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February 1, 2006
Okay, It's Funny Now.
As promised, I finally came around to laugh at myself and my recent bike trainer crash. I mean, come on, who does that? As I said before, you can't take me out into public! The good news is that I do feel recovered, though. After 2 days of light running and 1 day of rest, I don't feel like I've been through the meat grinder anymore.
I'm not doing too great so far in my attempt to run 45 miles this week. It's day 3 and I'm only on 10 miles for the week. Eeks. Of course, who could predict such an unfortuitous encounter with a bike trainer? I'll get there, I'm just a little behind. 5 miles on Monday, Tuesday rest, 5 miles today. I could have/should have run more than 5 miles today, but, well, it just didn't happen.
There's great news abound, though. It's my Friday and there's an abundance of new snow! These 3 things combined will make for a great week off of work. I predict lots of cross-country skiing, running, cooking good food, and starting in on all the wine we bought in Napa Valley. Oh yeah, and I also predict some school work, too. Yeah, probably a bit more than "some." A fair amount of school work is likely a better prediction. I'm okay with that, because it'll be wedged in among much more exciting endeavors. I'm very happy about being home for a my week off. I figure that it's been since the beginning of December since I've been in Yellowstone for my days off of work. Sure, I've been here while I'm working, but that doesn't allow for much playtime when workshifts are 12 hours long. I'm very much looking forward to being home and recreating in my own world this week!
Finally, finally, finally, I think I got my act together to figure out a spring plan. I feel as I'm a bit behind with this, but I was on vacation for a while. Additionally, I wanted to just sit in the 35 mile/week and then the 40 mile/week zones for a while to see how it felt, since I've been so danged injury prone lately. Looking at racing calendars, it looks as if the last of the "spring" marathons happen around here on the weekend of June 3 and 4 before things break out into summer shorter races, duathlons, and triathlons. There are 3 to choose from, the gargantuan Salt Lake City Marathon, the smaller Casper (WY) Marathon, and the even smaller Governor's Cup in Helena, MT. These races are 18 weeks out, so I guess it's go time. Does it mean I'm committed if I've written it in my blog? I'm afraid of committments...
Posted by Meghan at February 1, 2006 9:01 PM
Comments
It only means you're semi-committed, you can always change your mind, as many times as you want, about anything you write in your blog. But that's cool that you're probably going to train for a spring marathon!
Enjoy your time off from work, stay safe, and have fun!!
Posted by: Alison at February 2, 2006 8:36 AM
haha...afraid of commitments and you mention a boyfriend, school and marathon all in the same post.
Posted by: jeff at February 2, 2006 9:04 AM
Good luck with your training! It seems like 18 weeks out is the perfect time to plan for a marathon.
Posted by: Barb at February 3, 2006 10:27 AM
There's a triathlon on the west side of Yellowstone that I'm thinking of going to... could be fun!
http://www.janetstriathlon.com/default.asp
Posted by: anne at February 7, 2006 9:04 AM
You don't have to commit. Just do it!
Blondie
Posted by: Blondie at February 8, 2006 6:05 PM