Before I get to the meat of this article a couple of things.
1). My official time from my not a PR 5K was 29:49. That’s 9 more seconds than I thought but I’ll take it.
2). Yesterday morning I woke up in a hotel room very tired and very comfortable. I thought about not going for a run. I thought about how nice that cushy hotel room bed felt. I went through the whole rationalization process about how I’d been drinking wine the evening before and how I MUST be dehydrated and running could ONLY do me harm and blah, blah, blah. I could not stay in that bed. I HAD to get up and run. There was no option. That was a first. I only ran 2.5 miles because the work day was beckoning but I got out there.
3). Today I woke up in my own bed tired from traveling and thought “I could take a day off and I don’t really have time to swim and then run so really – I could go back to sleep”. I could not. Could.not. That was a second I swam 1850 meters and I will get my run in later.
So, about those Pom Poms
A few days ago I sort of kind of thought it might be fun to go to Madison Wisconsin the weekend of Sept 9 and cheer for all my friends doing something BIG. It was just a thought. By yesterday it was a reality thanks in large part to IronMomJenny who just kicked the whole thing into gear. BOOM! So that’s it. I’ve got plane tickets and a room reservation and travel buddies. And I’ve got Pom Poms!
I’m very excited to be going because there is such a long list of blogger buds who are competing and another list who are cheering and I intend to see all of you. I’m super exicted about getting to spend some time with IronJenny who I met for about 42 seconds before my wave started at Wildflower.
We bonded, though. Yes we did. As I headed for the water I looked over my shoulder and yelled “I love how we identify and mothers and triathletes” to her and to TriMama. Not sure where that came from but I needed to express my sense of bonding and that’s what came out of my mouth. The other woman in that picture, FeLady, was also headed to the water.
Jenny and I will have lots more time to bond as we will be spending quite a few hours in the car together as well as being roomies at the hotel. I have a secret agenda to try to suck up some of her triathlete mojo because the woman is a masheen. She really is. If I could get 1 tenth of 1 percent of what she has going on I’d be a much better athlete. I will be looking to bond more with the rest of you, too.
Moooooooooooooooooooooooooo……………………
See you there!
Don’t forget meeeeeeeee, I’ll be there cheering for everyone..yay!!!!!
And meeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Wow, lady, you’ve got some nice Pom-poms….wink, wink…
Wow, lady, you’ve got some nice Pom-poms….wink, wink…
wow, good for you pushing yourself out of that bed! not once but twice! AND goin’ to Ironman! whooo~!
Oh I am SO jealous! You are going to have SO much fun!!!
You must have been staying at a Hilton…something about their beds…. 🙂
I will be cheering from this ring-side seat! Go ALL!
Oh, and I love that pix of us….I saved it too! 🙂
OH I’m so jealous of all the blogger love goin’ on. My Ironman is on hold due to other financial priorities, but when I finally do debut, I’m gonna KICK SOME ARSE!!! Meanwhile, all I can do is live vicariously thru you folks… and watch ironmanlive.com. Wish I could be there cheering alongside!!! I know you’ll have a BLAST!!!
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