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December 21, 2008
Cold Out!
I am sitting on my couch reading blogs, writing in my blog (obviously), trying to resist eating all 30ish cookies I just baked, and being really glad I'm inside instead of out at the Broncos game. It is freezing - 13 degrees!! It has been really cold all weekend. This morning I ran for an hour and it was around the same temperature if not slightly colder. I really don't mind running in the cold although my quads always get cold. I think I just needed one more layer like some wind pants or some such thing. I also swam outside today (yes, I may be slightly off mentally!), but I weighed the options - sharing a lane inside, or swimming outside in my own lane. I hate sharing a lane, I mean really hate it! Therefore I ended up outside. It really wasn't bad! In fact I had a pretty awesome time and wished my workout was longer than a 1500! I did have 4 x 25 with a maximum of one breath which ended up not being completely awesome however. I had never been able to do this before as I have truly abysmal lung capacity. However, I managed to do one 25 with one breath, on my second try. I was so excited! Therefore I tried again, freaked out under water somehow, and tried to breathe in while my face was still in the water. Um, whoops! I ended up standing up coughing for a few minutes. I did it one more time and then decided that I had to try again. I got really close to another success but after that I had to get going so I could shower and get over to my mom's house before I had to meet my sister for lunch. Anyway overall it was a solid day of workouts!
Because I was feeling ambitious I also ventured out to the mall. It was a bit crazy but really not as bad as I expected. There were a lot of good sales, but I ended up not buying a single thing. The only person I still have to get something for is my little sister and she wants a gift card to a place in Castle Rock, so I'll just do that on Wednesday when I'm down at my parents' house anyway (they live right near there).
I have not ridden my bicycle outside for 8 days - I am kind of a weather wuss right now! Hopefully conditions will improve and the roads will clear this week. It hasn't snowed for several days but it's been really cold so we haven't had the snow melt we normally do. However I did feel somewhat hard core getting outside for my run today, I only saw 4 other people running the entire time I was out!
This week is going to be kind of different as I am heading down to my parents' house on Wednesday morning (Christmas Eve). I am going to work from there all day, and then stay down there until the morning of the 26th. I think it will be so much fun! I am taking some cookies I just made (chocolate toffee, they are so good! I hope they last till Wednesday!), and I think I may make brownies for my sister on Wednesday. I am also making Christmas breakfast for my family. That has become a little tradition the last couple years, I think it is so much fun! I am making lemon ricotta pancakes with sauteed apples, and of course bacon on the side. My stepmom is an amazing cook, so I like to help out with a few things instead of just eating all her awesome food.
One kind of funny thing happened at the gym yesterday, I kept meaning to write about this and forgot until I was about to wrap things up. So I will leave you with this little conversation I had with a guy in my second spinning class yesterday (I had a 90 minute ride so I rode through 1 1/2 classes):
Barb (not talking to anyone, just spinning along while the second class gets going, bored out of my skull):
Random Guy: Hey, so are you doing a double class?
Barb: Nope, I just have to ride for 90 minutes so I'm doing part of this class too.
Random Guy: That's nice, it looks like you ride a lot. Do you do Ride the Rockies? [Note: this is some 6 day stage race or some such thing]
Barb: No, I just do triathlons. How about you?
Random Guy: Yeah, I usually do Ride the Rockies, the Race across Colorado (or something), lots of races. I just had a heart attack a few weeks ago though.
Barb (almost falling off my bicycle): Um, wow, that is horrible! I am so sorry to hear that. Do you really think you should be on your bicycle right now?
Random Guy: Yeah I don't really know, I just started back into it.
People at my gym are crazy. They are even more Type A than me!
Posted by barb at December 21, 2008 5:13 PM