the problem...

...with a recovery week is it gives me time to think. I am not blurrily going through workouts and trying to fit everything in and organize my family's life so I can do my workouts. Recovery week is more about just keeping up the schedule but nothing intense. Just easy spinning and steady running. Today was my Wednedsday swim. Not much to report from there...main set was 5 x 400 meters...75% effort; easy; 80% effort; easy; 100% all out. I hung on to JR's feet for that last one like I had a foot fettish! Lost him on the last 100 but holy smokes he was cruising!!

Had a very long talk with Coach Justin yesterday. I had to be honest with him that I wasn't feeling like I was working all that hard. I can't explain it any better than that. I do my intervals in my HR zones and plug along but it just isn't as hard as it was, say, a year ago. He says this is great news!! I am a bit sceptical and keep asking for more.

Well then, Coach Justin says, now we are going to work on pacing. Oh Goody!! A new challenge!! So tomorrow I have some one minute intervals to do and I am to see how fast I can run for one minute...six times...he thinks I can do them down around 5:00 min/km pace...we shall see and I will report back here tomorrow!! And then on Saturday I have a 90 minute run of which 3 x 10 min are to be in my goal pace for the half marathon...focus for a change on pace and not HR...my A. goal for the half, by the way is to be down around 1:50....that would be super cool!!

In other tidbits...I have the go ahead to do the Duathlon in a few weeks. This should be FUN!! Have never done a duathlon before. Run 3km/bike 20km/Run again for 3km.

Matthew starts his skating lessons again tonight. He LOVES skating...so we will continue to take him until he says otherwise. I have to figure out how to post a video because it is gosh darn cute!!!

For Amy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N7vxuAZsUA

Could you imagine...???!!!!

funny & TRUE!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoGYx35ypus

the wall. I hit it.

After over three weeks of pretty intense workouts, lots and lots of intervals on my bike and in my runs, I hit the wall at swimming today. I know the exact moment. We were doing a set of 4 x 100s; 10secs faster than your race pace, with about one minute in between. The first one was at 1:17ish...the second on 1:20ish...the third on 120ish..the fourth, and I was digging and scraping and my arms and my legs were on fire, and it was around 1:30ish...ooops!!! The last 50 meters of that last 100, I thought "this is the wall!! I am there!! Yippee!!" But still had 50 meters to swim. Did a bit of a warm down, chatted with many people on deck about all sorts of stuff...lots of races coming up and I seem to have gotten myself involved in all of them. I am in charge of the medals, fundraising, race bags for the Kids of Steel triathlon in June....I am helping work on the fundraiser for the Children's Discovery Museum 5km walk/run...I was the co-race director for the local duathlon a few years ago and it was cancelled last year, so I have offered my help to the new director...my buddy Tammy was at the pool today and she runs the Y-Not-Tri it program for ladies only...120 participants have signed up!! Isn't that cool!! So we were sharing ideas and strategies and just brainstorming about race organization stuff. I love organizing...everything...to a fault...

Check this out:

http://www.philridesacrossamerica.com/

wipe out!!!!

Yep. Was a gooder. Just as I was thinking, wow, the paths are in pretty good shape! And I was being all smug thinking...look at me! I have not seen any runners out today!! I am a friggin ROCKSTAR!!!

WHAM!! I am down on the ground looking up at the blue sky. No damage, just my ego, and my first thought was "If I have ripped my new running tights, I will be seriously pissed." And I have tried to take Darren DeReuck's advice and only look a few meters ahead of myself. He said to try not to look to far ahead, especially if you are running up a hill, and I took my eyes off the path for one second to glance across the river and whoa...down and out.

Even with a good wipe out, the run was pretty darn good. The sun was coming up, it was a beautiful morning, had the paths all to myself. 3 times 10 minutes again in my steady state HR the entire run was about an hour and 5 minutes. Treated to myself to a Roastery coffee afterwards. A good start to a Saturday!!

2...to...go...

So I opened my big mouth to Coach Justin this week and said "I want more!! Is that all you got!! I can handle MORE!!!" This week was supposed to be a recovery week but we chatted, he asked me 1 million questions about stuff, and re-arranged my schedule.

