Concert News

This week was the rehearsal and performance for Brandon's concert. He was in a showcase with a number of other students and they choose him to be the headliner of the show. I know I am his father, but he is an awesome musician. He plays both guitar and piano at a very high level. The final show was last night at he was a real hit. In fact, he was the star of the show!!! He should really pursue music as a career but as a parent that is scary as you immediately think about the "starving musician" image.

My marathon training has been going well. Later today is my long run (I do those on Sundays) but a little storm called Irene might change my plans. I don't want to do my long run on a treadmill but I may be forced to do just that. I still have not registered for the actual race yet, I guess I am hedging my bets a bit.

I have no idea how my weight is, well I do know, it will be bad. My eating has been poor. We will see tomorrow morning when I jump on the scale for my weekly check.

Stay safe everyone!

Busy Bee

It has been a busy week. I have tons of stuff going on at work, there has been very little time to sit back and relax. I need a vacation, but I don't see one coming anytime soon. I found a half marathon plan online and began to follow it last week. It has me running on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. The long runs are on Sundays! So far it has worked out well. It will end the same week as a local marathon in my area. I have not committed to signing up for that particular race yet, but at this point it is the target race on my calendar.

There are only two weeks remaining until Brittany heads off to Queen's University. It should be an interesting time in her life. She will need to become much more independent, which will be a good life lesson. The house will certainly be quieter without her around! Hopefully she doesn't come home every weekend with her dirty laundry!

I have also been very busy with my University course. There are only 4 weeks left in this one, looking forward to it being completed.

Stay Safe!

Completed Triathlon

Well I did it, I finished the race! I was really nervous about the swim portion, and rightfully so. There were so many people and the swim segement was so short that is was very congested. I don't think I took a full stroke for the entire swim. I was kicked, swum over, bumped, etc. On the second half of the swim I had a bit of a panic attack. I was GLAD to get out of the water. My transition from swim to bike was slow, I needed to get my composure back. The bike and the run both went ok. I was a little slower on the run than I would have liked, but overall things went ok. I did not get on the podium this time, but that was ok, there was some tough competition.

So now I have no events scheduled right now! I am looking at a 1/2 marathon in October. I still feel a little whipped from yesterday's Tri so my energy level to sign up for a 1/2 is not high right now!!!

One Week to Go

So I am in my final week of preparations for my next triathlon. This will be my first "open water" swim so it is a new experience for me. At one point I was a little nervous about the swim but I have since lost that nervousness. I have been training in the river and I am enjoying it now. The only unknown factor will be the other competitors in the race. I am not accustomed to having large numbers of people swimming along side me. I hope that does not freak me out too much.

I will have a large group of supporters cheering me on as there will be many family and friends alongside the road. I have not set any time goals for this event, I just want to complete it standing upright! Ha ha, that will not be a big problem as long as the injury bug doesn't bite me.

I have no idea what is going wrong with my eating though, I just can't stop! Hopefully I get that straightened away soon enough or I will have to hit "Lose It" hard once again.

Stay safe everyone.