Gulf Coast

Shady business going on!

Steven is a shady character and not to be trusted! About a month ago, I bought Zipp 404 wheels on eBay. I talked this guy into closing the auction early, and bought them at a great price. A whole week went by, and no word from the seller, as the money had cleared through pay pal! Finally, heard from the guy, gave me some sob story how his computer broke and he had no way of contacting me! Bull! In 2008? Anyway, finally the wheels were shipped from Canada. 6-12 business days. As time goes by, I started getting worried, as there is no way to track the parcel coming internationally by regular mail. May 8th was my birthday and the wheels miraculously appeared at my door step. My darling husband hid them from me in the trunk of his car so I would get them on my B-day! On may 6th I almost was in tears that the wheels were not coming and we wasted a lot of $!!!! Shady!

Supporting my peeps at GC!!!!!!

Left town on Friday at about noon, picked up Eduardo and headed to PC for Gulf Coast Half-Ironman to support our friends.
I am soooo proud of everyone and was glad to help whoever needed it!!!!
wound up running a little, playing nurse a little!!!!! I don't know how many IV's I started, but some people were really hurting. I was happy to help! Really, I just wanted to be closer to my friends to make sure they were OK and that was the only way in to the med tent. I hope they have a huge med-tent in Macon!!! I WILL NEED an IV!!!

Once again, I am inspired by all of you, you are my super-stars!

Steven got the tri-bug: we will be heading over to all3sports for a tri-bike for him and a new P2C frame for me. I am sooo excited!

OH, so tired......................

I am training srtaight-through with out taking a day off since I am going to support my peeps at GC!!! It is day9 for me and I am tired! Looking forward to Friday, so I can chill in the car!!!!!
Went to master's yesterday, it was awesome.

Full social calendar

Saturday morning I had a date with my trainer for 2 painful hours, where everyone else had fun at an open water swim. I had to pass, since my long course du is 3 weeks away!

At night, we were able to witness the start of a winning streak of Atlanta Braves, that was a blast!!

Sunday morning woke up at 6:30 and went to master's at Emory. They switched the pool length from 25m to 50m! Sneaky bastards! Bill, the coach gave me a lot of constructive criticism, but said my swimming looks better. Then, headed out to St. Mtn. to run the big loop. had to stay in a low heart-rate zone, so it took me FOREVER!!!!

Later, Steven, myself, Oscar and Boo met Dani, Poncey and Bella at the dog park, Keith and Hunter showed up later. The dogs had fun and started forming a pack when another dog came in.

Got talked into going to the Roswell Crit. It was the most boring race, ever. The geriatric spectators drinking wine and smoking cigarettes?? Come on, people!!!!!

Kudos to Diego and his team for doing 2 races in one day!

Triathlon is not a sport, it's a lifestyle!

Anytime someone tells me that I'm crazy for all the training I do, I tell 'em: triathlon is not a sport, it's a lifestyle! I should probably have my head examined for picking this lifestyle, which is a complete 360 from what I used to do! Used to stay out, go dancing, drink more than 1.5 drinks to be drunk, etc. Now, I am lucky if I make it past 9pm!

Yesterday, I overheard a coworker telling someone that her brother-in-law is starting with the anesthesia group that we use, and he is one of THOSE triathletes like Tat and made a face! I thought it was funny. He is doing Lake Placid this year. I can't wait to meet him!

The air is thick with hate!!!!!

A male coworker said that I look chunky in one of my pictures! That is not a nice thing to say to a woman! he said that he meant muscular. Chunky=Muscular?

On a positive note met up with Dani, Olga, Pico, Nemo and later Steven and Bob for an awesome ride minus the pollen! My eyes are blood-shot, like I've been smoking something! it was a slow, recovery pace for them, but all out sprint for me! At least I was able to keep up this time. Any time you are planning on a slow ride, call me, I am in!

Gotta go have a beer that I've been craving all day and try on my Luna uniforms!