Off to St. Louis for a long weekend!

I have had no time to do anything but work and sleep. I am really short staffed. I lost a bunch of lifeguards and have spent more hours on the guard stand than in my office. It was a long and exhausting week. Hotty hubby and I are off to see my sis in St. Louis. I can't wait to get back and share some really great stories with you all!!

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I love the weekends!!

This weekend hotty hubby and I have just slept and rested!! I think my friend PM thinks I might have fallen off the face of the earth! I need to give her a call. She wanted to ride last weekend, but I was at training all weekend!! It looks like I won't get to go to any rallies until after Labor Day. Not much running around here. I was so busy and consumed with my own thoughts and anxieties that I did not have the energy to get out the door. I did manage to get in a very slow 14 miles in on the bike yesterday and today I am off to the pool to get in some swimming.

By the way, the weather is amazing around here huh??? My fam in OK are all under water. Poor folks, they're stranded at the house with water all around. How did all of that rain miss us? I mean really, that is a lot of rain. We were watching some high water rescues and saw a person fall off of a helicopter. Ouch. I think she just fell about 20 feet or so and into water, but still....yikes!! My prayers go out to them all. I hope they are all okay.

Runner Susan, how is the moving going?? I hope you all are enjoying the nice weather!!

Gotta go swim!!
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Busy Weekend!!

So far this weekend I feel as though I have been working out all day each day!! I have been attending SilverSneakers Workshops. This is the insurance program that allows seniors to join certain facilities for free and take these aerobics classes. I have taught a couple in the recent past and thought, you know I should really be more trained in this area. So I went. It was basically a 3 day training in chair exercise and water aerobics. It was nothing too strenuous, but it was like attending a 3 hour training where the first hour of every session was a repeat. We learned about how the program got started, why it started, when it got started, what type of seniors to look out for and so on. Of each 3 hour session only the last hour was the juicy stuff. It was a little frustrating. I might have left yesterday, if I had not carpooled with a couple of my employees. That would have looked horrible!! Oh well, I endured.

One thing to note, on Friday we were stuck in traffic on 635 hell, and lucky for the ladies I rode with I am familiar with the area. So we jaunted over towards Coppell. Would you all believe that I actually felt a twinge on homesickness for the area? Strange. It passed as quickly as it came over me, but I was missing my friends and having all these memories of all of the running and riding I had done through the area. I am still working on finding the right riding and running buddies here. It seems that everyone here is so stinking fast!! I can't keep up. I was considering a 5 mile run tonight with the tri group but their easy run is "possibly a sub 10 miler"!! I might could keep up for what a mile?? Hahahaha!!

I rode on Friday again with my friend RW. She is truely the fittest, leanest, and genuinely caring person I have met in FW so far!! We rode 26 miles averaging roughly 14 mph. It was great. Afterwards, I pulled the captain's chairs out of the Jeep and rested a bit before going inside to lead a water aerobics class. I felt great all day!!

Saturday morning started off with 500yd swim with the tri training group. I have officially started training for the Benbrook Women's Tri. It is October 7th. The swim was good. It was consistent. Nice. Today, or should I say tonight hotty hubby and I will ride for 1 hour. It is on the schedule!!

Well, I am off to enjoy the rest of the weekend!! Thanks to everyone who has stopped by to say hi!!

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Smart vs. Not so smart

Okay, let's play a game. Smart vs. Not so smart

Having a plan to run 4 miles on Tuesday morning=smart
Waiting to run those miles until 7:00am=not so smart

Putting new music on MP3 player=smart
Forgetting to put new batteries in MP3 player=not so smart

Taking Nikko with me on the run=not so smart
(she got way hot)
Jumping in apartment pool before heading back into apartment=Way Smart!!

We finished a slow 3 miles in 36 minutes and walk/jogged the rest to round out 4.2 miles in 54 minutes. Shameful, but I got it done.

I have spent the afternoon learning how to teach SilverSneakers classes. Pretty fun, except for the part where we had to pretend to be 65 or older. How do you actually do that? My teeth are still intact, my joints still work properly, and I don't require additional oxygen to function properly. Hahahaha!! I should not be so mean. I did learn a lot today.

I think tonight, hotty hubby and I will go for a ride. I will have a hard time convincing him to go too far, due to the fact that he drives the car with no A/C and I think we actually hit 100. If not, we were close and the heat index is there. Hummm. I want to go on vacation. Has anyone been anywhere amazing lately?

