haha I have no idea what I'm about to write. guess I'll just make it up as I go! My family just arrived back from vacation yesterday, and boy it is noisy in the house! Next to me, my sister Sarah is singing the words "I'm such a creeper" in her opera voice. As she sings this, she is stalking people on facebook and uploading cell-phone pictures of some random guy at school. Poor dude. Sarah's going to kill me if she reads this. My other sister is at a sleepover somewhere, and my brother is at a...smores bbq? I dunno, he's with his guy friends so I'm sure that this will involve fireworks and blowing stuff up. So fun.
Training is training. Last week was solid, with the exception of the bike crash. I am looking forward to a long run tomorrow!! It's been a while since I put in a high-quality run of more than 30 miles. Just about 6 weeks 'till the Vermont 100K, it's about time to start the training! LOL. But I also have to focus on BSLT, 'cause that's my first tri since the Longhorn 70.3 in October. Or was it November? Whatever. Point is, I'm ready to race a triathlon! Running is more fun but the thrill you get from racing a triathlon is incredible. Plus I'm trying to qualify for the IM World Championships in Hawaii. No pressure, right?
Umm. Umm. I'm not glycogen depleted 'cause I just did a short swim today, nothing else. Guess I'm just tired! There hasn't been much going on besides training, eating and reading everything in sight (does that sound weird? you know what I mean), hanging with my family and playing with my pets. I'll write more soon!
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
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Yup! this has been my life for the past week and I love it! I'm living at home in San Antonio for the summer, but the day after I got back my family headed out on vacation for 10 days. I stayed home to train and watch our pets (and I'm supposed to look for a part-time job but decided to put that on hold for a few days ;). So here is a look at a typical day for me this past week: sleep in 'till around 7 (gasp!), chill out for an hour or three with coffee, a book and my dog, then head out on the bike for a few hours. Next comes a t-run, then off to the pool! Of course my training is pretty structured right now, and the length and intensity varies by day, but this is the general scenario. Could anything be better?!
This week is a really intense crash week for me - high volume, but not leaving out intensity either. Thankefully the Texas hill country is taking care of most of that for me! If everything goes according to plan, I'll have logged 400 miles on the bike, 60 miles running, and 22,000 yards in the pool by the end of the week. Awesome! I know the running milage is low for a crash week, but that's to allow for more cycling, which I REALLY need to work on. I did have a little glitch on Tuesday, when I got run off the road while cycling. I went down pretty hard, and got some road rash, bruising (my hip is almost entirely purple lol) and aggravated my knee and hip. But nothing too bad, and though I had to take the rest of the day off, and nixed all interval work in the pool for the rest off the week thanks to my stiff neck, I don't expect to have to change up anything else. Whew!
I haven't been baking as much as I thought I would. Guess I've just been too tired. But I HAVE experimented with/improved on some awesome recipes that I've been dying to try, including no-sugar banana bread, roasted walnut butter, green smoothies and kale chips. The kale chips rocked! Oh man. I'm about to try to make spinach chips; hope they turn out the same! The green smoothies are awesome too, I've been making them for a while now but new versions have appeared in my sweet Vitamix nearly every day. Two of my favorites are romaine, bananas, oranges, strawberries and green grapes; and spinach, pineapple, banana and soy ice cream. YUM!
There's so much more that I could write about, but if I covered everything else this post would probably be 10 pages long! So I'll stop here and get those spinach chips in the oven. Happy training everyone, enjoy your day!
This week is a really intense crash week for me - high volume, but not leaving out intensity either. Thankefully the Texas hill country is taking care of most of that for me! If everything goes according to plan, I'll have logged 400 miles on the bike, 60 miles running, and 22,000 yards in the pool by the end of the week. Awesome! I know the running milage is low for a crash week, but that's to allow for more cycling, which I REALLY need to work on. I did have a little glitch on Tuesday, when I got run off the road while cycling. I went down pretty hard, and got some road rash, bruising (my hip is almost entirely purple lol) and aggravated my knee and hip. But nothing too bad, and though I had to take the rest of the day off, and nixed all interval work in the pool for the rest off the week thanks to my stiff neck, I don't expect to have to change up anything else. Whew!
