stuff

My life is kinda unbloggable right now. Super busy with life stuff like this:

• Got on my bike today. Had a pretty solid workout. Haven't been able to run in the mornings cause Shaun has a huge job on the go and is out the door super early in the mornings. If all goes well, he will be done next week, we will get paid and have a very nice Christmas. Oh the joys of having a small business...
• Matthew passed his latest stripe test. He was invited now to test for his first belt. I understand none of it. I just bring him to the studio when I am told.
• I missed THE Christmas party of the year last night. Why? Because I was tired and Shaun was working and I didn't feel like getting all glittery and finding a baby sitter.
• However, there is a triathlon Christmas party this weekend that I am going to try to get to. Hopefully someone there will want to talk about stuff other than triathlons but I doubt it.
• I am going for lunch today with CC. Yeah. Gonna get the goods on what the hell is going on and come up with a plan. Maybe.
• I am slowly kicking my sugar addiction. This is day number 6 of not bending to my sweet tooth. I am super proud of myself!! This has taken the most effort. I read this thing about how sugar is as hard to beat as smoking or alcohol. Really? Smoking? Alcohol? And I am down 3 pounds....go figure.
• I read my husband the riot act yesterday. He is a workaholic and very often misses Matthew's events. Luke is only two and has no events yet. We had a parent teacher conference yesterday that was cancelled due to the teacher being ill. I called Shaun to let him know. He says "Wow, I must have an angel on my shoulder because it was looking like I wasn't going to make it" Again, the joys of small business ownership... So I say "The angel, was he cute?" Shaun says "Actually, she works for Victoria Secret."

wowzers

I get a phone call yesterday from an old friend. Old as in we have been friends since grade school. (with the initials CC in case Jenna is wondering...) Anyway, she gives me the low down on another friend who I have also known for about 16 years. The three of us are like sisters. Seriously...if you have seen Sex and the City...CC is Samantha...CK (other friend) is Carrie and I am totally Miranda. We have no Charlotte. But I think you get the point....

CC tells me that CK's boyfriend of 13 years has dumped her...again...this is the 4th time...wtf? Which brings me to why do women do this? Keep going back? If you have seen the Sex and the City movie, the scene where Carrie is in her wedding dress and Mr. Big is telling her he "just can't"....the look on that girl's face I have seen SO MANY TIMES with my buddy. CK is a beautiful girl, in any sense you can think of. OMG we have had so much fun over the years!! So many stories I could tell. And she is smart. She owns her own business. She owns her own house. She travels the world. She could have anything she wanted. But yet she keep going back to this guy who has no respect for her, won't commit to her...they are not married, they do not live together. The first time he dumped her, we were young and he wanted to explore his "options". Fine. The second time he wanted to move to Calgary but did not want her to come. Whatever. I seriously cannot remember what the third time was over. But this time, he has been banging another girl on and off for about a year!! WTF!!!!!!!?????????? AND the OTHER girl is a good friend of one of the guys from the local triathlon club....I friggin swear this town is too small.......

I just don't know if I have the energy anymore to try to help. She just does not see the light. Of course, I will help pick her back up and be there. But honestly!! How far do you go with this? My head is full thinkng about it.....

drama at the pool

Just one of those days. Up in plenty of time to get down to the YWCA and do my swim. The gal at the front desk did not have enough money in the till to change my twenty so she says "Leave the $20 here and I will find you change while you swim." And I say "Nah...I think I will take the $20 with me and pay on the way out..." I ended up paying the $3.75 with nickels, dimes and a few quarters...counting is difficult that early in the morning.

Got into the change room and the pool door was locked. I waited and I waited and I tried not to get impatient. I knocked a few times and nothing. Finally a young gal comes flying around the corner, keys in hand, and too many "sorrys!" The door gets opened and there are no lights. She can't figure out how to turn the lights on. I am trying to help her. I can't believe how puzzling it was to find these lights!! Finally, several minutes later and a trip to the front desk for help, she tells me to not let anyone in the water when it is dark....we figure it out. Duh! But now we need KEYS to turn them on....holy smokes.