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Vegetarian?

I have been headed this direction for a couple of years now. After reading Fast Food Nation and watching the movie, I have taken the plunge. I will eat fish though. I am now on day 2 of no meat. Hotty hubby is going to take a little longer, but he has decided the same. If you haven't seen that movie or read that book, you should. It is enlightening. It is disgusting. And it might just change your life. I had an upset stomach all weekend!! Nikko agrees, vegetarian is way cool!! Hahaha!!

I kept to my promise. I did not do a lot of anything except continue to clean the apartment and rest. I rested a lot. Hotty Hubby and I are recommitted to figuring out the sweating thing. I now have access to one of the best teaching hospitals in the nation. I hope to find some answers. I wanted to do the Dog Day Duathlon at White Rock, but it was so hot!! I spent very little time outside over the past 3 days!! It is nice, but everybody needs a little sun every now and then.

Today's workouts look like this:

Eliptical 45 minutes

Weights

Teaching Kickboxing

Teaching Water Class

Beginning tomorrow, my class load is dropping at a rapid pace. Tuesday only 2 classes and that is it for the rest of the week!! Yayayaya!!!! Next week, I will teach even fewer!! I can finally get back to my own thing!!

I must go for now. Nikko is demanding a walk and I have to get ready for work!!

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Hot, Hot, Hot!!

Okay, so maybe it is not as hot as last summer but the Texas humidity is a killer!! I rode with some friends this morning. I believe we rode 21.66miles. I can now say I have some riding buddies. I just hope they can put up with my weirdness!! (you know the whole sweating thing)

I had a great time until 18 or so. I was really hot. My friend Tarp seems to think it must be an electrolyte problem. I am still convinced it is not. I wish it were that easy. I think I might humor him and try the concoction he is suggesting. But, what I guess I don't know is exactly how much electrolytes does one need per hour of exercise? I know there has to be a formula out there somewhere.

This weekend I am resting!! I have taken today off for the most part. I am not sure you really take a day off when you work for the Y. People call for this and that. I can't help but to worry that I might be missing something pretty important.

Hotty hubby and I will likely ride. How far? How long? Hard to say. I know we are having lunch with the in-laws on Saturday. Other than that, who knows. I would like to get a swim and a run in. Not too far for the run though, I think we might hit triple digits this weekend and I don't have my early morning friends here in FW with me. Most of my tri friends are headed to RiverCities in Shreveport, LA (I think).

I have been re-inspired since getting back on the blog. I need to figure out how to give my site a make over. I am not so technologically savy. I must learn!! My profile pic doesn't look too much like me. Haha, still me but just a couple of years old. And a new masthead (is that what it is called?)

The other plan for the weekend is to seriously put together a plan for fall. What tri's and marys or half marys and rally rides I want to do.

So far on the list:
Benbrook Women's Tri (October 7)
FW Turkey Trot (Turkey Day)
White Rock half (?)

Hotty hubby and I have talked about a few rides, but have not fully decided on anything just yet!!

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32:29!!

Wow!! Last night after work, I was motivated to go for a run. I really did not want to run on the dreadmill so I went running on the trails. Oh the luxury!!! I know some of you are jealous!! Haha!! Well, it really felt great to run lastnight. Nikko and I did not stop to walk. That was the first time in such a long time!! I did time myself but then hooked my watch on Nikko's collar. I was curious!! And I was excited to see the results. I am considering running the White Rock half. I know, don't get ahead of myself. It just finally felt good. It helped to have a bit of motivation to finish quickly too. I wanted to watch So you think you can dance. That is my fave show on right now!! I am totally hooked. I just wish I could dance like that!! Amazing!!

Well, I must get ready for work!!
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Can it be August already?

I feel like I have just moved across town to FW. How can it be that we actually moved 8 months ago? I am well on my way to beginning to train for my 3rd sprint tri. I am anxious to get going. I just have to stop teaching so much!! I am hoping by this time next week, I will be able to report that I am only teaching 3 classes a week!! With a great deal of luck, I will be able to report that I am I not teaching any more classes and I am not working until 9 three days a week!! I plan to get in a 3mile run today. I am thinking probably on the dreadmill due to the heat. I am only teaching one class this morning and I am quite tired. I do love to run!! I also have an 800 to swim today as well. Hummm. Where is runnersusan?? I went to her blog, but no posts?? Has she dropped off the face of the earth?? I must get to work!!

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