Yesterday Ben and I had the day off training. So, we bbq'd some chicken, had a glass of wine, and a skinny cow ice cream sandwhich for desert (which by the way is sooo yummy and only 130 calories!). It was awesome. But it was also only 6:30 by the time we finished, we didn't know what to do with ourselves with all the spare time. So we went for a walk. The walk turned into quite the adventure though when we thought we were taking a "short cut" and ended up on the wrong side of a golf course. We proceeded to try and bush wack through the trees around the golf course, and ended up smack dab in the middlf of the golf course, and we had to hop the fence and didn't get home around 8. Yep it was quite the adventure.

However, before that we did walk some of the douglas fir trail which it awesome, and has an aamzing view. I mean this is basically our back yard :)

Craziness

The last week has been very busy. Like SERIOUSLY very busy, even by our standards. I mean our normal life is busy by most people's standards, so this could be classified as insanely busy. It involved getting settled into our new place, babysitting my nephew for 4 days, the rundle's revenge trail run, and visiting with family and friends.

Last Sunday, my dad had 24 fresh lobsters. So, Ben and I headed over for a feast! It was delicious... that is until I had another one of my "episodes." I have had over a dozen of these now, and we're not entirely sure what causes it. Basically an episode as we call it is when my stomach goes hard as rock, I am violently ill, and the pain in unbelieveable. We used to go to the hospital for it, but they don't do much except give me a shot and usually by that point we have waited for 8 hours and it is feeling better anyways. This has happened after eating shell fish maybe 5 times, but it has happened without eating shellfish, and I have eaten shellfish and have been fine. So we're not entirely sure what the trigger is, but it is awful. Poor Ben, he feels so helpless. It only lasts a few hours and usually by the time I wake up I'm way better. So, that was our Sunday night, it was not fun.

Monday, wednesday, thursday and friday I had my nephew Jack. Who is adorable, but is oh so busy. He definitely tuckered aunt Jen out. We took him to the splash park, to visit my mom, to get a new tire, and for some walks.

Ben started his new job on Thursday, and it looks like it it going to be really awesome for him! He said it feels weird going to work and not physically working, like he did in construction. He said the people there are really nice and that the company really values their employees so that is awesome for him!

Saterday we met up with my friend jacque and went for a 3.5 hour bike ride, then Ben and I topped it off with a swim, and then some grocery shopping. It was a busy day, and I was asleep by 8:30 pm since we had to be up early on Sunday.

Sunday morning was the Rundle's revenge trail tun. Ben decided that he wanted to do the 50 km race, and I last minute decided to sign up for the 25 km. We woke up at 5:30 am to pouring rain. Not very encouraging. The race started at 8 am, and we were off. There was 400 m of elevation change per lap and each lap was 12.5 kms. That first loop I was very up and down. I would have stretches where I felt great, then I would slide down the hill since I did not have trial shoes, or I would roll my ankle. I did the first loop in just over 1 hr 35 minutes, and started the second loop. BY the time I made it to km 14, I decided to call it quits. My hip was bothering me, I had already rolled my ankle twice, and I didn't want to push my luck with Ironman Canada only 2 months away. So I walked back down the trail and pulled out of the race. I saw Ben after lap 2 and he was looking good, but wasn't sure he'd do the whole 50. But he did! He finished in 5 hours and 39 minutes! He was pretty pumped but he finished the race.

We drove home, lounged for a bit, then I went to the gym to make up for quitting the race early and biked for a while. I felt good, and I was happy I didn't push during the race and risk getting injured. Perhaps I am finally maturing and listening to my body.

Have a great week. I'm not babysitting my nephew today so I'm job hunting, then training, and maybe some shopping since I have a gift card to use up!

-jen

ps, my sister comes home tomorrow! woot!

Our Adventurous Saturday...

Well, it has been pretty crazy around here the past couple of days, moving and getting all settled into our new place. We had a very crazy day on Saterday:

We started the morning in Revelstoke and ended it in our new place in Calgary. Saturday morning it was pouring rain, we didn't sleep well, and we were pretty grumpy. We went out for a big breakfast to hold us over for a while and then we set off with a Uhaul packed to the brim with the contents of our apartment. It was a baby Uhaul, but we managed to get everything in.

We said goodbye to our home for the last year, and drove away from the house. Only to go a couple of feet because we forgot to close the back of the Uhaul and some of the boxes went flying out. Whoops! Thankfully nothing broke!

