Have I lost my mind to consider a HIM? (Page 63)

Here are Kate and I on our morning ride!

Awesome pics! AZ has some purty scenary.

Great pics Lisa!  I am so happy we were able to get the ride in.  I have to admit I was cold the rest of the day.  Brrr!  It was so nice to get to meet a Nutso!  It is funny to know all about a person and not have met them in real life.  Little Leah is my next meeting in about 15 days!  Exciting. 

I'm going through waves of excitement and panic thinking about this race.  One minute I know I can do it and the next minute I don't think I can.  It is going to be a wild couple of weeks.  I'm going to try my best to quick freaking out and just do what I can do. 

Last night my hubby had a late night work project and my momma had plans so I was without childcare.  No work out for me.  I decided to count it as another recovery day and just Nail it the rest of the week.  That's all I can do right?  It is hard to balance job, babies, home, and training. 

Finally connected with the Computrainer guy.  The day I wanted to ride was a no go so we are trying to find other dates.    I'm excited to give it a try.  Now my hubby and I are going to try to do a super long ride on Saturday. 

Thanks again Kate! It was great to meet you, race with and ride with you!

I too was cold for a while but eventually warmed up. I have plenty of cold weather gear at home but did not even consider bringing it to AZ.

It's my last morning in AZ, then back to reality. Yesterday I went to ship my bike at a UPS store. It cost me $80 to ship it out here to Kate. They wanted $167 to ship it back. I'm taking it on the plane as Jet Blue only charges $50 but I have to hassle with it at the airport.

Today I did a morning run on the golf course path. Stopped and took photos along the way.

Hey everyone.  Quiet here tonight!  I went on a 4 mile run tonight.  Felt pretty good.  I needed a good run!  I scheduled a computrainer ride of the course finally.  Tuesday morning at 6am.  I'm excited to give it a try.  My hubby and my bro in law are coming with me.  Should be good. 

Lisa - Sorry to hear about the bike costs.  Bummer. Hope you had a good trip home.

Bike is back home safe. Jet Blue charges $50 for a bike so all the better money wise and only a bit more hassle factor.
Have a good weekend all!

I do have one but didn't use it since I was shipping it UPS, I can only imagine what they would have wanted to charge for that.
I just used a cardboard bike shipping box I got at my LBS.

Aww cute Scott! You gotta get a flip camera Scott and everyone. They are light, cheap and easy to use. The Flip Mino is the small version. That or an iphone.

Have a great ride Kate! Everybody have a good weekend!

Rain, rain and more rain is forecast for the weekend here. Crossfit and indoor workouts are what's up for me. Enjoy that nice AZ weather this weekend. Do you have toe covers for your bike shoes Kate? That would have helped keep our feet warm on our ride the other day.

Thanks Lisa - No need for toe covers for me.  I've got 70 degrees tomorrow!  Hooray!  Finally some nice weather. 

70 miles today.  I feel so proud of myself.  Here are some photos from my ride if you want to check them out.  I really pushed myself today and feel like I got a great work out.  I'm going to try to do a long run tomorrow o finish out the weekend. 

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Awesome ride! Congrats! How does your butt feel? I think that is what would hurt me most after 70 miles.
Enjoyed the photos, looks like a great day!
Rain, rain and more rain here, high winds, trees and tree limbs falling down everywhere.
Trainer and treadmill for me today.

Thanks Lisa - Butt and girlie parts are ok!  I think it will be tough without my heavy dutie bike shorts but I've got to do it.   Sorry the weather is bad for you.  BUMMER! 

Sorry to hear about your weather.  I hope it clears up so you can get  your ride in.  I'm hoping for a long run today.

I was going to run and swim today but pool was closed due to lightning. So I ran on the tready and then tried a new spin bike with electronics and video screen at the Y. I will do another 10 mile trainer ride later tonight to get 100 miles for the week on daily mile, does anyone else do daily mile? I need more daily mile friends.

Hello everyone.  I'm back.  I really haven't been on the internet since I left.  The Marriott Marquis has free wi-fi in the lobby and the internet (not wi-fi) if $14.99 per day in the room.  Well, I wasn't in the room long enough to pay that much money.  So, I need to get my workouts logged and catch up on what everyone has been doing.  More later.

You can do it with your iphone. Not the easiest though, should be better once the BT iphone app is released.
Nice to see you back! When do you start your taper?

Yeah, I know, but when you get back to the hotel late, fiddling with the internet on that small screen (I'm elderly and blind, remember), just isn't happening. 

It sounds like everyone has been nice and busy.  Those were great pictures of the ride in Arizona.  And 70 miles!!  Wow!.  I wish I could say I had done that.  I didn't get in my scheduled workouts while I was in San Francisco and so am kind of behind.  It will be training this week and also the beginning of next.  It really doesn't look like my coach has me doing much of a taper until about Wednesday before the race.  I have a long bike ride scheduled for Wednesday the 17th and also Saturday the 20th. 

I know I gained a couple pounds, even eating more or less Paleo.  I just eat tons of mixed nuts, fruit and vegetables the entire drive up to Northern California and back.  I don't even want to know how many calories I consumed today.  Anyway, I'm back to tracking my food tomorrow. 

And Scott, my granddaughter is enthralled with dancing and would have loved seeing those guys, but there is no way she would have joined in with them.  When remembering the event later, she would have been happy to act out the performance, but she would have been too shy to join them.  So, you must have quite the self-confident little two-year old there. 

OK Kate.  Less than two weeks to go.