Friday, November 7, 2008

Reflections.....

Reflections……            

I’m going through a bit of a transition in my life.  You know, that feeling you get when God starts knocking and says, “were moving into a new season.”  Well I don’t know exactly what God has for me but one thing I’m sure of is, I need to pick the books up again and get my PT exam out of the way. 

I’ll be studying for the ACE Personal Training certification, it should take me 5-6 months.   I’m more engergized than ever that this is what I need to do.  I’m Mad Dogg (Spin) certified, and Group Fitness certified, this is the next natural progression.  I feel a burning in my belly to help overweight women overcome their weight and recapture their lives.  I feel so much compassion for them when they take my spin class and they sit in the back, away from everyone else.  I’ve been training on the side for free for a couple of ladies, they are so grateful and it is such a passion for me.  I’m excited about the journey and pray I’ll stay dedicated to the studying that  needs to happen to pass with success.

 Then I’ll get paid to train and work your boo-tays!

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

I stand corrected....

We came in 2nd out of 6 relay teams!

F  1075 DYNAMIC DIVAS             6:05:45

F  ****1066 CHIX MIX                  6:08:15****

F  1068 3SKINNYB'S                6:19:58

F  1062 TRASK GIRLS             6:34:11

F  1061 BEACH GALS                6:57:40

F 1059 KICKING ASSPHALT        7:49:52


Next goal? Relaxing, Strength Training,

& Studying



Sunday, November 2, 2008

Beach 2 Battleship Race Rundown!



Hey Peeps, here is the rundown of my relay race of Beach 2 Battleship 1/2 Iron.

A beautiful sunrise off the balcony in the morning.  The temps were chilly in the morning, but a high of 70 degrees when the run leg was to start at 12:30.



Tony & Mary ("the swimmer") getting ready to take the shuttle to the swim start.

(Mary did the swim in 31:34)


Bike to Run transition, ready to take Michelle's ("the biker") chip and do my thing.  

(Michelle did the bike in 3:14:25)

~Mile 3~



I felt great! I didn't have any problems with my knee.  The volunteers, the aid stations, and crowds were awesome.  The course was well planned out, it went up through downtown, several neighborhoods, and a really peaceful park.  The shady parts really helped when I started feeling hot.  I was so glad I got a glimpse into what it takes to do a full 1/2 Iron.  I was blowing past a lot of people that were obviously feeling "the bricks," encouraging them to push through and dig deep.  They didn't know I was a relay and had fresh legs.  It taught me to take my own training for the Eagleman 09' very seriously.

2:18:10

I killed my old PR by 10 minutes 22 seconds!
(can you believe it BP?)


Team Chix Mix!

Michelle "The Biker", Me "The Runner", & Mary "The Swimmer"

6:08:15

and even better........

We placed!!!!!

~2nd Place all Female relay team~

(so what if there were only two all female teams, it felt great to hear our names and place)

Full IronMan Winner-8:47:25 (amazing)
Bjarne Moller-Denmark


With every "inaugural" race there are always snafu's.  This one was huge.  They didn't have enough boats (only 2) to transport thousands of people over the cape fear river to the parking destination.  Each boat could only hold 30 people at a time.  We had to stand in line for over two hours to get to our car.  I would hate to see the race directors email box.  They had a dude with a golf cart offering water, soda, donuts to calm nerves.  I said, "hey next year you might want to get more boats."  I was just "the runner" and felt sorry for the full and half racers that had to stand in line that long.  Overall it was a blast and I'm thankful!





Friday, October 31, 2008

Thriller

Thriller - Rap by Vincent Price Acapella
Video sent by slzaza

Happy Halloween!

Off to B2B today! The ladies and I are ready to rock and roll. BTW, the lunchbox is in the trash. How could I ever put food in it again?!?

This video came out when I was 13....wow!

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Don't ya hate it when.....




Your awakened in the middle of the night with your kids throwing up?

I'm home with the little guy today.  He said in the car yesterday as we were leaving the school parking lot, "I feel like I'm gonna throw up."  Where I desperately grab my lunchbox, dump all of the contents (vitamins I didn't take, some granola I didn't eat, and the ice packet thingys) and tell him to put his head in the lunchbox if he has to throw up.  Well half way home, it happened! My daughter plugs her ears and puts her head out the window she says, "I just can't take the sound mom." We get home, I dump the deal in the grass way over by a tree and he goes straight to the shower and toilet.  That poor kid went to bed at 5:30 and stayed asleep until 12:00.  That's when I see him holding the bucket saying to my husband, "Dad, I threw up again."  My husband says, "go dump it bud and go back to bed."  That's it! Ok, then I get up and dump the bucket take care of the washing of hands, getting water, and tucking back in.  You might be asking yourself, how is he feeling? Well just about an hour ago I could hear him singing very loudly and trying to do a somersault in the family room.  I guess the bug that came a creeping is gone.  Can you tell I'm bored?






What should I do? Clean it or burn it?

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Final Training Run for B2B



Well I'm done! I guess I'm ready as I'll ever be.  This morning was beautiful for a final training run, a 53 degree sunny fall morning.  My husband started out with me and ran 6 and then he came in a made pancakes.  I had 14 to do this morning, BP suggested I run two extra miles for physical and metal tenacity and I felt great until mile 10.  I still had 4 more to go and the friggin left knee start tweaking.  At first it started to click, and then the aching started kicking in.  I tried to ignore it for a while until I had to stop and walk.  It felt like the knee was going to give out.  I did the final 4 with a run/walk combination.  I was so pissed and discouraged.  I mean just a week ago I ran 11 with no knee problems.


This is how I looked when I finished.  Do you enjoy my running ensemble?


Came in, and immediately went for the ice to only find this in the freezer to ice my knee.  Do you think I'll need to wash these before I put these in the kids lunches? (Jay says, "Yes, Mom")
I stretched and had my hot warm pancakes John had made.



I'm optimistic that everything will be fine.  I'm strong and confident and I want to have a great time with a bunch of great ladies.  So hotel is booked, subs are covering my classes, looking forward to seeing a part of NC that I've never seen and hoping for a great race with a new PR for a 1/2 marathon.  Hey what can I say, I'm slow but having fun doing it.  

Wish me luck peeps!







Thursday, October 23, 2008

Randomness....








What a week, John's been busy, I've been busy but this is my thoughts on things....



This made me smile....
















Don't you love his fro?
















This was delicious, want the recipe?

Wow and I actually cooked....


BTW, didn't get to my 12 mile training run.  Multiple schedule conflicts, so I'm running on Sunday morning.  The last run before November 1st and the big relay race....