don't know what I want to do

Been a bad blogger.

Been a bad trathlete.

Been a bad runner.

I have not been doing much of anything athletic wise. I sort of feel I have so many options but I can't decide what to do. So I do nothing! BOO!

Here they are:

1. I AM still registered for Stony Plain in July. Everytime I think about this event, I want to throw up in my mouth. The thought of training for this bitch makes my stomach turn. AND I have not been on my bike since August...nope...not even on the trainer...so come spring, it is just going to be a whole lot of work to get anywhere near fit to do that race properly. Boo for me!!

2. There is a couple on the hockey team signed up for the half marathon in May. Hmmmm. I ran 11km today and thought my heart was going to beat out onto the sidewalk and my legs felt like hell and it was f-cking cold and I kept thinking....I actually do not have to do this. I am not enjoying this. Then why in the hell am I doing it? I looked at my watch thinking FOR SURE I had ran AT LEAST 8km....it was 5...BUT I just kept putting one foot in front of the other and kept moving forward and had to criss-cross through our neighborhood to keep out of the wind to get home and in the end it was 11km!! so that was a good thing?

3. Someone who shall remain nameless put an idea in my head that I cannot get rid of. The Master's World Swim Championships!! OMG. How FUN would that be? I will tell you since they are in Italy...divertimento!! (I googled fun in italian...I probably just let you all know how un-travelled I am...)

4. Another marathon. I can do a better job at a marathon, I just know it. Maybe a fall marathon?

5. Some shorter, faster, more intense triathlons. You know...those you puke at the finish line!

6. Roller Derby! I shit you not. A client is really involved... i can skate...sort of...they give lessons...they need girls...lots of make-up and fun clothes!!

Anyway, there you have it. Some decisions to be made. I have volunteered to help out at the Just Tri It Women's Only triathlon this year. Get this...I said I would help on the BIKE!! Yeah. I put my name down to be the rounder upper of the bike group...so I round up the stragglers and make sure everyone is okay at the back of the pack!! How fun! At least that's how I understand the role....good times...

THESE are the kids I feel sorry or...

Sports are GOOD for kids.
And sometimes they need a little push or fire under their ass to get them going. And sometimes you have to let them fail and NOT make everything okay all of the time.

Check this out...

http://www.cnn.com/2011/LIVING/01/20/making.of.sports.superstar/index.html

lazy swim

Yesterdy was a loooong day. Hockey tournament out in Dalmeny for the day. Of course, we pull one of the early games...have to be out there (about 45 minutes from our door) by 8:30-ish...so the math on gettting kids up and fed and gear packed and into the truck...is that I (not so much WE) have to be up by about 6:00am. No time for a run...or really anything.

I really do love hockey tournaments! They are fun and small town Saskatchewan do them up right. They have programs with the teams and all the kid's numbers and coaches...there is a 50/50 draw...a prize table...greasy food...there is just that excitement in the air of lots of people with a common interest getting together and having fun.

Well, most of us were having fun. Matthew's team lost the first two games...should likely NOT have lost the second game as one of our guys had a brain fart and let the puck go right in front of our net...and well...I don't need to tell you the rest!!! Let's remember they are 7 & 8 years old. Learning a ton about hockey!! They ended up winning their "C" Final in a shoot out!! OMG my throat was sore from cheering and I took my heartrate when it was all done and it was up around 100!!! They were SO EXCITED and they finally got a win...

Its been a long winter in that this team has had a heck of a time winning any games. Sometimes they play really well together, other times they are lazy little shits. Let's remember they are 7 & 8 years old!!! After one of the games on the weekend, I overheard myself asking my husband (assistant coach) "Why are you not telling them to hussle back down the ice to go with their center and capitalize on the rebounds?" And my husband turns to me and says "Why do you think I have no voice right now...I have been yelling at them all morning!!" Hahahahahaaaa!!! What we take for granted watching hockey our entire lives, it is kind of fun watching these little guys figure it out.

Today was Sunday swim day! I could not get up for Sunday swim....I changed my alarm twice until finally I just could not lay there anymore. Dragged my arse to the pool...I was tired from a long day yesterday and Luke in his Luke ways, was up a million times the night before. I am going on a business trip this week and I swear...4 nights of uninterupted sleep...YAHOOO!!!!!!

The swim was kind of boring and slow and lazy. Still got in about 3000 meters...so not a total waste, but just was not really mentally into it.

And I think I have a goal. I am thinking about entering the Police Half Marathon in April!! We are about 13 weeks away....It won't be fast and it won't be pretty but I want to see how it goes and enter the Sask Half Marathon in May....And then it is the summer of Shaun...I got him a membership to the Southern California Timing Association for Christmas and he is going to enter the races at Speed Week down in Utah and race his motorcycle!! I might do a few running things, I have made the definite decision NOT to do Stony Plain...I am looking forward to a fun and relaxing and summer of just doing whatever...!!!

PS: But I would totally do the SWIM or even the RUN for a team...???

weights--run--swim

Crossfit. Raise your hand if you have heard of this...wow...because of a crossfit workout or two, I can barely lift my arms...even more cult that triathletes!! But how bad does your body HURT after one of their workouts?
I will tell you.
A WHOLE HELL OF A LOT!!!!!!!!!!
I looked into a membership but a)the torture chamber (gym) does not have any times that suit my schedule and b)they post the work out of the day on their website every morning by 5:00am.
A little bit of YouTube research on the excercises and voila...I have a (sometimes modified) Crossfit workout!!
Yesterday was a 30 minute run and a 20 minute strength workout. Let's just say it hurts to lift my arms today. I reached over to turn the alarm off beside the bed and holy hell... But today was a Wednesday swim, so I went to the leisure center, ran on the treadmill for about 30 minutes and then swam a whopping 1000 meters. Tired, tired, tired was my upper body but I made them go round and round.
Ready for bed tonight!!

Sunday Swim

Count 'em kids...thatta be 2 days and two workouts!

I'm on a roll.

Today's swim was a killer..for me, anyway, who ran 17 fricking kms yesterday basically on a whim and who is kinda crappy shape with extra poundage hangin around. Putting one foot in front of the other...I WILL be back to that fit, strong and tough gal I was!! I just know it!!

The swim was a warm-up that I don't remember...who cares about the warm up anyway? Nine times out of ten the coach literally pushes me in the water as I am usually chatting with someone and do very little warm up. Today I got about half of it in, ended up cutting the lane a few times as I saw something on the bottom that looked like a piece of jewellery and just had to dive down to have a look...but it was just a hair tie that had some glitter in it...

The Main Event was 3 sets of 3 x 200 meters (this is long course swimming folks). Decending time for each 200...and then between the sets. So the first 200 is the slowest...the 2nd a bit faster...the 3rd is the fastest. In the 2nd set...the first one should be about the same pace as the 2nd 200 in the first set...etc...etc. Get it?? The very last 200 out of the 9 should be the fastest of the day.

We did a similar set a few weeks ago and I had to keep taking breaks and ended up just leaving I was THAT out of shape. Shitty. Today, there were no excuses...I really mean it. I led the lane and just kept hammering out those 200s. I saw some of the guys fall out and leave...I was quietly satisfied...I am not by any means anywhere as fast as I have been in the past...but I think that I am off to a great start!!! And my kick was utterly useless...all I could manage was a wimpy 2 beat kick just to keep my legs floating...so all in all a very good swim!!!