We stopped in Canmore for a bite to eat, and we got to Calgary around 3. With the help of my brother and his girlfriend we had the car and Uhaul unpacked within an hour! It was speed moving! My older brother and my newphew aldo stopped by for a bit and helped unpack a bit, well jack "helped.". And by the way we LOVE our new place! It is fantastic! We are finally not in a basement. Everything is clean and new. We are so Happy. But I'll tell you more about that later.

We took my brother and his girlfriend out for dinner as a thank you for helping us, and met up with my dad. After dinner Ben and I hit up Superstore quick to get some necessities while Sam and his girlfriend went home to change since we decided to head out that night! We reconvened back at our house and had a couple of drinks.

Then we hit the road to head to the Blues Can to meet back up with my dad again who had scoped out the place with the best music. However, once again we didn't make it very far. We were driving along, it was pouring rain, and the next thing I know what I thought was a puddle was in fact a MASSIVE pot hole. Seriously MASSIVE. I didn't have time to get around it, and BAM.. we hit it square on. A couple minutes later the car was driving really funny, so we pulled over. We had a flat. So Sammy and Ben were out there in the pouring rain changing our tire. Don't they look happy.

It totally reminded me of a christmas story. Angie and I found it pretty amusing. They had it changed pretty quick, and we eventually made it to the Blues Can. Where we enjoyed great music, great company, and had a great time. Ben and I have missed the live blues music. We love going out and dancing.

It was a busy, but great day. We are so happy to be back in Calgary.

This is it, Goodbye Revelstoke

Well, this is it. The last night in Revelstoke. I have no idea where the last 5 weeks have gone. They have just flown by. It really hit me that we were actually leaving when I came home last night. The place is in shambles, we have little food left in the fridge, and the stress level started creeping up. We were supposed to go to the gym, but I stayed behind and got some more stuff in boxes. By 6:30 my stomach was in knots, and I realized I needed to go for a run to get rid of some of these nerves. So I went for a hard 30 minutes. I came home soaking wet and out of breath, but feeling much better. Then we headed out for a date. There is one restaurant in revelstoke that we have never tried becasue it is pretty pricy. The other day I noticed a promotion they had going on which was "two can dine for 59." It included a 3 course meal, and a half liter of wine. I thought it was a pretty good deal and a great way to celebrate our last couple nights in revelstoke so we went! Salad, steak, and desert! It was a great evening, a good way to catch up before the craziness began. We were there for a couple hours and really enjoyed our night out. We cheered our year in revelstoke, Ben's last day of construction, and new beginings.

Today I'm am trying to tie up any loose ends at my work. My boss is in Boston, so I will not be seeing him before I leave so I want to make sure he isn't left high and dry with anything. We just got back from picking up the Uhaul, and Ben will be packing that up this afternoon. We plan on having everything packed tonight, sleep on our blow up matress, and then hit the road after a run tomorrow morning! Ben doesn't start his new job until the 23rd, so we'll have a few days to get settled and get ben some work clothes!

Take care!
Jen

Pride.

Well, I am very impressed with Ben and I! The pool isn't open to the public until 6:30ish, and it has been a struggle since that's an hour after Ben gets off work and an hour and a half after I get off work. We are tired and hungry when we get home from work. So the delimena is whether to eat and wait until 8 to swim, or not to eat and wait until 7:30 or 8 to eat.

Well yesterday, Ben got off a bit early from work for the hockey game so he was able to pick me up from work. We were both starving so we decided to head to Subway and grab some dinner (since our fridge is pretty bare as we are moving on saturday). We split a foot long tuna sub.. toasted.. with cheese.. lots of veggies.. and hot sauce.. mmmm, and headed home. We watched the hockey game, and by 7 I was not feeling the swim. I was tired and freeezing, so I hoped in a nice hot shower and put my jammies on. Around 7:30 after much debating Ben decided that he wasn't going to the pool either and he showered and got his jammies on too. Then at 7:50, after an internal debate I said "Ben, lets get our lazy butts to the pool." So without thinking too much about it we grabbed our swimming gear, drove to the pool, and got a 30 minute swim in. We TOTALLY were not going to do it. We were all ready for bed, but in the end we went! I was so proud of us! These small victories will definitely help come race day! We were pretty stoked.

Then, when we got home the TV was still on (since we left for the pool in a whirlwind) and I could no believe my eyes!

