24 HRS later........

I just got home, had a beer and am finally able to post the pics from the Pub Run.....now good night all my bitches!!!

Alanis rules.......

Just one more reason why I think Alanis is brilliant.

Good Morning.....

I actually got up for the first time in over a week and worked out this morning. The alarm went off at 4:50 and I peeled myself outta bed before I had time to talk myself out of getting up. I decided to hit my friend's boot camp. My pal Stephanie is the owner of Austin Adventure Boot Camp and she is great an a complete bad ass. We barter and so I have the luxury of attending her camp for free and all I do is massage her every now and then. Gosh...I love the barter system.

This morning was really humid. We did drills......tons of running drills then a leg workout. My legs were burning and it felt good. I have not felt that burn in a long time. I did get razzed by a few of the old regulars for not being around like I was last summer. I am really glad I got outta bed this morning since I have to work until 6:30 and will miss the run workout today. I will try to tackle it on my own once I get home since there is a track down the street from my house.

Pray for me to have the fire to do this hard workout without my support crew!!!

It's been too long

I am sitting at my desk catching up on blogs before bed.

It seems that this is the month that I am cleaning house and getting things in order. First, I decided to take the stress off and focus on duathlon training instead of tri-training. I also bought a new car, got a new job, made a connection for a friend to get a new job and wrote a long over due letter to my supposed best friend. If I have bored you with the details already..sorry.

This letter was a very difficult thing for me to do and here is why. She is an alcoholic and over the past year has spiralled into a black whole of bitterness, depression and anger. She only calls me when she is drunk and says hateful things about my decisions, marriage and life. I realize that there is nothing I can do for her but I also realize that I cannot sit back to watch her self destruct. I love her, her husband and her kids but I just cannot do it. I cannot hold up both sides of our friendship any longer so I decided to write her an email after I speaking with her husband on several occasions. I am sad that it has come to this but I feel that it is what I need to do for my happiness.


All of this has made me realize how many new wonderful things I have in my life right now. I have a very supporting husband who puts up with all my training and going out, I have tons of active health friends who bring out my best. I am really thankful for Erin. She was the catalyst to my new group of training buddies and friends. It is so refreshing to have such a fantastic group of people behind me, pushing me to my limits and there to cheer me up if things are rough.

The new job is great. This has been the most stress-free first week job transition I have ever experienced. My new boss is really cool too. The only thing that makes me sad is missing my group workouts. My schedule is all over the place. some days I work early, some I close and some I am there all day with a huge 4+ hour break in the middle. I think that it will be all good once I get use to it and figure out how to rearrange my workouts. I slept in on Monday, which was really nice, but running the 7 mile loop at 9AM is pretty much torture. Working out alone is also a bummer.

I am taking my bike on for a tune up and fix tomorrow. I can't wait to ride again and it has been a week. With Katy just around the corner that makes me nervous.

All and all I have to say that despite losing all my down time and missing my workouts I am really super happy with my life right now.

My new motto.....work hard....play harder. I can't wait for the Pub Run!!!

Good days...bad days.

I had a very rough workout today. Actually, it was a tough weekend. I had a flat yesterday right before the 2nd loop on the Autobahn which sorta threw me off track. I was having a really great workout up to that point. Since it took a bit to get the tire changed I missed the 2nd 5K run. Also....why is it always the back tire that goes flat, seriously?

Well it was Erin and Kris' birthday so we all had breakfast together after the brick. Wiley even made an appearance and was bearing gifts for the birthday ladies. I learned something new about my friend Erin. She collects finger puppets. LOVE IT!!! wiley gave her 3 very cool puppets to add to her collection. Te food hit the spot and the mimosas were heaven.

Today we rode 40 miles. It took me about 2:45 to complete the ride. I had no steam today. I am really slow on the bike to begin with but today was ridiculous. I know that I just did not eat enough last night to start the morning. I did have a breakfast snack but I think going into the with not a full tank made for a tough one. It was really hot but I managed to finish. Thanks to Dave, Gina, Vivek, Dana, Scott, Arturo & Carolyn who would wait for me to catch up at several points. That was really nice of them especially where the 2 dogs were that were nippers. I was glad that I made it out despite the ride. I almost stayed home since I failed to patch my tube and did not have another spare AND my pump broke yesterday too. I am happy that I finished...."they can't all be winners kid. "

So with that done I look forward to the next week. I have one more week off of swimming. I am actually excited to get back in the pool soon to work on my swimming. My shoulder is feeling much better thanks to my acupuncturist and the PT exercises. It is also the last week at the job I have had for 8.5 years. I start my new job on the 12th. I think a HH is in order very soon. Any one care to join me?