Haha, good topic.

Now that I am back at school, all I see is flat farmland. Its a little boring, no real hills. Back in New Brunswick, there were so many hills, it was great challenging terrain for biking. Loved it. Lots of moose and the odd bear too. You could challenge them to races.

Ame thing with the lakes here, visibility is nothing.

In the pool I can see this black line that runs all the way from one end to the other, so I guess that is pretty exciting.

Fun Topic!

Swim Indoor: Pretty much the same as BrianMc, but there is a cute lifeguard ther once in awhile who I chat with.

Swim Outdoor(lake): I see lots of sea(lake?) weed and some boats. My head is popping up all the time when I hear a noise so I don't get run over.

Swim Outdoor(ocean): Lots of waves, and strange looks on the faves of the people on the beach when I get out.

Bike Indoor: Whatever is on TV or perhaps a DVD

Bike Outdoor: Some nice scenery and some cars. On some routes and times no cars the entire time but lots of farms and farm smells :eek:

Run Indoor: The window to under the deck, but it is usualyy at 5:00 am so it is dark so I don't really se anything outside, but I see a wall. Glad I have my iPod!!

Run Outdoor: Sometimes my little suburban neighborhood, sometimes the track, sometimes lots of nothing but trees and maybe a farm.

Ditto of Kyillee...we live about 20 min from each other. I have been ocean swimming in the late afternoon/early evening the last few weeks so i have been able to catch the sun set over Catalina Island. Also on my trail run I see a beautiful canyon w/coastal sage scrub and the ocean in the distance. I too wonder about living somewhere else...we have been contemplating it...the scenery while nice gets old after 29 years in the same spot..but it is nice to train year round.

Swim indoor: the black line and sometimes getting a look at my training partners stroke

Bike Indoor: Spinnervals or the latest chick flick (which are very entertaining at 5am)
Bike Outdoor: Trees, cars, bikers, rollerbladers, runners and deer

Run outdoor: the national monuments and/or the potomac river

(looking forward to tonights run)

Great thread!

Swim indoors: Same as everyone else - a black line and the fast people in the lane next to me going by

Bike outdoors: depends - sometimes expensive cars and big homes in Potomac, MD; sometimes cows, llamas, and farms; and other times the national monuments and Potomac river

Bike indoors: Troy Jacobson on my Spinervals DVDs

Running outdoors: most of the time the C&O canal and Potomac river with Canadian geese, deer, beautiful heron and egret birds, and black snakes; other times the national monuments and national airport

Running indoors: the sweaty person in front of me at the gym on the treadmill

Stillness and quietness of the mind returns as I retrace the path of morn
Daily rhythms hold at workday close

The wind is a constant companion
Even when the leaves are idle
In the face, at the side
It cools me when I’m hot
Brushes a sweat drop from my eye
As the wind whistles by the ears it sings a broken melody

People line and wait by lights that change
I see faces
Sad ones, happy, busy, deep in thought
A breathe of life is called forth to me
By the joy of the rhythmic movement
And so, time becomes irrelevant

The sun has moved
The mind reflects on the day
Forget the problems and live for now
For the horizon communicates purpose of the place I want to be.

That's sorta what I see.
BBB

Oh pleeees!
BBB

Hope so dude. Be a man! hehe :D
BBB

Kyillee- I don't think it is polite to mention BBB'd wind passing issue :eek:

BBB- if you are going to do the wind passing thing please excuse yourself :D

So a flatulent poet is a resource? Who da thunk :D

Can we bottle it?

:D

I want to comment on this but I WILL get in trouble. LOL

You guys are nuts!

What I see...mostly houses and cars. But my favorite views are stars on early morning runs and rides, sunrise & sunsets, Simpson skies (blue, blue skies with white puffy clouds :) ), and snow-capped mountains on crisp winter days.

When I ride around Puddingstone, then I get to see lots of greenery all around and clouds and trees reflected in the lake.

Lisa

Hey Kyillee-

I hope you only see the rear in front of you!! Not hear from it.
This is going to turn into the 'snot rocket' and 'peeing on the bike thread'

Lisa-

Pardon our silly interlude.(sleep and lunch deprivation here)

Thank you returning us to our regularly scheduled thread.

