I ran my longest so far last saturday.w hich sent my knees into a fit of pain… my heals thought they were going to revolt and NEVER let me walk again than I got a nights sleep and a monday in the pool. 2,700 yards latter. I was feeling like a million bucks. untill… YUP YOU GUESSED IT… I got out of the pool and gravity put me on my heals again. OH BOY. so on Tuesday I ran through it… and it started to get better…. than I swam for 2400 after my 4 miles. than on Wednsday 8 miles and 1000 yards. than comes Thursday… Today… 4 m ore mile on the ol feet. and 2400 in the pool. I tell you without the pool for my feet after a run I think I would cry the rest of the day. a nap and even though my feet are sore…. I AM ALMOST THERE!!!!

Womens run on sat… 2X’s through for me… but it will be a great 12 mile run. I am looking forward to it. people on the trail. WAHOO!!!!

Marathon momma out!

So this is the rout that I took today… and i need to give you the week over view. It will be different BY FAR than other weeks I have shared. Why? you ask… well I will give you the way it was supposed to look. than I will tell you what it DID look like. : ) ready or not here it comes….

Monday swim
Tuesday Run 3 swim
Wednesday run 4 swim
Thurdsday Run 3 swim
Friday swim and bike
Saturday run 9 m iles… but I am an overachever and thought 10.
Sunday rest.

Here is what the week REALY LOOKED LIKE…..

Monday swim 6,200 yards
Tuesday Run 3 miles worth of fartlicks with a friend and swim 4,800 yards start puking at 1730
Wednesday still puking but go into work for a few min only to be sent home.
Thursday got up and sat in the nice warm water and coached. than worked for a few hours. went home
FRIDAY… FELT OH SO MUCH BETTER! ran 4 miles than got in the pool and swam 3,900 yards. and was EXHAUSTED!
Saturday made up the 3 mile run with my son at the Nikiski fun run and pulled a first place for old ladies. LOL…
Sunday up early and out for my 10 mile overacheving run!

So did I get all my miles in. unconventionaly But YES I DID!

Am I dead… NO BUT I have a purple ankle from rolling it on a root/rock thing in the trail run with my son. when they were giving out the medels L.M. says first place goes to Momma fly with a time of….. on a sprained ankle. it is ok realy and I am happy with my run this morning. It was sore in the begining but it is well. and I have Advil and ice. : )
that always makes things better….

so I am 65 miles into this thing…. only 370 more miles to go….

M.T. Momma fly out…. hey and by the way… if you are stopping by. please leave me a note about what a crazy fool I am… or what about the fact that running should never be for a woman with 5 kids… or just say HI! I realy do read allt he comments I don’t get. : )

COACH JUDY!!!!!!

she is AMAZING! and I am lucky really lucky to have her on my team. so thank you Judy. I wish I was faster I wish all my turns would have been perfect. but a 7:40 on my injured arm is ROCKEN! and so I am okay with that….

a 33:43 on my bike (10 miles HILLY!)… and a 34:02 on my run (3.1 and a hilly trail run) Makes for a  1:17:04.1 or there abouts.

Now mind you that swim time…  is swim and transition. so is the run time. : ) bike time is strickly bike. NICE RIGHT!?!?

I am ready to sign up for this one again ! RIGHT NOW! it was the best…a nd I am so happy with myself. I thinkt he transition time is wrong on my swim. but all is well. I will get it next time. i have alot of improvement to make … I CAN DO IT!

Thank you for listening to my tired ramblings of the day…

My girls rocked  it… and I am so proud of them.. Miss Anna. my ROCK she came in second behind Cori in thier age group.  Sandra she cam in 10th in my group… Miss America came in 13th in hers! and her momma 4th in hers. Americas daughter came in 6th in her age group. one of my swimmer boys came in 3rd…. than another gal Mrs. K she came in 3rd behind me and her kids came in 8th (girl) and 6th (her boy)… those are allt eh ones in my mind… and I am SO PROUD OF THEM ALL! when i get the results in the paper tomorrow. I will make sure that you get the link…

Till than… I have been fed. THANK YOU DON JOSES…. I have had my sports massage…. THANK YOU CORTINIE! and now I am off to bed! Night night….

The best part of the day. My mom showing up with a sign for me…. and my kids and my husband chasing me down and someone at every turn that was family just to say… HEY MOMM GIRL you CAN DO IT! if it hadnt been for them all these years… Ir ealy couldnt have. THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR ME!

I start all over again in the water tomorrow morning. 0600 baby! Not a bad Marathon training day for today at ALL!

Marathon Momma fly OUT!