Yesterday was a hard run...3 times 10 minutes in my steady state HR...run for an hour. It almost didn't get done. Just busy with the day etc and hubby was supposed to play hockey but it got cancelled so I threw my gear on and headed out the door after supper. I had not got my ass out of bed in the am to do the run cause I watched the movie "Twilight" too late...and by the way, what? was that movie? I have not read the book, but the movie was not great...lots and lots of holes in the plot that I did not really get but I guess if I read the book, it might all make sense...? And that girl actor annoyed me...he is in love with you, you should be smiling (mind you he's a vampire...) but all this teenage angst is making me ill....

Anyway, back to the run...was a really nice night, the sun was going down, the footing was crappy but could still get on some decent stretches of road and got the intervals in. Yey!

Today was yet another 90 minute bike ride. Done. 5 sets of 10 minutes again, in my steady state HR. I did 6 sets cause if I just spin on that bike it is a bit of lalalalalalalalalaaaaa....looking around the house and coming up with all sorts of "projects". I have to keep my self entertained.

Next up is a run tomorrow similar to what I did yesterday and then my Sunday swim. THEN a recovery week...and he says I have to do it no matter what...

Things my kids have said

"Mom, if we go in a spaceship, I bet we can land in God's front yard." - Matthew, age 6.

"I need a MEDIC!!" - Luke, age 2.75, after banging his knee. How he knows the word "medic" I have no idea.

"Mom, I think you pee out of your bum because you don't have a penis." - Matthew

"I think you can win that triathlon this year, Mom." - Matthew

We were out somewhere and ran into people we have not seen in a long time. I am introducing my kids as "This is Matthew, he is our quiet, sensitive one and this is Luke, he is our funny one."
Luke pipes up and says "MOM!!! I am NOT F*CKING!!!"

"That's berskusting." - Luke's word for disgusting.

We were having supper the other night and I said "Because of the recession we have to give one of you away....who should we give away?" Matthew says "We should give Luke away but make sure we keep all his toys."

"Mom, if I swallow bubble gum, does this mean I can fart bubbles??" - Matthew

wed swim

Got to swimming today.

Had to drrrraaaag my sorry butt outta bed, into the cold, warm up the vehicle, sit there with that half asleep stare while it warmed up, make my way through the snow and ice and darkness to the pool. Spring? Oh Spring??!! Where art tho?

Was kind of a long steady swim with no real thinking involved so I came up with the following nicknames for the guys I swim with:

Mr. Intense....is a well-known surgeon in town. Does nothing half way. Not even warm-up. I think he has said about 8 words to me (in total) in all the years we have swam together.

Mr. Money....is a very successful stockbroker, his wife is a dentist...need I say more. Have known him my entire life as we swam together as kids. One of the most down to earth people...ever!!

Mr. I-will-swim-up-your-ass...this is one of those guys who never, ever lets me go ahead of him unless I ask or tell him I am going ahead of him. He doesn't ever seem to get the cue that when I am up his butt, he needs to let me go by.

Mr. Too Nice...just started into triathlon a year or so ago, about the same time I did. He is fun and chatty and works very hard. We often hang at the back of the lane and giggle and make funny comments about all sorts of stuff.

Mr. Vent...always has something to squawk about. Ripped me one time over the stock markets...not even a client!...was on the verge of being mean...I know he was just venting, but really...

Mr. Hot Stuff...So fit and nice to look at. tee hee!!!!

Mr. Hot Stuff 2...just one of those guys who is fit and muscular and looks good in a bathing suit...

Mr. Sweaty Stuff...I know how much this guy sweats as been out for runs and bike rides with him...I just can't help to think what is coming out of his body into the pool...ewwwwy.

Mr. Grumpy Pants...used to be friends. He told me crap, I called him on it, he sent me an e-mail that effectively ended the friendship. Whatever. Love beating him in the pool!!!

Mr. Banter...I enjoy our trash talk...he has been around the sport forever and is super encouraging and supportive and has done every single race everywhere...I am pretty sure of it.