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Cars were on fire in Vancouver. The riot police was out in full force. Tear gas was being deployed. Businesses were getting looted. It was absalute chaos, completely unnecessary and ridiculous. I hope the instigators are arrested. This was a city that represented Canada to the world last year and last night they were a total disgrace. I can only imagine the hefty bill that will come with cleaning and repairing all the damage. Can you imagine if Canada had lost in the hockey finals of the Olympics last year in Vancouver and something like this happened? The disgrace? Thankfully, this was not the Olympic Finals, but the world was still watching and the few who caused the destruction have brought shame to a great game and an amazing country. Common, have a little pride in to your team and your city.

Wednesday Wishes

I'm linking up again with Brooke for her weekly wednesday wishes. I have seemed to have pretty good luck the last few weeks with getting my wishes as I finished the race, Ben got the job, and we got the great apartment that we wanted. So this week, I thought I'd throw in some big wishes and see what happens!

1) A smoooth move back to Calgary. We're doing the Uhaul thing, and its a little stressful but I think we'll be fine.

2) This duvet cover... we need new sheets since we have worn through ours.. literally, there is a gaping hole in our sheets. We're not even going to pack em, just toss them come saturday morning. So while looking for new sheets I stumbled apon this duvet and I love it.

at bed, bath, and beyond


3)During my race, there was this guy who I named "Yellow" as he was on a yellow bike and wearing a yellow shirt (he called me blue for the same reason). I would pass him going up the hills, but he would fly by me on the downhills. We played leapfrog like that for the majority of the race. At one point he turned to me and said "You are a way better biker than me... I just have a better bike. If you had a bike like mine you'd be way ahead of me." so with that... I would LOVE a cervelo p3.. although I would settle for a p2 :). Maybe one day.

4) A honeymoon somewhere tropical and all inclusive where we don't have to worry about anything... or any honeymoon. With getting new jobs we're not even sure we will get time off for a honeymoon right after our wedding. If not, I'm sure we'll go on one eventually. Perhaps for Ironman Florida in 2012?.. although that is the oposit of an all inclusive relaxing vacation ha!

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5)The athletes plate cookbook! and time to cook from it! Ben and I eat, for the most part, super healthy. However, we're often eating the same things every week. Also, with our busy training/work schedules we often rely on frozen/quick foods (although of the healthy variety.. low fat, low sodium) or leftovers during the week. With some planning, and an aresnal of healthy recipes geared towards atheltes I think we may be able to change out habits!

from amazon

A little something I thought up while on my morning run this morning, thought I would share.

It only took 10 months...

When we moved in to our place, there was this family that lived down the street. We would see the mom out running every morning and biking every evening. We figured she must be training for something. Then when we volunteered at Ironman Canada we saw her in the race! I wanted to mention something, but it never seemed to be a good time. I walked past her house every morning on my way to work, we would do the friendly wave thing, but I never said anything. She would come into my work buying dog food and I'd want to mention something but didn't. I used to be really outgoing, but in the last 10 years that has changed alot. I haven't really had to make friends since I have my best friend around all the time and I guess I've forgotten how. Then as more time passed I figured it had just been too long since the race to say anything and if I did it would be all awkward because I had seen her tons since and never mentioned anything. So the awkward waves to eachother persisted for the last 10 months, until last week. We both happend to be walking, on the same side of the street, she was without kids. I bit the bullet and stopped her and asked "did you do ironman canada last year?"

"Yes?" she replied, somewhat cautiously thinking I was a crazy stalker.

"That's awesome! we volunteered and I thought we saw you! We were about 10kms from the finish line."

"Really?"

"Yeah we volunteered so we could sign up! My finance and I are doing it this year!"

"That's awesome! have you done many triathlons?"

"Ummm, well not really just an olympic and a sprint when I was like 14, but I do have the oliver half ironman this weekend!"

"Really! I did that one last year! it's really fun"

"Really! I was supposed to do it last year but then I broke my foot, so they transferred me to this year."

"Well good luck!"

"Thanks!"

And that was that, we had had finally had our first converstation. Something that I should have done along time ago. I had a zillion questions to ask her about the race, but I had to get to work so we said goodbye.

Then I was walking to work today, and she pulled out of her driveway, and I saw her reverse down the street. I wondered what was going on and she stopped beside me and rolled down her window and asked "how did your race go!"
I explained to her that it went really well and I was pretty happy with my time.

"Congradulations!" she replied "but Ironman is way different than the half. It is way slower. So if you were dead like I was after the half just don't worry, you'll do fine in Ironman."

She went on to ask if I wanted to go for some training rides with her to which I explained that we are moving on friday. She stared at me in shock like most people do when they hear we're moving away, but I explained that it is a good thing. She wished me luck in the Ironman and moving, and said she'd keep an eye on the results to see how I did and we went our seperate ways.

