As I roll into week 24 of growing a tiny human, I feel myself swinging between emotional extremes. On one hand, I still have 16 weeks left. That’s around four months, or 112 days, or 2,688 hours, or 161,280 minutes, or a ridiculous amount of seconds that I’m too lazy to do the math for. I have plenty of time to grow and change. But on the other hand, July 13th is going to be here before I finally pull the trigger on what rug to buy for the nursery and I’ll be left having to pay for ...
Lake Stevens 70.3: Week 2
Week two is in the books, as well as a three-day weekend with my two favorites that I've missed so much: Chicken Face and Lola. Around and around in the dark. From my first beeper swim (more on that later), ramping up yardage in the pool, and getting out of my own head running loop after loop in the dark on the track, the training felt like I was getting back to the old triathlon Page. A sign of comfort and happiness as my heart misses those two emotions more frequently than ...
Race Recap: Las Vegas Santa Suit 5K
I would like to call this race my attempt at peer pressure: Oh heeeeeeeey, Aron. So, I found this 5K in Vegas the day before the half. It could be a great shakeout run, it’s $35, you get a long sleeve cotton tee, a cinch bag, snacks, oh and um, a full five-piece Santa suit as they are trying to break the Guinness Book of World Records for the most people running in a Santa Suit. Oh, and if you don’t come, we can’t be friends. It worked. Saturday morning Aron and I made the wise ...
Race Recap: Walnut Festival 5K
SURPRISE! Today, I convinced Chicken Face, my cousin and his girlfriend to come out to the Walnut Creek Festival Run for a good ol’ 5k. Sorry Cody, if you say, “Hey Page, let me know next time there’s a 5k, I want to run one,” I will find one for you the very next weekend. You’ve been warned. Plus, I was happy to support Aron and Kristin who worked so hard to put this 5/10k on. Given my pure lack of sleep and my loathing hatred for 5Ks, I didn’t talk much about this race leading up to it as I ...
A 5K PR & A Too Small Singlet
I’ll keep today sweet and simple. Thanks to all of your encouragement and support, the Dublin Shamrock 5K was a success in more ways than one: a new PR and a 2011 goal is now complete (placing overall)! It wasn’t as painful as I had expected and am now considering all 5Ks a Band-Aid race. You don’t really want to do it, but if you just breathe and yank it off – it will be over in a no time. Plus, you’ll realize it wasn’t all that bad. Time: 19:17 Overall Female: 3rd Age ...