And that's it! My weather stalking tells me the nicer stuff is on its way....have a run to do tomorrow so into the darkness and snow I go...bleh.

scrabble champ and other stuff

I beat my husband at Scrabble last night! It was close and I beat him by one measly point...my winning word was "JOA". What the H is that? We have an xBox and play online so the computer tells you what letters work etc so there is no bickering about what is a word and what is not. But I have never even heard of the word "joa"...? Help? I have an avitar and everything...but you should see her, Shaun was setting me up and asked what I wanted and I lamely said "Just do whatever". My avitar looks like a librarian that works at Hooters part-time...my online name is "Trigrrrrl" Get it? Dorky!!

Anyhoooo...nothing else is really new. I am getting really cagey with this weather. Really restless. In my past lives, this has only brought bad news. So I am just trying to be patient and wait it out and keep myself busy. I just e-mailed my bros in Calgary. I want to head out there for a few days to visit with him and my sista. If you have been following along, my sista has MS and has had a very bad spell over the past month...couldn't walk, has lost the feeling in her right hand, a hospital stay blah, blah. Been a tough go. She is terrified. I am pulling for her and I feel she needs some family support so off I go to Calgary. And I am going to sneak my gear in the back of my truck...

Was suppposed to be a recovery week this week. I e-mailed Coach Justin on Sunday that I was concerned I was not doing "enough". As in it was supposed to be a big week of training, at the end of a three week block, and I was tired but not exhausted as I had been at the end of other blocks like that. He assured me that this was actually very good news! It means I am getting fitter. It is taking me longer to reach that point of I just can't do it anymore. I was worried I was not doing the workouts properly or something but he insisted that it is progress and it is hard to tell when we don't have many races/events to gauge things.

Speaking of races and events...a small change of plans...I have agreed to be on a team for the Frank Dunn Tri in August. I am swimming (of course) my tri-buddy Shannon is running and a new gal I have just recently met briefly is biking. I felt a HUGE weight lift when I fired the e-mail back to Shannon...this race is 1500m swim/62km bike/13km run...ONE WEEK after my half ironman...too much for me, I have concluded, at the end of summer. I now get to swim, go for breakfast, have a coffee, hang out, take my kids to the park, enjoy the day!! My pledge to the team is to swim straight this year....

out for a walk

The Broadway steps.

Climbing up...

Sliding down...in his jeans...niiiice...

King of the Mountain.

A look at the trails in Toon Town...not very nice yet, but found some on the other side of the river that were really good.

Downtown Saskatoon.

me...body...tired

Took those couple of days off work to get lots of jobs done. The kitchen is looking very, very nice!! I am super impressed with myself...hee hee!!

Had a hard run to do Friday and it was a pretty nice day, kind of cloudy but much warmer than I have ran in for a long time so did not want to waste ANY nice weather! Drove down to the freeway bridge and started from there...legs felt tired and heavy for the first little bit but once I go warmed up, holy cow....I was flyin!! What a run!! There were several places that the snow had completely melted and I was running on...wait for it...can you believe it...pavement!! What a difference not having to worry about your footing and constantly looking down...Coach Justin once said that running in snow is hard mentally cause you are constantly thinking about your footing. Alot of energy is used just thinking about where to put your foot every single step. Can't say I have ever thought about it that much but I do have to say that those few miles on Friday running on the pavement and how good I felt....Can't WAIT for my May half marathon!!!

Was supposed to to a 90 minute bike ride yesterday but just could not get to it. Did not sleep worth a damn Friday night and Luke is now up at the crack of dawn with the sun...argh! Yeah...about 6:30am, he is up and ready for the day. Last night I tacked the heaviest, darkest blankets I could find on his windows as he needs his sleep, and is done with his naps, and is a little whiney bear later in the day without his sleep!! Last night he slept right to 8:00am...I have outsmarted my 2.5 year old.

I wanted to get that bike ride in so the only option was to get my butt outta bed today and do it before swimming. Happy to report...okay, only 80 minutes...but it is still done...and all the intervals so good for me!! Off to swimming I go all sweaty and gross hair and I had forgotten to take my suit out of my bag from my Wed swim....all together now...EWWWWW!!! An icky sight was I at swimming today!

