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Late June

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What a great week! On Monday, we went to spend some birthday money. Cameron and Susan's birthdays are only six weeks apart, so they both had cash burning a hole in their pockets!  We went to Shopko and spent about an hour looking and looking at clothes, toys and accessories.  Cameron wound up with a game and Susan opted for a PlayDough set that makes ice cream cones!  Neither one spent their whole $15, so we decided to save some for later. I spent a lot of time training with my kids this past week.  On Wednesday, Alahnnah and I went for a bike ride -- we were shooting for five miles, but she got very hot and light headed so we turned back and got about four miles in.  It was about 90 degrees and terribly windy.  Poor kid.  I dropped her at home to cool off and headed out for an hour on my own. On Thursday, I did Liam's run workout with him.  He warms up for about 5 minutes and runs sprints back and forth through the park -- sprint one way and turn around and walk the othe

The Week That Followed

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The week following our 70.3 triathlon was quite busy!  We participated with our church's Vacation Bible School program which ran from 6 to 8pm each night Sunday through Friday.  I didn't think we'd survive Sunday evening.  Thankfully, my legs were only sore in my hips -- poor David's feet where really really bothering him. I was greatly surprised with the recovery after a half ironman.  I am a planner, and making a training plan to stick to is a tri-geek, joy for me.  My planning and training must have been adequate.  I felt tired this past week, but after Sunday's sore hips, I never did feel soreness in my legs or back.  I'm proud of my fitness!  I took the entire week off of any exercise at all and just let my body heal.  Dave has been riding his bike to/from work...glad I work from home! Yesterday morning was beautiful -- I slept in until 8:00 and went for a run.  I ran a circuitous route that I hadn't done before and enjoyed a slow 5.4 miles in about

IronMorton 70.3 Race Report

I think I will take a break from feverishly memorizing VBS Drama Skits and write up our experiences from yesterday.  It was a very long day, as anticipated, and I am so grateful it's all over! We didn't have to get up insanely early -- I had an alarm set for 5:45, but my husbands internal alarm went off much earlier.  He woke me up to tell me it was 5:06, thinking that I had set my alarm for 5:00.  Gratefully, never late.  I had my standard pre-long haul breakfast of half a peanut butter sandwich and a cup of coffee. It was absolutely pouring rain when we left for the YMCA.  We wore rain ponchos to cover our back-packs and precious contents within.  As far as getting wet -- we were going to jump in the pool anyway.  It's only about a mile or so to the Y from our house, so it was just annoying more than anything. We had to wait about 10 minutes for the guard to arrive and open the pool.  It was a good time to take a goofy picture or two and nervously side glance each o

Gearing Up

Today is the day we start Carb Loading for our long course triathlon on Saturday.  It always makes me snicker a bit to even say the words, because it's a greatly mis-understood concept.  I didn't even truly understand the "why" and "how" until I trained for a Marathon. Unlike Micheal in this clip from "The Office" -- the right time to carb load is NOT right before the start of the race!    With all the Pasta Feeds the night before events, it's commonly thought that a carb rich meal the evening before ought to do it.  In fact, it takes three to seven days of increased carb consumption and decreased activity to glean the benefits of Carbo Loading. If all that is just making you bored to death -- I'm sorry.  Just know that I will be eating mostly whole grain bagels, bread, crackers and pastas along with drinking juice, chocolate milk and Gatorade while doing less activity than is healthy for my psyche the next few days. I'm getti

Summer Vaca - Week 1

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Our first week of Summer vacation was awesome!  I wore the kids out with walks and trips to the park and we ate pizza and grilled PB & J's.  Our flowers are growing, we did a craft and even had a day of epic naps. This weekend was pretty busy.  David and I swam on Friday night while the kids enjoyed Grandma's house.  It cracks me up when we go to get them...they are constantly eating over there!  Saturday morning, David and I left for an early bike ride.  We made it about 10 miles when disaster struck with Dave's bike.  I back-tracked home while he walked to the nearest store and hung out until I could come back with the car. When I left, he said "Don't kill yourself getting home!"  Of course I heard "Ride, Andrea.  Ride as fast as you can!"  I went 20+mph down the bike path to "rescue" my love.  :)  Burn, baby, burn! When we got home I made some bacon and pancakes, showered and we went to a Family Carnival at David's work.