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<\/p>\nNow that spring races are over, it’s time for a long summer’s nap.\u00a0 Sorta.<\/p>\n
It’s about that time in the ATX when temps reach 100 and don’t quit (which means morning workouts start at a stifling 80+ and humid and it just gets bananas from there), which means – time to lay off the races for a while.\u00a0 Or at least attempt to.\u00a0 I am trained up to primo endurance for sprint tris, and since I don’t plan to do any Olympic distance this year, I can just coast with the distances.\u00a0 Push paces and speed and work on my nemesis – hills, but I’m feel comfortable doing what I’m doing.\u00a0 Now just work on faster.<\/p>\n
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Next Planned Race: Oct 1 – Kerrville Tri<\/a> (Sprint – 500m swim, 15.5 mile bike, 5k run).\u00a0 Goal is to improve upon paces again.\u00a0 Super goal would be adding 1.5 miles on the bike and beating my 1:40.<\/p>\n Then, things get interesting.\u00a0 See Jane Run<\/a> got on my radar and I listed it as a possible race.\u00a0 I’ve wavered back and forth, doing it, not doing it, doing the 5k… but a promise of being able to bail to the 5k at the last moment (because this awesome deal<\/a> makes the half cost 37 bucks!!!), a freaking SWEET race shirt I really want… I think I’m going to have to do it.\u00a0 This will be the weirdest race combo ever – 8 days separating a sprint tri and a half marathon.\u00a0 And the tri is an A race.\u00a0 Now, I have no expectations of a PR at the half mary, and it will be an interesting experiment.<\/p>\n Then, the actual building to actually race long distances…5 mile turkey trot<\/a> on Thanksgiving.\u00a0 Looking for a winter 10k (it still bugs me I’ve only ran one, and I LOVE the distance).\u00a0 3M<\/a> as my goal race.\u00a0 Then… I said I’d never do the Austin Half <\/a>again, but I may or may not do 2012 but IF and ONLY IF I am pacing someone who has asked me POSSIBLY to help them with their first half.\u00a0 And these plans may or may not change due to a cruise planned sometime in Jan\/Feb.\u00a0 This is all very far away though…<\/p>\n There are a lot of 2012\/2013\/2014 type far reaching plans I have too, but it’s way too early to talk about them.\u00a0 Suffice to say, I R crazypants.<\/p>\n This summer though, I have goals:<\/p>\n -Under 160 by the next tri.\u00a0 I’m seriously SICK AND TIRED of this extra weight.\u00a0 Nutritionist appointment underway (week of July 11th is the first one) and I’m going to do this FO REALZ.<\/p>\n -Learn how to wakeboard (a coworker friend person is supposed to teach me)<\/p>\n -Learn to fly a plane (at least the first lesson, which I have paid for)<\/p>\n -Lots of fun outside time.\u00a0 Lakes, kayaking, biking\/walking for fun, not for pace (ok, some for pace, but not every workout).\u00a0 Hit the veloway with the bikes.\u00a0 Hit lots of other random places up with bikes.\u00a0 Lots of open water swimming just to stay in practice and enjoy our lakes.<\/p>\n -Keep up with weights, so I can resume selling two tickets to my gun show!<\/p>\n Dragging Ass:<\/p>\n The last week has been jam packed with excitement and…stuff.<\/p>\n Saturday – Went for a 10 mile ride outside around the house.\u00a0 Then, decided at the last minute to do another 10 mile ride down to the Keep Austin Weird 5k and festival (to which we had recieved 2 free entries, thanks Yelp!!!).\u00a0 Then, the 5k at 7pm in the 95 degree heat and sun.\u00a0 We walked it.\u00a0 Was NOT going to race it in the hot weather and after 20 miles on the bike.\u00a0 It was a GREAT experience and next year, when we don’t have the free passes, we may just come down to the course and watch the costumes.\u00a0 It was an awesome time.<\/p>\n Then, huge transportation fail.\u00a0 We had planned to either ride or bus back if it got too late.\u00a0 It was on the edge of dusk and we don’t have lights (yet, definitely on the list to get now), so we decided to bus.\u00a0 First bus had two bikes on it already.\u00a0 Next bus never came.\u00a0 Finally, an hour later (and keep in mind we had biked 20 miles, walked 5k, and hadn’t eaten since 1pm and it was after 9), we called a cab and asked for one that could handle our bikes.\u00a0 Cab was on it’s way, got the confirmation, and then… nada.\u00a0 Two more busses came by.\u00a0 Called back, and the dispatcher said that the cab didn’t see anyone there and we were like… HELLO, and then waited a bit longer.<\/p>\n Finally at 10pm, I put my foot down and we walked our bikes down the street and got some dinner and a drink and unwound a bit and decided to deal with transport later.\u00a0 We ended up calling a good buddy who retrieved our bike rack from our house, and came down and got us.\u00a0 Sigh.\u00a0 Transportation fail.\u00a0 After that frustration, we ended up home finally at 1am, and errr, started drinking.<\/p>\n Sunday: Let’s just say I was a bit worse for wear this day after Saturday’s events.\u00a0 Then, on little sleep and feeling like super craptastical, we headed back out in the heat for a ball game.\u00a0 By the time the game started I was feeling better, but it went kinda long and we didn’t get home until 11:30.\u00a0 Was a blast though.\u00a0 I definitely got my vitamin D last weekend!<\/p>\n Monday was a busy day at work and back to the gym for 30 mins of hillllz on the bike and a particularly brutal crunch time class.\u00a0 Tuesday was our head honchos and our localization partners in the office at the same time, plus a brutally hot 5 mile morning run and laundry and cleaning.\u00a0 Yesterday was more meetings and work and heticness and weights and about a mile swim, and then we spent all night researching vacations and have booked our winter vacay – 6 days all inclusive resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica!\u00a0 Woot!\u00a0 I’ve been told I need to come back with a shirt that says “Jamaican me crazy” so it’s a mission!<\/p>\n Then, today, on top of more crazy meetings and 2 interviews and such at work, we ducked out over lunch and refinanced our mortgage (I had a 2 hour free window in the day and it took 1.5 hours).\u00a0 However, now we are paying a little more a month (think giving up your once a day starbucks habit 5 days a week, or one decently nice dinner and a few drinks per month), and with rates as low as they are now, we’ve converted from a 30 year to a 15 year.\u00a0 Double woot!\u00a0 Seriously, if you bought your house more than a few years ago, go at least check it out and see – this was an amazing surprise!<\/p>\n That being said, a hill\/sprint 4 miler was on the program tonight, and I am just… mentally and physically drained.\u00a0 I decided to take tonight off and just relax and read, and hit the track tomorrow AM for some 400m repeat goodness.\u00a0 I owe myself some weights but I’ll work those in sometime before Monday.<\/p>\n This weekend, plans are – Saturday – 2 hour bike ride up north, then lunch and the day with my parents, and then grillin’ and chillin’ at the house later.\u00a0 Sunday, more bbq fun at our friends T and V.\u00a0 Thinking this may be the morning I work those weights in.\u00a0 Monday – …nothing.\u00a0 Glorious nothing.\u00a0 I have some easy food to make for lunch and an asian feast to make later.\u00a0 We have some video games to play, and movies to watch.\u00a0 The goal is to not leave the house and veg.<\/p>\n Speaking of, time to stop yip yapping and read.\u00a0 More about the KAW 5k soon, as I have some epicly cool pictures.\u00a0 What awesome plans do you have this weekend?\u00a0 If you could take a vacation anywhere, where would you go?<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/media.fukung.net\/images\/41029\/55cfdcda0aa068640bdaaf66100b4a00.png\")
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