September 2011
59 posts
Friday
I’m so glad you’re here!! Running 6 at lunch today with Jenny and getting ready for 10 in the morning. Then, maybe a 50 mile ride on Sunday… we will see if I can talk Jenny into it. The hubby is doing a “Boys on Bikes” weekend with a bunch of friends, so I won’t be seeing much of him - that’s the only downside to the weekend, but he is having a blast.
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Feeling human again
and I feel like I am behind on every single thing in my world!! How is it that being sick just ends with me being swamped?? Can’t these people see that I called a time out?? So much to do… And my body is actually begging for a workout. Sometimes the first workout right after I’m sick feels like I sweat and purge all the bad stuff out of me. So today I will bike. Schedule only...
Food Poisoning
found me and my little man last night. We got it from my daughter’s class picnic - which was a pot luck. The hubby and Sweet P seemed to escape it. I will never eat pot luck again! EVER!
Though I am feeling a little better and the weather is amazing, I don’t know if I can do my 5 mile run today. And this is just salt in the wound!
Since this week has been so painful...
I am going to post this quote my coach sent me. It was just what I needed today.
“The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.” -Juma Ikangaa, 1989 NYC Marathon winner
Hello Reality!
After a taper week and a recovery week, this weekend was a little brutal - even though it wasn’t even as much as I had been doing. I have enjoyed the down time a little too much.
Sat. - 9 mi. run
Sun - 30 mi. bike
Both very, very hilly but quite a bit shorter than usual and I was still hurting. And then yesterday… my 5ish mile run with my coach, Jane, was hell. Her words upon my...
A favor...
I was playing with my tumblr template and now I can’t see ANY of my post on my blog page. Would somebody click thru and see if you can see anything?
Thanks
tridad replied to your photo: These 5 bottles of wine may or may not be empty…
Wine? Sure. Pumpkin? Of course it’s nearing Halloween. Hydrocortisone cream? What kind of party is this.
OK… before anyone gets any wild ideas… the hydocort. cream was there because, in spite of the fact that I am FREEZING here at night, the mosquito population as not been eliminated for the season -...
regainingmymoxy replied to your photo: These 5 bottles of wine may or may not be empty…
VW Terrorist Van!!! It’s like back to the future over there!!
I KNOW!! RIGHT?! That van belongs to my neighbor and is so completely amazing - it even has a sticker on the back that says “Old Folkswagon.” HAHAHA! He also has 2 vintage BMW motorcycles that my hubby literally drools over. AND...
Once apon a time...
there was a fair queen that loved her kingdom very much - an adoring king, a consistently hungry prince, a preoccupied princess, and a grumpy, picky father-in-law. Because the queen was both neurotic about food and a very smart lady, she always (ALWAYS) planned all the upcoming week’s meals and prepped them on Sunday. One day the queen, with no provocation, ceased with this pattern. It is...
Had to buy a new iPod today.
My shuffle was only a year and a half old, but just stopped working and I can’t even get it to come on! I am good at frying ear pods (read: I sweat A LOT), but the iPod itself?? That is something new for me - and usually the hubby’s job around here. We are a Mac family and (if protected from the hubby’s deadly touch) our electronics last a really long time. Oh my, please...
Tomorrow
the training starts back up with a 2500 swim and a 3 mile easy run. I’m really glad. I have enjoyed my rest days and my taper last week, but I am ready to get back to normal. And, I am ready for my A-Fib to calm down, again. It seemed to ramp up a little more than usual when I slowed down this time.
Hello Half Marathon,
We will be meeting very soon. I am a little afraid of you, but no...
I won’t back down
Yeah, I’ll stand my ground
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
But I wont. Back. Down.
Dear Tom Petty, thanks for that this morning!
It's 6:20am
and I am hitting the road! Picking up Jenny and then we are Kiawah bound!! Race tomorrow at 7:30 am.