Please comment freely on the original topic "What do you see when you train"

Already in progress :D

Or at least it was...
The gas passing around here is all flareing from endless gas wells and oil sites. Road biking gives endless bush interupted by enourmous oil rig vehicles. Swimming is indoors or in dark slewy water (a slew is a shallow prairie marshy/puddle-like lake, perhaps a Canadianism?). Running ,though (and mountain biking) is beautiful with pines interupted by the odd Eagle, owl, innumerable deer and occassional bear. Cougar tracks last winter. Fortunately no actual cougar.
Road trips south to Jasper National Park provide crystal clear (though icy) mountain fresh lakes,some of the world's most beautiful highways for cycling and perfect mountain trails for running from 5-50 miles(not that I have ever run that far). Wait: why don't I move to Jasper?

Once during an early spring race I saw a woman walking piglet with a collar and leash and I have spotted Elvis more than once. No he wasn't walking a pig.

The best was the mile race behind, beside and ahead of a very large bull moose at 19.5 mph.
Yes, I have witnesses and no I don't do drugs.

I also saw wild turkeys doing it in the road.

All of these posters and no one knows how to put up a picture?

tsk, tsk.

Well, I run by here all the time. That's Kalamalka Lake Beach nr. Vernon, halfway through my 16km run route,.and where I did all my swimming this summer.

and my fave on the IMC bike route by Vaseaux Lake

Geoff

Swim: Hot Spring pool, very useful in the winter. A little busy in the summer, but a good 25 yards.

Run: Trail runs in the Sangre De Cristo mountains, fantastic sunsets from the east side of the valley. Yes, rabbits, the occassional bear, many deer, the odd naturist ( :p ), snakes - I save them from the roads, elk, bald eagles, golden eagles, wild turkeys, more rabbits, hummingbirds etc. In winter, not much. Rabbits, owls and eagles.

Ride: Highway 285 between Villa Grove and Saguache, with a run over to Salida for hill work. In winter, I stay indoors.

Best moment on a run was when the herd of elk crossed the path right in front of my training partner and I, on mile 14 of an eventual 16-miler. What an awesome experience!

:D

Geoff

PoC I'm sooooooo jealous!!!

Biking during the summer, I see flat, straight, narrow roads, a couple cars all going too fast, and lots and lots of farmland. It takes 20 min to get out of town and lights etc. It really isn't good riding out of town either, but its better it you go about 15 mi into WI. During the school year I see traffic, stop signs/lights, glass, and more traffic and the occasional minuteman historical marker because the best way out of town passes through lexington and then concord... and rain and snow and wind because I can't stand trainer riding and limit those to only the days when its actually snowing or when i procrastinate my workout until its dark and late... But it takes about 45 min to get to decend roads where there isn't a light all the time and its not 'good' riding until you are to concord - but thats a 30-40 mi round trip depending on route...

Running both at home and at school is on a paved path by the river (Rock r and Charles r). Both rivers smell in spots and both paths are between a busy road and the river, both paths are crowded at all hours... but thats about the only thing that is similar between home and cambridge...

swimming indoors i see the board with my workout written on it and my watch. maybe the black line.
outdoors - our beach is not the clearest so it's brown sandy water and the occasional dolphin or stingray.

bike outdoors only and i see all sorts of roadkill, beautiful sunrises over chemical plants and the ocassional car turning left in front of me for a way-too-close of a call.

run outdoors only and this is by far my favorite. I ususally run while it's still dark so i don't get to see much but on weekends with my long runs i see deer, armadillos, snakes, alligators, snapping turtles, rabbits, cardinals, humming birds, a beautiful rain forest type woodsy trail and a bunch of flowers and berry bushes.

oh yes and POC, grrrr,,, stop posting those pictures. I just want to jump into them everytime i see them.

Swim - Pool : Black Line, Stuff that someone else dropped in the pool. Old ladies doing water aerobics. (The perfume wafting across the water at 5:00 AM will wake you up....)
Swim - Outside, Mississippi River - Catfish and Sunken Riverboats (ok, just kidding I don't swim in old man river)

Bike Indoors - My dog looking at me.
Bike Outdoors - Hills, Soybeans, Corn, Wheat, and the River.

Run - same per above....just much slower.....

Hey gmarch,

I saw you were from Montvale NJ, I am from Hopatcong NJ.

Do you ever ride on 9W?

Hey DKidd!
Just trying to inspire you!
Why not sign up for IMC some year and come visit?

and beads, you could make a screensaver out of my IMC pix and ride the trainer along the whole bike route.
Just like the TdF!

Geoff