Into the water I go. My chest still feels incredibly tight. This is annoying me. I just do super long and smooth strokes with some steady kick. I think I counted about 1500 meters. That was all I had in me today at the pool. In the middle of the swim, some young dude in an orange parachute steps into my lane. That's cool. He would swim 25 meters and then stop. That's cool too. What was not cool, is that a few times he would push off the wall when I was about 5 meters from coming in to do my tumble turn....argh!! Aw well...not like that was my best workout of the season!!

battle of the sexes

The ancient battle has reared it's ugly head in our house. They say to not be competitive with your spouse...but what happens when you are both kinda competitive and then a little contest comes up? You know, like the time Shaun told me I would never, ever beat his high score on this computer game he plays...yeah, well I crushed it. And he hasn't been able to beat it since....just a wee brag there....

Or like the 100 push up challenge when my initial assessment was 8 and his was around 50...bugger...men just have more upper body strength...

All last week, my dear Shaun was talking about how he could run faster than me for a kilometer. And my response was "So what? Give me a challenge...let's go 15!!" So we had this one kilometer "race" all set up for Sunday...we even had a couple of friends rooked in to help time to be fair...but then I got sick and couldn't even think about getting off the couch let alone doing a hard run! Last night, he comes home super wired from work and says he wants to see how fast he can run 1km. I give him my Garmin and say "Go for it!!" It was funny because he sets out in his grey sweat pants and Sketcher shoes...SO NOT running shoes...and he wonders why his legs hurt today...

Anyway, off he goes, around the block and Matthew and I sit on the front step waiting. Here he comes around the corner, Matthew cheering, me not so much (cause I WAS a wee bit shocked he was back so soon)...and Gary Garmin tells me he did 1.01km in 4:00minutes!!

And then he puked on the driveway.

down...and out

So, after a pretty good run Saturday am...my weekend went to shit. I started feeling a bit "funny" mid-Saturday afternoon. I attributed the aching in my back and chest to my push-ups. My Grandma called around supper time and was in a panic because she needed her prescription filled...before 6:00...so off I go to pick her up and take her to the local pharmacy. We decide to have a bite to eat while we are out and I just could not get comfortable while waiting for supper...my chest kept seizing up and every time I moved my back would say "F-YOU!!" It was kind of funny as the two of us literally hobbled our way to the car after supper...she being 94 years old and me with a super sore back! When I finally got home, I found a hot bath and the couch and just could not sit, lie down, nothing was comfortable. Went to bed super early but tossed and turned and ached in my chest all friggin night!! Came up with all sorts of different sleeping positions to try to get comfortable but nothing worked. Weird. Spent the entire day, yesterday between the couch and bed. Wasn't a flu or a cold, just a weird tightening in my chest that literally would knock the wind out of me. This happened to me once before when I was pregnant and of course I would not take any painkillers then, but was popping them like candy yesterday!

Anyway, had a much better sleep last night. Still stiff and sore today but not anywhere near what I was feeling yesterday. As for training, me thinks I will be on a bit of a break for a few days...

early bird

My alarm did not go off today. And i was meeting a buddy for a run. I woke up, did the stare at the ceiling, thinking "what day is it? do I have to work today?" Turned over and looked at the clock...HOLY SHIT!!! Shot out of bed like I had a firecracker up my butt. Threw the gear on and raced to the Roastery....was on time but holy smokes close call! I pulled up as another guy was pulling up and we both got out of our cars at the same time, he says "Do you want to warm-up for a bit?" And I say "Sure! Let me in." Thinking he meant to come sit in his car for a second...but he actually meant RUN to warm up....oops!

But had a pretty good run. Was not my best effort and not my worst. My legs were still tired and we got left in the dust in about 45 seconds with the gang that shows up on Saturday mornings. Oh well. At least I am out there slugging it out!!

And my push-up update: I miss read the instructions so have not been doing the program really correctly this week...I know...big duh...but got on track today and my max was 10!! Only 90 to go.

friday, friday

This is something I would do (ignore the political stuff...):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwhMb3L81Uo
Was supposed to get on my bike today. But apparently that cheezy episode of Law and Order last night was WAY more important cause I sat up and watched it. To bed too late. However, sometimes I just need to turn my brain OFF and sit still for an hour or so and this does not happen until after kids are in bed, laundry is done, lunches packed, grocery list made, toys tidied up, to do list made for the next day, dishes done....I think you get my point. And I was super restless all night thinking, worrying, stressing about these crazed financial markets. wtf?
BUT....I did run yesterday. It was poopy run. My legs were heavy and I could not find "the groove". The workout was 30 minutes in my steady state heart rate and I was calling Gary Garmin an a-hole at about minute 19 to hurry up and get to 30!!
Probably a good thing I did not get on my bike today as I think I am going to head out for a run with tri-buddy Shannon tomorrow (...Boston qualifier, coached by Nick White, same coach as Craig Alexander...THAT tri-buddy...) Funny how she does all the talking when we run together...