It's just one of those things. I should have said something months ago! But I'm glad I eventually did, even if it was 10 months too late.

Weekend Blurr

We spent our last weekend before we moved, in Revelstoke. We had three whole days off together (something we treasure.. the more time together the better!), and I honestly cannot recall what exactly we did each day. They days all seemed to flow into eachother. Friday morning, Ben and I went running. Although not together. We have tried to run together and it is just too hard. We are just completely different abilities. Ben runs a 3-3.5 hour marathon... where as I'm part of the 4 hour group. So we end up at a pace that is too fast for me and too slow for Ben and I just end up getting frustrated. I had a great hour run though, and it was a great start to the day. The rest of the day was spent packing, hanging out, and we walked into town and visited a friend who works at a coffee shop; all while trying to avoid my boss because I was supposed to be in Calgary hence the day off. That night we ordered indian food as a treat and watched the hockey game.

Saturday morning, we got up, squeeeezed into our wetsuits and swam in williamson lake. The water was a little chilly to begin with but we managed an hour open water swim. I was pretty impressed since that is the longest open water swim we have ever done. It was funny though because there is a campground right on the lake and everyone was watching us go baaack and forrth, they must have thought we were crazy! It's a fairly small lake so we managed to get in 4 to the end and back in an hour. The rest of saturday was spent packing, lounging, ect. Actually we watched a canadian movie called "Saint Ralph" about a 14 year old boy back in the 50s who decides that he is going to win the boston marathon, We found it pretty entertaining. We got our grocery shopping in, a walk, and had spaghetti and meatballs for dinner mmm! (Whenever we have spaghetti and meatballs now it reminds me of the night we got engaged!) Then we headed to the hot tub at the pool to streth out our muscles, and wound up playing a pretty intense game of pool basketball... which, ahem, I won 14-5 although Ben will dispute this. It totally felt like a Sunday since we already had 2 days off together, but it wasn't!

Sunday morning, Ben got up early and headed out on his bike. I got up at a more decent hour for the weekend (7 am) and relaxed letting breakfast settle. I finally hit the road at 9 am and headed down hwy 23 S, aiming to make it to the ferry and back (100km). Now this highway is CRAZY! It is just massive hills and sometimes you don't even realize you're going up a hill except that you're only peddaling at 5 kms/hr and can't figure out why until you're on your way home and you're flying! The sky started clouding over, and I started getting cold. So once I made it to the highest point on the highway at the mountain lake I turned back and my 3.5 hour ride turned into a just over 2. But that was enough. I was pumped, and grumpy because I didn't make it to the ferry. I think I pushed my luck so soon after the half ironman. I proceeded to spend the next 3 hours on the couch, in a state of semi-consciousness; sleeping, watching tv, staring at the wall. Then it was time to make dinner! We had a delicious stir fry, packed a little more, I FINALLY watched tangled (which is awesome), and then it was bed time! And that was the end of our last weekend in Revelstoke.

I have a feeling this week is going to be pretty busy. Although we have packed alot, there is ALOT of stuff we can't pack yet because we are using it. So we will be in a packing and cleaning frenzie, along with training, before heading out on Saturday morning. We have rented a U Haul since we have more stuff then we came out with, which we're picking up and packing on Friday. That alone will be an adventure!

Recovery week

This week I have been totally taking it easy. Although my muscles are no longer sore, they feel fatigued, as though there is no energy left in them. So I don't want to push it and get burnt out.

Monday was my birthday! My dad had stayed sunday night before heading back to calgary, so we went out for a birthday breakfast and we had some yummy eggs benedicts! We packed up his truck with a load of stuff, and he hit the road by 10 am. I had the day off, I was super tired and sore so I laid on the couch pretty much all day. I napped and watched half a movie until the power went out.... for over 3 hours! It was super hot outside, and after being in the sun all day on sunday during the race i did not feel like going outside and enjoying it. So what did I do for those powerless 3 hours? I have absalutly no idea! At one point I unpacked the car which took maybe 20 minites. Other than that, I just laid exhausted on the couch. By the time I picked ben up from work at 5:30 the power had JUST come on. I picked ben up from work and we had tacos for dinner with strawberry rhubarb pie topped with cool whip for desert mmm! Followed by a nice walk outside to start moving my legs. All in all it was a great birthday despite being so exhausted and sore.

