:)  Rest day AND TGIF!!!  :)

My slacker butt doesn't need a rest day, but date night (woohoo!) on Friday is a rest day. It is the way of the universe. Or at least MY universe. Dinner out this week is sushi. We haven't quite decided where, it's either Miyo or Hama - both in the Hollywood district, but sushi it is. I've been AWFUL on my diet nutritional plan lately so this will be a healthy treat.  

We have a run planned on Saturday after my class, then a ride for Sunday. I'm hoping the weather cooperates for the ride. It won't be along this road, but this one is sure pretty.

Dennis! Can't wait!! Tonight will be the first hard workout in 2 weeks. Seems longer.  I've even got a shiny new bottle of ibuprofen for tomorrow. :)

9pm Ibuprofen? - Pthbt! -won't even need it. I must be getting in better shape. None of it was that hard. We are back to core work and "active rest". Fun!

I think I'm going to do the Sauvie Island 1/2 Mary on the fourth of July. I went and talked smack to the trainer - so I may have committed myself... to kickin' his butt again in a second 1/2M. :) I could be in trouble -  he actually wasn't all that far behind me this time, and with knee pain. No actual bets have been placed. Guess I better figure out how I'm going to train for a half mary AND the Tour de Blast. http://www.tourdeblast.com/ We haven't decided on which mileage to do yet.

RIDE PROFILE:
Mile 0: 500 ft. (Toutle)
Mile 11: 1,000 feet
Mile 24: 3,000 feet
Mile 27: 3,800 feet (Elk Rock summit)
Mile 32.5: 3,000 feet
Mile 34.2: 2,530 feet (Coldwater Creek)
Mile 37.2: 3,000 feet
Mile 41: 4,200 feet (Johnston Ridge) Last 4 miles, up to 18% grade!!! EEEeeek!!

Here's the route and the view. No, we don't ride to the top of the actual blast area on actual Mt. St. Helen's. The cycling route is across the valley, along the road to the observation areas. It is IN the very large blast zone to the north of the mountain. If you want to go to the top of the mountain, it is a semi technical climb, permits are required, are scarce and usually sold out quickly to people with way more time than me to go stand in line at the only WA ranger station that sells them. So I hear.

I'm turning into a total slacker! Today is a "rest" day too.  I have my sewing club meeting tonight, and won't get home until bedtime.

We get snacks at our meeting. They're pretty variable though. We've got a raw diet person, and some vegans in our group. (And me, the anti-fat-gram geek.)That's all cool, fruit is good - the pineapple last time was great! It's just that when they bring fake tofu cheese and fake freaky tofu "sausage" that I get all weirded out. If you don't eat meat related products, why eat "pretend it's meat" products? And they tasted nasty. I'm not wasting good kcals on anybody's fake processed fatty food substance. Even if it is vegan. Blech! So sue me.

Rest day! And probably a nice hot bath. I'm getting some feedback from my left IT band. Ouch!

We'll still take the dog for a walk. She likes her walks. It may be a short one though.

OK. I lied. We didn't take the dog for a walk. Poor girl.

They finally got the results posted online:

Time: 1:54:18     Pace: 8:43    435^th out of 1326 overall  173^rd out of 875 women    23^rd out of 119 in my age group

I did it!! I did it!! I did it!! I did it!! I did it!! I did it!! I did it!! I did it!!

We wanted to finish in less than 2 hours and 8:43 is my fastest mile pace on a long run so far. Thank god for adrenaline!!

I've got my race results and my medal posted in my cube. I'm going to be grinning like an idiot all day. :-)