Monday again...

Well, it's Monday again. I managed to get some training in over the weekend, though not what was on the schedule. In fact, I did no training on Saturday at all...

On Saturday I got up very early, after a long night at the Wrestling Districts the night before - when I left at the end of the night's events the Atoms were in 3rd place. Unfortunately my son did not advance to any semi-final rounds. I think his illness from last month did not help. He really was pretty sick there for a while. Oh well...I think my son was happy-he had an OK season, considering. The Annandale Atoms took 3rd overall in the District. First on Saturday I dropped my one son off for the Indoor Track Districts - the bus was leaving at 6:30 AM. Then I dropped my other son back off for Wrestling Districts - he was there to assist and cheer on his teammates. After that, I headed to the Track meet...and what a meet it was. It was a close race for the boys - between Annandale and Hayfield...in the end Annandale prevailed! My son did not place, but he did have a PR and took 2.26 seconds off of his 1000 time, so he was happy. He even ran through some leg cramps, so imagine what he could have done if that had not happened. The boys team took a victory lap around the field house and seemed quite pleased with themselves.

On Sunday I got up and relaxed and watched some movies. Around 11:00 AM I finally got my bike ready and got dressed and went for my first bike ride in a long time. I tried out my new saddle, too - loved it! It is the same as my old but lighter, and a different color (white as opposed to black). It gives my bike a whole new look. Next will be new handle-bar tape in yellow to bring out the tiny bit of yellow on my otherwise blue and white bike. After my easy 1-ish hour ride I had lunch and watched another movie. Around 3:30 PM I changed into running clothes and drove my truck (the extra vehicle) to my dad's house, a little over 2 miles away. I ran home... I had a light dinner and then at 8:30 PM went for a swim. My plan is to swim every Sunday night - I want to work on form and stroke mechanics. Hopefully some good will come of this!

Six days till the GW marathon...Interesting, my initials are the same... :-)

Marathon time...

Well, marathon time is not for about 2 months yet! I just did the online entry into the George Washington (GW - like me!) Birthday Marathon to be held on Sunday, February 15th. If all goes well I will be participating in this event. At least I am 'on track' for it training schedule-wise. My team is doing marathons that same weekend in Myrtle Beach, SC and Austin, TX. I even got up this morning and did a little spinning - since I missed my spin last night. I did not miss it, per se, I chose not to go to/do it. I did most of my Christmas cards, instead, which was also important! I feel very good to have gotten those taken care of.

Speaking of spinning and training, this has been a pretty good week for me, training-wise, especially since I got up this morning and did a bit of spinning. This means I have done every workout or shortened version of a workout every day this week...so far! I'm completely STOKED about this. Seriously. I think it is a first! Even though I had a kind of cruddy swim practice yesterday, I'm really happy about my training week. Wheeeee!

Busy weekend: Patrick is running in his first Varsity indoor track meet in the 4x800 (the first event) and has a chance to earn a spot in the 1000 run later in the meet...it depends on his relay split. Go Patrick! Andrew has a Varsity Quad Wrestling meet at his school. Andrew is always concerned about making weight and yesterday was trying to survive on ONE PIECE OF TOAST. I made him eat pizza and explained that his body would kick into starvation mode and start conserving instead of burning... Of course, if his weight it up I will feel bad, but I am hoping that all will be well. I might need to talk to the coach and athletic trainers... I explained to him that he needs to eat for strength and of course he won't have energy to wrestling in his matches if he does not fuel his body!!! Hopefully he will weigh in just fine...

For tomorrow's wrestling meet, tonight I am cooking up some taco meat (about 5 pounds worth) for the concession stand. We also need to supply a case of soda and a case of water. Current plan for tomorrow: Go to track meet. Watch and cheer on Patrick. Leave when Patrick is done (after relay? or after 1000?). Depending on the time - run 10 miles per training schedule. Go to wrestling meet. Watch and cheer on Andrew. Run 10 miles if not done earlier. Dinner with Jeff and friends Lisa and Steve - we are taking them out as a thank you from my father for all they did for his 90th birthday celebration!

I'm looking forward to my dinner tomorrow night. We are meeting up in Old Town, Alexandria to enjoy the scenery and have a good meal. We will have a drink at an Irish place, have dinner, and have ice cream after. We are going to walk around - regardless of the weather - and enjoy the beautiful decorations that are up!

Sunday training calls for a 4 hour bike ride...this is now weather permitting due to the wintery stuff/rain that is coming into town. The coach is trying to arrange a room for spinning for 1-3 hours if weather is too bad to go out. If that is the case I might just have to do this because I need TIS! (Time in saddle!)