I'm behind...
Thursday: lovely 21 mile bike ride with Cyclopaths
Friday: 3rd session with Personal Trainer - it was supposed to be an "off" day and we tried some new stuff. More on that later. Packed up everything I'd need for the TZ practice, plus AHCC, etc.
Saturday: up at 5:30 (again) & out to P-ville. Leading the OAs out on the 15 mile loop. For some reason I was not feeling real peppy. We had 9 ladies in our group with Becca sweeping. I asked at the start of the ride what speed they were comfortable with - they said 15 is okay. Judy stayed pretty close behind me & when we turned onto CR139, we all stopped to let everyone catch up (and get a drink). It was all I could do to keep ahead of them the rest of the ride. Chris caught up to me back at Weiss Ln. We were supposed to do 15 min run after the ride but I couldn't do it. I did, however, ride the 15 mile loop again with Coach Cindy and Becca. Perhaps I should have taken Friday REALLY OFF like the schedule said..
Off to Liberty Hill for the next adventure. I arrived just about noon (timing was on purpose!) so had me a sub sandwich and smoothie drink. For a couple hours there wasn't much to do volunteer-wise at the finish, so as my buddies came in from the ride I'd visit with them. Saw
xomox after he finished his run and he'd said the volunteers/signs caused them to ride an extra 10 miles! Then a fabulous-looking
shubbe appeared after the post-ride run and she was none too happy about the extra mileage either! After the ride, I looked at the map they were given and it did have confusing directions, for sure. It didn't help that some kids switched two of the signs - we might never have known that but the guy from the Spokes n Spurs ride (Clyde?) noticed it and got it fixed. When that got fixed, I'm not sure. It also didn't help that apparently the walkie talkies were not properly transmitting. Last year, I was outta there about 5:30, but this year, the "Big Truck" (wherein all the leftover rest stop supplies were contained) didn't arrive till about 6:00. Then we had to unload it, stack stuff, cart whatever we wanted over to our cars (just thought I'd throw that out there, one perk of being a cleanup volunteer), then we had to re-load the truck because a lot of the stuff was going to the Tour de Cure. I didn't leave LibertyHill till 7pm. Twelve hours of being outside. At least from noon-7 I was mostly in the shade. Cleaned up and went over to Steve's for the night.
Sunday - I ran 5 miles while Steve rode (hybrid) 5.75. Called my mommie to wish her happy Mother's Day - she was on her way to get Grandma and take her out for lunch. Cleaned up and went to Threadgills - we were in charge of bringing "side dishes" to Mother's Day brunch. We were there a little longer than I would have liked and I was getting kinda tired. Plus Michelle and Mindy wanted to take me out for dinner.
Called Michelle while driving back to my place - she suggested we all meet at Mindy's since Mindy had just got off work. I decided I really just wanted a big ol burger so suggested Waterloo Ice House. Michelle said, "I love that place!" so that's where we went. Mindy bought me a little bag of ghirardelli raspberry-filled dark chocolate squares and a bouquet of iris (purple's my favorite color!) and Michelle got me a card, 4 hand dipped strawberries and she bought our dinner. It was a Happy Mother's Day. I saw Cindy for about 10 min but she had left "my present & card" at her friend Justin's house. Whatever.
Monday - swam 1500 meters after work @ Gold's. Practiced sighting the last 300 to simulate Skees!
oh -- in the Battle of the Hypertension dept -- the last 3 times I've measured it, it's been like barely 100 over 70something. I hope that's okay! today it was 97/77!!! maybe we got the right drug, finally??
Friday is Bike to Work Day!! Yay! I talked to Monica Leo after she rode the AHCC on Saturday - we'd been trading emails but thought it was a good idea to introduce myself in person. Dave's going to have breakfast tacos from Smoky Moe's and smoothies from Keva Juice! Yes, Music City Cycles on Parmer lane, between Corpus Christi dr and the intersection with McNeil. Y'all come!
