeks out there. Flew out with Virgin Atlantic, checked in online for the outbound flight. We were based at the Quality Inn International on I-Drive and then also spent two nights at the AKL after renting points from a DVC member. Visited all the parks including Disney, Universal, Seaworld, water parks etc. Didn't do Busch Gardens and Discovery Cove this time but we have done them before. Spent my girlfriends birthday at the Animal Kingdom and got the gift card with $79 on it which was spent in World of Disney. On the last night we went to MNSSHP...Amazing!!! Visited most of the malls and ate both at parks and off site. So there you go, if you have any questions about anything we did that might help just post them and i'll try and answer as many as possible. I'll get round to writing a trip report and posting some photos soon....now back to work :sad1: |
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Welcome home :)
Welcome back - sucks doesn't it :sad2: (I wish we were still there!)
What off site places did you eat at? I think we may hire a car for part of the holiday next time we go and would like to know what's good in the area. Did you eat at chains or independant places? Also can't wait to hear about your stay at AKL - hope it went smoothly! Looking forward to the trippie - gonna start mine as soon as I get our photopass pics back! Could you post a link to your trippie here? TIA :goodvibes |
Sounds like you had a fab time! My only question is about AKL, i.e. how was it? It's on our shortlist for next year!
As for restuarants off site we went to a few on I-Drive including Ponderosa, CiCi's and TGI's. Ponderosa was recommended to us but i didn't think it was all that, the steak wasn't near as good as at Hard Rock in City Walk and the rest was just a bit average. Although it was alot cheaper than Hard Rock it wasn't much cheaper than TGI's which we also enjoy. TGI's had a slightly different menu to over here but if you don't enjoy it here you'll probably have the same experience over there...However we enjoyed there Jack Burgers/Chicken Sandwhiches which are on offer at $5 each (STEAL!) although it doesn't say this on the menu there is a tv ad for it and it did come up on the bill at $5. CiCi's was just what you would expect from a pizza buffet i suppose, if you go though make sure you pick up a voucher for a free buffet. Yea i'll post a link to my report on here so you can find it. I'm holding back the temptation to look at ALL our photos on the photopass for now as i know we're going to want the CD! I've got to transfer some photos over onto our Halloween Party Photopass incase we want some prints but i think we'll want them all on the CD! lol Quote:
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