Just an Average SKIRT

Friday’s long ride led nicely into Saturday’s 35 to 7 brick with team Freisem.  It was hot but good simulation for the sauna fest coming on the 12th with Boulder Peak.  Quick stop into my office Saturday to see a client then off to our 3rd wedding in 3 weeks.  It was beautiful from start to finish but always a little tough after getting up a 5, working out for 3+ hours, giving a massage and getting to bed at 11pm.

Sunday morning came quickly and thank the lord, hell froze over and my husband wanted to run with me.  Severe accidents even have their benefits….it was so good to have him with me even if it was just a short 4 miles.  Then off the Scott Carpenter for a 2200M tempo swim which kicked my ass.  I felt like it was all effort and no speed.  I was beat.

Home and immediately to work in hopes to finish some of my garden overhaul 09 project.  Weed barrier, mulch, to the store for more mulch and flowers.  The kids had massages at the college at 3:30, at 2:28 we decided to go into 25 minute comas.  A good little rest but not nearly what I needed.  Survived the massages, home and off to the movies to see The Hangover.

Holy crap, that is a funny movie….made it home barely awake and beelined it to bed.  Still feeling majorly fatigued today, hoping to be more revived for Tuesday.

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If I have learned anything this spring, I guess summer now, it’s to get my little butt out the door when the sun is shining becuase who know what will happen after noon.  And yes, I am still loving this weather, all the rain, love it, love it, love it!   Decided to check out my upcoming 5430 Long Course route, which I already know pretty darn well.  Weather was a little eerie in the early a.m. but by 7 it was burning off and the sun was showing up.  Perfect ride, not alot of traffic or jerks within that traffic, no wind, ideal temperature…the only thing, the POS derailer that needs to be replaced.  Echelon did a quick fix on it for the Sprint race last Sunday but there still is work to be done.  Boulder Peak is around the corner and I will be needing my gears.

Off to the reservoir this a.m to meet up with Team Freisem - perfect day for a brick.

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After BJ’s bone breaking, degloving, metacarpal-phalangeal mangling in the morning hours of Tuesday (I will defer to BJ for the story) I was looking forward to a solid training day today.  No offense sweets, I’d do anything for you!

Woke up early and headed out for an 8.5 mile run, I opted for a progression run of sorts and I felt excellent.  Just so appreciative and fresh and happy - good spirit run.  Came home, checked in on vicodin boy and headed out for my long swim of the week.  In my new bikini (god help us, this girl has curves and no tan!) I was elated to find open lap lanes at Scott Carpenter pool…perfect for the two piece debut.  It was me, the NZ tri team (and I know they aren’t looking at me) and the highschool kick ass Boulder Swimming team (and I know they aren’t looking at me)…so it was a good opportunity to give the suit a try.

Great swim, I was completely into being there and not rushed.  The college is closed this week so I only have one job - I love it, I could really get used to this one job gig.   After my swim I hit Pompadours for a cut and then took the kids to get massages.

Making our favorite buffalo tempe pizza tonight.  I gotta get cooking this curvy girl needs a feeding!

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Ah yes, what a difference the big chain ring makes…actually a 18.5mph to 19.6mph difference. Gotta thank the beej for that one.

Time: 1:39:15
Overall results: 437 out of 1154
AG breakdown: 20 in my AG out of 99, swim: 20th, bike: 53rd, run: 43rd.

I feel as though I raced a good race for my level.   Not to gloat or anything but with a decent screen resolution you don’t even have to scroll down to see my name in the results - BANG!  So those are two cool things.   The other is that I feel very comfortable in the water and that makes me more consistent during the race.  I’m doing the Eney Jones stroke out there (meaning the one she taught me and certainly not that I at all resemble Eney in the water).   I feel that I am using much less energy and finishing the stroke stronger.

It was really fun to see all the great people I know from the triathlon community yesterday.  I’m really looking forward to Boulder Peak.

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With Born to Run audiobook on my ipod I headed out for a short 25 mile bike to a 5 mile run.  Nothing too major, racing a sprint on Sunday you know.  Finished up the ride and headed out the door for a quick 4.5 miles as time was running tight and I had clients to see.  Headed out north on the bike bath along Broadway, crossing Table Mesa and onto the frontage road….feeling great, loving my new book (more on this later….I know its going to leave me significantly conflicted) and out of the corner of my eye I see a little person walking south on the side walk.

He’s no more than 2ft tall, head down, shoulders bouncing up and down;  no doubt crying.  ‘aw, poor little guy…probably got in trouble with his mom…’….his mom, where is his mom?  Adult, anyone, anywhere?  Noone - this little dude is walking all by himself.   One of those moments where you realize, I need to take responsibility and deal with this.

