FAT TUESDAY

HERE IS A PHOTO OF MY MOM WEARING IRON TEAM COLORS TO THE MARTI GRAS PARTY AT THE SCHOOL WHERE SHE TEACHES. THE KIDS WERE ALLOWED TO WEAR "FREE DRESS" INSTEAD OF THEIR UNIFORMS IF THEY WORE PURPLE, GREEN OR GOLD. GO TEAM!

I DITCHED THE FAT TUESDAY MARTI GRAS HAPPY HOUR MY OFFICE FOR A VERY ANTI-FAT FINISH TO THE DAY - A 2300 YARD SWIM WORKOUT. IT WAS THE BEST I'VE FELT YET DURING A SWIM WORKOUT. MY SHOULDER WAS PAIN-FREE FOR A CHANGE, I COULD ACUALLY MUSTER UP A LEVEL 7 SPEED AS DIRECTED ON THE SCHEDULE, AND I FINISHED WITH ENERGY TO SPARE.

I WAS REMINDED AT HAPPY HOUR BY ALL OF THE IRISH CATHOLICS (WHO APPROPRIATELY WORK FOR GUINNESS) THAT LENT STARTS TOMORROW, AND WAS ASKED WHAT I'M GOING TO GIVE UP . . . SO I DECIDED TO GIVE UP WORRYING. THIS HAS BEEN A TOUGH COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH TRAVEL, A MOVE, AND MY HIP INJURY FLARING UP, SO I'VE HAD TO MISS QUITE A FEW WORKOUTS. CONSEQUETNLY, I'VE BEEN WORRYING ABOUT MY ABILITY TO ADEQUATELY PREPARE FOR IRONMAN. BUT, WORRYING ONLY MAKES IT WORSE, SO I AM GIVING IT UP FOR 40 DAYS WITH CONFIDENCE THAT I'LL BE BETTER FOR IT.

Guinness Bike Jerseys - Coming Soon!

Hooray! I finally have the design for my Guinness Bike Jerseys. These jerseys will be available for a donation (amount tbd) to my fundraising campaign. Hopefully they will be ready in early April . . .

No More Horsing Around . . .

Seriously. No more horsing around. Somehow I have to get from this . . .

(horseback "swimming" in Jamaica)
To this . . .


(the start of Ironman USA 2005)

in five short months. It was already five months ago that I signed up for this silly race. Time sure flies. Our weekday workouts are still manageable at about an hour of swimming, an hour of biking and a little over an hour of running, and the coached workouts are long, but fun. The biggest challenge is fitting in work, travel and life in general, but somehow it is working so far . . . .