Interesting 13 mile run...

So yesterday I set out for my long run, 13 miles to be exact. I went to a local rail trail since it is nice and cushy under the feet and not pounding on pavement. I get there and it is mosquito heaven. Ick! I had my car open trying to get my fuel all ready and they were swarming. I thought oh this is going to be good. I was already tired from my morning swim and was mustering up the energy to swat them away. No bug spray but I was there and I wasn’t going home.

Once I got running the bugs weren’t bad. It was nice until I took a breath and swallowed a mosquito. I could feel the frigging thing flying around by through so I was hacking heaving to dislodge it. Got it out and kept running. About 3 miles later the same thing happened this time I really vomited. What the fuck! Gross! I was so aggravated. That sucker I must of swallowed. So ran some more and I am running along, NO I didn’t swallow a mosquito I stepped on a snake… OMG!! I screamed. A yellow and black one and it rolled up over my sneaker. Ahhhhhh!!! I had a heart attack and the guys on mountain bikes came to a stop. You think I was getting stabbed. Haha!! All good got the snake off my foot stopped freaking out and on my way I go, only to swallow another mosquito a few miles later.

This was an interesting run. Moral of the story, Keep your mouth shut Wamback and watch where you are running!!!

Update.. things are going well.

I have been a bad girl at updating this blog. I was thinking maybe at the beginning of the week I will give you a little taste of my workouts for the week and then write about them after I complete them. There has to be a few funny things that happen to me right! Haha! Not that anyone reads this damn thing. So I am talking to myself. Which is not uncommon I often talk to myself.:)

This week is a recovery week. I had no idea! What an awesome way to start the week. I wake up Monday morning and just assume a swim is on my plan since it has been for months now. So I get up at 4:30 a.m. and get my ass to swim at 5 a.m. As I get to the pool I decided to check my plan. So yes I had a swim thank god! Because if I got up at 5 a.m. for nothing I would have been pissed… You don’t want to see a pissed red head. So I had been preparing all weekend to do a long run on Monday after swim. I thought I had to run 13 miles but when I check my plan it was an hour run. OMG!! I don’t think I have ever been so excited in my life. I was ecstatic! A short run for me. Wahooo!!! Made my day! Sometimes it is the little things! :)

As for the rest of the week, things are going well. I put a good 50 minutes on my time trial bike this am. No pain in the hip, but the tri bike is so different than the road bike. It is a lot to get used to. I think I am going to use my road bike for the big event. I just feel more comfortable. I am not feeling very confident about the tri bike. But it is okay. I tried it. So if it doesn’t work out I am good with it. Just buy a nice road bike for my 40^th and a jeep wrangler to go with it. Haha!!!

Swim has been good and runs are good. Things seem to be falling right into place. Feeling confident.

Tired Legs and a Tour Bus Peep Show!

This week has been another tough week. My legs are completely fried. They ache but a good ache, getting stronger being able to do the volume that I need to get through this race. When I think about how tired and how much pain I am in I really think about those who would love to be doing what I am doing but because of a disability or illness this may be far out of their reach. I also think of my nephew who is in my thoughts while I fund raise for his cause Wolfram Syndrome. If you would like to learn more and donate see an earlier post.

The legs are tired. Yesterday during my run I felt like I was going nowhere and my legs were bricks. Not to mention the damn head wind on the Canal. It was brutal. I can’t even escape the damn headwind this week. Enough already! I still have a lot left to the week too. I have to swim tomorrow in the early a.m. which always helps flush the legs so I am looking forward to that and run 7.5 miles. I am sure I will be toast after that. I am looking forward to my rest day Saturday.

I have to share this story that happened to me yesterday because it is such a Kim story. I was at the Cape Cod Canal getting ready to run. I had to change in the car due to restrooms being closed, and quite frankly I did not want to walk the mile to get there since I parked so far away. So I am parked in an area where there are no cars around me, planned it that way. I start to change and just as I am exposed on the top a tour bus lets out behind my car. Hahaha!! Free peep show for the tour bus! OMG I was laughing so hard. I could not even believe that had happened. I was horrified. Why do these things happen to me! Well it was funny and made me laugh. Onto the next workout! Thanks for reading J

Rut, Rain and wind but I win!

I know I have been bad at writing. I am so tired lately. Jeez I wonder why. Hahaha!

Last week was tough. On Monday I started off the week with a great swim and then I had to run. Oh it was not good. My poor brother in-law ran with me and it was not pretty. Stomach issues! Nuff Said! Hahaha! Tuesday I got a cold and that just ruined my momentum. I was sick Tuesday and Wednesday. It was so hard to get  back in the grove. It really throws you for a loop when you get knocked out of such a rigorous routine.

So Thursday I had enough. I still felt like shit but I was getting back on the horse even if I soooo didn’t want to and I felt the rut getting bigger and bigger. But I did it and it felt okay. Friday up and at them at 5 a.m. for swim. Felt decent and had a good swim.

Now for some fun! The wind this weekend was unbelievable. I rode Saturday a.m. for a short ride because I had a wedding to go to so I could not squeeze in the long ride. So Sunday would have to be long ride and the weather was looking pretty good. Ahhhhh… so frigging wrong! Sunday I get up and take my time since the temps were still in the 40’s and that is cold. So I leave my house at about 11 and have on tri shorts, a short sleeve shirt and my jacket. It was so sunny but god damn the wind was a force to be reckoned with. Of course, I had to pick a super hilly route for this ride too. What the hell was I thinking? Anyway, I ride feeling like I am going to die with the wind gusts and I finally make it to the turn-around in Hardwick center after climbing and wind. So I am thinking sweet tail wind on the way home. NOT! Why is it that no matter what direction you go you have a fucking head wind! I was so pissed, I was literally swearing fuck out loud as I rode. I guess Mother Nature had her panties in a bunch from me swearing, so she decided to make it rain. That bitch!!! So now it is windy and rainy and I still have about 15-20 miles to go. Whatever Mother Nature be a bitch I didn’t stop or quit. I may have cried but you got nothing on me. 46 mile ride in 3:15.