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Slept till noon *blushes*, but in my defense yest was a very long day - running to see patients before 10AM staff meeting, then running back out after twelve to see 6 more patients, including an admission at the dreaded towers. Run home, dump stuff, drive to commuter parking, hop on subway to get into town for run, and.... sit. Under river. Move ten feet. Sit. Lather, rinse, repeat. Finally get to Times Sq, and the platform was already so crowded was obvious there hadn't been a train in awhile. *le sigh*. Managed to assert aggressive New Yorker-ness and squish on the first one that came, and got to the run to find everyone already gone.

Did the whole workout though, for the most part (read: one slight shortcut *whistles innocently*) and managed to get back while people were still stretching. Went for pizza with the gang which was much fun, and got home a bit after ten. Finished my paperwork which had been dumped before, and discovered that MI5's new series made it's premiere on BBCA. Watched the first ep repeated at 11, was hooked, so watched the midnite ep, and then the first one again at one. Even outlasted katstale :O.

So, today's plan: get to store and procure currants for soda bread. Bake soda bread. Go for bike ride and attempt 20 miles. (though legs are sore from last nite so we shall see...) Be back, showered, dressed and with bread sliced and ready to go on the 6:30 train to Fellowship Group.

*synchronizes watch*
*hums Mission Impossible theme*

I've got five hours.

Among other things.

Tonite is the first evening in about two weeks I've been home and had the house to myself. Ahhhhh :) So am watching POTC3, which I picked up in Targey today. All this water is going to give me plenty incentive to do my swim workout tomorrow. Too bad Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom won't be cavorting about in my gym's pool. Now there's an image tho, yes?

I'm at the halfway point in my triathlon training, and just filled out the recommittment paperwork. So if anyone was waiting for a closer date to support me, now would be a very good time :) I've updated the page a bit, and I'll have my mom take some pics of me with the bike Easter weekend, seeing as she did such a good job over Christmas. Barring a snowstorm or something, which given the weather lately is a possibility. There will be no swimsuit pictures.

I'm up to an hour running, still fairly slowly, swimming half mile in about 25 min, and biking for nearly two hours. Did one hour 50 min today, including stop lights and carrying the bike up and down the steps to the park. So, still have quite a ways to go, but when I look back to December when I could barely run five minutes, hadn't been on a bike in years, and had never learned to swim properly and efficiently (riding the waves at Jones Beach is not considered efficient), I've come quite a ways as well!

I have pretty much all my gear, and filled out the papers today for the (gulp) wetsuit. Had to give up and buy a proper swimsuit tho - the two old ones I've been using up at the pool are so stretched out, I feel like I'm going to float out of them at any second. But I found a suit on LL Bean for the exact price of the gift card I got for Christmas. So just had to pay shipping and tax. Hopefully it will arrive in time for Monday's group swim. And hopefully my old one will stay put on tomorrow's swim. unless Johnny and Orlando *are* there...

On the writing front, started an SGA fic, which at the moment is all dialog and needs to be fleshed out. Perhaps will be inspired to write during commercials tomorrow nite. Now, I'm just going to finish watching Pirates and then read some more Harry Potter fic.

Got a vid sent round by the head tri coach this AM.

There was nothing in the fine print about them doing whack-a-mole at us during the swim!!

First off, we had bbq last nite, and a resturant up in Harlem called Dinosaur BBQ. In case anyone doesn't believe you can get real BBQ in NY, i took pics. If you still don't believe me, have a whiff at the leftovers in my fridge ;) Only ate half my meal so I could get dessert. Mmmmm peanut butter pie!

Today I had big plans to go on a nice long bike ride. Started out well, sky was blue, temp was warm. TehJerry and I managed to get the cages on the pedals, tho his drill wasn't powerful enough to drill through the frame, so couldn't get the second water bottle holder and pump holders on. So took off for my ride, the cages worked great. Then after about six minutes, the chain fell off. *headdesk*. Back to house, TehJerry fixed the chain, and then storm clouds closed in. So I gave up and went to the gym. Did stationary bike for 1.5 hours, juuuuuuuuuuuuust shy of the 25 miles I need.