I haven't been baking as much as I thought I would. Guess I've just been too tired. But I HAVE experimented with/improved on some awesome recipes that I've been dying to try, including no-sugar banana bread, roasted walnut butter, green smoothies and kale chips. The kale chips rocked! Oh man. I'm about to try to make spinach chips; hope they turn out the same! The green smoothies are awesome too, I've been making them for a while now but new versions have appeared in my sweet Vitamix nearly every day. Two of my favorites are romaine, bananas, oranges, strawberries and green grapes; and spinach, pineapple, banana and soy ice cream. YUM!
There's so much more that I could write about, but if I covered everything else this post would probably be 10 pages long! So I'll stop here and get those spinach chips in the oven. Happy training everyone, enjoy your day!
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Oh man. I always try to avoid posting anything when I'm really emotionally wound up, 'cause I'll look at that post later and wonder what sort of emotional freak wrote that stuff! lol. But I need to recap everything that's gone on this past week - graduation, Final Review, saying goodbye to all my friends... . The thing that sucks about being a military brat is you never get to make lifelong friends. It's not too hard to keep in touch with people, but since you never actually "know" them for more than a few years you never really form a strong bond. I started school at Texas A&M just a few weeks after moving to Texas, so the only friends I have here are at A&M! And now I've graduated and have to start over again at Texas Tech in August. Joy. But I have had the best years of my life here; with triathlon, work, my classes, the Corps, it's all been crazy busy but so much fun! I can't believe it's all over though...seems just yesterday that I was spending the night with the Corps (B-Co, ha!), enduring my my first weeks of the Corps, attending my first classes..where did these four years go? I would do it all over again in a hearbeat, no doubt about it.
But I could go on about that for hours so I'll stop myself here. Graduation. WOW!!! Like one of my friends said, that ceremony was magical. I was dissapointed to realize that the actual moment of walking across the stage and receiving my diploma is a total blank in my mind - I actually asked my sister if I did indeed take the diploma and shake everyone's hand 'cause I honestly don't remember a second of it! AHHhhhh! Oh well. Since I was homeschooled I never had a normal high school graduation so this ceremony was extra special for me.
But graduation paled in comparison to Final Review. That was probably the most memorable ceremony that I will ever experience. Unless you've been in the Corps you just can't understand the feelings we seniors had when we marched around Kyle Field for the last time, and then stood by and watched our underclassmen march by us. I almost cried, and probably will later on when I think back on it all. The camraderie we all have is amazing, and I am going to remember my friends and fellow cadets for the rest of my life. Thank you facebook, I have never appreciated you more!!! haha. Definitely going to keep up with everyone online. I don't know anyone else from A&M that is going to Texas Tech next year, but at least I'll get to see lots of old friends at the Fightin' Texas Aggie football games in the fall. I can't wait!
So now I'm going home (San Antonio) for the summer. I'd almost rather stay in College Station to be with my friends taking summer school, but when I look back at the past two summers of doing that I realize that I never really hung out with too many people. So I'll try to meet some new people from SA in these next few months. I also need to find a part time job to save up money for these next two years in grad school. I have a scholarship and will be paid as a TA, butttt as everyone knows, grad students(especially those studying history!) do NOT have any extra money. The fact that I am not a girly-girl shopaholic is negated by the fact that I am a triathlete in need of a new wetsuit, aero-helmet, oh and yeah a new bike would be nice to. LOL!!! I need sponsors, but am unfortunately unable to muster the necessary enthusiasm for this sport to seriously compete at a high enough level to attract them. What can I say, I am a runner at heart.
So that's all for now. I could go on and on but it would only be pointless rambling about my incredible memories and how much I'm going to miss everyone. I have never appreciated Heaven like this before! It's nice to know that I will be able to reconnect with alot of people later on...and this is yet another reason to tell everyone about Jesus! :D
To all my friends - I love you all and hope to see you around, SOONer rather than later! Let's all come back to Aggieland as much as possible, 'kay?!
