waaaaaaaahhh!!!

[alpinerabbit]

:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

We've had a week of beautiful weather.
I planned on leaving work as early as I could today.
BF is leaving overseas for a week tomorrow so we were going to ride.
*cut to a couple hours later* I get out a 4 and am TIRED.
I was so deep asleep on the train, and felt like sh*te coming in the door, so dropped on the bed. Maybe not riding. Maybe a run in the forest. Give me only 15 minutes of a nap. Then I could not go to sleep anymore!!!

A good hour later, still blue skies, I had revised my aims to go for a walk. Maybe in my running shoes to try and run after I had gotten my arse up. But I still haven't gone.

Now I feel so depressed I don't even want to leave the house anymore. I am wasting daylight and good weather for the 4th time this week.

I do have the excuse that my period started.

[Trekhawk]

Oh dont be too hard on yourself. Aagggg when I get my period I always feel like crap and always prefer a cuppa and a rest on the lounge.

The sun will shine in the future and you will feel better for having let your body rest when it needed to.:)

[Kimmyt]

it's my birthday

my boyfriend was supposed to fly in from cosprings today

they cancelled it, i'm assuming because of rain out here

wtf

it stopped raining like an hour ago and his plane wasn't even scheduled to leave until just a few minutes ago

talk about depressed :(

[rocknrollgirl]

Hormones suck.....don't sweat it.....

Kimmy...Happy Birthday....well...25? 30? 32? which one?

[Bluetree]

{{{{{ Happy Birthday Kimmy!!! }}}}}

[Offthegrid]

Alpinerabbit, don't sweat it too much. We do this for fun, and if it isn't fun, then what's the point? There will be other days.

Happy birthday, Kimmy! I'm sorry your BF can't make it. {{{ HUGS }}}

[teigyr]

ah Kimmy, I am sorry. Whereabouts are you? The weather's been messed up for sure.

I hope you get to do something fun anyway? Even if it's you and a bottle of wine and mindless TV?

[Wahine]

((((((((Alpine)))))))). I hope you had a better day today.

Happy belated Kimmy!!

[alpinerabbit]

OK so my day was less sucky than Kimmy's ;)

I think I am putting pressure on myself because I still want to improve until my sprint. I can already cover the distances. But I have decided I will not let biking become "no fun" and "have to train". Hence I turned around at 20K today instead of going all the way I wanted.

Weather is still beautiful.

[Kimmyt]

haha ok so now i feel silly for complaining. it ended up that my bf had planned a surprise birthday party for me, so even though he wasn't there, everyone showed up and it was great! then he got lucky and got on a flight home around 11 pm and...
well

for my birthday he asked me to marry him so uhm i guess not such a bad day after all?

:o

[alpinerabbit]

WWWAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
Now I win again.

[teigyr]

alpinerabbit, I'm sorry!

but Kimmy.....

CONGRATS! How exciting!!!! :D How'd it happen?

[colby]

I know how you feel, AR, that happens to me, too. Don't take it too hard, just do what your body's telling you. There's always tomorrow. :)

And, happy birthday, Kimmy. :D

Crappy weather here, I opted for yoga and some strength stuff today. I'll suck it up and go running tomorrow. ;)

[colby]

haha ok so now i feel silly for complaining. it ended up that my bf had planned a surprise birthday party for me, so even though he wasn't there, everyone showed up and it was great! then he got lucky and got on a flight home around 11 pm and...
well

for my birthday he asked me to marry him so uhm i guess not such a bad day after all?

:o

WOW! How do you top that birthday present!? Congratulations! :D

(That'll teach me not to read whole threads before responding ;))

[Wahine]

Sorry Alpine.:( :( :(

Congratulations Kimmy!!:D :D :D

You really should feel a little silly.

[alpinerabbit]

So. I already feel better. We're still under clear blue skies and this weekend I really, really punished the little demon that made me feel so bad on Thursday.

Still did not feel overly motivated on Sat, was going to ride long and hard and turned around after 20K. I still had the SPD pedals on that I had put on for winter (so my shoes would work for spinning and the occasional outdoors ride) and they really started hurting me. They have zero float and were not in the right position. Off to the LBS to have Look pedals re-attached.

So today.
First off, I had not *planned* for any of the sequels.
Running 45 min in the forest. I hooked up on the trail with a guy (my speed but I was breathing easier :D )who later left me at some fork, but we ended up back at the starting poing and chatted. Heck, I got chatted up by a guy.:p He was probably 10 years older than I but not too mean looking for that. He was looking for a running partner and I had not the heart to tell him I am taken. So I just suggested we might see each other around on a Sunday morning.

Back home, some eats, and the itch to bike in this wonderful weather, shiny new Look cleats and newly installed summer pedals. I went up my favorite hill and beat the crap out of that little demon. No, I was not fast, but I did 4, 5 nasty hills and 40K. Saw loads of triathletes with chiseled calf muscles. That's because I saw them all from behind *tiny waaaaaah*

Back home for coffee&pie with a friend and after 2-3 hours, I went home to do some chores and then to complete this reverse triple day by hitting the pool for some drill work. I could tell I was exhausted because I could only do a 50m lane at a time, but with Friday's lesson repeated, my minimum stroke count was down to 38. Yay. It's got to do with front quadrant swimming and floating, especially on the breathing strokes.

Now dinner and up until midnight to at least see how Denise's bike split ends.