But the swim itself was a very good one. Not many meters, but did some race pace stuff and I swam with the fast boys today and kept on their feet. Was going to move down a lane, because I was barely keeping up in the warm-up, but the swim coach made some comment about "take off your skirt" to one of the guys as we were starting the main set and for some reason, this totally pissed me off!!! Was he implying that girls cannot be fast? Was he saying that only boys are tuff? What was he implying with that comment? It. Pissed. Me. OFF!!! (I know this is just guy-talk that goes on...and I work with all men, and live with all men, I totally get the guy-talk...but it sometimes still just annoys me...)

Made my way up the lane (one of the fellows even left the swim as it was too hard...) and ended up having a super good workout...kachow!!

gettin it done...

I swear, spring is on its way. I know this because the DQ on 8th Street has opened for the season! It's this little DQ drive up that is on a prime piece of real estate on a main drag here in Toon Town, the owner is about 85 years old, has refused to give in to any offers to buy the land. She even works at the counter serving up ice cream all summer.

On a spring note, I have taken today and tomorrow off work to get some personal stuff done. Not like I don't get alot of personal stuff done WHILE at work (shhhhh!!), but it is hard to paint the kitchen, clean out my closets, organize our shit, put stuff on Kijiji while I am in my office downtown. I am half done painting the kitchen...believe me, this is a job well overdue! I guess I could have hired someone but isn't there something about tackling a job like that on your own? A sense of accomplishment and power when I am replacing the track lighting by myself? My dad was a handy guy and taught me lots of this stuff...it is easy and I don't mind it when I have the time...I replaced all the bedroom light fixtures last weekend. I found some on Kijiji and they look great and update the rooms just a bit for cheap. Hoop Dee Do!!

On a training note...swam yesterday. Was a really good swim. 7x 200meters decrease the time, increase the HR. Got down to 2:50...was long course too!! Up next is a hard run tomorrow and ANOTHER 90 minute bike ride on Saturday!!! That would be TWO in one week, in case anyone was counting other than me.

he's only in kindergarten...

...and this is his latest artwork! I thought it was so great so I framed it to hang on the wall.

i did it...

Yep. A total mental break through this morning.
90 minutes on my bike.
Some reading this are raising their eyebrows in a collective "So?" Well, this is ALOT of minutes (at one time) for me...on my bike. At this time of year. The workout was 5 times 10 minutes in my steady state HR. It was hard mentally to keep the ole heart working up there but it is DONE!

Tri-clinic with Simon Lessing & Darren DeReuck

First things first...Matthew got his red striped belt today at TKD!! Yey!!
What to say about the clinic...was some good parts and some weird parts...I think the weird parts just come from a different coaching style than I am not used to. These guys know their stuff. I mean, really know their stuff!! They live, breathe triathlons and it is their passion. It is not so much my passion as just a way to stay fit and active and relieve stress...so some of the stuff was kinda over my head but was good to listen to it. At work we try to operate the firm around the "Hedge Hog Principal". In order to have a happy work life you have to be world class at what you do, you have to be passionate about what you do and there must be an economic driver....Simon and Darren have found their hedge hog. No doubt.

The swim workout - we started out at the pool. I parked at the field house an walked the 6 minutes to the pool. I was expecting a bit of an introduction or "Hi..this is what we are going to do and why"...but no..no..no...Simon comes on the deck and says where the fast lanes are, where the slow lanes are, get in, we are starting with a 200 meter swim. Okay. In we go and he had said about 6 times to leave 5 seconds apart and don't swim on top of each other. I knew that would be interesting as this group loves each other's feet. Our lane was all wrong in its order from the get go and Simon got on us...like, really got on us..about leaving 5 secs apart. I was shaking my head at one point...more to myself thinking that I wish a few of these guys would not be so friggin macho and just let the faster swimmers by (as in me) and Simon says "Are you shaking your head AT ME!!??" Oops. So I say "No the order of the lane is not right." And he says "Well, get it right." Already then. I led the next set.

We did some head up freestyle which I am okay at, not great, and he told me my kick was "ridiculous". Ha Ha!! Which it was as my legs were tired from the bike ride yesterday...but too bad I will never live it down from CoryF.

