run this amazing day

It's just a little less than two years ago that I bought my first bike, mostly on the advice on my good friends Heather and especially Liz , who was the first person to tell me that you should think your bike is sexy. I did then, and I still do now, but my oh my, have things changed.

I realized after posting my ride recap yesterday that I might be giving off an overly positive view of how ironman training is going.  And while I'm trying to stay positive, I also believe in being honest and raw with a side of cussing.  That's who I am, that's why you are here.   So the truth is yes, I did have a fantastic century on Saturday.  Everything clicked, everything happened in the right order at the right time and while the prominent thought in my head when getting off the bike was, "Wow, I really don't want to run a marathon right now," I felt pretty brilliant.  But then it rolled over to Sunday, and I had another huge workout to tackle.  And the flip side of that is everything did not go as planned, everything did not fucking "click."  Along with many other annoying distractions of the day, I couldn't even get remotely close to the heart rate window I was supposed to be riding in for the first interval.  For the most part, I've

So, I generally don't like to talk training numbers here, mostly because for the most part, it just doesn't matter.  But today I want to talk about it, so if it stresses you out, here's a puppy pic and I'll see you tomorrow: (Graham has a hot spot on his foot, so we're trying to prevent him from licking it while it heals). My friend Gretchen - the same friend that talked me into doing the full 100 miles at Reston less than two years ago - has been talking about doing this century ride all spring.  I wanted to wait until the week of to decide, because I didn't know where my training would be until then.  But when Monday rolled around, I emailed my coach, she gave it the green light, and I was in.   Riding 100 miles just doesn't seem like a big deal to me anymore, and I know that sounds ridiculous, but I've done it more than a few times in my life and it doesn't scare me, it just takes a long time.  On the flip-side, running more than 15 miles s

1. I Just bought and ate an entire container of strawberries.  In about 90 seconds. 2. I know that my Garmin isn't right but I will still run until it says x.00 miles anyway. 3. I'm finding it hard to concentrate on blog writing while watching the finale of Grey's from last night. 4. My favorite flavor of powerade zero is blue. 5. Swimming isn't as fun with a cranky left shoulder. 6. I would never drive a red car. 7. Yesterday I spent an embarrassing amount of time reading about how to become a private investigator. 8. I really need to find a job. 9. I always unclip my left foot. 10. I still have the same instant message account that I made my freshman year of college. 11. I bought another pair of the neon shoes. 12.  I KNOW. 13. One of my favorite toys when I was little was a dollhouse my grandfather made me.  I wish I could live in a house just like that one. 14. I still prefer real books to e-books. 15. There is a tree in the backyard that