the summer in short.

After reading my roommate’s account of his summer, I sit here trying to remember what I did myself… not a lot. It’s sad.

June 6- Sex and the City with Tiffany. My cat gets attacked by the neighbor cat
June 11- My birthday and the day I discover my cat has hole in his neck
June 13-15- Head to FW for a triathlon. Ali, my dad and mom were there to cheer and I took 3rd in my AG. Had dinner with Ali, Jackie and Katie
Jun 19-23- Leave for Idaho. Spend a couple days running around eastern WA and Idaho, driving the course, meeting people. Raced on Sunday, left to come home late Monday night
June 28- back to FW to watch a triathlon and spend time with my niece
July 3-6 Back to FW for the holiday weekend. Spent the 4th with Ali at Jackie and Matt’s- got hurt on a trampoline!
July 12-13 STP. 202 miles of biking in two days! Got a terrible sunburn. Said goodbye to my niece
July 19- Bite of Seattle with Major?
July 25-26 Back to FW for the Federal Escape. This time I took 2nd in my AG
July 31- Aug 4- Flew to HB to spend time in the sun and hang out with Jon
Aug 9- Ali’s party
Aug 16-17 Danskin expo and race. Drove from Bellevue to Seattle to Covington to Bothell. Loong day
Aug 17- Bought a new bike!
Aug 26- Finally got to see Spring for sushi after a year!
Aug 29- BBQ at Lynn’s bf’s place.

Boxed in...

A week ago I came home and there was a note that our balconies were going to be replaced/painted etc and that all items needed to be removed. Of course, the only place we have for storing anything is inside our apartment. More precisely, in our living room. We already have four bikes in the dining room and hallway. Yes, three of them are mine… But now we have a charcoal bbq grill, more plants, bags of potting soil and deck chairs creating a maze of confusement through our downstairs area. And across our sliding glass door is bright orange construction netting reminding us not to step outside. This has been for a week now!!!

At work, they’ve been powerwashing and repainting the buildings for a couple weeks. Two days ago they covered most of our windows with an plastic that lets some light in, but blocks the view. Today they covered more of the windows. I can no longer see outside. I need to see outside. I know it doesn’t really matter what’s going on out there since I’m stuck in here, but it’s that feeling of almost being trapped with no access to the outside world.

I’m on edge.

season off...

but not off-season. I don't really get any downtime this year. I took a few days between tri season and marathon training last fall. Soo... I took some time off in early 2006 when I had a stress fracture, but then went right back to triathlon training and season- all the way through September. In September I started marathon training, ran the marathon in Feb 2007 and went right to triathlon training. That season went from April through September, when I started marathon training again. I ran the marathon in February '08 and took a couple weeks easy in March when I got in a car accident. But I was still getting ready for Ironman. Now, here it is, the end of August and I've started marathon training and triathlon season isn't even over yet. I think I need to take about four or five days off from running/swimming/biking, but maybe not weights very soon. I'm so tired and I'm picking up small but weird nagging issues. My knee has a dull ache, my foot feels like it needs to be popped, my shoulder is heavy and dead... and I'm chaffing and blistering like no other!!