The "lecture sessions" - Were fantastic. I loved listening to them talk about stuff from hill training and interval training and just all things triathlon. Like what the science is behind this and that and hearing their stories. That was super cool. Like I mentioned, some of it was way over my head...like when they were explaining why we should be getting our blood tested for iron levels...and one of the gals sort of had her own agenda with questions etc...but overall I enjoyed it.

The run session - This was a good session, different than what I expected but I liked it. I thought we would get some one on one time but we did a warm up, some drills, some stretching and then we ran 6x800 meters at our 10km pace. This was a good workout! I love pacing stuff so Darren told us what to do every 800 and we just did it...they divided us into 4 groups with all different paces...and he was really supportive and encouraging and excited when we were on our pace. He was calling out our 200 meter splits as we came around the track and would yell all sorts of good stuff at us. I kinda felt like a really good runner!!! Lessing scared the crap out of me as during the warm up I was jogging along, chatting, of course, and then somebody ran right up behind me and was stomping their feet, like, RIGHT behind me! It was funny but my HR went way up and I jumped about 3 feet in the air!! Nothing like getting warmed up really, really fast.

The bike session - I would rather not talk about the bike session but I guess you have to take the good with the bad. We get our bikes all set up and jump on. 5 mins of easy pedalling and then Lessing says "Okay, everyone in the big gear!" No problem...okay, maybe a wee bit of a problem. I get into the big gear and my legs have nothing...I mean nothing...I could hardly pedal...and he is telling us to keep the cadence at 90. WTF??! And I am looking at the workout thinking I should probably just leave, cause this could get embarrassing. We start the interval set and he is telling us to keep moving up in gears...there is no way...I am dead...I sign and lip synch to Jenn.."R U in the big gear??" She signs back with a shrug "Yeah??!" Shit. Lessing comes over and looks at me and looks at my bike and says (WAY too loudly...) "If you are finding this to HARD, just go down into the small ring." Shit Shit. I think he may of even patted my shoulder. Then I start to get super discouraged and super pouty. I give myself 15 more minutes...then I am leaving. I do another set of the intervals in the small ring and I am seriously pissed...everyone else is in the big ring...what the hell!!! So I jump off my bike and think there must be something wrong...sure enough my trainer was ON THE HIGHEST RESISTANCE POSSIBLE!!!! Faaaaaaaaak!!!!
Back onto the bike I go and do two more of the sets...in the big f-ing ring...and I still skip out on the last two cause seriously, my head was just NOT into this workout!!!
Here are some pics from the day:

Charlie Browne, Jenna and fast runner Lindsey...holy crap that girl can RUN!!!

CoryF and me...in my new top I bought for the day..LOVE the color!! And it is obvious from this picture I desperately need a haircut.
The Superstar.

I was trying to get a shot of the group at the track but Lessing purposely walked in front of my camera and made a face into it!! I JUST missed it...but got this one.

Me, my white pasty legs, and "The Man" Jenna is in the background having a serious talk with Darren. These two were fun...they were serious when they felt they had to be and once they had the group figured out as in, who they could kid around with etc. they were a hoot!!

friday...friday

Did you know that in astrology, Friday is connected with the planet Venus. This associates Friday with love, peace, and relaxation.

Or in laymen terms BRING ON THE WEEKEND!!!!!!

Big day tomorrow. Simon Lessing is in town. I am trying to go over in my head what I need to take with me...it dawned on me that I have to swim, bike AND run on the same day...oh my gosh, the gear I have to think about!! And of course, can't forget my charming smile...hahahaha!!!

This? Is what I struggle with. Matthew had his latest stripe test on Wednesday at TKD, he passed and now has been invited to his next belt test...on Saturday...THIS Saturday. The very same day I am at my tri-clinic. The thing is, I don't feel bad that I am going to miss his belt test but I do feel bad that I don't feel bad...why is this? Its confusing. I e-mailed a buddy yesterday with my concerns and she and I have the same philosophy about parenting...when mamma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy...and she sends a message back...remember the labor pains and my decision to do something for myself and not feel bad about it is a no-brainer! Ha Ha!!

