It's Christmas Eve and my first Christmas with my wife. Cool.
I started running again eight days ago to prepare for the 10-mile trail run at Lake Bistineau on February 9th. I worked out a schedule based on the one I've done for the 1/2 marathon trail runs in '04 and '06. Started with a simple 2-miler and graduated up every other day in half-mile increments and today I got in 4 miles on the Stoner trails. I hope to stay faithful to the schedule plus get some riding miles in since I have a duathlon coming up in a couple of weeks. It's heck getting back into shape!
Monday, December 24, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Aaacckkkk!!!
I always like it when Calvin goes "Aacckkk!!" when Hobbs tackles him.
Things are happening around here. First off, I'm recovering from a mild cold. That's kinda misleading because I feel pretty good but my chest has tons of green stuff all collected in it. I put in about 80 miles on the bike over the weekend but the cold has made me sore all over because of it. I'm really discouraged from running and stuff because of the coughing fits I have...maybe I'll get over it soon. There's a duathlon coming up on January 6th I really want to do, as well as a 10-mile trail run in February, and it would help if I trained up a bit for them. Plus I'm planning to do major bicycle miles after the first of the year. I have some goals for the upcoming season.
J and I have bought a house!! Well, almost bought one...we offered a contract and it was accepted. We're waiting on final approal of a loan from the bank and all the other stuff that has to be done, like an updated appraisal of the house, termite inspection, and other things like that. The place is nice and is currently owned by some friends of ours who are also cyclists and triathletes. They're moving out of state due to a new job and we happened to hear about it at a party given by our local triathlon club. We jumped on the chance (after looking at other houses that weren't up to snuff for us) and we liked the place almost immediately for practically the same reasons Scott and Lindsay liked it when they bought it some time ago. We hope to move in after the first of the year, or when they finally make their trek to their new homestead. I'm excited but then it's followed by the thought, "What have we done?" :)
We're keeping the old house for at least a couple more months so I can finish up the remodeling being done. The kitchen's almost finished, save for a new floor covering, and some painting still needs to be done. We thought about renting it out but I'm not all that interested in being a landlord...maybe some landlord friends of mine would be interested in buying the place for that purpose. I hope we can sell it in quick order and get it out of our hands. It's served me well the last 20 years but it's time to move on.
The holidays are coming up and the pressure is on. Presents need to be snapped up and wrapped, visits have to be made. We've already done a couple of parties and I'm proud that I haven't stuffed myself like I have done in the past. It's tough enough to stay quasi-slender at my age during the winter and the goodies being offered at these gatherings don't help one bit! I'll still have to drop 7-8 pounds by March (I'd love to lose a full TEN pounds for bike racing!).
Things are happening around here. First off, I'm recovering from a mild cold. That's kinda misleading because I feel pretty good but my chest has tons of green stuff all collected in it. I put in about 80 miles on the bike over the weekend but the cold has made me sore all over because of it. I'm really discouraged from running and stuff because of the coughing fits I have...maybe I'll get over it soon. There's a duathlon coming up on January 6th I really want to do, as well as a 10-mile trail run in February, and it would help if I trained up a bit for them. Plus I'm planning to do major bicycle miles after the first of the year. I have some goals for the upcoming season.
J and I have bought a house!! Well, almost bought one...we offered a contract and it was accepted. We're waiting on final approal of a loan from the bank and all the other stuff that has to be done, like an updated appraisal of the house, termite inspection, and other things like that. The place is nice and is currently owned by some friends of ours who are also cyclists and triathletes. They're moving out of state due to a new job and we happened to hear about it at a party given by our local triathlon club. We jumped on the chance (after looking at other houses that weren't up to snuff for us) and we liked the place almost immediately for practically the same reasons Scott and Lindsay liked it when they bought it some time ago. We hope to move in after the first of the year, or when they finally make their trek to their new homestead. I'm excited but then it's followed by the thought, "What have we done?" :)
We're keeping the old house for at least a couple more months so I can finish up the remodeling being done. The kitchen's almost finished, save for a new floor covering, and some painting still needs to be done. We thought about renting it out but I'm not all that interested in being a landlord...maybe some landlord friends of mine would be interested in buying the place for that purpose. I hope we can sell it in quick order and get it out of our hands. It's served me well the last 20 years but it's time to move on.
The holidays are coming up and the pressure is on. Presents need to be snapped up and wrapped, visits have to be made. We've already done a couple of parties and I'm proud that I haven't stuffed myself like I have done in the past. It's tough enough to stay quasi-slender at my age during the winter and the goodies being offered at these gatherings don't help one bit! I'll still have to drop 7-8 pounds by March (I'd love to lose a full TEN pounds for bike racing!).
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