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July 13, 2005
Soothing Post
I went swimming this morning. Nothing too eventful. I wore my new bathing suit. I am really tired of buying stuff. It is actually really annoying to buy stuff not just b/c of the money but b/c of the time it takes. I am on a huge exercise buying streak right now (tri, hotel room for tri, bathing suit, sneakers, pool use for summer, swim cap, etc.). I don't think I have spent this much money on workout stuff in such a short time period since I bought plane tickets to Austin to run in a race in 2004. I am hoping once I get squared away it will level off.
I went sub 6 minutes again swimming so I felt confident enough to change my predicted swim time for the tri to 5:45 (from 6:40 when I registered). It's important to have an accurate predicted swim time so the pool doesn't get clogged with swimmers trying to pass each other. I sent an e-mail to a random person whose e-mail was hidden somewhere on the race website so we shall see if the change is actually made. There may need to be some definite follow-up on that. The race has reached its cap (400 people) but I am a confirmed participant. My age group has only a few participants in it (20-24 women) but I am (obviously) competing against the whole lot of females, which is significantly more people. Looking at the registration list, there are a LOT of women in their 30s and 40s competing. I guess people tend to get into tris when they are older. [I think the same goes for recreational running. I am the only one in my age group for the summer racing series. 25-29 women is much more competitive than my age group.]
B/c I am bored I am going to Au Bon Pain for 1/2 price muffins and sweets in 8 minutes. (The special is 4 PM-6 PM). Yeah special. See how calm my posts are when I don't have a workout disaster to share? The lack of excitement is kind of soothing though :) I can definitely stand a few days of this.
Posted by Audrey at July 13, 2005 03:58 PM
Comments
Hi Audrey,
Just catching up on blogland. I'm sorry to hear about your grandpa. I do hope his health improves.
I know I shouldn't laugh, but I get a crack out of the workout disasters. In fact, I think Rob's addicted to your blog. :)
Posted by: Leilani at July 13, 2005 10:34 PM
Au Bon Pain. I used to go there in the mall all the time. Then the mall began to annoy me so I don't go anymore.
Hope that new suit fits better. And don't leave it in the car! :)
Posted by: Jon in Michigan at July 14, 2005 08:31 AM