I approached the little dude with caution and convinced him that I could be trusted - this was so scary becuase I realized I was saying all the same things some scumbag who did not have this child’s best interest in mind would have said.  Luckily, he felt that safety and reached up for me to pick him up.  Although he felt like 150lbs (new found respect for motherhood #1), he was probably about 1.5 yr - 2 yrs old, no more.   Long story short, I carried him to the nearby King Soopers, called 911, cleaned up the little dude, changed his diaper (new found respect for motherhood #2, WTF with all the diaper choices…) and waited for the police to come.  Putting my little dude in the cruiser put me into an emotional spin, how could I have become so attached to this guy and concerned for his saftey in less than 2 hours?  How could this little stranger pull at my heart strings and fill my spirit so quickly?

I waved to my little dude who sat strapped in, so small in the police car clutching the juice I gave him and staring into my eyes…. I walked home quietly, welled up eyes, a low grade bilateral strain of my brachialis muscle (how is a kid that small, so freaking heavy?) and an overwhelming hope that I had done the right things.

Received a call from the office about a half hour later, my little dude had wandered away from a day care center down the road from where I found him.  He was safe.

Needless to say, no run…but I am certainly left wanting more…

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A weekly favorite at our house -

1 Multigrain crust (whole foods - in the cooler section)
1 red bell pepper
1 package of tempe (we use 5 grain)
a ton of  fresh spinach
1 bag of shredded cheese (we like the Whole Foods Cheddar and Montery Jack combo)
a ton of Cholula

How to prepare:
- Let dough sit out covered on a plate for at least 2 hrs after it’s already thawed.
- Preheat oven to 475′ with pizza stone in it
- roll out dough to size of pizza stone, sprinkle a little flour underneath and a little on top so the roller doesn’t stick
- cut up tempe into cubes and sautee
- add peppers and sautee for another 5-7 minutes
- douse with cholula
- place dough on pizza stone and bake for 8-10 minutes checking every minute for bubbles & puncture with knife
- top dough with cheese, spinach, tempe mix, a little more cheese and a little more cheese for good luck
- bake at 475′ for 5 minutes

Enjoy with beer or wine and of course water to keep hydrated for training the next day!

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Love this guy - watch the whole thing, don’t skip ahead. It’s feel good thing….

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Both BJ and I won our age groups yesterday at the Tri for Your Cause along with two Chipolte burrito gift cards.  Not sure if it was my best race as I had a few technical difficulties but for whatever reason I ended up being the best of the 35-39 females. It does help that the top two ladies in my age group were bumped out as they were overall winners which put me in 1st place.

My final times:
500M swim: 7:39
17 mile bike: 55:04
3.1 mile run: 27:27

Things that I learned:
1) Trust your husband when he says your gearing is fixed because trust in a marriage is so much more important than having your big gears in a race.  Let’s just say I did the whole ride as one big ass Spin Up drill

2) Make sure the knots in your laces are double because they will come undone

3) You can run with one eye open and one eye filled with bugs

4) Don’t crank your heart rate monitor as tight as it will go the morning of a race, it will prevent you from breathing and then you will need to take it off .25 miles into the run and carry it the whole way

5) Even though you feel like it’s not your best race, you may still be the best

Great day, lots of fun, a few difficulties to spice up the adventure and an age group win!  Go me!

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With all the doom and gloom in the world (thank you media) I just want to speak to the selfless generosity that I have experienced of late.  As many of you know, I’m raising money to travel to Dharamsala, India in September to work with Tibetan refugees.  I already knew that I had an incredible network to tap into however I am now realizing that I was not fully prepared to receive the incredible support and generosity that I have thus far.

BJ and I are racing Tri for Your Cause this weekend and the amount we have raised is nothing less than overwhelming at this point.  BJ set a $150 fundraising goal and is currently over $400, I set a goal of $200 and have exceeded that as well.  People are opening their hearts, wallets and minds and for those selfless acts of kindess I thank you all!

I still have quite a bit to raise but I just have to pause right now and allow all of this to be absorbed.  My heart is filled with joy.  Just know that your $25, $50, $100 - whatever you have donated or will donate is so much more than money to me and to the people whose lives I will affect for the better because of it.

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Here’s the skinny: total goal $3500

Currently I have raised about $1000

Short Term - racing Saturday, June 6th at Tri For Your Cause in support of my trip, you can donate online today.  LUCKY YOU!  Click here to donate.

More information on my trip: www.massage4peaece.org

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