Lunch run. Wasn't into this and my right foot hurt at the beginning, but I powered through.

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Ellie Mae

With all of the shuffling going on at work, I realized that one of the people who recently left had standing desk equipment in her cube - which is a hot commodity as they require you to have a doctor's note and SVP approval (ridiculous! They should be standard issue!). I learned awhile back that this gal had actually "snagged" it from someone else who left right when she started, so she never even had a doctor's note or anything. So guess who asked if they could have the un-used standing desk equipment? 

Took Ellie Mae to a dog park for the very first time! She was such an angel. When we first got there, only one other dog was there and they just kind of sniffed each other. But after a little while, more and more showed up and then there were like 10 dogs and she had a blast. She would run around with them in short bursts, then come back to me in the shade, repeat repeat repeat. One of the other dog moms commented that Ellie Mae was the queen of the park today - she was the "greeter" and one of the most social, haha! Who knew?

Great run to cap off my recovery week. Fresh shoes, new Pandora station, some cloud cover. Surprised myself with a peppier pace than the last many long runs. Feeling good for once!

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Tri club ride solo.
A nice ride, with the exception of my saddle sore area. I put a bunch of udder butter cream on it but it was still tender. One funny scary thing happened... I came around a curve to see what I thought was a 150 pound Rottweiler or some other huge monster dog on the side of the road staring at me. But upon further inspection, it was a loose baby cow! Clearly out of its fence and harmless, but gosh that scared me good. The chicken processing smell had me mouth breathing for many miles again. So many chicken farms, they even have signs saying who they sell to. The smell really impacts the quality of the riding up here :(
Only dropped my chain once.

Brick. My right knee was in pain again and I felt kind of achy. But got it done.

Got out of work early and hit up the swim gym treadmill.

Pretty ok swim! Water was super warm.

Ellie Mae walk. Only one accident in the house so I think her tummy is on the mend.

Officially put my name in the hat for the lateral move after talking to the hiring Director this morning. She is actually a gal who was on my Ragnar Relay team a few years ago, I like her on a personal level. I'm not overly impressed with her as a leader (she got promoted last year), but she would be a step up from my current boss in terms of actually leading. They keep saying they want to "move fast" on this, but not holding my breath for anything before October. 

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After logging off of work - almost fell asleep but got my butt out the door. I forgot to look at my training plan but I know I'm off on my run volume this week. So I just ran for 40 minutes and called it good.

Poor Ellie Mae has some wicked diarrhea - likely from the anesthesia so I'm not terribly worried. But I was glad I was working from home today - she had 4 liquid pewps outside and one in the house while I was on my run. Going to make her some white rice tonight.

Took Ellie Mae, she was bouncing off the walls and clearly back to her normal self!

Watching Big Brother.

This is technically a recovery week in my Augusta 70.3 training plan (the last one before peak/taper), and it's at a good time for a few reasons. First, this multi-day work summit is throwing me off a bit, and then TMI but I got a saddle sore after my ride Saturday. So I needed to give my nether regions a few days off. Going to attempt to sit on the trainer tonight because it's improved a lot, but I've never had one like that before. I ended up putting tea tree oil and then anti bacterial ointment over the top and that seems to have worked wonders.

Ellie Mae was still loopy this morning, but she ate her breakfast and was wagging her tail so I think she's on the mend from anesthesia and the anxiety meds. 

Also, work conversations have been continuing, and it seems fairly clear that I will get the lateral move I had been asked to consider. They said they could technically just slide me over without going through the formal process, but want to post it to give others a chance to throw their names in the hat. But the overwhelming notion is that the role is mine if I want it. The way they spoke also made it appear that it would put in motion a domino effect that would benefit Christina, which selfishly I want for her. Not that I"m making my decision based on that, but it's a super nice side effect for my friend.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Is it appropriate to ask for a salary nudge for a lateral move??? I think the answer is "it doesn't hurt to ask" because I know for a fact it happens. I don't want to come off as greedy, but I also don't want to leave money on the table if it's a possibility - even if it's just  a few thousand bump. They may even do it on their own with an official offer, but if they don't, is that appropriate?