sporty: May 2004 Archives

So Friday night the bf and I decided to do another camping/training deal ... this time out at Smithville Lake.... site of the Ultramax iron-distance triathlon. The plan was to spend the night at the lake and then meet the tri club for a ride. So we get to the lake and find that the campsites are more like shantytowns of tents...There were people EVERYWHERE. And with our little mountaineering tent, headlamps, and flashy tri bikes on top the car we stood out like sore thumbs amidst the Natty Lite drinkin' country music blarin' bubba types. But the crowdedness was only just the beginning...

I had spent the whole afternoon CRAVING turkey dogs cooked over the fire...unfortunately, there was no fire to be had. The wood we bought at the gas station in Smithville must have been completely water logged because despite our best effort to get a fire going, it just wasn't happening. We ended up warming our turkey dogs over burning atlas pages... needless to say, there is NOTHING flammable left in the boyfriend's car! The real tragedy of all this was that there was also no way to make coffee in the morning...

...which I should have known would be the start of a very unpleasant ride!! I was scheduled for 5-6 hours on the bike followed by a 60 minute run. I got in 56 miles (which was just under 4 hours) and no run and considered myself lucky. The legs were DEAD. I think the two hour run the day before just toasted them and they never felt good. Add in that I didn't have my inhaler, I was having some mechanical problems, and I HADN'T HAD ANY COFFEE...and it made for a miserable day. Talked to coachy and she said not to worry...it happens. :)

We went and saw SHREK 2 that night....AWESOME MOVIE!!!! SO FUNNY!!!!!!!

Spent yesterday lookin' for a smaller apartment for the boytoy and tomorrow I get my keys to my new place!!! WOOOHOOO!!!