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Q: What do you get when you add 5 endurance athletes, 7 dozen undecorated cupcakes, and an extra-large bottle of champagne? A: Non-stop training talk and a sugar coma that lasts 24 hours (at least). The before: The during: The after: Oooooh, the after:

This week was kind of rocky.  I came off of a weekend of heavy eating, drinking, and not nearly enough sleep.  Don't get me wrong, it was totally worth it, and it came at the right time in my training, but I was feeling the effects through Wednesday at least.  I think I answered some questions for myself about drinking the week of/night before a race , for sure. For step-back week, my plan was to take a week off of lifting except for the core/stability/PT stuff (no weights), cut back all of my runs (not just the long run), and go easy on the swimming and cycling.  I achieved all of these things.  It was the right week to step into new shoes, which I'll run in for 3 weeks & then at the half.  I took a full rest day the day before my long run, which is the first time I've taken the rest day on a Friday in this training cycle, and learned that it's not actually the best place for it.  Most Fridays I have been either cycling easy or swimming VERY ea...

I've been REALLY enjoying these ABC posts, so here's mine.  You might need a helmet for this one. Age : 29.1 . Bed size : Too small for 2 people + 2 dogs. Chore you dislike : Taking out the trash.  This is why you get married, people. Dogs : You must be new here... Essential start to your day : Granola bar, Flintstones vitamin, then off to the gym. Favorite color : Lately I'm digging dark purple. Gold or silver : I'm not a pimp. Height : Aaaalmost 5'5".  If I stretch. Instruments you play(ed) : I have a few degrees in music.  Voice and french horn.  Close your mouth. Job Title : Director of IT. Kids : No, seriously, you must not be from around here. Live : In a great big falling-down money pit.  I love it. Mom's name : Patricia. Nicknames : Katie, Kate. Overnight hospital stays : I think I've actually dodged the overnight, as often as I've gone under the knife. Pet peeves : People that interrupt.  People that don't walk in a cr...

1. I am no longer young enough to stay up past midnight 2 days in a row, have cheese and cupcakes for dinner, drink 5 beers in 4 hours and then expect to run a track workout 36 hours later without my heart trying to explode out of my chest.  Fact.   2. All the rest is great for everything except my piriformis, which has been hurting significantly more often and more painfully this week than it has since December.  Also, I'm starting to get a taste of what taper is going to be like, and let me tell you now, y'all better just hide or suffer the wrath.  What am I going to do with all this energy?  I feel rested and bouncy and itching to do, well, ANYthing to burn it all off.  But at least my house is clean. 3. My girls are all back home in their various corners of the country.  It was so great to have them all here, and I'm still recovering.  We cooked: Ate out: Stayed in: Took the pups to the park: And it was really awful to have to sa...