Howdy from Lise!

[crazycanuck]

LISE!!!! Dear Lise..I've missed you (((((((((((((hugs)))))))))

It's great to hear you & j are doing well. I often think of you whilst hangin round in TE TD & wonder how you are. How is your job?

Poor Ariel I know how much your kitties mean to you.

I need to send you a postcard from WA to remind you of beaches!

Did you & J ever go overseas? There was a trip of some sort planned, correct?

Must run. Take care & come back soon.

I miss you Lise

C

[Velobambina]

I've missed you as well and was hoping that you were having too much fun to post. By the way, I've been wanting to thank you for recommending Smartwool glove liners---they helped keep my fingers toasty this past winter! Nice to see you back.

[Veronica]

Yes, Lise you have been missed around here! But I'm glad it's a fun and full life that is keeping you away!

V.

[rocknrollgirl]

I am very happy for you, finding the right person to love is such a blessing. Sorry to hear about the kitts. I had to put one down last fall, it is so very hard.

Now, a question:

Why give up your hope to do a longer distance tri? Things may settle a bit in your life and you can go back to more training. Perhaps the new man will train a bit with you. I was amazed at how quickly my DH settled in to my training schedule this winter, and how quick he was to train with me.

47, heck, you have plenty of time.....

[Lise]

How nice to hear from everybody!

Velo, glad the smartwool glove liners helped. Both J and I are crazy for both Smartwool and Icebreaker. Steep and Cheap, I tell you. I've ended up with 3 Icebreaker sweaters from SAC, and have imposed a moritorium on my own purchases! Salsa, I'm impressed that both your kitties are still with you. Heck, twice a week fluids, that I could manage, if it's what she needs...who knows. We shall see.

About the longer tri, the 1/2 IM distance...I know how it felt to train for the marathon a few years ago. It took up all my time and energy. I was often running on empty, and became injury prone. Last year's training for the international distance tri is when my heart started skipping beats. I have far fewer skipped beats now that I'm training less. My plan to do the 1/2 IM tri made sense when I could pour all my free time into it. It's not that I was yearning to do the long distance, so much, as that it was there to be done. I was single, had been single for quite awhile, and it wasn't looking like that would change.

Then, that did change. There's so much that J and I want to do together. Some of it is biking and running, but some of it is also tennis and scuba (his interests). Some of it is spending time with his teenaged daughter who lives in another state, or my young niece and nephew, who live here. And some of it is snuggling in bed in the morning instead of leaping up and pulling on running shoes to head out for a long run. So that's the reasonl I felt relieved when I thought, "I can do sprints". It allows me to keep doing triathlons, which I love, without having to push-push-push to train. MY work as a nurse-midwife can have crazy hours, and it was hard to train for both 1/2 and full marathons.

So, I'm going to go do my AM Yoga with Rodney Yee tape now! I'm doing a 12 hr call from 10 AM to 10 PM today, and I expect it to be busy. Before I go to work, I'm taking Ariel into the vet, if they'll let me. At least 20 min of stretching will help a lot.

love to all! L.

[Pax]

Lise!!!! Good to see you! I was thinking about you and wondering if you were there for the rainy Bike the Drive...I'm guessing you were warm and snuggled up instead?

[Lise]

Lise!!!! Good to see you! I was thinking about you and wondering if you were there for the rainy Bike the Drive...I'm guessing you were warm and snuggled up instead?

Nope! We were out there! J's statement the night before: I don't care if it's raining. Unless 20% of participants have been struck by lightning, I want to do the ride! As it turns out, zero % of participants were struck by lightning , so we were out there! It was nice, really. We did the 30 miles, and had a great time. Did you do it? Are you in Chicago now?

Ahhh...I feel much better after yoga with Rodney...

[Pax]

Nope! We were out there! J's statement the night before: I don't care if it's raining. Unless 20% of participants have been struck by lightning, I want to do the ride! As it turns out, zero % of participants were struck by lightning , so we were out there! It was nice, really. We did the 30 miles, and had a great time. Did you do it? Are you in Chicago now?

Ahhh...I feel much better after yoga with Rodney...

We're in Urbana but we went up on Friday and spent the weekend with my niece (she lives in Wrigleyville). We did the Northern loop and had an absolute ball!!! Next year we'll have to swap cell #'s and see if we can meet up by the coffee tent (we spent a long time there after the ride ).