By tuesday I was feeling much better, so after work I went to the gym for a super light bike for 30 minutes and then a good stretch. Yesterday, I went for an easy 750m swim, and today I am taking off before I gear up to get back to training this weekend.

My Boss is heading to boston this weekend and isn't going to be back until the sunday after Ben and I leave, so he took me and my coworker out for lunch yesterday which was super awesome. I am so excited for his trip (perhaps even more excited then he is) since I LOVE Boston! I think it is my favorite city. I have been rhyming off all the different places that they have to visit. Ben and I would love to go back there someday. Perhaps when I qualify for Boston? ha! That will take some serious speed training since running is not my strong suit.

I have tomorow off and we were going to go to calgary this weekend because of a career fair, but it turns out the career fair was on wed/thurs so I missed it (I thought it was thurs/fri). We were also going to borrow my dad's truck but we decided to rent a U-haul instead. So we are not going to Calgary anymore and we are just going to enjoy our last weekend in Revelstoke. It will mostly involve training, relaxing, and packing. I can't believe it only 9 more sleeps!

We also FINALLY got our wedding invitations out despite the postal strike, which is awesome. For the most part everyone should have recieved them so that takes a stress off. I can't blieve that it's already less than 3 months away! I haven't really been in wedding planning mode lately with everything else going on, but I guess I'll be getting back into it soon. I think the next 3 months are going to fly by!

Race Recap: Oliver!

Well, it's official I have finally completed a half ironman! Infact it was 3.5 kms over a half ironman since it wasn't an "ironman" sanctioned event they had to change the distance a bit.

The day before the race I was super nervous. We camped in oosoyos (20 minutes away from Oliver) and I put my wetsuit on to test it out before the race, and the water was freeeeezing! So I was concerned about the swim since it is my least favorite part anyways. Ben and my dad both went on a bike that morning; Ben's which was nearly 4 hours long up Ritchers pass. When he got back we hopped on the boat and enjoyed the afternoon on the lake, relaxing, before heading out to pick up my race package and checking in my bike. We also walked down to the water to check out the swim course, and oh man it seemed SOO FAR! It was pretty overwhelming. I know that I swim 2 + kms every time I hit the pool, but seeing it laid out like that it seemed like 100 kms. So i tried to imagine the 80 lengths of the pool that makes up the distance. That night we had some pasta, double checked my bike and gear, and I was in bed by 8:30.

4:30 am came pretty quick, and I was up and ate a quick bagle and did a triple check of all my gear. By 5:45 we were in the car driving to Oliver! We got there by 6:10, once I got into the transistion I headed straight to the line up for the washrooms. Unfortuneatly at 6:45 I was still waiting in line! and I still had to squeeze into my wetsuit and get down to the beach. I was getting stressed. So I had to abandon the pre race pee.

It was a staged start, so I was in the second wave with the females aged 19-44. Luckily the water was alot warmer than the water in Osoyoos, and I wasn't cold at all. A couple of minutes into the swim I started getting overwhelmed, and my chest tightening, but I just focused on making to each of the bouys and 46 minutes later I was done.. phew! I was so happy to get out of the water.

I then headed out on to the bike! It was a 2 lap course with some rolling hills, and it was really pretty. Mid way through my second lap my knee started aching, and I couldn't hammer on the pedals as hard so I took it back a notch for the last 20 kms. This is about where ben pulled up behind me on the highway! It was totally a fluke since Dad and him went to pack up the campsite and he was on his way back to the race, but it was awesome seeing him. Despite my knee I still came in waaay faster then I thought with 3 hours and 10 minutes!

Starting out on the run I was pretty light headed, and I didn't know how i was going to run 21 kms. It was also a 2 loop course, and the first loop was rough. I walked about 1-2 kms total on the first loop. It was soo hot by this point with a stifling 30 degrees. I started to get a killer headache, which I thought it was from the heat. But after I had a gel I started to feel better, so it must have only been low blood sugar. It was tough, I just concentrated on making it to the next aid station where I would dump 2 waters on my head and drink some gatorade. I saw ben as I came around the turn around at 10.5 kms, and I started to get emotional... then I started wheezing and having trouble breathing. The same thing happened when I saw my mom and dad late in the calgary marathon a couple of years ago. So I had to ignore him and concentrate on getting my breathing under control before I had a full blown asthma attack that could have ended the race for me. Then I saw my dad, luckily I had gotten my breathing under control by then and had to ignore him too for fear of it starting again. The second lap was WAY easier then the first. I think the big part was getting gels into me for some energy, since I hadn't had any gels in the last 45 minutes of the bike, and hadn't had any for the first 45 minutes of the run. I ran the entire last 10.5 kms and finished with a run of 2 hours and 34 minutes! Although that is alot slower then my personal best half marathon, I was pretty happy with that after biking 93 kms and swimming 2 kms. And boy, did it ever feel good crossing that finish line and hugging my champ and dad!

