So I raced my two Half IM this summer, with a couple of sprints remaining. What are my long term goals? What do I do for the Fall? Do I just finish up the summer season and enjoy myself? Or do I continue to train for something? What can I train for? How about the Hartford Marathon?
After my 2nd marathon in Disney in January of 2004 I swore to never run another marathon in my life. I hated the training and the dreaded long runs every Saturday morning. Training just about drove me insane. With all my Half IM training via CROSSFIT it makes me think differently. I barely ran 13 miles for my races and with all the squats and leg work maybe I don't have to plug in such long distances. Oh I don't know! My gears are churning here and I'm trying to figure out if I'm biting off more then I can chew.
Back to reality tomorrow. Vacation is DONE! No more shitty eating, beer and bad habits. Time to put my sneakers on and work out again. I haven't done shit since the race. Shame on me! I don't regret being lazy but I do feel a bit guilty for not squeaking something in all week long. Hell, I have a sprint triathlon this coming Sunday so I better get back on the wagon this week.
After we unpacked the truck yesterday and put everything away, we took the kids to the Norton Park Pool to cool off. After a couple of hours swimming like fish, we thought heading to the Petit Pasta Dinner at GE would be great. We had absolutely no food in the house so it seemed crazy to not eat some pasta with Mr. Petit himself. What an AMAZING event! I cannot believe I have never done this before. For $5 per adult and kids under 12 free, the food and atmosphere was worth so much more. Dinner was delicious and they had all these great games for kids and they were handing out prizes. Of course my kids were trying to collect as many prizes as possible. Selfish little beasts! You'd think we stuffed our mouths enough but NO! We drove across the street to McDonald's and bellied up to the counter to order hot fudge sundaes, cones and milk shakes.......can you say FAT! Like really FAT! I looked 6 months pregnant by the end of the night. Oh my word! I was a very happy camper though.
After an enormous BM this morning (thanks to the ice cream) we hopped on the bikes and found a spot to cheer on all the Petit 5K racers. If I am a spectator at any event, I end up tearing because I am so happy and proud to be there. I had actual tears rolling down my face this morning. I was beyond excited to see everybody run and enjoy their day. The best part is seeing my fellow Tri Club peeps running like the wind. They are truly an amazing group of people. Very special people!
Back home to get everybody in the car and buy some groceries. Now I have a full refrigerator and I am one happy momma! We chilled out this afternoon at home while the kids played in their rooms, I did some work on the computer, laundry was working hard and daddy did some chilling out on the couch. No complaints from any of us. I had all good intentions of making a nice meal and hitting Lake Compounce with the kids but the meal idea flew out the window because nobody wanted to cook. So we decided to have pizza at LC and enjoy the water park. We usually go at night while everybody starts to leave. We have the place to ourselves usually......well, not tonight. Nobody was leaving and the place was beyond packed. We walked right into the water park and walked right back out. Hit a ride for Roxy and a ride for Trinity and Lincoln and quickly decided to head out. My friend Rouskie was there with us so she invited us over to her house to swim and eat some burgers. That is what we did and it was wonderful. Very spontaneous which is unlike us, but the kids had a great time and they really enjoyed the pool. I felt bad eating all her food but she invited us over.....LOL!
With exhausted kids in tow, we are all home and the wee ones are snuggled into bed. Time for me to shower (I haven't showered since Friday night) because the chlorine isn't cutting it anymore......ha ha ha!
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