a gooder...

e*i*g*h*t

I have been humbled.
I eeked and grunted out 8 pushups last night. Eight. Number 9 was on my knees and number 10 was only half way up. So I am starting with 8....only 92 to go!!!!

dude in the green speedo

Got in my Wednesday swim today. The dude that was in the PINK speedo last time showed up today in a GREEN speedo. And it was teensy bit see-through. Not that I was looking.
But.
I struck up a conversation with him as he looks like a character. Lots of tatoos, big silver hooped ear rings, the speedos. Super nice and friendly guy. We did part of the workout together, which went a little something like this:
500 easy swim; 200 kick;100 swim; 6x50 swim on 15-20 seconds rest; 10x100...I did these on 1:35 leaving on 1:45.
And.
I totally FORGOT to do my push-ups today...duh.
But.
The day is not yet over and I have nothing going on tonight so I will let y'all know how many I can come up with tomorrow!! A couple of the gals swimming today have also come up with an AB Challenge...holy, I could be, might be, better be, super ripped come spring....

tuesday bike workout

Yeah...I did it.
It was a close call though...up in plenty of time but I started laundry, did dishes, tidied up, put supper in the slow cooker...looked at the clock...holy!! Better get on that bike! Today was 4 sets of 8 minutes in my steady state heart rate with 4 minutes easy pedalling in between. And boy do I sweat for these, my hair and shirt are soaked when I am done. Tomorrow is a swim day with another one of Coach Justin's workouts. But I saw no planks...thank god.
And I signed up for...............the 100 push-up challenge!! Is this even possible? I think I can do 10 right now. Coach Justin keeps bugging me to do them as they help your arms and shoulders holding yourself up on the bike, and swinging your arms when you run.
I was actually considering trying this one:
"Twenty-One"
Complete the following for time:
• 20 push-ups/1 sit-up
• 19 push-ups/2 sit-ups
• 18 push-ups/3 sit-ups
• 17 push-ups/4 sit-ups
• 16 push-ups/5 sit-ups
• 15 push-ups/6 sit-ups
• 14 push-ups/7 sit-ups
•13 push-ups/8 sit-ups
• 12 push-ups/9 sit-ups
• 11 push-ups/10 sit-ups
• 10 push-ups/11 sit-ups
• 9 push-ups/12 sit-ups
• 8 push-ups/13 sit-ups
• 7 push-ups/14 sit-ups
• 6 push-ups/15 sit-ups
• 5 push-ups/16 sit-ups
• 4 push-ups/17 sit-ups
• 3 push-ups/18 sit-ups
• 2 push-ups/19 sit-ups
• 1 push-up/20 sit-ups
Buuuuuuut....really, I want to see my 38th birthday in a couple of months...

my back is killing me

Those damn planks yesterday at the pool have done a number on my body!! My back and abs are so sore...partly because of the work and partly because I was holding things in so tight as I was afraid I was going to fart....in a wet bathing suit....how uncool would that have been?

Today is a rest day. But I did not sleep last night as my back was killing me all night. Yak. On the go for the next few days trying to find my outfit for a few Christmas parties this season. I have been invited to one and the dress code is "Vintage". Our work party's theme is 1940's Hollywood Glamour. How fun is THIS going to be!! Value Village...here I come!!

Up tomorrow is another hard bike ride. I am cursing the day I told Coach Justin I wanted to get better on that bike...but can't wait for my next run as my dear tri-buddy Shannon brought me back a Carmichael Training Systems jacket direct from Tuscon!! I can run in style now. Do you think I will look like too much of a poser, wearing something like that? I mean it is super cool and super bright and the yellow totally matches my yellow cervelo...I just don't want to be the one wearing expensive workout gear that gets passed....if you know what I mean...so I think the jacket says "I am gettin buff so I can kick your a$$!!!" hahahahahaha!!!!

