Let me just say the Ladies' BC are no slouches! Yeah Tabatas! They may not all have the stamina yet, or the strength yet, but they have the heart, the courage and the determination to stick with it and to get there. I was passed, out-push-uped, out-dipped by Susan. That just makes me want to work harder. Thanks for the incentive. I need that. I felt my pushup form from the toes going...dropping to the knees...then barely able to hang on to that. Note to self-Need to work on upper body.

Did my periformus bother me last night? Yes a bit, but I'm happy that it didn't stay bugged all night. I think that's a sign it's getting better. Couldn't do well on the hill sprints though...DUH! Of course I never was quick on that. Oh yeah-what was that mantra? I hate running with a passion? HMMMM I've got to get to that point again where I can be thinking of this while I run....Well I guess it's actually jog, but I'm calling it running OK?!?

Last night I decided to ride my bike to work in the morning. I need that extra cardio. Of course what good is 4 miles of riding really going to do for me? It all depends on how hard I push, right? Trust me, I worked up a bit of a sweat riding here, racing to get to the light, pushing to get past that car, dodging around cars creeping into traffic, etc. So where's my venting? I know you know it's coming. So here it is. Don't pedestrians know that a bike can hurt them too?!? I was going past the middle school and a girl, old enough to know better, got out of the car, looked both ways, and ran right in front of me across the street. I should have left tire tracks on her just to show her a bike can hurt! Or was I just invisible since I wasn't backed by 126-hp. Yeah that's all the Matrix has...126 hp, but that gets the job done. Oh I digress from the venting so I guess I'm done.

Living in FEAR

I'm living like the frozen deer in the headlights, waiting for the closet of financial shoes to drop! I'm so sick of listening about the economy, but I just can't get myself to turn off the radio or turn off the news. Everywhere I turn- radio, TV, internet, conversations in the stores- it's the main topic of conversation. Its so suffocating!

And why isn't' the "War Against Terror" being talked about, other than a reference about how much in US $$$$ it's costing us. If they bring the soldiers home, what will they come home to? It's Desert Storm but worse. There are no jobs for them to come back home to so they are better off financially staying put (in the service, not in a war). And now Pakistan is back in the news? Pakistan? Iraq? Iran? Afghanistan? Georgia? Russia? Somalia? We need to concentrate on the US. We can't even control the crime and gangs here. What makes the US gov think they can control another country? And I STRONGLY mean CONTROL.

I feel like I live pretty conservatively, but each and every company is affected by this "economic downturn". Let's call it what is really is...a depression. How far are we going to fall before we hit bottom? We're paying for those who haven't lived conservatively in the past 5+ years. Yet we have to BAILOUT everyone because if we don't, they will drag us all down the economic black hole. Where is the accountability? Where is the responsibility? This is so big that we still have to coddle those who blame others instead of looking at themselves for their situation. Wake up people.

Am I done venting? Probably not. Just fair warning for the future.