So this week has been a little crazy and unfortunately my training has suffered. Last Thursday - Sat morning was my fundraiser garage sale. I made just under $1,100 plus my parent's donated half of what they made off their sales so my grand total was just over $1700. I'm now within $330 of my fundraising minimum for the two events so I'm very happy. It was a lot of prep work but very worth it!
I have been doing very little running since my shin splints still exist and I just haven't had a lot of free time. I did some lower body and core strength work tonight followed by a 7-minute relaxation in the tanning bed :) Tomorrow morning and evening I will be swimming. After tomorrow night's team swim I will likely go for a good run since a good handful of people usually do every week. Then I plan to swim again Thursday morning since that will likely be my last opportunity until I get back from Tahoe late next Thursday night. It will be a nice break but at the same time I managed to let myself sign up for a half marathon the Saturday morning after I get back so it should be interesting to come off a week (or two) of doing very little running and pound out 13.1!
I spent some time starting to pack tonight. We have to be at the airport at 4:45am (ugh....) on Friday morning to head for Tahoe. Our bikes were shipped Monday morning. In many ways I feel prepared for the long ride and in many other ways I don't. I missed most of the long team rides but I have to keep reminding myself this is a ride, not a 100-mile race. Here's info on the ride for anyone interested - America's Most Beautiful Ride.
Another thing I need to keep reminding myself is that I really will survive if I DON'T eat junk food. My lazy training habits and poor eating is leaving me pretty depressed. I keep setting my "quit" date out farther and farther with any excuse I can seem to find. I'm like a smoker trying to quit..."I'll quit tomorrow or next grocery shopping trip or after the weekend or after the sale" Now it's after I get back from Tahoe so we'll see if I manage to stick to that :-P
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