Yeesh

Another week gone by. My lack of blogging is not in direct correlation with my life being boring. On the contrary, I've been too busy! So to recap:I've had trouble with my motivation and getting up at o'dark-thirty to swim at morning Masters, but I did manage to get over to Jordan lake on Wednesday for some open water swimming with friends.Marty and I saw The Green Lantern on Tuesday. There were some bad fires over on the coast and our air was full...

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Boone Camp 2011

Boone Camp was slightly different for me this year as I'm not really 'training' right now. Just working out depending on how I feel, and it's amazing how much I can excuse myself when I don't have a goal in sight. Someone mentioned to me that I'm still working out way more than the average American, but it seems like nothing most times!Anyways, we rented an even bigger house this year that had gorgeous views and allowed all 19 of us to stay together....

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Who did this?

Someone sent us this awesome gift basket - but there was no name on the card. If this was you -- THANK YOU!! So sweet :)In other news, I have started wearing a heartrate monitor. That's right, just started. I've always been good with perceived exertion and since I'm typically training for short stuff, the HR monitor just wasn't all that necessary. But now it sort of it is and it's annoying! It doesn't help that it's super hot which causes the heart...

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The Word is Out

So as I mentioned in my last post, I actually announced something worthwhile in the post before that. But it was buried and I realize that not everyone wanted to read the epic novel that was that doughman report.I'm pregnant! 13 weeks now, so that makes me due sometime mid December. Marty and I are excited, terrified, insert every adjective you want. So let's get to this bulleted list where I have random thoughts to post:We actually found out in...

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Old School

Had you actually read my previous blog post, you would have come across a bit of news buried within all those words. Guess you'll have to read it to know what I'm talking about :)Last night was the first ever Old School Aquathon. Marty presented his idea for low key aquathon's to FS Series and they agreed to help out with them. We like the idea of bringing fun and different events to spice up the training and racing schedule for multisport athletes....

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