3am on the road to the SF airport for our next adventure. I’m not sure what the meaning of life is but traveling with my best friend makes it on hell of a ride!
Essential items we packed on our 3 week trip around the ring road of Iceland: 2 cans of Kirkland tuna, Game of Thrones book 1, stack of 15 CDs for the car ride including Queen’s greatest hits, the ipood ( googled it), a fifth of whiskey (in case the sleeping bags don’t keep us warm), and a solar shower. What we didn’t bring – a flashlight! That’s right! Perks of 24 hour daylight.
Saturday was the Wildflower Long Course Triathlon (half Iron Man distance).
Ok. That was hard. Like, really hard. Possibly the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Not only is this more than twice the distance I’ve done several times before, but there isn’t a single flat mile in the whole course (except the swim…) But it feels SO good to have done it! And I KILLED the swim (compared to my usual pace anyway), which is just delicious coconut icing on monster-sized German chocolate cake.
I got some major leg cramps on the run, so bad at times I had to stop to stretch out and walk a bit. So, there are some nutrition bugs to work out for next time. But who cares – I crossed the finish line, in one piece! The idea of an Iron Man is still in my head… but I feel I need a couple more halves under my belt before I feel comfortable making that leap. Some day… some day soon.
A million thanks to my enthusiastic cheering squad, Quincy+Janaye+Charlie. You rock! And a million more to David and Julie for the awesome tri shorts and jersey!
Can’t wait to run through this gauntlet of glory after arguably the most exhausting thing I’ve ever done (that’s the real finish line of the Wildflower Triathlon. Wild!)
2. Getting the house painted.
The process starts tomorrow! Soon no more ugly, cracked, decrepit blue paint.
3. Travel. Iceland.
Photos will suffice:
4. Weddings
Sabrina and Evan. Katie and Dylan. Nisse and Aarde. McKenna and Ryan. Karissa and John. Yikes!
Just some killer tunes to get me through my Friday morning. All happen to be from the magical land down under because I’m listening to the JJJ top 100 songs of 2011.
There’s a bit of language in this one, so cover the kids’ ears
