C'est la vie

I just get home and start getting back into the training groove, so now I'm sick :P Ug

The Mt Tabor Doggy Dash last weekend was a lot of fun. At the last minute, Chris decided he wanted to run too. (We have pretty different running styles, speeds and goals, which usual leading to more fighting than running.) I'm glad he did because it was such a nice day for a race. I had forgotten how beautiful the views are and being up there brought back a lot of good high school memories. We wore Hank out pretty good too. Poor poochy isn't big on running anyways and he had worn himself out making new friends all morning, so by the end of the race we were practically dragging Hank up the final hills. Didn't help that we took a wrong turn half way through the race turning the 8k turned into more like a 10k. But all in all, we had a lot of fun.

I got my bike tuned up and just got her back yesterday afternoon. I wanted to take her for a ride today, but now I'm not sure with being sick. I went out for my run after dinner yesteday; I had to fight to finish 2 miles then I got sick afterwards :S So we'll see how I'm feeling before heading out on a bike ride.

Although I haven't had a chance to get back into the pool yet (working on the membership thing with Oregon State's rec center), I've ordered some new goodies :) For starters - I am so ready for a new suit. Chris says my old one looks like I've been dragging my butt across the carpet. Thanks, hon! That's a great mental image lol I think my old suit worn out from sitting on the bleechers before swim class then not properly rinsing out the clorine afterwards. But anyways, my new summer treat:

I also ordered a little lap counter from Sport Count. I can never keep track of my laps either in the pool or on the track. I got the problem solved by either wearing my Polar monitor which counts laps for me or wearing rubber bands around my wrists when I'm at the track (for each lap I just move a rubber band from one wrist to the other until I'm done. It's ghetto but it works lol), but I hadn't figured out what to do in the pool. My Polar is too bulky for the pool and my mind wanders way too much. Hopefully the smaller lap counter is a good solution.

I've been wanting to get a real triathlon suit too, but I'm not sure which one to get. Been looking at a couple of TYR and Zoot models. I think I'm going to order some clipless pedals and shoes soon. Then I can be cool too :)

I think my Nyquil is wearing off. I'd better take another hit and get off to bed...