I survived the tri

So the Tinman Sprint Tri was this past Sunday. I survived the VERY hot weather (100+) and I didn't drown. Didn't do well on the swim, but I didn't drown. I did the first of 4 (yes only 4) laps, got to the side and wondered what I was doing there. I'm sure the lifeguard was thinking the same thing. I kept thinking she was thinking what was I thinking when I signed up! Get all that? I did provide entertainment for the support crew-developing a new technique of holding on and dragging my tired and non-swimming a** through the lanes.

I was so tramatized, it's taken 3 days to enter this blog and relive the whole thing. OK it wasn't that bad. But it really wasn't that good either. The run took 40+ minutes to do a 5K! Yes a PR for the worst time ever! I found new aches and pains to go along with the old. 1) felt pressure on my left hip flexor (what's that about?!?) 2) Left knee still bugs me. 3)Right hamstring still tight and I can't seem to fix that. That SUCKED! The whole thing SUCKS.

The bike section was good and I really liked the downhills!! Had to go up to enjoy the down. Then the dreaded pool......

The main reason I did this was because John said he would wear floaties if I did this. But then he was sick and coudn't complete the course. It was debatable if he would even do this tri. Really hope doing the tri didn't make him relapse.

Now onto the AR training. Luckily I found a compass class at REI this weekend. What timing. Dave's boys arrive that day for their summer stay, but I'll be so busy with the compass class, rushing to the regenerative thearpy class, then relaxing with the girls doing wine and cheese. Then getting up to run Sunday morning to train for the Pasadena marathon. I won't see them until Sunday afternoon, maybe after I wake up from a long nap. Is this the trend for the summer? Focus....AR in 17 days. OMG. WHAT WAS I THINKING?!?

If it has a white stripe-leave it alone!

Damm dog doesn't remember if it has a white stripe down its back, DON'T PISS IT OFF! So my barky dog was disturbing the neighborhood again last night. BARK BARK BARK at 9 at night (yes I'm THAT neighbor with THAT dog). Then the barky, stinky thing comes running in the house because she pissed off a skunk. This is the second time. When will she learn to leave the striped cat alone!

Thank god for the internet and 24-hr supermarkets! Luckily we already had the "recipe" and stuff to de-skunk her from the last run at 11 at night to pick up this stuff. Here's the "recipe"

1 qt hydrogen peroxide
1/4 c baking soda
1 tbs dish soap

Boy this really works well. Since she's an indoor dog (see the barking reference above) and sleeps on the bed (or anywhere else she wants) she really had to be de-skunked. Can't thank the internet gods enough for the info above!

Now onto the saga of the tri and AR. There's so much going on it's hard for my peabrain to comprehend everything. I must concentrate on the tri (this Sunday it will all be over with). After that I can stress about the AR.

I'm sooooo worried about the AR. A sprint AR was fun and so doable. 12 hours is so much longer, and my teammates are so much faster. I don't want to let them down or hold them up. Being towed the whole race is not much fun or good for my ego. But I'm afraid that's whats going to happen. Yes I'm obsessing. So worried about my abilities.

I was reading another blog about last year's Scout AR and it made me feel much better about this. Until........I went back to re-read it and looked at her bio. She's a marathoner, trail runner, etc.....So I'm back to my worrying and stressing over this. From her blog, I'm looking at 9 miles on the trail and 16 miles on a mt bike. OMG! That's about the Mt Wilson Race and 1.5 around Bonelli. Due to equipment difficulties, they didn't get to the kayaking. So the one saving grace on the blogs is that the longer races are meant to be at a slower pace but a longer distance and time. Maybe my slower pace will be a benefit to my faster teammates :)~