Drewwhite's Mentoring Group - Closed (Page 9)

An IM, huh?  I'm so impressed!  I can't even imagine doing that.  It will be fun to watch you go through this process.  The whole thing sounds a bit overwhelming, so I'm looking forward to seeing how you approach this with your training group.  I was traveling last weekend & I'm in St. Louis all week on business, so I'm behind on blogging & checking blogs.  Apologies to all of you.  I hope to be back on track next week.  Welcome back, Lynne!

Well, I hope that everyone had a great June.  My June was fine, considering the twist the my training future took!  I spent Friday and Saturday up at Bear Lake at a triathlon that my friends' race management company put on.  I was their run course manager.  It was a lot of fun!  If you're familiar with the authors Richard and Linda Eyre, we stayed at one of their cabin's for the evening.  They're very successful people and own multiple properties up there.  I'm friends with one of their kids, so we were fortunate enough to make a fun little getaway out of it.  I'm fried now though.  The sun was not nice to me!

I just wanted to check in and wish everyone luck in July.

As for my July goals:

Drop weight to 176

Swim twice a week

Bike twice a week

Run no more than once a week  

I didn't do so hot with my June goals either.  That's the beauty of not being pro though.  We don't have the pressure that they have.  I had to shift my goals in the middle of the month, so I was still training, just not how I had initially intended. 

Goals? Goals!??????? Oh football. Mmmmmm.  Yeah I suck at goals. I have some new ones for July. RUNNING x 3 a week. More bricks also. I'm doing a swim/bike brick today. Now I would run but you know what? Where the hell are my running shoes? Honestly, you get your significant other to clean up and you can't find ANYTHING!

So there it is. Running........think running.  

Well, that's always an excuse to make a trip to Greenlake to Super Jock n' Jills for a new pair of running shoes!  I swear that's my favorite store! 

I just found out today that the swim for the Seattle Danskin next month has been change from 880 yards to only 600!!! I am dutifully disappointed now.  On another note. I still cannot find my bloody running shoes. I have no idea where on earth I could have left them. SO needless to say tonight...I am going riding. Pants!!! PANTS!!

Plus the weather here is a complete bonus at the moment. Why it couldn't have been more like this when I was on vacation I don't know!!!

I think you could make it through it right now.  After reading your feature on the Toyota Engines of Change page (hot picture, by the way ), I understand your anxiety in the water much better.  I really think that's you're capable of not only finishing, but performing well.  I say full steam ahead!!!

 By the way, here's a shameless plug for a team member: if you haven't seen Jamie's feature on the Toyota website, there's a link posted in her logs.  Go check it out, it's way cool.  We've got a definite celeb in our midst, team!

Lynne, two things: 1) I reiterate that you have an awesome opportunity to go to Super Jock 'n Jills for a pair of running shoes now   It's only the best store in the state!

2) Seattle summer days are unbeatable, period.  When the sun shines in Seattle, there's nowhere in the world that's prettier.  I want to be back there right now! 

Fine, Lynne.  Rub it in!

TODAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY
Partly Sunny with Thunder Showers Temp: 95 F Hum: 71% P: 30.02 in Wind: 9mph SSE	Partly Sunny with Thunder Showers High 90F Low 76F	Partly Sunny with Thunder Showers High 94F Low 76F	Partly Sunny High 93F Low 75F	Intermittent Clouds High 91F Low 73F
Check the Past 24 Hour Conditions
High 91F Low 76F

By South Texas standards, this weekend will be "gorgeous."  It's rained every day for as long as I can remember now.  We've got a family of tadpoles on the sidewalk by our house because the puddles have been there so long.  Of course, as soon as it hits "partly sunny" on Friday, I'm leaving town.  Not all bad, though.  I'm having the first ever "New 30 Girls' Weekend" in New Orleans with a couple of girls I grew up with in Louisiana.  We've been BFF since Jr. High, but live all over the country, and never see each other.  We're celebrating all of us turning 40 by ditching the kids and husbands and flying to New Orleans to re-live our glory days this weekend.  I'm sure the recovery will take longer than in college, but as long as Pat-O's has a piano bar, life is good!  Probably won't train this weekend, though.