What are your funny things you have to do before a race? mine are silly. I get up early 0500 race starts at 1000 But I know I have to be there to see my kids swim at 0830. I take a shower it is the first thing I do. I am the kinda girl that HATES to shave my legs. and I mean that with all my being. Those legs could wait a year or two and it wouldnt bother me. But my pits. well those and other things MUST be done. But on race day, I get up ubeer early so that I can sit in the shower and shave those legs. you see the hair on said legs could slow me down in the water. : ) I know that is not all true. But it is something that i have done since my frist race in high school. than we let it grow untill regions. and ALL OF US got personal best times. : ) that and we took first place. : )

so Today I got up took my shower layed ont he bottom with the hot water beating on me visualizing. something my coach taught me in high school. and you know when you visualize the perfect race… it doesnt always happen. and that is okay with me. So I visualize bad stuff, and how I overcame it. and I have noticed when I am out ther racing that HELPS. I already have it figured out IF something happens. and that is a great thing to have. : )

There is a group of our swimmers taht are going to be doing the kids tri today. and I am looking forward to it. our 8 year old star will be there. and my best friends little (10) and Mrs. M’s Kids (7) and (10) I think… will be there and little Miss K’ will be there… and so many more. I am looking forward to it. It is so neat to see them out there tri’ing something new… and what a cool sport to get into . : )

So there will be another update after the race. not sure about results and how that will go. But when I get them. you will have them. PROMISE!

I am off to pick up one of the teenagers to help dad with the kids. get some batteries and get back home to pack up. see you on the FLIP SIDE!
Tri momma Fly ouT!

so I have been properly fed… I am getting in rest when I can. and tomorrow… at 0800 I will be out there signing ina nd getting ready…. see you on the FLIP side.

Triathalon momma

so this is a pre post and I will get something else out there for you in a few hours…. oh and P.S………… I LOVE REST DAYS!!!!!!!!!!

For on Sunday day 21 of M.T. I will be doing a triathlon. I knew this was coming. OBVIOUSLY I PAYED FOR IT! But I had to change my Marathon training schedule because of it. That truly isn’t too hard to do. But I did a long run on Tuesday instead of on Saturday. That way I could sit around and eat spaghetti all day. YEAH FOR CARBS! The short 3 mile run is at the end of the tri. : ) that makes me happy. By the time I get to it I will be good and warmed up. : ) : )

this one I feel like I am in better shape for the running. I know I have the swim and bike in the bag. But I really haven’t been on my bike enough to feel super CONFADENT about it. Every time I have been out recently it has been to run. It makes me giggle just to read that sentence. I am not much of a runner and to read that I am NOT on my fast bike to be on my slow feet…. well that makes me Laugh in the wind hysterically.

I am seeded for this tri. That takes me back a bit as well. Not that I haven’t been trying for that for 3 years. Just that I have never accomplished it. I believe that it is mainly because it is so small. I figure that all the faster swimmer are up in doing the tri in Wasilla. And because of that, they were stuck with me. : )

So what are you all doing this weekend? If you are close enough and you are thinking about it. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU OUT THERE…. cheering all of us on. There are 101 triathletes out there doing this tri. There are aprox 30 kids. And we would all love to have more cow bells and cheering faces. When one person goes by walking with grimaces on their faces from the pain that they are putting their body through. What you tell them at that moment will be the ONE thing that keeps them going. : ) We need more of you out there giving those words of encouragement.

So for now I close but I will be back. More than likely tomorrow. I can’t train… so I will have nothing else I can do but write to tell you how wonderful it is to be on a rest day ….

Marathon Momma OUT!

My eyes opened for good a 06:30. not that long you would thing. but there went doing the whole 26 miles loop and still having time to get the kids ready for swimming. so OFF I went on a nice long bike ride…

Workout Stats
Pace: 03:07 (avg)
Speed: 19.23 (mi/hr) (avg)

I am happy with this. I really am. If I could show you the hills … you would know that i was ROCKEN the course. when I hit linnwood. my home street I looked at my watch. for the time NOT the stop watch. and though OH BOY… BET my sister called with a worried Nelly of a niece. Sure enough. the pup was chomping at the bit and I was 5 min. away from being late to our 08:00 workout time….

So I RUSHED over to pick up M. and he wasnt up so we raced over to pick up the pup and she ran into the car. than we got to the pool…. to NO COACH! all that for him to be late. LOL. all good … it worked out because he showed up only a few seconds later and we were on deck by 08:06. It was great. a nice workout …

All on Butterfly and Breastroke. only one of those do I like. give you three guesses and the first two don’t count as to which one I like. : ) my arms gave out ont he butterfly. they always do. me and 100 butterfly’s just don’t get along. But it was nice to try and get the stroke better. I also did a few extra 100 freestyles when coach was talking to the rest of the kids. I was working on how to sight. If I am realy going to head out for the Cour d’ Alene Than i have to learn how to swim and sight in those bouy’s at the same time. LOL. it is harder than it looks.

Go to www.ironmancda. com and it’s the featured video on the right of the screen. It may just be the motivation you need to give it a try.

Talk to you all soon…
Momma~Fly out

 I can tell you that rain is OH SO GOOD for my garden. Just look at my rhubarb.

My FLOWERS are LOVING the attention a good watering will give…..

But training in it….. NOT SO MUCH!

I would show you a picture. But to tell you the truth… I didn’t go anywhere. So I am not wet.  So there are no pictures to share. Hee hee… I will ride my bike today. BUT I will be doing it in the comfort, or lack there of, in my OWN HOME!

That is why I payed for the trainer after all… Okay not really. I did it so that I would be able to train in the winter. LOL. I will get out there. But not when it is raining this hard.

Momma~Fly Out