I jumped in the lake after the race to cool down, gathered up my stuff, and we headed to the post race bbq for some burgers, which have never tasted so good! On our way out I thought to check my official time, and I finished with an official time of 6 hours and 36 minutes and I placed 3rd in my age group! I was shocked! Last year I had been training to do it under 6 hours, but this year with being so sick for so long I had no expectations and was thinking more like 7-8 hours, so placing was even more of a surprise! So Dad and I stuck around for the award ceremony and I got a wine glass with "women 19-24 3rd place" inprinted on it with the oliver half iron logo, which i drank champagne out of yesterday ha! I was pretty stoked. Then we hopped in the truck and drove alllll the way back to revelstoke, ate some dinner, then passed out. It was a big day for all of us, spectators included! Now to get ready to do twice that distance in 3 months!

I learned a three big things from this race:
1) Nutrition!- on the bike I was getting gels into me every half hour, but on the run I didn't take anything for the first hour or the last hour of the bike and that killed me. Late in the race is when the energy is even more needed. It is amazing how fast those gels get into you too, within 10 minutes my headache was gone!
2) Keep my inhaler on me, and try not to get emotional when I see people I know. I truely appreciate having people there supporting me, but if I ignore you it is just because I am so happy to see you and I risk having an asthma attack. It was pretty scary for those 2 minutes when I saw ben and then my lungs constricted and I couldn't breathe. I thought I was done for sure. Thankfully I got my breathing under control. But just incase, I should have my emergency inhaler on me.
3) I like races where there are 2 laps. I wasn't sure how I was going to handle 2 laps of the bike and run in this race, but it turns out I loved it! The first lap is like an adventure, you don't really know what's around the corner, but then on the second lap you know exactly where you're going. You can pick points out and concentrate on just getting there.

Final Thoughts

Well, I'm leaving for Osoyoos in about an hour. I am both excited and nervous, which equals a very upset stomach. I prepared for this race last year, then was devastated when I broke my foot 2 weeks before. Then, this past month has not been without its struggles as I battled pnumonia for a month. But I have learned that all I can do is my best despite any obstacles that may come up. However, I think that will make crossing the finish line all the sweeter, overcoming all the hurdles and doing it anyway. My mom isn't gong to be able to be there this weekend but I can hear her in my head with something that she has told me a million times:

VIA

So, with that, my nerves ease little. Have a great weekend!

Countdowns

I've blogged every day so far this week, I am very impressed with myself. So I thought I'd keep the streak going. I don't have very much to say, so... Here's a countdown of all the exciting things happening!

- 2 days until the CFA exam that I was supposed to write, and am SO HAPPY I
am not
- 3 days until the Oliver Half Ironman.. eeek!
- 4 days until my birthday!
- 17 days and we're moving back to Calgary!
- 26 days until my sister gets home from Australia!
- 36 days until the Calgary Stampede!.. we missed it last year because we
moved and it's always a good time. There is some awesome music lined up at nashville north!
- 36 days until the Champs have been together for 4 years! That is crazy!
- 86 days until Ironman Canada!
- 93 days until we get married!

So in my sister words "WOOT!"

Wishing Wednesdays

Well since my wishes have been coming true lately I thought i'd keep this going. So this week i wish:

1) To finish the half ironman this weekend, yep I'm just focusing on finishing the darn thing since I have been riddeled with sickness the last month. Just going to be a good experience and a good training day for the big event in august.

2) That my googles don't leak/fog on the swim. I just bought some decent ones because my dollar store speedo ones were already fogging in the swimming pool. And that I dont get kicked in the head during the swim, as it feels like a washing machine! Probably my least favorite part of the race.

3) That my bike doens't break during the bike, such as a flat tire or broken chain. I am not mechanically inclined and it would be the end of the race for me. I'd look like this guy:

4) That I don't get injured and my lungs hold up.

5)That I get a niiiice huuuuge beer after to celebrate being done and my birthday which is on monday!

As you can see all my wishes are regarding this race on the weekend. I may be just a little bit nervous, but I'm also excited at the same time. That's just part of why I love racing! But I cannot wait to get across that line on Sunday! Ben and my Dad will be there cheering me on!