Words to the song on the radio just now:
There was a dream
Like a bird in a cage
I broke in to free it
A kid with a head full of doubt
I’m gonna scream till I die
Or the last of those thoughts are out
I gotta know who sings this! It kinds folksy and I loved it. Needed to hear it right when I did.
Will bake to calm nerves!
OMG! Less than 3 days...
till Kiawah! I am excited and nervous. I can’t seem to shake the lead ball in my belly - already. Still trying to figure out a way to keep the adrenaline, and thus full-body-shaking, under control at the start line. Any suggestions?
Why are some weeks...
just a shit show?! And why, oh why must those weeks fall on pre-race weeks. Seriously… It is so absurd I’m laughing at all the crappy things that continue to happen. Sure, it’s the crazy-lady-get-you-committed kind of laugh, but I’m laughing none the less!
Michaeldoeslife, I think I could give your birthday week curse a run for the money! Maybe we will call it the...
tridad said: Fireworks because it’s Tues 9/13? Did I miss something?
What? There were no fire works for you tonight?? Poor little Tridad…
Seriously… every year I go with my father-in-law (75 years old) to this banquet that the Biltmore does for all the employees.
Side...
A night of BIG decisions...
Decision 1:
With this crazy 35 day training that the hubby is doing, we have had to re-work and further re-work the weekend plans for my race. We had a glimmer of hope that he would be able to get off and the whole fam could go to Charleston for the race, but alas… no, not so lucky.
Looks like Jenny and I will be going all by ourselves. I am usually the first to sign up for a...
Petition for 9/11 First Responders
These men and women need to receive health care coverage for the cancers that have been caused by exposure to carcinogens on 9/11/2001. The fund that was set up to help survivors and the teams that dug through the rubble for their friends and complete strangers does NOT cover cancer.
Please sign this… and I will save you my rant on the inefficacy of our healthcare system.
Nap in the books (hahaha)
Well, I think I needed that little snooze! I slept for almost 3 hours and I mean SLEPT - unconscious kind of sleep. I feel so much better. I think the change of seasons has my kids all out of whack - they haven’t slept all night in over a week. I had no idea how much it was effecting me, until today.
My 5 miler with coach tonight, just got so much better!
Kids were up all night… No amount of coffee will fix my level of exhaustion. As much as I hate to do it, because the rest of my day will be totally wonky, I am going home and back to bed. It’s a race week. I can’t risk it.
Tridad, I feel your pain...
This is the pic my hubby took as I victoriously crossed the finish line at the Lake Lanier Tri in June - taking 2nd in my AG! I was so excited and I was really looking forward to seeing the finish line pic - I even smiled.
Caption: “What the F@#^! Why am I on the iPhone? I thought this thing was a camera! She SAID I could take pics with this stupid thing!
Yep, he’s got the market...
Is it True...
That there will be no Fire Fighters or Police Department Representatives at the 9-11 ceremony in New York tomorrow?? I mean as a part of the ceremony in an honorary way?
Mark Allen on Heart Rate Training →
mangosteele:
Wow. I feel like I finally understand how/why to train with a heart rate monitor.
Now does that heart rate strap double as a nipple protector?
This is a great article!
Today, my life just got better...
Because my best friend moved 3 miles down the road from me! I’ve never been happier while unloading a moving truck. It has been 12 years since we have lived in the same town. SO excited! And a bonus… Her hubby is the best bike mechanic I have ever met! My bike is about to get all fixed up - no more chain pops!
I am seriously lacking motivation… Having a lazy day sounds so good right now. I have a 6 mile run on the schedule and it will have to be by myself - salt in the wound!
Coffee - best drug EVER!!
So the great thing about my 5:00pm cup of black deliciousness:
I am the most productive woman on the planet!!
My mind is NO LONGER numb from all I have to do - it is done!
Bad thing about my 5:00pm cup of black deliciousness:
I may never sleep again!
Having large glass of wine to combat the lingering need to be productive!
I just noticed all the EXCLAMATION marks… Hahaha
