We got back from San Luis Obispo this past Monday and don't have any trips coming up really soon so its nice just to get back to 'normal' for a little bit. Spend some time with the doggies and get some housework type stuff done. Plus, when I'm not traveling its a little bit easier to focus on work which this week has been busy with. That on top of the fact that I need to settle back into a good diet and drop the vacation 5 which actually turned into the vacation 10 and is now down to the vacation 7. So.. I can handle 7. It'll take a little while and I'm a little bummed at myself for letting it happen but I'll get it back. But then I had wanted to see if I could reach my goal weight which is 5 lbs lower than losing my vaca 7. It makes it hard when you crave dessert every night and sometimes after lunch too. So I probably need to work on that but really outside of that we eat good food..I probably just eat too much of it and the dessert thing is the kicker. I think really though it was the vacationing. A lot of our vaca's revolved around races and such so I was getting some good workouts but for me vacationing always = eating at great restaurants and pretty much no limits on what I order or drink so it can add up pretty quick. That coupled with the fact that 2 of my trips were not race related (Vegas girls trip and Phoenix work trip) neither of those included any workouts so here I sit with my lucky 7.
I do plan to do a long run/walk tomorrow of 12 miles. Running as much of it as I can and walking the rest but doing the whole thing. But it means I need to get up early because its been freakin HOT here. I don't particularly like getting up early so there is my issue. Have no fear though I will get it done!
So, not too much exciting around here lately besides cooking and working and working out. Oh...we are looking at places in Carlsbad and have actually made an offer on a place there. I'm so excited but a little nervous so we'll see how it turns out!
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Falling behind again
Ok, so I've fallen behind again on the blog. We've done quite a bit since last time I updated this so I'll try to summarize. The weekend of August 2nd we flew up to San Francisco for Dave to do his first ultramarathon which is anything longer than marathon length. It was a 50k(31 miles) in a park just outside of Oakland. It was really pretty scenery and great weather. There was a lake there to run around and tons of trees which made it a great run. I didn't officially run but I got myself an 11 mile run stuck in there while I was waiting for Dave to come rolling in. He did great and actually really liked it so I know this is the next chapter of his running career - ultras! After the run we spent a few days in San Francisco enjoying the food around the city. We ate at a couple really great restaurants and before our wallet was empty we headed back home.
It was an easy week for me that week as we headed home from San Fran on Tuesday and I headed out to Vegas on Thursday night for my annual girls Vegas trip (this was our 5th annual!!) It was a great time filled with lots of drink, lots of food and just enough gambling. Such a fun time with all my friends :)
I flew home on Monday from Vegas and we took Dave's parents to Pageant of the Master's in Laguna Beach that night. It was our gift to them at Christmas and it came up really fast. I always love going to the Pageant. Its a great location and its an outdoor theatre so it just feels nice to be seeing a great show like that in that great weather. Of course we had dinner beforehand at Roy's which was great as always!
The next event we had was the America's Finest City 1/2 marathon in San Diego. We did this one as the finishing race for the "triple crown" which is a special medal you get for doing the Carlsbad 1/2, the La Jolla 1/2 and the AFC 1/2 in the same year. The race was pretty good but not my favorite. The traffic and parking situation before the race was awful. We even stayed down in San Diego near Balboa Park ... like a mile from there I think...which is where the shuttles picked up to take us to the start and it still took like like 45 minutes to get from the hotel to the shuttles. We did make it though and had just enough time to hit the porta potties and get started. Actually it was funny because I just left the toilets and headed towards the start and was taking my time and actually stopped and stood at my pacing time for a few minutes thinking ..hmm not many people in this group before I started making my way forward and realized the race had started! Good thing they have timing chips so I'd get a 'real' time. My knee held up pretty well in that race and I only had to walk maybe 4 miles of it which was less than I had expected.
While we were down in that area we met a realtor and took a look at some properties in Carlsbad. We saw one we really liked in our price range so we're thinking on that to see what we want to do about it. We would love to live there but this would be a small 2nd place since Dave has to still work in Fontana :)
After that I had to head to Phoenix for a few days for work meetings. I left on Sunday and got back on Thursday. It was really great actually to get there and have some meetings in person and get a handle on what is going on with this new project I'm leading
After Phoenix I got back and we left on Friday for another 50K .. this time in San Luis Obispo.. its called the Montana De Oro (Aug 23). San Luis Obispo is a really cute college town. We were here once before but I don't think I saw the whole town before. Lots of fun looking bars that we haven't had a chance to check out ;( We got here on Friday and just had the race today (Sunday) and leave tomorrow. The race itself was really tough. Dave did the 50K and I did the 25K. There were some BIG hills that you pretty much had to walk...and I walked a lot! I think it was a 1400 foot elevation gain in maybe 3-4 miles but most of it seemed to occur pretty quickly. I did ok in the beginning and then had to walk the steep hill which was painful but when I got to the summit it was really neat and then heading down it was SO nice to be going back downhill instead of up. So I finished that first loop..got to the aid station for some re-fueling and headed for the 2nd part. That part was pretty tough also I think mostly becuause I was mentally already over it. Plus, I got stung by a bee about 1/2 mile into that section! That really pissed me off. I think it was a suicide bomber bee. He had no reason to sting me but did it anyways. So I had to pull him and his stinger off..then started walk/running and it kept stinging so I stopped a couple times and had to feel around to make sure I got the stinger. Then I was completely paranoid about bees after that. Everytime I'd see one I'd say outloud 'please don't, please don't'... I was so paranoid but luckily I escaped without another sting. I also started to develop a blister in my arch which bugged me...but then again all this gave me something to think about to pass the time. That on top of the random singing and talking I do seems to help. Somehow I ended up singing amazing grace at one point and then another time God Bless America...who knows where it comes from...I'm kinda random. I was so happy to see the race end although I did kind of enjoy it. After it finished I had my snacks, cleaned up and changed. Then I saw Dave come back in for snacks and head out for his last lap of about 8 miles. Then I fell asleep in the car and relaxed and woke up about 20 minutes before he finished. Perfect timing. So now we're relaxing in the room and will go out for one last dinner here in San Luis Obispo before heading home tomorrow. On a side note.. We had one good dinner and 1 ok and 1 questionable dining experience. The one we really liked was Buona Tavola Italian. Tonight we're heading to Koberl @ Blue.. I hope its a good one and I plan to sample a few cocktails while we are there...we earned it!
