runners...take your mark:

GO! I apologize that it's been so long since our last post, but it's been a crazy week! I think i lost my sense of humor somewhere along the way on one of our runs, but I'll try and make this entertaining :).

So we had another successful run last night. We were kind of in a hurry because we had to go to our cooking club (a "monthly" get together with some girls from work where we pick a theme and everyone brings a dish and we get to catch up with people we don't see on a daily basis), but we were good and decided that even though we were pressed for time we were going to do SOMETHING.



We met at my house in the highlands and took off. It was business time. Granted, we didn't run for as long as we would have liked, but we ran faster than ever. With 19 days left until the big day, we have a ways to go, but I must say I have been noticing the progress we're making which feels really good. We've done a few bricks (and if you didn't read Crystal's post before this one, read it - it explains what a brick is) and we've done pretty well. The hardest thing we've done was Sunday. We rode our bike up on the Greenway and then put the bikes back on our rack and took off to go for a run. That was rough because we felt like we were running really hard but felt like we weren't going anywhere. It's an awkward transition because your legs are used to the smooth motions of riding a bike, and when you hit the pavement that smoothness changes real quickly. Despite that, we did it.



And we did another one this morning. We met at 6:00am at the Atlantic Station LA Fitness for our usual swim, and then added a bike ride on after. The pool was SO cold (probably pretty close to how the lake will be the day of the race) but once we got started we were done in under 15 minutes. Keep in mind that the swim in the race is 400 meters, and we're practicing doing 600 meters each time just to be on the safe side. After that, we had a quick wardrobe change and hopped on a bike. All in all I'd say we're doing pretty well! Although, I will say - we are quite a sight walking in and out of LA Fitness every Wednesday morning. Needless to say, we tote along a LOT of stuff. We have to bring our swimming stuff, a towel to dry off from swimming, biking clothes and shoes, shower stuff (and a clean towel for that), and then everything it takes for us to get ready for work (clothes, makeup, hair straighteners, etc). I think we need to invest in bigger gym bags so we don't each need to bring two...and then some!