words...words...words

Words are interesting aren't they? Especially when you have kids and they are learning to talk and learning what words to use and when. My 2 year old calls his favorite stuffed cat "Titty". And we have all adopted that word for the cat's official name. My 5 year old says to me last night that he cannot sit down in the tub for his bath because his "bum is really tired". And then there was someone who was deliberately deceiptful, in recent months, obvious to me now pretending one thing and acting another who called their own actions "inconsistent." This one also made me laugh. They spell it "inconsistent", I spell it "asshole".
I get to swimming today and on the board for the main set is "Strongman 1500 meters". Whoopie!! I thought, timed 1500 meter swim! I like these kinds of things! So I swam the warm up thinking, strategizing, planning how I was going to keep up with the boys up in the top lane. But when we got down to it, it was THIS:
2 x 50 tombstone kick (take a kick board and hold it up in the water so half is out of the water and half under the water...now kick your sorry legs that did that wicked bike workout yesterday...)
4 x 25 meters (#1: dive fly #2: full stroke fly #3: head up free #4: sprint)
one minute plank (yeah...friggin PLANK on the pool deck for one minute!)
4 x 25 meters (same as above)
one minute wall sit (again with those tired legs, squat against the wall for 1 minute)
Do that ALL AGAIN 5 times...
ooooOOOOoooo fun times at the pool today!!

whew...

They can be so precious...

Super Saturday today. Up at 5:30am to get my bike workout in. 5 sets of 6 minutes at my steady state HR with 4 minutes easy pedalling. Was a good, good workout.

Got ready (nylons and business suit on a friggin Saturday...yak) and stopped into the Roastery for my weekly fix of Roastery coffee. Then downtown to the auditorium where the firm was hosting 300 clients for a seminar and lunch. Nothing like being "on" for several hours...and having to stand in front of these people and explain the markets this year...eek!!

Then home to change clothes (thank god) and out to fight the masses. Bought Mr. M a pair of skates. He has refused to take them off...I SO do NOT want to be a "hockey mom" but it is important to his father he learns to skate. Why, why, why do I go to the Superstore on a Saturday I will never know...but got the errands done and home to feed and water the family. There was a group of tri-buddies heading out tonight but I missed the e-mails and had no time to find a sitter, which is probably just as well, as I am beat tonight and am heading the the couch with a blanket, very shortly!

did y'all see it...?

A pro triathlete commented on my blog! Hoop Dee Do!!

Why? You are most likely asking yourself...cause I commented on hers.

Here is the story:

Before my trip out to cheer in Penticton in August, I was reading up on some of the people that were going to be there ie. the pros. I came across a gal, her name, Bree Wee. Her name just intrigued me!! It just sounded so fresh and cool and I read she was from Hawaii...Kona to be exact. So I started following her blog well before Penticton and she had her heart set on qualifying for Kona as a professional....as a professional...I know you are all aware of how freaky fast these people are!!! But it was not to be in Penticton (nor had it been in Japan). She had a horrible day in Penticton. And she missed it in Kentucky. By mere minutes, gang, MINUTES in an Ironman!! Her blog is pretty honest and she has had some super downer weeks but would pick herself up and soldier on.

It all came together for her in Florida just a few weeks ago...she got her spot in Kona for 2009!

The lesson: Without being too "cliche" sometimes we look at those that look like they have it so easy, and when we dig into their lives a little bit more, it hasn't been all that easy...they have had to fall on their face a few times, pick themselves up and move on.

Cheers to Bree!! You are Da Bomb!!

(some of us get wetsuits...some of us will take a nice little comment on their blog...ha ha ha!!!)

my looooong weekend

This is the e-mail I got Sunday after swimming...

Dear Kelly,

You need rest.

Lots of sleep and all of your chores can wait.

Sleep as much as you want for the next 3 days.

Love,

Your Body

I have done nothing but sleep, watch football, hang around, cuddle with my kids for the last 3 days. I did not even leave the house except to take Matthew to Taekwondo and Grandma out for supper last night...and I didn't even do my hair!! GAH!!! In fact my kids were driving me up the wall at one point and I tossed them outside, in their pj's with their boots and winter coats on...good parenting...no? I peeked out at one point and they had both lost their coats and were running around in the falling snow with just their pj's and boots on...and having a BLAST...boys.

I did get on my bike for 45 minutes last night in what Coach Justin calls a "recovery ride". Recovering from sitting on my arse all day!! But I finally felt like moving so onto the bike I went for a quick little 45 minute spin. A light week this week but looking forward to next week...yikes!

watch this....

Take 5 minutes and 48 seconds and watch this...

