important dates other than Vineman

30 days till The Greate Race March 31, 2007 -Nora, Bob, Linda
45 days till Ironman Arizona April 15, 2007 -Marc
51 days till Texas MS150 April 21-22, 2007 -Linda and Kimmy
115 days till Olympic Tri for Life June 24, 2007 -Linda, Bob
115 days till Buffalo Springs half Ironman June 24, 2007 -Marc

If i missed anything... please let me know and i'll update the list with your event!!! just add it to the comments and i'll repost.

It's Okay to Run Hurt

NEW ADVICE Dr. James Weinstein says rest is counterproductive.
By GINA KOLATA

JUST before the end of last year, a prominent orthopedic surgeon was stretching to lift a heavy box and twisted his back. The pain was agonizing. He could not sit, and when he lay down he could barely get up.
So the surgeon, Dr. James Weinstein of Dartmouth College, decided to go out for a run.

“I took an anti-inflammatory, iced up, and off I went,” Dr. Weinstein recalled. When he returned, he said, he felt “pretty good.”

It sounds almost like heresy. The usual advice in treating injuries is to rest until the pain goes away. But Dr. Weinstein and a number of leading sports medicine specialists say that is outdated and counterproductive. In fact, Dr. Weinstein says, when active people consult him, he usually tells them to keep exercising.
The idea, these orthopedists and exercise specialists say, is to use common sense. If you’ve got tendinitis or sprained a muscle or tendon by doing too much, don’t go right back to exercising at the same level....READ MORE

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Goals for the Holidays

Hi everyone.

With the holidays rolling around now, I figured we can do start thinking about a goal for the holidays. Training is just around the corner and will be here before you know it. In stating that, I thought it would be good to put some thought towards where we want to find ourselves on January 1st.


My Goal for the holidays:

* Run over 40 miles from Thanksgiving to New Years.
* Get a new gym membership (so i can start swimming).
* Start routinely stretching in the mornings.

what's yours?