the sights and workouts of my christmas

Some of my favorite pics from the last few days:

Wrestling in front of the Christmas tree...why not?

Me and the cubs. The Ironman wristwatch was a nice fashion touch, don't you think?

Too close!!

My outdoorsman...the child would live outside if I let him.

We bought them play wear for Christmas. A pirate and a king. They LOVED the costumes!!

On the training side of things...got a solid bike ride in on Boxing Day. Man I sweat on that bike!! A run yesterday which was a tough go. Had got some grips for my shoes for Christmas so wanted to try them out. Ran too far from home, turned around and nearly froze on the way back. EEK!! The cords to my iPod froze and I was not dressed nearly warm enough. Bad me, I know better than that!! Today had a rock star run...in the snow storm...from my lesson yesterday, did the first half INTO the snow and then cruised home. Felt really good, and the weather had warmed up considerably from the last few days so was a nice morning out. Gary Garmin told me it was super slow but I was hurdling snow banks so wasn't too worried about the pace.

pre-christmas swim

Moved my workouts around this week as there were some tri people heading to the YWCA today for a swim and I wanted to go. My workout went a little something like this:

250 easy swim

250 pull

10 x 100 meters on 1:35 leaving on 1:45 (these were hard...which is unfortuneate as those are not all that fast...for lil ole me)

15 minutes of chatting and giggling at the end of the pool to finish it off.

Did I mention I am a social triathlete?

So....I ventured to the Calgary half ironman website last night.

HOLY.

CRAP.

Has anyone else been there? Have you SEEN the elevation chart? wtf? I don't remember seeing that when I signed up...what is with that first part? Me sees some hill training coming for this prairie girl.

Have a very Merry Christmas everyone!!

Be safe, laugh lots and eat more.

Enjoy the time with family and friends. Catch up with y'all in the new year!!

LOVE THIS PICTURE!!!!!!!!!!

got a swim in

Got to my Sunday swim. I am really not liking all the drills and friggin IM we are doing on Sunday swims. I kind of just want to swim. I am not sure how breaststroke drill is going to help me in my triathlon swims this coming summer. And a big kick set...which I don't mind cause I can kick, but you shoulda heard the whining!! I think the coach's thinking is get the meters in with some busy work as it is just December, the fun stuff will come after the new year.

I was swimming in Lane 7 and at one point pushed off the wall and one of my toe nails was falling off!! So did 50 meters with a toe nail dangling off my toe. Then I wasn't sure what to do, do I take it off and put it on the deck? Do I just let it fall off into the water? Do I jump out and go to the washroom and put it in the garbage? As I was coming into the wall, CoryF, who apparently has a thing for my feet as he grabbed them and yanked me back to get into the wall before me...but he took the toe nail off at the same time!! Guess I didn't have to worry about it afterall...

Work Christmas Party

Here are some pics of our office Christmas party. If anyone out there is interested in what a bunch of financial planners do with their off time...we can be fun!! Really!!

Me at the salon with rollers in my hair...so interested in that mag. The theme was 1940s Hollywood Glamour.

Tony...the most famous person I know...seriously...check out his website http://www.anthonybidulka.com/

Rod and Herb (partners of the firm) playing RockBand....I am SO NOT getting that corner office for posting this picture!!!