Since I’m officially in the off season and in TV world we’re in the middle of one of the busiest months of the year, I’ve been a major blogger slacker!
So instead of writing out everything I’ve done for the past two weeks I’ll show it in some photos!
First up, the annual Greenwich Field Hockey Club Halloween Bash! And what a bash it is, especially when you’re dressed as a barbarian!
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| A Barbarian hiding in the bar trees |
Halloween is seriously one of my favorites – I just love, love, love getting all dressed up, transforming into something that seems way cooler than your own life! A barbarian seemed like a nice change for me, plus I got to “beat” people with a really cool club.
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| Barbarian sneak attack on Mr. Six |
After the Friday night Halloween bash… Saturday I was left on the couch battered and bruised myself from the late night! I watched the Rally to Restore Sanity as my boyfriend and basically loads of good friends hoofed it down to DC. So yeah, Saturday was probably my laziest day of the year. Sorry, no photos of me being lazy.
Being lazy on Saturday meant I was going to have a really awesome long solo ride on Sunday! But my bike had other plans…. First I had a flat. So I fixed it only to realize that my Kevlar reinforced tire won’t get back on the rim! 35 minutes and a ton of curse words later the sucker still wasn’t on! So I decided to change out the actual tire as I had a new one waiting for me in my apartment. I brought the bike upstairs, changed the actual tire and wallah! This freakin’ tire didn’t fit on it either!! After another 30 minutes of cursing like a sailor (sorry Mom) and getting frustrated I called the DC bound boyfriend in a huff. It’s not like I thought he could magically tell me how to pull the last 5 inches over the rim but boyfriends are there to do the “manly” stuff.
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| I didn't feel like taking a new photo of my bike, so here's me in the NYC Tri |
So after I battled my bike and LOST… I went for a 6 mile run in Central Park . It definitely improved my mood. The NYC marathon finish line was almost all set up and beautiful fall colors really helped my mental state. My heart rate was a little high for the pace I was going but I’m pretty sure that is due to my once a week running plan I’m on (not officially, kinda self imposed)
We can skip the weekly update between Saturday to Saturday because it only consisted of work, work, and more work… plus a one time 4.5 mile run after an early-ish work night.
WAH!
This past Saturday I trekked to Jersey to see my very talented brother coach the MSU football team to their 8th win of the season!! I was afraid I was bad luck because last season they were undefeated until the one game I came to… but this year I wasn’t bad luck as they won!! They are now 8-1 and are (hopefully) on their way tot the playoffs! I am one proud sister
Not only did I get an extra hour of sleep on Sunday but it was one of the best Sunday’s of the year… NYC Marathon!
I, of course, was jealous and wanted to run with them but I stuck to the sidelines, took some photos and cheered for my friends! And boy do I have some speedy friends! My Coach ran it and KILLED it getting a 9 minute PR! She looked great as she whizzed by us!
I was so happy to be cheering for all the athletes out there especially all the challenged ones.
And then it was Monday. Blah. The Monday blues. Wah. But then I realized something… my TYR order was being shipped to me on Monday – hooray!! What else can a girl look forweard to than a brand new training swimsuit and an awesome skull bikini?!?!
I took advantage of a great TYR deal pro Hillary Biscay posted on her blog. Check her blog out – she’s pretty unbelievable… 9 Ironmans in one year and is now training for the Ultra-Ironman in Hawaii !!
Armed with my brand new green and black TYR suit I was ready to hit the pool! But I forced myself to get in 30 minutes of strength training first. Yeah, I’m very sore today. I guess that’s what happens when you don’t do strength workouts in 6 months! After the torture fest I finally hit the pool and knocked out a solid 1600 yards. Nothing phenomenal distance wise but I felt great!
So that’s my two week recap! Let’s hope I can update a bit more frequently this week!!
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