It was an easy week for me that week as we headed home from San Fran on Tuesday and I headed out to Vegas on Thursday night for my annual girls Vegas trip (this was our 5th annual!!) It was a great time filled with lots of drink, lots of food and just enough gambling. Such a fun time with all my friends :)
I flew home on Monday from Vegas and we took Dave's parents to Pageant of the Master's in Laguna Beach that night. It was our gift to them at Christmas and it came up really fast. I always love going to the Pageant. Its a great location and its an outdoor theatre so it just feels nice to be seeing a great show like that in that great weather. Of course we had dinner beforehand at Roy's which was great as always!
The next event we had was the America's Finest City 1/2 marathon in San Diego. We did this one as the finishing race for the "triple crown" which is a special medal you get for doing the Carlsbad 1/2, the La Jolla 1/2 and the AFC 1/2 in the same year. The race was pretty good but not my favorite. The traffic and parking situation before the race was awful. We even stayed down in San Diego near Balboa Park ... like a mile from there I think...which is where the shuttles picked up to take us to the start and it still took like like 45 minutes to get from the hotel to the shuttles. We did make it though and had just enough time to hit the porta potties and get started. Actually it was funny because I just left the toilets and headed towards the start and was taking my time and actually stopped and stood at my pacing time for a few minutes thinking ..hmm not many people in this group before I started making my way forward and realized the race had started! Good thing they have timing chips so I'd get a 'real' time. My knee held up pretty well in that race and I only had to walk maybe 4 miles of it which was less than I had expected.
While we were down in that area we met a realtor and took a look at some properties in Carlsbad. We saw one we really liked in our price range so we're thinking on that to see what we want to do about it. We would love to live there but this would be a small 2nd place since Dave has to still work in Fontana :)
After that I had to head to Phoenix for a few days for work meetings. I left on Sunday and got back on Thursday. It was really great actually to get there and have some meetings in person and get a handle on what is going on with this new project I'm leading
After Phoenix I got back and we left on Friday for another 50K .. this time in San Luis Obispo.. its called the Montana De Oro (Aug 23). San Luis Obispo is a really cute college town. We were here once before but I don't think I saw the whole town before. Lots of fun looking bars that we haven't had a chance to check out ;( We got here on Friday and just had the race today (Sunday) and leave tomorrow. The race itself was really tough. Dave did the 50K and I did the 25K. There were some BIG hills that you pretty much had to walk...and I walked a lot! I think it was a 1400 foot elevation gain in maybe 3-4 miles but most of it seemed to occur pretty quickly. I did ok in the beginning and then had to walk the steep hill which was painful but when I got to the summit it was really neat and then heading down it was SO nice to be going back downhill instead of up. So I finished that first loop..got to the aid station for some re-fueling and headed for the 2nd part. That part was pretty tough also I think mostly becuause I was mentally already over it. Plus, I got stung by a bee about 1/2 mile into that section! That really pissed me off. I think it was a suicide bomber bee. He had no reason to sting me but did it anyways. So I had to pull him and his stinger off..then started walk/running and it kept stinging so I stopped a couple times and had to feel around to make sure I got the stinger. Then I was completely paranoid about bees after that. Everytime I'd see one I'd say outloud 'please don't, please don't'... I was so paranoid but luckily I escaped without another sting. I also started to develop a blister in my arch which bugged me...but then again all this gave me something to think about to pass the time. That on top of the random singing and talking I do seems to help. Somehow I ended up singing amazing grace at one point and then another time God Bless America...who knows where it comes from...I'm kinda random. I was so happy to see the race end although I did kind of enjoy it. After it finished I had my snacks, cleaned up and changed. Then I saw Dave come back in for snacks and head out for his last lap of about 8 miles. Then I fell asleep in the car and relaxed and woke up about 20 minutes before he finished. Perfect timing. So now we're relaxing in the room and will go out for one last dinner here in San Luis Obispo before heading home tomorrow. On a side note.. We had one good dinner and 1 ok and 1 questionable dining experience. The one we really liked was Buona Tavola Italian. Tonight we're heading to Koberl @ Blue.. I hope its a good one and I plan to sample a few cocktails while we are there...we earned it!
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