Training for an Ironman

Yep....... Some people just don't get it! We're crazy!!

In between Christmas and New Year

It's that time of year...... tween. The time in between Chrismas and New Years. Christmas was fantastic other than I was sick with a nasty throat/sinus/bronchial infection which I had to call in the reinforcements "Penicillin" to knock them out!! Because well after all it's Christmas and I had family at my house in SD and then family at Mark's and my place in SP. It was a nice Christmas at home in SD with my son (down from SFSU) and my mom and Mark and his cousin and wife. The pork tenderloin from Costco was the BOMB!!!! Very yummy with all the fixings. In the morning Mark and I headed up to SP for round 2 in SP. Mark's kids Ali and Jacob and my son Clint drove up later in the morning and Mark and I prepared for the Christmas Day dinner feast. We had Ham with all the sides you could imagine. Very yummy!! It was very nice to celebrate the holiday with Mark' brother and his wife and his cousin and his wife again and my Dad. So, we drank (my dad as usual drank the scotch/whiskey bottle dry), we took pictures and just like that...... Christmas is over. I find myself feeling a little deflated that Christmas is over and excited that the New Year is about to begin. With the New Year are new resolutions and new thoughts on how to get faster train more effective and seeking out the new bikes and gear. You know..... stuff that is just out of reach price wise. Well enough about that. Saving is the big word of the year for me which I have been practicing for the past few years and learning to live on a small budget. Ok, so enough about finances. Now let's PR some races!!!

No blog like the present

Well....... blogging has been non existent and life has been crazy. So since I haven't blogged since like July. It's time. There has been so much going on that there isn't enough MB to hold it all. Let me just say, now that Christmas is here and the New Year is fast approaching. I'm really happy that family is around and that my relationship with Mark is on a steady path. Friendships seem to grow and more now around the holidays. Workouts are up and down due to colds and rain however they have been productive when I'm able to get after it. I have a few races coming up and need to get beck at it. Yoga needs to be more of a staple in my diet as does some lifting. This year I will work on my writing and take up another language (French) and maybe plan a trip to England France and Scotland for next year. My mother will be 70 and my aunt will be 80 so we intend to celebrate. I'll be cooking more vegan now that my son is at SFSU and my mother eats anything I cook so why not. right?
I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Safe PR of a New Year. I know I'll try to get that on the books.

-Simone