Rain, Running & Randomness

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a woman in possession of a race registration must be in want of a good training session....

Alright, so Jane Austen I'm not. She'd probably balk at the image of us running around in spandex. Or maybe enlightened by the thought of us taking part in a typically male arena.

Well, the universe seems to be conspiring against me as of late. I had not run since the Potomac Half last Sunday and while I don't really miss it, I know I need to do it. (My overgrowing muffin top and ill-fitting pants second the motion).

Friday, I had a brillant idea that I would pack the jogging stroller in the car and when I dropped off my car for an oil change, I would go for a run around the nearby neighborhood. But it rained all day and I never got it in. I was going to run more this weekend, but it rained. Enter brillant idea number 3, to run after work Monday. Re-enter rain scenario. I was forced to run on the treadmill, which I hate. I convinced myself to do an hour, at whatever pace, just to get it in. I did discover my motivation on the treadmill - to watch the Food Network. It made time fly and kept me on the treadmill knowing I need the treadmill to get rid of muffin top and be able to eat actual muffins.

I tried cycling with TriToddler last weekend but she was quite the backseat rider. I had to stop every 1/2 mile to deal with the angst/complaint/issue of the moment. Then today TriMe and I were going to ride. I don't usually air up my tires before each ride but thought I'd be a good little cyclist today and do it. Instead I let all the air out of the tire and couldn't get the air pump to lock into the nozzle. So I drove over to TriMe's house instead of the planned bike ride there and couldn't get her air pump to work. Then we drove to the bike store where they filled it up and essentially said it was "user error". Finally got out on the road at the time I planned to be home. At least I did get an hour in - yea. I missed swimming for all that.

Speaking of swimming, haven't done that since before the Kinetic Tri. Haven't been running. Haven't been swimming. Haven't been cycling. What have I been doing???

Am ready to do this half-iron and get it over with. I really hope it doesn't rain that day. Just don't think I could mentally handle it...

Oh, and TriMe is pushing for another half-iron in Sept. I really thought I was going to get the summer off. I don't really want to do it, but I'll be darned if I let them do it without me and then gloat about having one more half-iron under their belt than me.

Not really into tattos because I was never really passionate about anything to get one and couldn't figure out where to hide it yet show it. Then thought that if I did an ironman, I'd get the iron-man insignia. Last week decided I could put it at the nape of my neck where my hair covers it unless I put it up in a pony tail (which I rarely wear at work so my students would never know). But here's the big issue - I really don't feel like doing an iron-man. I thought I could put something related to half-iron, but that's not really worth it. The girls and I joked about doing half the ironman symbol. While funny, not funny enough to scar my body for. I guess some people get tattos while drunk, we'd end up with one while on a runner's high...

I'm going to go eat some Cool Whip...


"It's good training." - Just Tri Me