Brick

Got my bike/run brick done this morning, yay, felt good! Ya know why they call it a brick? Bike + Run = Brick (Or is that just "ick"?)

Brotherly Love

Kevin gave Kyle an appointment with Max Testa for his Christmas present, Kevin says he loves Kyle. Kyle is not so sure about that!

Dang it, Dang it, Dang it!

So, I really did get kitted up and out the door, and guess what.....my shifter is broken. I have no clue what could have happened. Sadly, I have not ridden since IMAZ where my bike behaved flawlessly. Maybe something in transport, I dunno. Since all the men in my life are out of town I think it will wait till they can check it for me, otherwise I'm going to see Eddie.

I'm baaack!

Pink iPod (fully charged)

Pink Floyd loaded (...on the iPod)

And the only pair of socks my boys absolutely won't touch...........yeah it's all good, (umm, yes, I really do have these socks, Craig bought them for me at a marathon expo) I'm back, 5 mile run today and dusting off the bike!

Training Plan

I have been having a very hard time putting my training plan into action. It is cold (I know, I know it is So. Cal, but still for us it is cold), and when the alarm goes off I'm having a hard time rolling myself out from under my nice warm comforter. I have my training plan on my desktop in an excel file which I don't bother to open and look at, so today I have taken a major step forward or backwards technologically speaking. I have put my training plan on a calendar page and taped it to the bathroom door. This has always worked for me in the past, then I take a highlighter and cross off my workouts when they're done. Easy, right! There it is in all of it's pretty colors saying Yay, you did it! Hoping to say "Yay!" tomorrow, all I have is a 45 minute run. Come on Mel, get it done!

Stupid New Years Resolutions!!!

I didn't go to the gym this morning, too busy crying my eyes out over Brent! No seriously we got him on the plane and he is off for a two year adventure of his life and along the way he gets to learn to speak Khmai and see places that are off the beaten track and give service like he never dreamed he could. I am happy! However at this moment I am annoyed, my gym, my gym has no spin bikes tonight---really! Ok, ok no excuses, I am off to the Highland version of my gym to see if I can get into their spin class. Training plan today 1 hour bike, 15 min run.

January 3, 2011

Back from another trip to Utah brrrrrrr it was cold. My training started this morning with a half hour zone 2 run, amazing how hard it is to build fitness and how easy to lose! Started to clean up my eating today with the Paleo Diet. Maybe I should just call it the Paleo emphasis, I had a yummy lunch of steak with blueberries and raspberries and then we went out to dinner tonight with the boys. Tomorrow we put Brent on the plane for his mission. Two years in Cambodia, you would think after sending Kevin and Brian off on missions I would be good at this, but not so much, it will be a tough morning. He's flying to SLC, Kev will pick him up, and he'll get to see Kerri, Kendall, the boys, Bri and Sarah and Grandma and Grandpa. Training tomorrow, well maybe tomorrow night.