Girl Passing on Left (FULL) (Page 149)

Happy Monday everyone (said with tongue-in-cheek)!  We are having a sweaty, stormy day here.  I thought about running this morning, until I walked outside and could barely catch my breath because of the high heat and humidity.  And I had my bike on the back of my car, but before I left for work a thunderstorm rolled in.  You wouldn't expect me to let "Hokie Spirit" get wet, would you?    So off she came, and she's spending the day in the garage.  Hopefully by the time work is over, the weather will clear up and I'll get a ride in.

And thanks for all of the well-wishes before my race on Saturday.  It didn't go as well as I'd hoped.   I'm really not sure what happened, but I just never got into race mode!  I need something to light the fire in my belly again, and I haven't quite found it yet.  I'm going to race a couple of 5Ks in the next few weeks -- maybe that will do it.

What are everyone's plans for this week?

Well, why don't you literally "run up to bremerton" and kill two birds with one stone?

Well Lyssa, you would have been so proud of me today!  I went out for a run, and after 30 seconds it started to rain.  But rather than turning around and heading home, I kept going.  The rain certainly kept me cooler, but it sure didn't help my speed.

Congratulations on all the successes, gang! Sorry to have been MIA for so long- it's been tough not running with this stress fracture that doesn't seem to want to heal, and then I have to log workouts for my coach on another system- so I haven't been on as much as I would have liked.

I did 2/3 of a sprint tri on the weekend, including my first OWS. Yikes- with no line on the bottom of the lake and the wetsuit, it was a tough and looooonnnnng swim for me. I was pretty excited to get on the bike though and was really pleased with my ride. Since I DNF'd, I was disappointed that they didn't post my other splits but fairly certain that I was in the bottom 20 for swimmers but the top 10 for the bike leg. Still no secret where my weakness lies.

Funny story though- shortly after returning home from the race, a friend calls to say a friend of his would like to buy my bike. Within hours, the bike is gone, and off we go to the bike shop to pick up the one that I scoped out previously. Well then last night, the owner of the LBS calls to say that he messed up and should have tagged my new bike for someone else. So he offers me a HUGE upgrade (from Ultegra to Durarace!) for the same price. When we asked why he didn't give it to the other customer, he said she didn't like the colour of the upgraded bike! WTF?! It would be like saying I would rather a Honda Civic because they have it in red, even though the dealer is offering a Honda Accord for the same price in black. Oh well, their loss is my gain!

Hope everyone is having a fantastic week!