ABC's of me

Life's been busy ~ family stuff....

Busy on the training scene too.   There is a Century ride in June, 8K Kilt Run in July, followed later in that month with a 3k swim race (I know I just get crazier as I get older).  August may bring a Half Ironman, it depends on Life is busy ~ family stuff.  September brings the Oasis Zoo Run and October the Prince Edward County Half Marathon.  In the middle of all this Kate and Wills get married and I'm still waiting for my invite.

Since I've been gone for so long from blogdom, I'll leave you with this...

ABCs of me:


(A) Age: 58
(B) Bed Size: Queen
(C) Chore You Really Dislike: dusting \ vacuuming
(D) Dogs? none, but one cat -  Lily
(E) Essential Start Your Day: Coffee!!
(F) Favourite Colour: I love green of any tone
(G) Gold or Silver? Platinum but will wear gold or silver
(H) Height: 5' 10"
(I) Instruments You Play: unfortunately none
(J) Job Title: Construction Cost Consultant Office Manager
(K) Kids: unfortunately none
(L) Live: Constance Bay, ON
(M) Mom's Name: my mother is deceased - her name was Jean
(N) Nicknames: none that I am aware of
(O) Overnight Hospital Stays? oh ya, 
(P) Pet Peeve: insincere people
(Q) Quote from a Movie: "you can't handle the truth"
(R) Right or Left Handed? ambidextrous
(S) Siblings: 1 older sister.
(T) Time You Wake Up? ~5:30 am
(U) Underwear: maybe!
(V) Vegetable You Dislike: I'm a veggie, so I love all of them
(W) What Makes You Run Late: slow drivers
(X) X-Rays: multiple times each for knee, skull, fingers, elbows, ankles, teeth, spine, collar bone, (I love tough sports)
(Y) Yummy Food You Make: any veggie dish
(Z) Zoo animal, giraffes


So, there you go ~ I'm back!


Life's fun if you don't weaken,


Lily

frozen eyeballs...

Ottawa shattered a 41-year-old record Monday, when the temperature dipped to -28.6 C


You know it's cold when Calgary reports this...apparently a woman was skating on the Ottawa canal yesterday and had to be hospitalised because her eyeballs froze.  I can't find anything to substantiate this claim, other than hearing it on the news this morning.  I'm certain you'll be reading other folks blogs who write about running or skating or skiing is this craptastic weather, but you won't find it here.  Me, I spent Sunday in my jammies with the fireplace on...

that's not really me, I don't look that good in a snuggie

The only time I went outside was to see what was blocking my gas furnace air intake, yes, in my jammies with my down coat & winter boots on, I waded my way through the snow at 6:30am to unplug said intake valve.  Luckily for me, once the obstruction (a hunk of frozen ice) was removed, my furnace sparked up right away and it seemed as though it never shut off!   Lily was quite happy to snuggle up and sleep in the sunshine while I read, napped, played on the computer, read, napped....well, you get the idea of me doing absolutely nothing!!

This week I start swimming, yes, I'm joining the Greyfish three days per week, to try to keep my cardio up.  

I've also just registered for the Rideau Lakes Bike Tour.  This year is the 40th Anniversary and they are offering (to purchase) a commemorative cycle shirt.  You know me, I'm all about the bling...so I ordered one!

Well, there you go, a momentary frozen hiccup of doing nothing in the challenge of moving every day!

Life's fun if you don't weaken,

Lily

Tri training, losing weight & gaining strength

Holiday Monday!

The sun is shining, the birds are busy at the feeders and I'm deciding what to do with my day off.

Well, to start off, I'm going to get rid of some of the excess weight that found its way to me during the marathon training which was two months ago.....its been a long enough time for me to hauling this around so I'm signed up and ready to go with Quadrathon's weight loss challenge!

I've even gained weight from when I signed in with Quadrathon!! This is an issue!


Yup, I had lost a little bit with Viv's challenge, but now that I'm seriously (yes I said seriously), starting to get ready for the Try-a-Tri and have to put on a bathing suit....well, let's just say its not a pretty sight and in fact I'm rather chubby!

Middle age spread at its finest!!

The weekend has been GREAT!!

Saturday was spent all day with a friend of mine who is a Half Iron Triathlete, needless to say she got me pumped!

We watched the video's from Lake Placid Iron Man 2007 and 2008! Oh my gawd, it is amazing! I am signing up and will be volunteering for next year!!!

Bet You thought I was going to say "signing up for the Mdot!" Nope, it's already sold out!

Between the rain and thunderstorms we got in a lot of swimming.

I hadn't swam like that in 30 years. It felt great to get my rhythm and relax, I even sort of remembered how to breath both sides. (I use to compete freestyle when I was a lot younger). It was amazing!!!

We swam over to the island and back several times....with the next three weeks to practice, I'm confident I won't have a problem with the Try-a-tri swim....now the bike will be a different story!

I'm totally psyched out about the bike!

You are all very kind to tell me it doesn't matter what I ride to "try", but in all honesty, I'm a competitive snob....if you don't have the "proper" equipment don't do it attitude....

I know, juvenile right?

DEAR SANTA!

Sunday was our group run, 16K. This weeks run was really great, everyone was very chatty and running with ease. A few of the group had been to the National Capital's Tri & Du on Saturday and were so full of enthusiasm about their bike and run! It was amazing to hear the stories and of course adding fuel to my fire for the following weeks to come.

Today will be spent tidying up and then either biking 70K, well 35K to downtown and have lunch with a few of the Wooo Hooo's, look around at the Buskerfest and then back.

Or we go biking here at home and getting in another swim.**

The sun is SHINING! How weird is that???

So, I'm not going to waste another moment....hope you all have a great day!

Catch up with you later ~ gator!!!!

Life's fun if you don't weaken,
Lily

**the Wooo Hooo's are coming to my place for a bike and swim, I love summer!*