Came back and herein lies the Great Success - completed my first experimental sewing project, including breaking my first needle. *bows* Piccies here.

Now to eat my bangers and mash (the bangers being turkey franks) and watch Connor Chronicles while attempting to finish fic. If I succeed, I will have accomplished almost everything I wanted to this weekend.

I hate group training.

I love group training.

Group training is to the triathlon what write ins are to NaNoWriMo. Being surrounded by others working furiously makes me work more furiously myself, and push myself way harder than I will alone. Tonite we went from Columbus Circle up to the southwest corner of the reservoir and back down for a "warm up". Then it was across the park and up the east side climbing Cat Hill to Cleopatra's Needle. (Apparently Cleo did much sewing, as there's one of those in London too. And possibly in Egypt?). Back down, and then turn right around and climb Cat Hill again. The masochists advanced people did it four times. Two was enough for me and my running partner, and then we took a slight detour on the way back, missing the turn on 72nd St, which we decided added at least a mile to our run *nods*.

It was about 70 degrees (F) in NY today, and I can confirm that Jumper One's AC works. I ran in the thin tights I got in London, and a short sleeve shirt. It was raining when we started, which felt great. It also washed most of the ashes off my forehead, but I have been assured my immortal soul is in no peril. For more on Ash Wed, can check my blog post. (theyllek, I remembered this year!!)

Am off tomorrow, but have a head/neck ache for the past few days, probably because of the weather, so I think I will take some advil PM and crash. Perhaps my writer's group on Sat will inspire me to do some non-blog writing...

Or possibly 4.2. I heard conflicting measurements, so am going with the bigger one. Up from Columbus Circle, to and around the reservoir, and back. Not too shabby for someone who is not a runner. It helped that I actually found someone else as slow as me to run with!

4 months left to add on the last 1.5 mile, pick up the pace, and of course add in the bike and swim, but I am starting to feel like I can really do this.

*sits back with celebratory glass of wine*

Two more Ork days!!

Tho I am going to need to buy a new car as soon as I get back from vacation...

It is two days until the next ficfrenzy. In order to raise money for my Team in Training Triathlon, anyone who sponsors me during the month of January may prompt a fic of their choosing, and I will write it :)

Fandoms:

Robin Hood (BBC)
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate SG1
Harry Potter
Star Trek Enterprise (other treks possible, but might be rusty)

Ready to write write write!!

This am I tried an experiment, after at least three people said to me "oh is it your asthma?" when I mentioned my endurance sucked, even tho I didn't feel like I was wheezing. Today before we started the group run I used my inhaler anyway. Voila - kept up with people (ok the slowpokes, but still) the whole time. So I guess I will be doing that from now on, barring a congressional hearing.

More later *yawn*. I need a nap.

( Christmas Caroling in the Village )

( First Biking: Great Success. Sort of. )

( Golden Compass )

And now I need to go running - hopefully it has stopped raining so I can take my ipod. I need me some TSO for my run! Then do laundry, clean, wrap presents and pack. And make tofu burgers for dinner :)

Last nite I ran for thirty minutes without stopping. ok running might be a rather strong word, but the feets were moving and it wasn't walking. No wheezing either, but I can verify my sinuses were clear. Passed at least one person too. *bows* After, our coach had us stretching and doing core exercises on the lovely muddy central park ground because "we are not sport club pansies but real athletes who can get dirty." LOL. I couldn't quite place his accent but I think he is from New Zealand b/c he made reference to that Maori battle dance thing (hakka was it, arrietty?)

Today I feel like I'm coming down with another cold *headdesk*, but I am off so am drinking my water with lemon, and just have to run to the drug store (in between snow "events") and wash my work out gear before heading off to our company's holiday party tonite.