Weekend Recap - Labor Day

My weekend kicked off with a nice little 2000 yard swim on Friday. After that I went to bed somewhat early ready to ride 80 miles on Sat. After struggling with the alarm in the morning, the 6am wake up call turned into 7am and we didn't leave the house until 8. A late start that I wasn't too happy about. We had decided to drive out to the W&OD trail instead of just riding there to try to avoid some of the more annoying parts of the trail closer to DC.

I was feeling cranky and didn't want to do the ride, but once on the trail I felt good and was happy to be out there. But, just 4 miles into the ride I got stuck behind two super slow guys climbing a hill. I couldn't get around them and felt like I might tip over because we were going to so slow, so I started to clip out to just walk up the hill so I wouldn't crash. Jason on the other hand decided to pass the guys and just as he was passing I saw him and his bike go flying into the air. Im not sure at what point his feet finally clipped out of his bike, but his bike nearly missed hitting him on the head. It was pretty scarey too watch and at first I thought maybe his chain poped off from switching gears? But as I helped Jason up and we looked at his bike, his entire back wheel had came off his bike. WTF, his wheel came off!!! I am so glad he is ok, but I must say this is one of my biggest fears! I always wondered what happened if your wheel popped off your bike and now I guess I know... you crash! Because the skewer was bent, we could not get the wheel back on. Instead I rode like the wind the 4 miles back to the car, then drove to pick up Jason since the crash happened right by a road.

We drove straight to the bike store to see what happened and get Jason's baby all fixed up. After all this was said and done it was already 12 and it felt like the entire day was wasted. But I could still salvage a long run out the day, right?

Right... I took a nap then booted myself out the house at 1 to start my 12 mile run. I choose a terrible route down on the mall and had to play bowling for tourists as none of them pay attention and just stand there not moving. I only flicked off one car as it made a right hand turn onto 14th and nearly hit me as I was running across the cross walk (there was still 30 seconds left to cross). I ran the first 7 miles at my race pace of 8:20 then picked up Jas for the last 5 miles. He runs around a 10 minute pace, so I slowed down the last miles, but I was happy to have some company on my run :)

Sunday I had planned on going to an open water swim clinic, but it just never happened. Their website had one time on it and the DC Tri club had another. I checked the site at 11 before going to bed and there was no updates, so I figured it was still a go at 10. Wrong, when I checked the site at 8 in the morning they had changed it back to 7:30! Are you kidding me??!?! When did they update the site??? At 1 in the morning?? I was pretty pissed because I really wanted to test out my wetsuit and get some last minute open water swim practice in. errrrr!

The rest of the day I was too tired to do anything and laid around and napped. Probably should have attempted to ride, but I figured I would do it on Monday. In the evening I went to a friends BBQ and had a great time.

Monday... yeah Monday was a waste of a day and by the time I wanted to ride it was raining, so I continued to do nothing.

Hope everyone had a great 3 day weekend

Random Friday Facts

1. I keep about 10 pairs of heels at my office so I never have to bring in shoes or worry about matching an outfit.

2. I also always keep a pair of my old running shoes and flip flops at work for the just in case you need them ... (i.e. earthqauke)

3. I wanted to feel like a bird when I was 12 so I climbed up a tree and pooped out of it! LOL, it was really nasty.

4. I love naps!

5. I am addicted to chapstick and could never make it through a day without it!

6. USAA is the best bank ever!

7. It took us 6 months and 8 offers to finally land the house we purchased

8. I only planned to living in DC for 3 years then I wanted to move back to Ohio, but here I still am.

9. I love flavored tooties rolls.

10. I want to do the swim leg at the Kinetic half .. anyone else want to do the others and form a relay?

11. Things I always keep at my desk: deodorant, a hair brush, towel, and shampoo.

12. I try to eat healthy, but never can.

13. I don't know how I used to run without a garmin. It's so nice not to map out routes before I run

14. Football is so boring to me and Jason loves it..ugggg

15. I never listen to music when I workout

16. I haven't belonged to a gym in a few years. I think them to be a waste of money. I can do everything outside or at home.

17. My guest room is used as my nap room

18. I always forget to send b-day cards to my family, sorry guys :(

19. If you hang out with my family be ready to hear us talk about poop .. it's one of our favorite topics!

20. I hate being to work at 7:30, but love the fact that I leave at 4

Happy Friday and I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend :)

Three Things Thurs

1. Just when I thought I might be done spending money on cycling, I finally purchased a bike trainer off of amazon. I went with the CycleOps Fuild 2. Having no clue really want trainer to buy I left all the leg work up to my M and let him order whichever one he thought was best and just for kicks we ordered a climbing block as well. Both were delivered yesterday which meant I got to test them out this morning! Now don't get me wrong I would much rather be riding outside, but to get in any miles I have to leave my house at 5:40ish and it's just way to dark now.

 

 

I jumped on the trainer at 5:30 this morning and watched an episode of house hunters and started watching Breaking Bad. I never watch tv in the morning so this was a treat, right? WRONG! Watching tv did not distract me much from riding on the trainer. The ride just sucks! It is so boring! And the amount of sweat that was dripping off of me was just gross. I really had to force myself to stay on thing for an hour, but I did survive. And as much as riding on the trainer sucked, I did get a good workout in and my legs were burning. Without my new friend I wouldn't have been able to get any miles in so I am happy. I guess as the fall/winter months approach I will be spending more time with my new BFF. On a side note Kiwi hates the thing even though I don't think it's very loud at all.

 

2. Yesterday I just had one of those runs that felt like I have never ran in my life?!?! I don't know what was going on, but it was one of those days. I struggled big time to even finish 5 miles. I seriously questioned myself during this run and wanted to walk so many times. I think the only thing that prevented me from not walking was the fact that if I walked I would be late for work. And I'm always late for work, so I didn't want to be later than I usually am. Sometimes, having to be somewhere and running on time crunch is a good motivational factor for me. Regardless, I finished the run somewhat discouraged. I know every workout does not always go as planned, but it's still frustrating. Better luck next time I suppose.

 

3. After work yesterday, I squeezed in a ride at Haines then headed over to the American Ice Company on U st for a friends 30th! It was a cool place with a nice out door area and a neat decor inside. There was lots of good food, drinks, and shenanigans for the night. I had so much fun and wished it was a weekend night so I could have stayed later (I'm a grandma and need my sleep.)

 



Having a great time



Clearly when you turn 30 you need a mustdashe!

 

Happy Thurs All