ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED (Page 103)

Oh yeah, well I organized my closet, sent all my pictures off to be printed from the last 2 years AND scooped up all the dog pool in the yard. So there, aren't you all jealous .

I did decide to do a little strength training but just my abs, arms and back. I gotta do something!!!

Matt you will get a kick out of this, all my FB friends post pics of their kids all cute playing in the leaves but we don't have any mature trees. So we took the kids to the park so we could rake up a pile of leaves for them to play in. Of course then they ran off and played in a ditch instead!

Tony sounds like you had a really great run and I'd be thrilled with those times! And I think your body probably needed that 10 hours of sleep more than another run so I'm glad to read you slept in.

Karl todays rest week project is cleaning the carpets. I rented a rug doctor for the day and I've been at it for 2 hours already. I'm glad we only have carpet in the 3 bedrooms. I've still got landscaping to cut back this week and my son mentioned he would like me to paint a mural on a wall in the basement so I've still got plenty to keep me busy!

Honestly it's been really good so far. I thought I would be getting the jitters by now but I feel like I am taking back a little control of things in a weird way. So much of my time since getting involved with triathlon has revolved around s/b/r its nice to focus on other stuff. And it is a lot easier for me to eat better. When I'm spending a lot of time training I feel like I can eat whatever I want then it's a vicious circle of eating too many sweets, then dragging around then craving more sweets. I have had no sweets at all since last week I think it was Wednesday. I also have more time to think about and prepare a healthy snack or lunch instead of just shoving the first thing I see into my mouth because I am starving all the time. Hopefully I can get some of these issues worked out and have a better plan when I do get back to training.

This is all fine now but if I take this nice little break and try to come back and still have trouble I will not be a happy camper!

Originally posted by wbayek Dina, great job resting. I'm with Matt - make it a challenge to see how much you can relax. Tony, great job on the 10k, but yes, Virginia, you ARE old! It's ok, us aged individuals are crafty and wise. Matt the RD!!!! That's awesome. I wish I lived out there so I could partake. Welcome Shannon. Any friend of Dirk's is immediately in the "watch it" zone, but if Brenda vouches for you you're good to go. Ok, group, I've been on my biggest tri-slothful stretch since I started this sport. I've really been trying to catch up on some stuff at home and that will continue through the winter. My youngest, J, can be tough on a house as Dirk can testify seeing him in action for even a few minutes. I've let some things slack off on that side so I'm getting to all the honey-do projects. I've also not been on here as much for a variety of reasons. But all of that is really no excuse - I've just been LAZY and eating everything in sight and not getting out there for much S/B/R. But this weekend the laziness ended and now I'm back into starting my out season training plan. You all play a big part in keeping me motivated, as I'm sure we all do for each other, so thanks for staying active in here and I look forward to getting my fitness back.

Good job getting back out there Warren and I'm glad to hear from you .

Welcome back Warren!  I've wondered if you were still alive or if you had fallen off training wagon.  I'm glad to hear you were just taking some time away.  You've been missed for these number of weeks.

As I suppose most of you figured, I have been a little busy over the past few days.  The storm work began for me at about 1 PM on Sunday and I got my first wink of sleep about 6:30 Monday morning.  I was only able to sleep for 3 hours and was awake at 9:30 and finally quit fighting to go back to sleep and climbed out of bed at 10:15.  Since we have a requirement to get 8 hours rest (once off work) I stayed at home, participated in a conference call about the storm and talked to other crews while off work "resting."  I paid for that when I went to work at 2:30 PM and worked again until 4 AM Tuesday, returned home to get my 8 hours rest and slept a more tolerable but unfulfilling 5 hours of sleep.

Luckily for me and my crew we're essentially done with the storm restoration.  We have a couple of structures to replace but no customer outages are involved from these broken poles.  I plan to work one more day and then take a 3 day "normal" weekend.........I hope!

Tony - good job on the HM last weekend, and a happy birthday to you (sorry it's late)

JoAnne - 22 degree mornings and tornado warnings in the same week? I'll take living here in California, thanks. Our lows are still staying in the high 30's .

Jen, Warren, and Derek - its good to hear from all of you.

I managed a couple of miles in the light rain yesterday. Shins felt "tight" but not painful. I'm planning on running over on the track at my daughter's middle school tomorrow to see if the softer surface will help.