Just another manic Monday

Had a crazy busy weekend...went to the Home Depot yesterday and took my 5 year old. At the check-out, he was watching the guy scan the stuff for the people in front of us. He pipes up and says "Mom, I want to buy my hand!!" I say "What?"
"I want to buy my hand. That's a good idea, right Mom? Let's put a sticker on it and see how much it costs"
I say, "Well, I really don't want to have to pay for it as it is coming with us no matter what."
Matthew: "But Mom, it would be fun to buy my hand! How much do you think it would cost?"
Mom: "Honey, it is priceless...there is no price for your hand."
Matthew: "Mom, let's find a sticker and see what it costs."
Mom, getting a bit impatient as I sometimes do not understand the logic of a 5 year old: "Sweetie, if we buy it and it does not work out, then we have to cut it off to return it to get our money back."
Silence.

Anyway, rest day today. Hard bike ride tomorrow....keep you posted!!

Jenn is going to KILL me!!

Here we are!! I am bottom row 4th from the right...make fun of the glasses and I will come to your house and smack you!! Jenn is second from the left, bottom row.

A few years later...Jenn, third in from the left middle row...I am second in from the right, middle row. Howdya like the cowlick!! But lost the glasses....

Hellish swim

Sunday morning = Sunday swim. Our swim coach on Sundays is a tricky guy as the last few weeks he puts the warm up on the board and then about 3/4 of the way through he puts up the main set. So starting the warm-up, we really don't know what we are up against. Today was 8 x 100 on your race pace minus 3 seconds, with 10 seconds rest. Let's spell it together...p*o*s*i*t*i*v*e*f*a*i*l*u*r*e. My race pace is around 1:30 so I was to come in on 1:27, take 10 seconds rest and go again. Do that 8 times!! Then do a 100 easy, a minute rest and DO IT AGAIN!! Well, I held on for all of the first 8 but by number 6, 7 and 8 of the second go, the wheels had come off. The boys in lane 8 dropped me and I basically just finished the swim. But pleased with this as my body was tired after that bike and run yesterday. Next up is a rest day tomorrow and yet another tough bike ride on Tuesday.

Minus 10 is great for...

Snowmobiling, ice fishing, snow shoeing, cross country skiing, a run, a walk...but NOT for biking on your tri-bike!! Called my cycling training partner this morning and said..nope, sorry, call me a coward but I like my fingers and toes and do not want to freeze them today!! He agreed. So onto the trainer I go. The workout was a warm-up and then 4 times 8 minutes at a steady state HR, then 4 minutes easy pedalling. JP had asked for the first 3 in that steady state HR and then the 4th one as hard as I could go. He does not think my HR zones are correct as they compare way off target to my running HR zones. A bit of a field test today to see what's what. I actually did 4 at the SS HR and then the fifth was the killer. Then the instructions were get on the run as quickly as possible after a bit of easy spinning. The run was 5 minutes of easy, find your legs running and then a tempo run (HR 160-166). Holy CRAP!! That nearly f-ing killed me!! I got up to 160 quite easily but staying there was a chore!! Garmin tells me for that 15 minutes of torture, the average HR was 161!! Had to take a serious walk break after this. Then ran out the rest of the 45 minutes. And it was c-c-cold. My hair was all sweaty and the bits that were not under my hat froze!! C'mon weather!! A little cooperation, please!!

duh

Got a call yesterday from a good friend that another girlfriend has landed her dream job. This sounded like a great reason to celebrate!! Went for supper at a hot spot in downtown toon town. These are life long friends and I could not let them down...I cracked...was out WAY too late and drank WAY too much and my brain is foggy today. But had loads of fun. Looking forward, have a hard bike ride tomorrow. The temp here is forcast at plus 3. What to do? What to do? Trainer? Outside? I think if I bundle up I would be okay outside. I certainly was last week except my toes got cold...however, I purchased a pair of toe covers so I should be good...right? I REALLY want to be OUTSIDE!! And then a hard run after the hard bike. The instructions are, find your legs and then 15 minutes of a tempo run...this one should be interesting!!