Friday: 3rd session with Personal Trainer - it was supposed to be an "off" day and we tried some new stuff. More on that later. Packed up everything I'd need for the TZ practice, plus AHCC, etc.
Saturday: up at 5:30 (again) & out to P-ville. Leading the OAs out on the 15 mile loop. For some reason I was not feeling real peppy. We had 9 ladies in our group with Becca sweeping. I asked at the start of the ride what speed they were comfortable with - they said 15 is okay. Judy stayed pretty close behind me & when we turned onto CR139, we all stopped to let everyone catch up (and get a drink). It was all I could do to keep ahead of them the rest of the ride. Chris caught up to me back at Weiss Ln. We were supposed to do 15 min run after the ride but I couldn't do it. I did, however, ride the 15 mile loop again with Coach Cindy and Becca. Perhaps I should have taken Friday REALLY OFF like the schedule said..
Off to Liberty Hill for the next adventure. I arrived just about noon (timing was on purpose!) so had me a sub sandwich and smoothie drink. For a couple hours there wasn't much to do volunteer-wise at the finish, so as my buddies came in from the ride I'd visit with them. Saw
xomox after he finished his run and he'd said the volunteers/signs caused them to ride an extra 10 miles! Then a fabulous-looking
shubbe appeared after the post-ride run and she was none too happy about the extra mileage either! After the ride, I looked at the map they were given and it did have confusing directions, for sure. It didn't help that some kids switched two of the signs - we might never have known that but the guy from the Spokes n Spurs ride (Clyde?) noticed it and got it fixed. When that got fixed, I'm not sure. It also didn't help that apparently the walkie talkies were not properly transmitting. Last year, I was outta there about 5:30, but this year, the "Big Truck" (wherein all the leftover rest stop supplies were contained) didn't arrive till about 6:00. Then we had to unload it, stack stuff, cart whatever we wanted over to our cars (just thought I'd throw that out there, one perk of being a cleanup volunteer), then we had to re-load the truck because a lot of the stuff was going to the Tour de Cure. I didn't leave LibertyHill till 7pm. Twelve hours of being outside. At least from noon-7 I was mostly in the shade. Cleaned up and went over to Steve's for the night.
Sunday - I ran 5 miles while Steve rode (hybrid) 5.75. Called my mommie to wish her happy Mother's Day - she was on her way to get Grandma and take her out for lunch. Cleaned up and went to Threadgills - we were in charge of bringing "side dishes" to Mother's Day brunch. We were there a little longer than I would have liked and I was getting kinda tired. Plus Michelle and Mindy wanted to take me out for dinner.
Called Michelle while driving back to my place - she suggested we all meet at Mindy's since Mindy had just got off work. I decided I really just wanted a big ol burger so suggested Waterloo Ice House. Michelle said, "I love that place!" so that's where we went. Mindy bought me a little bag of ghirardelli raspberry-filled dark chocolate squares and a bouquet of iris (purple's my favorite color!) and Michelle got me a card, 4 hand dipped strawberries and she bought our dinner. It was a Happy Mother's Day. I saw Cindy for about 10 min but she had left "my present & card" at her friend Justin's house. Whatever.
Monday - swam 1500 meters after work @ Gold's. Practiced sighting the last 300 to simulate Skees!
oh -- in the Battle of the Hypertension dept -- the last 3 times I've measured it, it's been like barely 100 over 70something. I hope that's okay! today it was 97/77!!! maybe we got the right drug, finally??
Friday is Bike to Work Day!! Yay! I talked to Monica Leo after she rode the AHCC on Saturday - we'd been trading emails but thought it was a good idea to introduce myself in person. Dave's going to have breakfast tacos from Smoky Moe's and smoothies from Keva Juice! Yes, Music City Cycles on Parmer lane, between Corpus Christi dr and the intersection with McNeil. Y'all come!