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July 26, 2008
Relaxation!
After quite a few weeks in a row of being BUSY, today was as relaxing as it comes. Over the past 7 weeks I've been to 5 races (one was a swim race and one was O's triathlon), spent a full week in Chicago and spent a weekend in New Jersey for camp. O and I have driven hundreds of miles and spent quite a few mornings getting up at times nobody should ever get up.
So that made this morning (and the whole relaxing weekend!) that much more sweeter. No where to be. No where to drive. No hurry or rush! Good stuff! I didn't even get out of bed until almost 8 am! That is almost unheard of around here. But it felt great.
When I did finally get around to getting up O and I headed to the pool. I had a good, hard swim that felt great. And then home for a bike ride. Only 2 hours today! The taper is my friend. (although it's a fickle relationship I must admit - sometimes the taper and I are enemies...)
The ride was nice and felt so short. I was headed home before I felt like I even began! I stuck with some flat riding (as flat as it gets around here) which meant I encountered much more traffic than usual. But everyone was nice to me and I didn't get any profanity yelled at me. I count that as a good day. :)
Got home, ate lunch, ice bath, shower, stretch, watch the IronGirl race on tv (good stuff but rather cheesy music!), nap, dinner. You just cannot beat a day like this!
And now we prepare The Packet for next week's race in Michigan. As always, my excitement is growing daily for this next race. My first 70.3 of the season and I'm thinking it's going to feel longggggg. Luckily I've done all the training and I know it has prepared me. Now I just have to make sure I don't go out on the run at 6 minute pace and things will be A-okay... :)
Pictures from NYC:
Running up from the water (I'm the one in the blue crop top).
Starting the bike.
Really hoping the run would end sometime soon.
A move O calls "the lip". If you look closely you can't really see my lips. This is because I have them sucked into my mouth. This is what I look like when I'm running hard. Not really sure how it happens but it's unlikely to change any time soon.
The awards stand.
Posted by beth at July 26, 2008 9:53 PM
Comments
LOVE the pics especially the lip thing!! Too funny. Will be at Steelhead too. Can't wait. Hope to see ya.
Posted by: kerri at July 27, 2008 2:14 PM
Hey - you're running behind my swim buddy Maggs in that first photo! Congrats again on an awesome race.. enjoy the relaxing.
I was considering Steelhead but am too injured still. I wish I was going to be there! Enjoy the taper!
Posted by: rachel at July 28, 2008 3:57 AM
CONGRATS Beth! Wow, awesome race. Nice pics too ;-)
E
Posted by: E Swanson at July 28, 2008 1:06 PM