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hockeynightincanada/coachscorner/

boo Riders...

Rider Nation is grumpy today. Our team is out. I didn't watch the game but heard all about it today at swimming. eek.

But what does a wanna be triathlete like me do before swimming, cause I promised Coach Justin I would do ALL my bike workouts in November, and missed one last week because I thought my head was exploding, that's right, I jump on the yellow cervelo for about an hour! Good thing all we are really doing this time of year at swimming is drills, drills and still some more drills, because my legs were tired and I dragged them behind me the entire swim. But was a good swim, mostly because I managed to get the workout in AND visited with several people...shared the top lane with only one other fella, pool was super quiet today. We did my fave drill which is a distance per stroke drill. You breathe every 3 for a 50 and then every 5 for a 50 for a total of 400 meters. I like this one because it makes you stretch out your stroke and concentrate on your breathing. Breathe out nice and slow under the water, don't hold your breath, I have a habit of this. All in all we swam about 3000 meters, so that one as well as the bike ride are in the tank!

an okay run

Up early today to get my Saturday run in. This is what I did:

I ran and I ran and I ran and I ran and I ran somemore and then you know...I kept running, for about 55 minutes. All around the bridges. Listening to my iPod. About half way, at the Circle Drive bridge, I was starting to feel like NOT running. So I counted the bridges down....the train bridge, the 25th Street Bridge, the Broadway Bridge, the Victoria Bridge....I saw the Roastery and it was calling my name...so I did not make it to the freeway bridge.

Went into the Roastery and grabbed a coffee and came home. So, an okay run, was purposely late so I wouldn't be tempted to run with the boys that show up. They are just too fast and sometimes not that *interesting*...if you know what I mean...unless of course we are talking about triathlons which is ALL they usually talk about...just not much in common with any of them...I need to convince some medium speed, mom's who are trying to juggle careers, family and training to come out on Saturday mornings...if you are one of those people, let me know...so opted to run by myself and enjoy the sun coming up over the prairies.

the safe zone

I....was....exhausted....yesterday. So bad that I actually left work and went home for a nap....oops. NOT a great way to climb the corporate ladder....but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

Picked up my kids yesterday and they were in a mood. Holy Hell. I took them to the Extra Foods just by our house and we left with only butter...seriously...that was all I could handle of them!! I have read that kids will not listen to their parents because they know they are *safe* with them, as in mom and dad will love them, cuddle them, care for them, NO MATTER WHAT. I told myself this over and over and over again as they were running around the grocery store. I was so frustrated with them....then my 2 year old took off on me into the parking lot. Yeah. I am not a sprinter but I could have beat Usain Bolt yesterday in the mad 25 meter dash to catch that kid....and he got a walup on the ass in the middle of the Extra Foods parking lot in rush hour traffic...if you are reading this and do not agree with spanking a child...too f-ing BAD!!! A sore tooshie and bruised ego is better than a forehead into the bumper of a car. And my guess he will not do it again as I literally dragged him by one hand screaming to the car, stuffed him in and he lost ALL his privileges last night....his Wiggles DVDs, his army guys, his halloween treat after supper...he was bathed and in bed by 7:30!!! They are just small, they are not stupid. When my 5 year old was little like that, he pulled the same thing....only the car had to screach to a halt to not hit him...I was so scared I screamed...and he got a smack that day too and has never left my side in a parking lot since.

it's gonna blow!!!

My head, that is. I am foggy and my nose and head are full of nonsense today.

BUT I dragged my sorry arse out of bed for a pretty good swim today. I am leaving the drills for Sunday swims and taking on the workouts Coach Justin has sent me for Wednesdays. Today was a 500 easy warm-up, 200 easy kick, 100 easy swim. The main event was 20 x 50 meters. I started out doing them on 50 seconds but at number 6, could see that it was not going to go well very soon, so took a small break, re-grouped and did the remainder on 55 seconds. Then a warm-down. 2000 meters in the bank. There was 3 people in the pool today...I had lane to myself which was nice. Then the old dude in the bright pink (that is the exact color...) speedo showed up. He sat at the end of my lane and stretched on the pool deck....yeah, so just imagine what I was looking at when I came in for the last 4-5 50's....trying to see the pace clock around him...ewww.