I did my bike workout today like a good little wanna be triathlete. It was a tough one...a bunch of intervals and I did a few extras because I was up WAY early and had the time and was feeling good...I had put some new tunes on the iPod and was bouncing along to them all morning. Gary Garmin went dead about 10 minutes into the ride so I had to hunt for my trusted old Timex and add the times in my head for the remainder of the workout. Working, sweating AND thinking is almost too much for me at 5:30 in the am....

at my limit

With this cold weather.

Seriously. Not feelin the love from Mother Nature...and nobody comment on trying to find the beauty in winter because I really don't care. Done. I am done with winter. Good bye! See you next November! Weather man says one more day...the cold has made me grumpy. And I need to put my children outside for a bit, as they are driving me insane when we are indoors every single evening. I can only do puzzles and games and sit on the couch and read so much!! We need to go for a WALK! Or a BIKE RIDE...or to an OUTDOOR POOL...or a PLAYGROUND...or to the CABIN!!!!

Whew.

Now that's off my chest, I did a bike ride last night...on my trainer...cause it's still WINTER...I did manage to drag my frozen self to the pool this morning. Getting the training in so that's good. A rest day tomorrow and then a hard bike ride on Friday as Coach Justin wants two hard days in a row. As in Friday and Saturday. Saturday is the Lesssing clinic and I was kinda hoping to socialize a bit...you know, catch up with some people I rarely see...but the instructions are to work very hard at the clinic. Dang.

who's the 5km rockstar...?

I'm the 5km rockstar!!!

Never say we ain't tough here in Saskatchewan...minus 27; minus 37 with the wind...and I ran my monthly 5km race tonight...me and about 15 other crazy people!!

I have this thing about these runs that I want to do all 12 in the year. No matter what. And all I could hear in my head driving home from work and listening to the radio announcer go on and on about how cold it is, was my dad's voice "You not tough enough?"

The run felt pretty darn good. It was cold but my legs just wanted to go..go..go...did no warm-up, got out of the car, walked up to the start line and GO! We had chip timing tonight! The big leagues, kids, these are the big leagues...but right after the half way mark, my chest was feeling like it was seizing up on me. Almost like the air could not get warm before it hit my lungs. And i could not get enough oxygen in. Was really weird. Slowed down a bunch to try to get a steady breathing rythym and lost the gal I was running with, crappy. Then things started to feel better about the 3.5km mark and I felt like I was on air! Really cold frigid air but you know those runs...something (or someone) is pushing you from behind...you're floating...that was me tonight!

All in all did my 3rd 5km race in 26:38...the fastest one yet!!

awwww...the weekend...

Had lots on the go this weeked cause next Saturday I have a date with Simon Lessing!! Okay, not a date, but a tri-camp with him and some of the local triathletes. All I can say is THANK GOD Jenna and Chuck will be there, because if I had to be all alone with all the hard cores....not sure how I would fare. And my tri-buddy Shannon will be there so we can chat about all our "team mates" with CTS!! Ha Ha!!! But me thinks there won't be much "chatting" happening. I am actually anxious about how I am going to get my hair blow dried and half-assed done in between the swim and the talk...then we run, then we bike...so maybe a hat?

Anyway, I opted to sleep on Friday as I was supposed to run but it was too damn cold to run. And I did not even feel like getting my butt to a treadmill. Lazy. I did my bike ride yesterday and even did a few minutes extra. Was an interesting ride as I was trying to parent while doing intervals...you know, telling my kids not to fight, give that back, put that down, don't hit him, if I have to get off this bike...blah, blah, blah....

Made it to swimming today. Was a good workout. Everyone was there. All the fast guys were there which meant there were 7 big strong swimmers in our lane and then lil ole me...so I am not so little, but you know what I mean!! So I moved down and swam with the lane 7 boys. Was a hard fricken workout...12 x 200 meters. Holy!! Have not done that in awhile. Feeling it today. I had taken the offspring swimming on Saturday, spent 3 hours in the public, hot, peed in pool...but the boys did not care! See pics below.

