Who will be #500?

Will you take a gander at that!!!!! 499 followers!!!

Who will be #500???

That is pretty exciting! I better check and see if I have 500 yet…Nope, not yet.

Yesterday didn’t turn out as I had planned. I wanted to take LB with me to the track after school but that just didn’t work out. One thing I have learned is that you have to be flexible when training AND parenting. Sometimes, no strike that-usually things don’t go as planned and I just have to adjust or get over it. Adapt, if you will.  Do you adapt very well when things don’t go as planned? I’m 50/50 on that. But at least I got my swim in.

I went to the pool earlier than usual due to something known as work. Normally that early time is reserved for unit training but I got lucky. It was way less crowded and I got to swim in my own lane for most of the workout. My workout called for 1700 yds. 500 yd warm up/ 1 x 100yd with 15 second rest 2 x 50 yd with 10 sec rest (repeat that 5 times)/ 200 cool down. I ended with 1750 yds because I opted to swim my equipment (kickboard, pull buoy, paddles) to the other end and put them away then swim back, instead of walking.  I thought about that and equated it to finishing a track workout on the opposite side of the track than you parked. Instead of walking across the middle of the track you would  just walk or jog around the track to the other side. Same thing. It is funny how I can totally relate my swimming to my running workouts.

Then there was no run. I had my St. Patty’s Day run outfit all picked out too. But it just didn’t happen. Now I am in a conundrum. Do I run today? I think an easy 3 or 4 miler would be fine, good, wise actually. Then I rest tomorrow.  I have taken the entire week off from spin! I didn’t think I would be able to but I have. I am trying to give my legs some relief and rest. Sunday is my first race of 2011! I figure it can go one of three ways:

Or in other words:

1. PR-under 1:55
2. Finish comfortably with 2-2:10 range
3. Suck air, walk a LOT and finish who-knows-when with sore muscles and wishing for a MAC Truck or Nekkid Semi to plow me over.

Now, please don’t get sad and down or mad about my “lousy” comment. Understand that these are my goals and they only apply to me. I am in no way saying that anything over 2:10 is lousy. In fact is is NOT lousy at all! But for ME it would be less than what I am capable of and less than I would expect of myself. I will tell you what I tell clients sometimes (in a little different way of course): You cannot use my measuring stick to measure yourself. We each measure our own individual accomplishments by our own internal measuring stick. I would not measure my accomplishments based on YOU. So why would you measure yours based on ME? Be proud of what you do, own it as yours.

Now if you will excuse me I have a lot to get done today: 1) An iPod to organize!! (For those of you who LIKE me on FB I found my iPod! Right were I put it, in the pocket of my Nathan Handheld Water bottle!) 2.) Garden work 3) Back yard sun-sitting (84 degrees today!!) 4) Car to clean out for the girls (plus LB) trip to Raleigh- Tobacco Road Expo!!!

So off I go to be responsible!! Happy Friday!!

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500! I made it merely an hour after posting!! =) You all are amazing!!! And thanks Andrea-Runner Momma-I think you were 500!