That, my friends, is 5 workouts in 5 days. I need a break...tomorrow is a rest day and then 90 friggin minutes on my bike Friday....90 minutes...can my butt take it? And a run on Saturday morning.

four for four

As in 4 days in a row I have put body in the water, feet to the ground or butt to a bike seat. Today was a Carmichael classic...muscle tension drills. Let's all elevate our bikes 4-6 inches, in case you were thinking of measuring, it is the Saskatoon phone book and our copy of Children's Bedtime Stories, try to get on gracefully, do a warm up, and then 4 sets of 8 minutes in a big gear with 4 minutes easy pedalling in between. The idea: cadence is to be slow (50-60), heart rate low (130-135) and practice, practice, practice that pedal stroke. All the way around. Using muscles that I apparently did not use all summer on the bike. I am really paying attention this time around.

Tomorrow is some more time in the pool. I have a Coach Justin workout I am going to do. The local club is great, but we do all these drills and don't really get told if we are doing them properly so I asked for some swim workouts for Wednesday mornings. Practice does not make perfect....Perfect practice makes perfect. Looking at it for tomorrow, I have one word....ouch.

monday run

I.

Have a Goal.

To do all my workouts this week.

Last week was a lost effort. I wasn't feeling all that hot and was so busy, every morning I opted for sleep over working out. Coach Justin sent me a goal setting worksheet and I spent a good chunk of time on it this weekend. Raring to get at some of these now!!

So...up and at it early today as I had an 8:00am meeting. Ran 55 minutes with 2 times 15 minutes in my steady state heart rate. Gary Garmin says my pace during those 15 minute intervals were not too bad...however the second one felt a little rough. And 15 minutes is super friggin loooong to run at that pace/HR!! I was desperately looking at Gary around minutes 13 and 14 and egging him on to hurry up and get to number 15. I am not going to get obsessesed with my pace, I just think it is so interesting that only one year ago, running at that pace would have a) killed me b) put my heart rate over 200 c) killed me.

The best thing on today's run was that I spit a big loogie on the lawn of a friend's ex-husband!! I promised her I would....so every morning I am going to save the big ones for that house...

giggly school girls

Have you ever had something happen to you as an adult, or you run into someone you have not seen in many, many years and it takes you back to when you were a kid? You know...no real responsibilities and all fun? As I have posted before, my new/old swim friend Tammy is swimming Sunday mornings with me. We are always having a giggle or two about this and that in the middle of swim practice.

A new guy shows up at swimming today and whoa...it was as if I was standing on that very same pool deck 20 years ago...I had not seen him in about that long and if the truth be known, me and every other girl on the swim team had a HUGE crush on him!! HUGE. Smoldering eyes, cute smile, drop dead body...you know the type. Anyway, Tammy shows up late and when I get a chance, I say "Tammers...guess who showed up today?" I whisper his name (I am not kidding, if anyone had of been watching us, we were like two silly school girls today...) and she says "Shut UP!!" She was not wearing her contact lenses so I was trying discreetly to point him out to her...and she was discreetly trying to squint and have a look at him...anyway, we friggin giggled and remembered the good ole days when we would oogle over him back in the day!!! It was SO funny and I seriously felt like I was about 13 years old, again this morning.

Needless to say, the workout was okay but not all that tough. My calves are super sore today from all the drills we did yesterday at the run clinic. They kept tightening up the entire swim workout! Good thing the swim comes before the run in a triathlon....

uncoordinated...my middle name

I ended up signing up for the run clinic today. My tri-buddy Shannon and I met at 6:00am and got a pretty darn decent run in beforehand as the clinic started at 7.

It's official....I have no coordination and no balance.

The majority of the time was doing drills...eek!! I learned quite a bit about proper running technique and the drills totally made sense as to why we were doing them, but it took me many trys to get them right!! If I had of been in the water, let's just say I would have been choking and drinking the pool today. The last thing we did was run around the track twice and she video taped us. I could not stick around to watch it on the television but she told me that I run quite flat footed. I figured this already, so I am going to try to work on running more on the balls of my feet. I enjoy running but have never really been "a runner" so lots of info to mull over. And I find it so interesting the different styles of running....people who are "fast" do not look that fast...I felt fast on the track, but know I am not really all that fast!!!

And I bought a new pair of runners yesterday...finally...I think that part of the issue with my leg has been worn out runners. So I marched into the Running Room yesterday and dropped the money and they felt awesome today, and my leg was not sore one bit. Next up is a swim tomorrow.