This is kind of neat. Runner's World online has a tool where you can enter in the temperature, wind, conditions and how warm/cool you like to be when running, and they make clothing and accessories recommendations.
Visit it!
Monday, June 28, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Triglets, Part 1
Joanna Zieger's blog, Fast at Fourty, is always entertaining. Here is her latest post...
Do you remember Sniglets? They are words that don’t appear in the dictionary but should. Sniglets originated in the 80’s with the HBO series Not Necessarily the News. Triathlon has its own vernacular with words like “bricks” and “bonking” being tossed around, Triglets. I have come up with some of my own Triglets.
Aquarash – The strange burn that appears on the neck after a wetsuit swim.
Bodyslam – The full body muscle soreness the day after a race.
Bottle Shock – When you reach behind to grab a bottle from your back cage and it is gone. You realize it probably popped out 3 miles back when you rode over the nasty train tracks.
Cycleroma – The smell of a room after an indoor bike workout. The smell is exponential to the number of people in the room.
Fungoo – The residue on your bike frame from gels and drinks
Gasplorch – What to say to the race official (in lieu of the regular expletives) who pulled you over for littering when your bottle escaped on those train tracks.
Ill Suiter— An individual who wears their wetsuit backwards or inside out (yes, I have seen both).
Invisibuoy – The disappearance of the huge orange or yellow buoy on the swim if it is rough or if the sun is in your eyes.
Overage – Adding a few miles to your run or bike ride beyond what you had planned on your schedule.
Overstride – What happens when you are fading during a race and then drink a cup of cola.
Runnerstummy – GI distress that occurs during long runs, speed sessions or races that forces you to stop.
Spreader – An individual who takes up too much space in transition and encroaches on your area.
Tridew – The clammy, awful state that your gear is in when you have to pack it wet after a race.
Yo-yoer – A person who passes and drops back and repasses and drops back and passes again during training or a race.
Do you remember Sniglets? They are words that don’t appear in the dictionary but should. Sniglets originated in the 80’s with the HBO series Not Necessarily the News. Triathlon has its own vernacular with words like “bricks” and “bonking” being tossed around, Triglets. I have come up with some of my own Triglets.
Aquarash – The strange burn that appears on the neck after a wetsuit swim.
Bodyslam – The full body muscle soreness the day after a race.
Bottle Shock – When you reach behind to grab a bottle from your back cage and it is gone. You realize it probably popped out 3 miles back when you rode over the nasty train tracks.
Cycleroma – The smell of a room after an indoor bike workout. The smell is exponential to the number of people in the room.
Fungoo – The residue on your bike frame from gels and drinks
Gasplorch – What to say to the race official (in lieu of the regular expletives) who pulled you over for littering when your bottle escaped on those train tracks.
Ill Suiter— An individual who wears their wetsuit backwards or inside out (yes, I have seen both).
Invisibuoy – The disappearance of the huge orange or yellow buoy on the swim if it is rough or if the sun is in your eyes.
Overage – Adding a few miles to your run or bike ride beyond what you had planned on your schedule.
Overstride – What happens when you are fading during a race and then drink a cup of cola.
Runnerstummy – GI distress that occurs during long runs, speed sessions or races that forces you to stop.
Spreader – An individual who takes up too much space in transition and encroaches on your area.
Tridew – The clammy, awful state that your gear is in when you have to pack it wet after a race.
Yo-yoer – A person who passes and drops back and repasses and drops back and passes again during training or a race.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Motivational Story
I love this story, told by a LUNA Chix leader...
The Luna Chix mission - to inspire women to “Get out and Play!” was embodied by Linda, an elderly woman in her eighties who I met during a swim. Linda slowly shuffled past me in the locker room - she was hunched over and had a sizable swollen mass in her right ankle. My initial reaction was to feel sorry for her. As she walked passed me I wished her a good morning which she took as an opportunity to start a conversation. I learned that she was a former model but was hit by a motor cycle nearly fifty years ago – ending her modeling career. After several surgeries, the doctors informed her that she would spend the rest of her life in a wheel chair. But she was adamant that she would walk, and with great determination she did. She told me she was an avid swimmer before the accident and has continued to swim nearly every day since. She wanted me to know that she was certain that she was walking today, despite what the doctors said, because she was physically fit before and after the accident. I no longer felt pity for this woman – I was inspired by her.
The Luna Chix mission - to inspire women to “Get out and Play!” was embodied by Linda, an elderly woman in her eighties who I met during a swim. Linda slowly shuffled past me in the locker room - she was hunched over and had a sizable swollen mass in her right ankle. My initial reaction was to feel sorry for her. As she walked passed me I wished her a good morning which she took as an opportunity to start a conversation. I learned that she was a former model but was hit by a motor cycle nearly fifty years ago – ending her modeling career. After several surgeries, the doctors informed her that she would spend the rest of her life in a wheel chair. But she was adamant that she would walk, and with great determination she did. She told me she was an avid swimmer before the accident and has continued to swim nearly every day since. She wanted me to know that she was certain that she was walking today, despite what the doctors said, because she was physically fit before and after the accident. I no longer felt pity for this woman – I was inspired by her.
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