Next up is my monthly 5km race tomorrow! I am SO breaking my record from last month. I just wish Mother Nature was on the team as it is supposed to be c-c-c-cold.

my boring life

Sleep, workout, get family ready for the day, get to work, get hassled by clients, go home, get ready for kid's activities, come back home, eat somewhere in there, bathtime, playtime, bedtime. So predictable it is CRAZY!!! How I long for the days when I just did whatever the heck I felt like and had NO responsibilities....take off on my motorcycle for weeks at a time (before cell phones and drove my mother insane!) take off on an adventure somewhere...like the time my girlfriend and i just flew to SanFran on a total whim..no place to stay, did not know anyone, so went to a bar (with our luggage!!) partied ALL night and found lodging the next morning...jeepers.

Sometime between then and now, I grew up!! Sigh.

On THAT note....got my swim in yesterday morning. Not much of a swim. But lots of stroke advice...which is great but I kinda wanted to just swim. When I get tired or I am daydreaming, I tend to shorten my stroke quite a bit. Swim coach Mike said to stop daydreaming!! He actually SAID that!! To think about what I am doing!! I really like swim coach Mike but I felt like I was 12 again....

Both boys are registered for soccer. Luke is so very excited. He tends to get dragged around to Matthew's activties and now he gets to do his own thing. Grandma bought them Webkins. I don't know what to think about Webkins. They are stuffed toys that come with a code that you plunk into the website and you care for the Webkin online. You play games and earn points to buy stuff for your Webkin...I think the whole thing is kind of goofy, and I certainly DO NOT want them spending too much time on the computer...but apparently all the kids have these things and Matthew asked my mom why he does not have one so of course Grandma went out the very next day and got him one....niiiiice. These are kids that do not watch tv, they do play video games but very, very limited, they would rather be outside. We walked down to the school the other night to play on the playground and I had to physically extract them both when it was time to go!! Was a complete gong show...so me thinks the webkin will not do well in our house!!

we made CNN!!!!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/04/saskatchewan.economy/index.html

speaking of peanuts...

www.ilovepeanutbutter.com - is the company that made my dark chocolate dream.

I got the very first phone call from the school last week. Oh yeah! One of my busiest days of the year at work, all pistons firing, the kindergarten teacher calls to tell me Matthew has threatened one of the little girls in his class with peanuts...she is deathly allergic. A death threat? So he lost lots of stuff at home and he was not allowed to stay for lunch this week. He likes to stay for lunch then he has extra time on the playground...rather than wasting that precious time walking to and from daycare for lunch! He was not happy. Oh well.

In training news, I am 3 for 3. Yep. A swim on Sunday. Moved down a lane and swam with the fun guys, and not the fast guys. Just was not really into it so thought I would get into it if I had a few laughs with CoryF and Stephan. Sure enough my mood changed and turned out to be a really good workout. A bike ride last night. Had an early meeting so did not have time to do the workout in the morning, so I let my kids play their video games (gah!!) and I biked for 45 minutes...hey, judge me but you do what ya gotta do.

And then a run this morning. Was a very good run. I love running. I love running in the mornings. The sun was just peeking over the horizon when I was coming home and I LOVED IT!!!

Can't decide about the Simon Lessing clinic. What should I do? The organizer has offered me a one day deal...rather than go for two days I can choose either day to attend (Thank-you!!!). That is ALOT of working out for one day!! And I just cannot commit time wise to two days and would be totally bagged for the rest of the week if I had to do ALL those workouts! Let's do my half ironman...in March!!! Jenna, CoryF and Chuck will be there so I can count on a good ab workout from laughing...

In other news...I still have the bike. Yes. My found mountain bike that the lost and found people were supposed to come and get and I have called them twice and they keep telling me they are coming. I am calling them one more time and if it is not gone by the end of the week, Kelly has a brand new mountain bike!!!

the perfect food

I have found it.
It it is at Dad's Organic Food market (or whatever that place is called on 8th street beside the xxx video store...)
It's called "Dark Chocolate Dreams" Truly! I found it at the food store and NOT the dirty video store!
It is...are you ready?
It's peanut butter mixed with dark chocolate!
OMG!!! Can you BELIEVE IT!!!
And it's all natural...no preservatives, it's gluten free, it has no trans fats etc. etc.
I have eaten half the jar.