The Rocket is back!

Good morning Lucia! You are doing so great! All this aqua jogging, and biking is making you so strong! Good work! I also have puffy eyes, and am coughing a little bit. I think it is allergies.

Have a great day today!!! Do you know about Ladies night tonight on the potomac?

Conte's Ride and LADIES NIGHT!

Thursday August 14, 2008

6:15 pm - 9:15 pm

Location: Conte's Bikes and Potomac River Running

Street: 3924 Wilson Boulevard

City State Zip: Arlington, VA 22203

Phone: 703-674-6357

Notes:

Join the LUNA Chix at 6:15 for a one-hour, no drop casual ride before Ladies Night!

Then....Ladies’ Night with Potomac River Running & Conte’s Bike Shop!

A premier event designed just for WOMEN!

Topics Include: Fitness opportunities, Personal bra fittings, Seated massages, Skin care tips, Relaxation techniques, Women’s cycling & triathlon needs, Apparel for an active life, Complimentary food & beverage

Don’t miss out on raffles & goodie bags…AND Promotions & discounts for those that wish to shop!

Who: ALL WOMEN!

When: Thurs, August 14th

Time: 7:30pm

Where: Potomac River Running & Conte’s Bike Shop, 3924 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22203

Jill! I had no idea about ladie's night! I'm totally in!

Cool party! I may hop on a plane ;D

Great workout Lucia! I LOVE your songs! All among my top 20 for sure. I have been running to a lot of Evanesesnces (sp?) and Kelly clarkson, as my girls have tons of their music on all of our comupters. The best part of having 5 music lovers in the house is a never ending supply of music!

Stay afloat!!!

Wow wish I lived by you... sounds like fun!!

My top 10 song list

1. Viva la Vida (Coldplay)

2. Pretender (Foo Fighters)

3. Calling You (Blue October)

4. Top of the world (All American Rejects)

5. American idiot (Green Day)

6. Beautiful Day (U2)

7. Move along (All American Rejects)

8. The River (Good Charlotte)

9. Times like these (Foo Fighters)

10. Better, Faster, Stronger (Can't remember the artist)

WOW trying to remember them without my ipod by me was hard.

Lori

Marion, those two have fabulous songs.

Lori: LOOOVED your mix! How could I forget about "Beautiful Day" Thanks for sharing, I'll have to check out some of those and add them to my mix!

Are you sure guys arent allowed Jill? lol Ill fly right now! ok heres my long awaited list for songs:

Fergie-Clumsy

Jason Mraz-Im yours

Jesse McCartney-Leavin'

Rehab-Bartender

Blue October-Hate me

Daft Punk-Harder,better,faster,stronger

Madonna-Give it to me

State of Shock-Money, Honey

Billy Idol-Hot in the city

Thompson Twins-You take me up

I hope the two last songs dont show my age too much.

Lucia, is your new perfume called "Chlorine"? It reminds me of the seinfeld episode. You should bottle it up. Call it Pool water by Lucia Walter. That sounds pretty dang good huh?

Walter you are too funny!

I love about half your songs and don't recognize the other half... will have to look them up. Billy Idol, Blue October, and Madonna are part of my repertoire as well.

The guy I share my office with actually complained this morning that the smell of chlorine was bothering him! What do other swimmers do?? I wonder if there's an oil I can coat myself on before getting in the pool to avoid getting the smell! It's awful!!!

I dont know any tips on taking chlorine out of your skin. I dont think the pool would want you jumping in with a coat of oil on! I would just use perfume. Then the guy in your office will be looking at you in a different light. Oh I forgot Barry white on my top ten!

Well, what help are you to me then, Wall-e? :)

My co-worker has to put up with me putting on lotion all the time, since the chlorine dries out my skin so much - seriously, there HAS TO be something I can do about this... Anyone knows of a fastswimmingblog website that can help me? :)

See your looking for a swim blog website. I told you we'd make a triathlete out of you. Putting lotion on in front of coworkers is harrasment! jk, what about your hair. I had to wash with conditioner everyday when I was swimming. Your hair gets brittle and right now that one of my key features. lol

I mentioned the lotion because it adds to the smell in the room, which is why I can't use perfume! Chlorine, lotion, food, ink... too many smells...

My hair is horrible! I had to buy a special shampoo - I'd never paid more than $2-3 for a bottle of shampoo but the other day I bought one for $10 so that it gets rid of the chlorine without leaving my hair as if I were a scarecraw! I need to buy a silicone cap to protect my hair, and I read something about a special soap that gets rid of the smell in the skin. Guys can get away with brittle hair but us girls have to have nice, "flowing" hair (George in Seinfeld!)

We swimmers (my teenage daughters- beautiful blondies) Slather their hair with conditioner before getting in the pool. It can be super cheap stuff. Then they shove their hair in their lycra swim cap. After they swim, they just wash their hair. No straw hair (like my boys) no green hair either. Also, if you get your hair wet with regular water first before you get in, the regualr h2o fills in all of the little cracks in your hair so the chlorine water won't soak in so much. The conditioner trick is the best. We used to use expensive chlorine removing shampoo until we learned the conditioner trick.

I hope this helps and keeps your hair so soft and flowing :) The straw hair thing on guys is a big turn on for me. I love the surfer swimmer dude look. It's what sold me on my hubby! I told him he should start swimming again so he could look like the US swim team, he said, "I do look like them.. in 20 years!!" :) This would be why I love him now :D

Lucia, I quote from silence of the lambs movie "the lotion is for the skin. put the lotion in the basket or your going to get the hose!" I have heard of putting conditioner in my hair under my cap before, that is a great tip. marion, you crack me up! my hair is getting there!