Ecch. Considering it's 8:45 and I just finished dinner, it's going to be a somewhat late session at the gym...Think I'll go more with a spinning type thing than resistance tonight. I will be so happy when little bro's stationary bike is delivered to the house. (He was actually apologizing for the fact that it's a recumbent.)

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Yay, chip times are in! 54:55 - 32 out of 43 for age group and 343 out of 475 overall!

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Short week, thank god. Much to cram in today, work, pickup contacts at lunch, more work, last bit of T-day shopping (missing slightly critical component of turkey), pick out & order new carpet for TH, possibly some more packing at the old homestead, then the gym. MUST get some bike time in.

Still grinning ear to ear over yesterday. My Coastie made me promise that I'd do some light recovery today so that I'd be able to actually move tomorrow, so I cranked up the tunes and boogied around the house for 20 minutes. (Funny, I didn't feel like a run...)

I'm still flying pretty high from this morning. Have to say, there are just not enough good words for ChipmunkHeart for running with me today - I don't think my time would have been nearly as good without her sticking with me and to have someone that totally appreciates what you've accomplished as you come across the finish line is just awesome

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Race report posted, will edit if they post the chip times.

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I never thought I'd be saying the words, "I puked and it was awesome!" but there you go - unofficial time 52m54s, 10 MINUTE 35 SEC MILES! Race report to follow soon.

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Cocked, Locked & READY TO ROCK!! Race Day!

Mmmmmmmmmm, carbo loading. I have no idea if it truly makes a difference, but it's a great excuse for comfort food on a cold night. I've come to the realization that I've put more thought into what I am wearing to run tomorrow than I do for most dates. (Yes, gents, hard to believe I am available isn't it?) Yeah, I'm just a tad stoked for this. Oh, neat thing last night - after a day so mind-numbing that I completely forgot HH, I decided to stop in at my bar and catch the end of the hockey game. After getting stuck next to a nice but borderline lecherous gentleman, I throw out a 'help me' to two guys down the bar that I'd made eye contact w/earlier - got over w/them and they said they'd been talking about me and were betting that I was a marathon runner, because "Well, you look like one." I have no idea what one looks like, but after 3 1/2 months of training, that was a killer compliment to me. :)

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There is ICE on the back deck this morning... Still trying to figure out what on earth to wear tomorrow so that I don't freeze and yet don't leave a 5 mile trail of clothing in my wake as I get warm.

Today distracted me to the point where I forgot there was a HH... that's just sad.

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Just chilling out today & tomorrow. I need to figure out what on earth I'm gonna wear on Saturday so I can hit that happy medium between wardrobe induced heatstroke & hypothermia...

From the TriRats mailing list today: Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb. ---Sir Winston Churchill

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I think the best description for today's run is "messy"... But knocked it out, got the blood moving and onward w/the day.

Planned workout for after work is packing! Oh how I love moving. The next 7 weeks are going to be interesting to say the least - 2 races, 2 holidays, getting my townhouse rental ready, and having grandma in town for a month, who is probably not going to be terribly understanding about training...part of me thinks, "Yes, she will think this is great!" but the reality will be more along the lines of "yet again, the BAD granddaughter." I see myself sneaking out to the gym at 4:30 in the morning. I've already put several friends on notice that the day grandma goes home, they're going to have to come fetch my butt from the bar when I close it down. I have decided that I will find time in there to get down to Yorktown to give my Coastie a proper sendoff once the pick lists are done - we're both gonna need a fun night out on the town.