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January 31, 2009
A Great Day
Today has been a pretty darn good day. Starting with a large amount of sleep last night!
At some point earlier in the week I came to the realization that I only had a 2:30 ride today. That was it! Pretty short ride. No transition run. And no swim, in part due to the fact that my YMCA pool was closed today for a meet which forced me to move today's swim to last night.
Saturdays are usually a pretty big day for me - more in the 4-5 hour range in terms of hours so with only a ride and a 2:30 ride at that I wasn't sure what I was going to do with myself! But then I figured it out pretty quickly.
#1 on the list was sleeping in! At first I actually set an alarm for 7 am but when I heard O getting up and rustling around (he was going to play basketball) I turned my alarm off. No reason to be getting up when I had all morning to complete just one workout!
I woke up around 8 am with one Roxy dog staring me eyeball to eyeball. Apparently she was ready to get up. And after all that sleep I was too! Wow does it feel great to just sleep in and let your body wake up when it wants to wake up. I was feeling majorly lucky to get the chance to do it too. That opportunity does not come around too often!
I took my leisurely time in eating breakfast, surfing the internet, doing my PT exercises and then determining my tv watching schedule for my trainer ride. The windchills are still below zero here and yes, I'm starting to get that feeling that I probably will not get to ride my bike outside before my first race. But that's what I get for signing up for an early season 70.3 and living in Pittsburgh, so I'm not complaining!
My ride went well. I choose one episode of Law and Order and then a Lifetime movie because who doesn't like a Lifetime movie? Truthfully, I didn't watch too much of it. I was concentrating too much on my ride to pay attention but it's still nice to have something on in the background.
With about an hour left O got home and had a nice surprise - my new racing flats!
Of course they still need their Lock Laces. :)
I've had the same pair of racing flats for QUITE a while. It's hard justifying a new pair because I don't wear them all too often and so they don't really wear out! But it was time - first, because at the running race I did a couple weeks ago my prize was a $35 off coupon for a new pair of shoes at the store that sponsored the race and second, because the pair I wore last year were just really tattered and torn. I had done some shoe "surgery" on them because they were rubbing in all the wrong places so they even had a little duct tape on them. Very classy, I know. ;)
I was also in the market for a bit of a heavier flat. I've always worn really flimsy flats since my college days because I was used to racing at max a 10K in them and a 10K on a track at that. Running a 10K on the track is quite different than running a half marathon on pavement AFTER you've ridden for 56 miles - if you know what I mean! So I wanted something with a tad more substance to it.
And I think I've found the perfect shoe! I've not worn Saucony before but they feel awesome. Kind of like little slippers. Let's hope they prove to be FAST slippers. :)
Regardless, after my ride and trying on my new shoes I ate lunch and did my ice bath and showered and stretched and relaxed and watched Bernard Lagat win his 7th Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games on tv. Very exciting. Makes me wish I was fast enough for races that only last 4 minutes instead of 4 hours. :)
And now we are headed to church! But first Panera Bread for dinner because we have a gift card!
Definitely a very good day...
Hope everyone is having an equally awesome weekend!
Posted by beth at January 31, 2009 3:38 PM
Comments
I love Saucony too-I always describe them as fitting like a glove! And Lifetime Movie Network rocks.
Posted by: dawn at January 31, 2009 4:40 PM
Reading your post I was agreeing... "Yeah, easy day... only a 2.5 hour ride..." until I read that you were doing it on your trainer! Ok, not so easy!
Enjoy your full nights of sleep. I am envious. ;)
Posted by: Michelle Simmons at January 31, 2009 8:29 PM
Lucky you with pretty new shoes! :)
Posted by: andrea at January 31, 2009 9:59 PM
i love my fast twitch...i run my im marathons in them :). as for trainer rides, what is the max. you will do inside? and do you think it is more or less than the same time outside? i always wonder about that....
Posted by: kerrie at January 31, 2009 11:56 PM
1) i am totally pro-sneaker surgery.
2) i didn't know people wore racing flats for the run of 1/2 IMs. huh, learned something new :)
enjoy the shoes (super fun b/c you earned then w/ your prize money!)
Posted by: Audrey at February 1, 2009 9:03 AM
I love those! I am a Saucony nut and just got the Type A2s for this year's flat, but I live in the fastwitch, even for marathons. I wore the orange ones for Kona to match my bike/kit ;) Dork that I am.
Enjoy them!
Posted by: Rachel Ross at February 1, 2009 6:07 PM
First, yes Rach you're a dork ;-) HA, JK!! Beth, cool new flashy shoes, are they a flat or lightweight trainer? Like the colors ;-) Hope you're enjoying the Steelers right now!!
Posted by: E Swanson at February 1, 2009 7:26 PM
Aren't gift cards and certificates fun? Pretty new shoes - you deserve them :)
Posted by: Charisa at February 3, 2009 5:00 PM