Wow, it's been a while

Wow, it's been a while. I still need to post my end-of-season race review. To come. To come.

Work has been busy. I have been dealing with plantar fascistis (sp?), but am not worried about it. It's getting better, and I will attempt running (easy -- just for fun) in the Jingle Bell Run this weekend. This will be my first run since Paddy's Road Race. We'll see how it goes for the foot.

Also, I just came into some money (nice thing about birthdays) so I will finally be purchasing a digital camera, so that means more pictures on this website! (I can hear you all now-- "ooohhhh......ahhhhh....."). Maybe I'll even post a picture of an organic GALA apple :) I've been comparison shopping for months now, so I have it narrowed down to a few versions of Canon & Nikon. The good thing about birthdays around this holiday time is that lots of stuff is on sale. I have been known to spend my birthday gift money on Christmas gifts for other people, but not this year. I will get the camera and....register for the new Rhode Island 70.3.

I started going to Master's swimming last week. I like it. And, starting this week, I'll add it to my off-season 2x/week bike class on Tuesdays & Saturdays. This bike session started Dec 8th, and the first weeknight class is tomorrow, Dec 11th. I can't wait!

And....I just joined a gym!!! BSC built a new gym very close to me and it has a POOL. Pools in gyms are very hard to come by in these parts. And because I got in on a charter membership (they don't open to the public until the end of this month), I got a great deal. I'm sooo excited that I'll be able to take spinning classes again! I am glad I waited and did some "gym shopping". (I was a member of my old gym for about 6 years and quit one day in April when I entered the facility and found out that they had taken out all of the spinning bikes!) Not having a gym membership wasn't an issue from April - November since I was outside the whole time, but now I'm finding I really need a gym. I think this will work out just great!

The gym will also help because I enlisted the help of my coach to loose 20-25 lbs by June 1st. Per my request, he agreed to weigh me in every Saturday after bike and we'll record it each week. This is just what I need. Oh yeah, he wanted to post my weight on the board in the 'shed' (where we have bike classes). I said no, but suggested a compromise: that if I don't loose 5 lbs five weeks from now, he can post it. That's pressure. Good pressure. And so it will go. I began Saturday Dec 8th. He will not be posting anything from now till June. :)

Lastly, remember that today is Human Rights Day .

2007 season review to come soon.