Here goes:
- Good- finishing a 85 mile ride and feeling good
- bad-the utter pain of my frozen feet thawing out in the hot shower after said ride
- ugly-swollen/red eyes from riding without glasses because of pouring rain
- good-riding in a short sleeve shirt
- good-sleeping in on Mother's day after 4:30a.m. wake up calls all week
- good-hubby telling me to "take my time" on workouts
- bad-that sweaty, sticky feeling when pullling my bike in the house after a long ride knowing I have to scramble to change into running shorts for a run. RIGHT NOW!
- Good-3 miles into that run with the legs feeling strong
- ugly - the dozens of scars over my body from crashes, surgeries, crashes, slips, bangs, and more clutzy moves I have made
- ugly-my hair. The pulled back look is getting old. I think I "do" my hair maybe once/week
- bad-walking into preschool dressed head to toe in workout gear/or sweats over them while most Moms are looking coiffed and pretty ....or is this Good? Hmmm
- good-running around the house after a 72 mile hill ride, feeling fine
- bad and probably ugly- the first 10 seconds of an ice bath
- good-the next 9 minutes of the ice bath
- good-post long brick meal!
- bad- the 6th gel of the day on that long brick
- ugly-the black circles under my eyes after my 3rd 20 hour week
- good- ALL finish lines
- good- the tempo runs that you nail
- good-sub 1:10 100s
- ugly-my face under the water hitting that sub 1:10!
- ugly-goggle eyes for the next 2 hours
- bad-Mommy smelling like chlorine for all her kid's morning hugs
- g00d-finishing a long long workout that you dreaded and wondered if you would make. Finishing it and feeling stronger than when you started
- good-knowing you can out run any other Mom dropping their kid off at school
- ugly-the Dad's faces when/if they find out you can also outrun them
- good-my husband being at peace with this
- good-showing my kids how strong women can be
- bad-dead legs
- bad-running on dead legs
- ugly-my face while running on those dead legs
- good-a good night sleep + rest day
- good-overcoming those dead legs and fighting back with even stronger legs
- ugly-my ever enlarging quads...what the Heck??
- ugly-my toes
- bad-flats
- bad-my fear of flats
- bad-constant aching body parts and fear of injury
- good-not being injured despite the worry
- good-2.5 months to Lake Placid
- Good-knowing I Will make it to the start line
- Awesome-Imagining the feeling I will have when I make it to the Finish line
I know I forgot a lot. Please feel free to add your own.
3 comments:
good--Having great tri/mommy/h.s friends who get it--
:)
I like this post!
bad--niggling little things like a little bit o' knee pain
good--looking in the mirror and thinking, Man! I'm f-ing fit!
Your quads are prettttty--at least to me. Mine are so little and refuse to get bigger. Grrrr.
HAVING A GREAT ATTITUDE!
PS I got your email, I will respond this AM - just got back from all the kid's stuff.
LOVED THIS!!! so great, impressed that you are doing so well training - I am not suprised at all and thing you did a great job summing up everything. Seriously though, that mommy coiffed thing does drive me crazy - I think I have a widows peak in my hair from having it pulled back so tight in ponytails!!!
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