Tri-Dogmom

It's taper week. fah lah lah la lah. Crap, it's only Monday and I'm BORED. This is going to be a long week. Can't my work be busy on these easy training weeks? No, that's just not how it works I guess. Oh well. My laundry is all done (although I suppose I could put it all away now), I'm up to date on my work billing/invoicing and my desk is somewhat organized. Somewhat, I say. I figure by the time we finally get around to filling our taxes I will REALLY be forced to organize and file away all that "stuff." Anyhoo, back to my point. It's taper week and it never seems to fail I start getting the infamous question of goals. Times, specifically. I've always have a hard time coming up with these numbers, and even if I've thrown some out there I hate really putting it out there by saying x:xx. That makes it REAL ya know. And then I obsess and think about it too much, and doubt comes in…and and and. Last Tuesday while on a really fu...

This weekend one of my e21 teammates Molly & I met for a few matchy matchy fun workouts:-) Thankfully, the too big suit mentioned in the last post photographed ok and I wasn't flashing anyone :-) There were however, no pictures of me pushing off the wall as the not so filled out top part fills with water. I'm working on getting a smaller suit, I just might be squeezing into the bottom half. I guess this brand is a little more appropriate for women that are a little more "blessed" shall we say?? I want an underwater camera now. So fun. And maybe, I could learn to pose a little better. Next time I'm doing a handstand :-) And, I need a matching cap for sure. Maybe some goggles that aren't squeezing the life out of my eye sockets? Thank god for eye cream. Saturday Molly & her husband planned a ride in Fountain hills. They were going to park at some city park then make their way up Shea. After hearing this, and also after their not so bike friendl...

A while back I did my first installment of " my favorite things. " I don't know about you, but when I have a product; food, clothing, online shop, or just about anything under the sun… I like to talk about it. Like it's the best thing ever put out there on the market. And, of course i want EVERYONE to try it. With my training hours getting up there lately I feel like I'm constantly going back to my staples, my favorites. So, in no particular order, other than the order I found the pics on line here are some of my latest and greatest FAVORITES. The CamelBak podium Chill water bottle. If you live in AZ you understand how impossible it is to keep your fluids cold in the summer. I like my water and gatorade ICE cold. Not luke warm bath water. This bottle keeps it just like that. In my opinion, WAY more so than the Polar bottles. And the best part about this bottle is the way the water comes out. There is no top to pop open every time you want a drink. You ...

It's safe to say my weekend actually started on Thursday. This was a big training week build, the last big push before Oceanside and I had some hours to log on my bike. Coming off the race Sunday and a rest day Monday I was actually still really tired on Tuesday. I guess I pushed the race pretty hard. Tuesday I had a 3hr ride with lots of big chain ring hill repeats and a T-run plus a strength workout. Wed was an 8mile run test and a swim and Thursday another 3hr ride +T-run. I actually felt pretty good on Thursday and decided to join Shane and some coworkers while they entertained some executives for the night. I mean, what girl in their right mind would pass up the opportunity for a dinner at Mastros vs trying to come up with something to make out of my fridge that consisted of bread, peanut butter and feta cheese? Yah, I was in dire need of heading to the grocery store. Of course this started out with Shane's infamous lemon drops at our house first, which led to all ...

A certain someone I know ( better known as Big J ) pretty much trademarked the phrase "go big or go home." From delicious wine to all out family dinners to the motor home parked in the dirt lot on the "hot corner" at IMAZ for spectating. Last Saturday I borrowed the phrase. On a whim I decided to participate in a local triathlon after many failed attempts at getting someone to join me this coming weekend in Lake Havasu. I checked out last years results to see how many people participated, if anyone I knew raced that I could ask about, etc. I didn't get a whole heck of a lot out of that research, except seeing that it was a pretty small race with a lot of newbies, then some really fast locals that do the shorter distance races as well. I headed down to register at one of the LBS and asked a few questions like you know, "where is the race at?" and "how do I know when it's my turn to swim." I was actually laughing at myself asking thes...

Step 1 of getting my training buddies back started with sending my precious baby boy Baxter into the vet for surgery yesterday. I knew he would be ok, but this is the 3rd time we've had him in for mass removals in the past few years, and it just breaks my heart to see him like this. Thankfully, Shane was able to play doggy dad taxi and took him in the am so I could get my long bike ride for the week done, and then he picked him up as well because I just tear up seeing my boy hurt. Some dogs are prone to these fatty masses growing on their bodies, and while for the most part Baxter is about as healthy as they come he does have these annoying "bumps" that just keep growing. The last time we did the surgery he was in a LOT of pain. He had one of the masses growing around his elbow/shoulder area so he was limping around a lot and reeking havoc on his running. And, in the LaPan house having a runner on the injured list is NO bueno. Especially when you have 4 legs and runn...