But I could go on about that for hours so I'll stop myself here. Graduation. WOW!!! Like one of my friends said, that ceremony was magical. I was dissapointed to realize that the actual moment of walking across the stage and receiving my diploma is a total blank in my mind - I actually asked my sister if I did indeed take the diploma and shake everyone's hand 'cause I honestly don't remember a second of it! AHHhhhh! Oh well. Since I was homeschooled I never had a normal high school graduation so this ceremony was extra special for me.
But graduation paled in comparison to Final Review. That was probably the most memorable ceremony that I will ever experience. Unless you've been in the Corps you just can't understand the feelings we seniors had when we marched around Kyle Field for the last time, and then stood by and watched our underclassmen march by us. I almost cried, and probably will later on when I think back on it all. The camraderie we all have is amazing, and I am going to remember my friends and fellow cadets for the rest of my life. Thank you facebook, I have never appreciated you more!!! haha. Definitely going to keep up with everyone online. I don't know anyone else from A&M that is going to Texas Tech next year, but at least I'll get to see lots of old friends at the Fightin' Texas Aggie football games in the fall. I can't wait!
So now I'm going home (San Antonio) for the summer. I'd almost rather stay in College Station to be with my friends taking summer school, but when I look back at the past two summers of doing that I realize that I never really hung out with too many people. So I'll try to meet some new people from SA in these next few months. I also need to find a part time job to save up money for these next two years in grad school. I have a scholarship and will be paid as a TA, butttt as everyone knows, grad students(especially those studying history!) do NOT have any extra money. The fact that I am not a girly-girl shopaholic is negated by the fact that I am a triathlete in need of a new wetsuit, aero-helmet, oh and yeah a new bike would be nice to. LOL!!! I need sponsors, but am unfortunately unable to muster the necessary enthusiasm for this sport to seriously compete at a high enough level to attract them. What can I say, I am a runner at heart.
So that's all for now. I could go on and on but it would only be pointless rambling about my incredible memories and how much I'm going to miss everyone. I have never appreciated Heaven like this before! It's nice to know that I will be able to reconnect with alot of people later on...and this is yet another reason to tell everyone about Jesus! :D
To all my friends - I love you all and hope to see you around, SOONer rather than later! Let's all come back to Aggieland as much as possible, 'kay?!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Less than a week to go!
That's right, less than one week from today I will be done with finals. Actually, not only will I be done studying, but I'll be on my bike headed to Austin! Several of my friends and I are celebrating our upcoming graduation by cycling to Austin and back (roughly 200 miles I think) next week. I'm so pumped - I love Austin!
These days are just going by too fast. I'm finally recovered from the race last weekend, and boy does if feel good to run again! Today I decided to pamper myself and live that day that I've been dreaming about: I slept in 'till 7:30 (wow!), relaxed with cup of coffee while reading Runner's World, then headed out the door for a long run. A nice change of pace from my usual wake up call of 4AM, and the usual wakeup-throwonshoes-hitthedoortogorunning mornings. But in the end, I really prefer to wake up early and get things going. I just have so much more time to get everything done. But it was a nice break! During the run I saw the most adorable BABY miniature horse! The image of that baby galloping around the pasture next to his miniature mommy totally redefined the word "cute" in my book.
There's so much more I want to write about, but I need to hit the books. *Yawn*. After everything's done I'll update this blog with a TON of stuff that I really want to get in writing. ONE WEEK!!!
These days are just going by too fast. I'm finally recovered from the race last weekend, and boy does if feel good to run again! Today I decided to pamper myself and live that day that I've been dreaming about: I slept in 'till 7:30 (wow!), relaxed with cup of coffee while reading Runner's World, then headed out the door for a long run. A nice change of pace from my usual wake up call of 4AM, and the usual wakeup-throwonshoes-hitthedoortogorunning mornings. But in the end, I really prefer to wake up early and get things going. I just have so much more time to get everything done. But it was a nice break! During the run I saw the most adorable BABY miniature horse! The image of that baby galloping around the pasture next to his miniature mommy totally redefined the word "cute" in my book.
There's so much more I want to write about, but I need to hit the books. *Yawn*. After everything's done I'll update this blog with a TON of stuff that I really want to get in writing. ONE WEEK!!!
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