Friday I had a half-day at work (courtesy of the newly reinstated summer hours), so after work I moseyed on over to Performance Bike (who is having a summer sale PLUS a 15% off sale) on Columbus and got my bike outfitted with new clipless pedals, new biking shoes, and a new handlebar stem. Now my bike FINALLY fits me correctly. This is the plus ( Read more... )

My Stats:Overall Placed: 136 (out of 151 - NOT LAST ( Read more... )

1. Its 55 degrees, 2. The water is no warmer, 3. Its starting to rain, 4. I'm a girl. (As if I needed the reminder), and 4. I forgot my towel. *sigh*

ETA: Final finish time: 1:44:02 (this is 7 minutes, 40 seconds faster then this same race last year). In other words: *squee!*

Race report to come later...

I'm at 46,288 words folks! I'm aiming for an even 47K tonight. This is going to happen, without fail. the only question will be will I be able to kick out the last 3K tomorrow, or will it be split between tomorrow and Friday. Baring in mind that I have a 5-mile race tomorrow morning, followed by two T-day dinners, and then most likely we shall ( Read more... )

I was under-prepared, and just performed poorly. I have no one to blame for this but myself. emmmitt did fantabulous however! *golf claps ( Read more... )

Life is hectic. It always is. And I seem to altogether enjoy making it more hectic when possible. I have hopes for a marathon at the end of November, despite my less then stellar training as of late. I know without a doubt that I can swing a half-mara, but pushing for the full-mara might be, well, pushing it. *shrugs ( Read more... )

So I had a tri yesterday. It was perfect racing weather. Not too warm (at least, not initially), not too cool, the water was lovely (well, as lovely as the Schuylkill CAN be that is), and the race is extremely well organized. (They gave us cool wet washcloths DURING THE RUN people!! And I got a massage afterwards. I love this race ( Read more... )

From yesterday's tri ( Read more... )

Okay, so as mentioned in my earlier TMI post, I felt like crap this morning. Despite this, I raced. I don't think I did too horribly, but I won't know my actual times until tonight or tomorrow, as I left before they posted. That said, I THINK that I came in around 1:50. *shrug* Initially (as in prior to today) I wanted to finish in 1:30. This ( Read more... )

This weekend Magus and I went down to page5grrl's and emmmitt's place. Wherein we got to watch the premiere of BSG season 4 (review still to come), ate "breakfast" at Artfully Chocolate (super-duper condensed dark hot chocolate so rich it's served in an espresso cup is AMAZING), played Super Smash Brothers for the Wii, went to a local dog park with 5's family ( ( Read more... )