House of Pain

I'm beginning to wonder if exhaustion and pain can get confused. This last weekend was another moment where I thought we are all INSANE. On Saturday, I did 14.27 mile run (the .27 is just as important as the 14 in my mind). I felt really good when I was done. But, by around 7 that night, I felt like I had been hit by a sniper in the left butt cheek. I am guessing it's the pressure point that is just strained beyond tolerance. But, I swear, being shot in the ass and running 14 miles feel a lot alike. Trust me on this one.
On Sunday, I was up by 7:00 and on the golf course by 9:15 with two of my friends. We had a great time but on two of the holes, I teed off and it went way beyond the hole. I thought, huh, normally, being the cheap ass that I am, I would have wandered around looking for my ball forever. But, due to my left cheek, pain won. It was a lot of fun though and I did okay for the first time out in two years. We hit a few buckets at the driving range before getting on the course and let me say, you see and hear a lot of interesting things on a driving range. We had this guy directly behind us that was having conversations with himself. Now, I'm not talking saying things like "oh crap that one sucked" because I do that. No, this was more of a ohhhh nice shot man next time a little more straight. I kept looking around thinking is he giving me tips? Then, you have the ball machine. You're supposed to put the bucket up to the machine to catch all the range balls BEFORE they come out. Well, apparently, us golfers aren't all that swift. And every once and a while, I could hear someones range balls all rolling down the parking lot. So between all of that and the three of us whiffing it and missing the ball entirely every once and a while, I spent most of my time trying not to roll on the ground in hysterics.
Sunday, Marcia, Molly, Angie and I drove up to Buffalo where the tri is this weekend to get in a lake swim. Yep, I actually got in the water everyone. It was SO cold. I was glad to have the wetsuit on. We then hopped on our bikes and did a 13 mile bike on the course and about a 1.2 mile run. It went pretty well but I must say, I'll be glad when this tri is done.
Here are some pics of us eating after the workout in Buffalo:


This one is of Molly, Marcia, me and Angie

Whirlwind x 12

So I first off, want to apologize for the LONG delay without a post. It's been very crazy the last few weeks. I'm still training for Grandma's Half which is going really well. I have that Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Tuesdays, I've been spinning or getting on my bike, Thursdays, I've been playing in a sand volleyball league and so that leaves Fridays or Sundays to catch up on bills, phone calls, emails, cleaning, and everything else life throws at you. INSANE. I don't know how people do it who have kids. I noticed just yesterday how behind I am on laundry and I think okay, if I had kids and a spouse, I could triple the size of this....and trust me....it's huge already. So all you parents, I am in awe.
A few weeks back, my family and I did the Race for the Cure. We did the walk as we had my nephew with (who is only 16 months old) and forgot his stroller. So, we took turns carrying him. He was really good and it was amazing to see all the people!

I decided not to do the Fargo Marathon and chickened out. Dori did awesome! I thought abut it and really was on the fence about it up until a few days before it. I ended up deciding that I probably shouldn't enter it as I am hoping to PR at Grandmas and thought I might push myself too hard if I did both. You know me, I never know how to back down from a challenge once I start.
Next weekend, I have my first Triathlon of the year and I am pretty confident about the bike and the run (assuming my chain doesn't fall off two times during the bike again this year) BUT, I have not gotten in the pool ONE time. Yep, that's right folks, I haven't even done the deadman's float (which I might actually need). So, I am terrified about the swim. Usually, it's the swim that doesn't scare me at all. This time, different story. I know I need to get in gear with that but I don't know how/when to squeeze it in. I honestly just don't have enough hours in the day.
I've also been planning my trip to Colorado. One of my best friends and I fly out the Thursday after Grandma's so we've been frantically trying to figure everything out over the phone. She lives about 50 minutes from here and let me just say, it isn't easy planning a trip over the phone. Yikes. But, we're thinking right now that we'll do some whitewater rafting, fly fishing, hiking and of course, some brewery tours. I'm looking forward to it as lately, I've been feeling so burnt out on everything in life. Someone told me that's because I push myself too hard to be good at everything. I'm beginning to wonder if that's true. I know I'm pretty competitive and don't like not being good at something or not knowing a little about everything so I suppose that could be true. I'm also kind of going into a transition period in my mind lately. I'm starting to lean more and more towards moving to Colorado and kind of just doing "whatever" for a while which is part of the reason I'm looking forward to the trip. Just to check things out a little more and see what my thoughts are as I'm visiting. It might be a nice change to not take life so seriously for a while...
Aside from all that, things are going pretty well. It's beautiful weather again and time to go camping and get out the kayak so I really can't complain! Tomorrow, we're heading out for our last long run for before the half - 14 miles. It was really tough last weekend with 13 and I was a little disappointed in myself but I am pretty sure tomorrow will go much better!