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December 25, 2005
Merry Christmas and Hanukah and everything else
I was at outside the pool this morning at 6:55 waiting for them to open at 7. At 7 the lifeguard showed up. I waited for him to change into official lifeguarding clothing, unlock the locker rooms, and turn on the lights. Then I swam for 10 minutes, sprinted and rested for 10, and swam another leisurely 5 minutes for 25 total. I stopped b/c there was the chance my Dad was waiting for me in the lobby at 7:45.
He had told me he wasn’t coming if it was raining. When I woke up at 6:30 I could hear the rain so I had brought gym clothes (rather than outdoor running clothes) and planned to run at the gym. However, he was there which was motivating enough to get myself outside as well. I headed up to my room to put on outdoor running clothes and then we walked towards the front door of the hotel. It had stopped by raining by this point.
The desk clerk held up his hand in a stop signal and said in a grave voice, “Be very careful out there. It rained and then froze-and we’re working on it-but it’s slick.” Apparently a whole lot of employees had fallen in the parking lot this morning. My father and I said thanks and headed out. We ran on the golf course again. It was gorgeous. It was slick. There was one small hill where we both stopped running and just kept our feet still and slid down the hill. My feet went out from under me and I slid and landed on my butt and continued sliding down the hill like I was on a water slide. But up and at ‘em. I got up and we continued down the hill.
By the end of the run I felt similar to how I felt while swimming. Tired. I was lagging behind my Dad again (this time by a lot more). I have a slight cold but I think the main problem is some sort of anemia (not the altitude-I’ve been here before and it was never a problem). I have bruises on my legs again and my soccer bruise from weeks ago hasn’t healed. Soo….more multivitamins I guess. But I feel pretty tired and working out feeling like this is dreadful. As I’ve blogged about before this sometimes hits me and then it passes in a few days. I guess I’ve been lucky it never happened on race day.
We then rallied the rest of my family (in truth my mom was already roaming the hotel in search of coffee but the other 3 kids needed to be woken) and we went to x-mas breakfast (I only wished they could have infused iron into my chocolate chip pancakes) and then exchanged some of our Christmas presents. Somewhere along the way I bummed a multi-vitamin from my sis. I finally wrapped my presents which included a framed picture of all family members participating in the Thanksgiving race that I am giving to all participants and my mom (so four runners-I wanted one too!-plus my mom) and a swimming care package for my mom (that she requested). It includes a swim cap, goggles, and special shampoo and conditioner that gets out chlorine.
Then all the kids and my Dad played tennis. We rotated one person off. That was not as tiring.
It’s been a good x-mas so far. Lots of family time and lots of (exhausting) sports. Enjoy the time with your friends and family and eat lots of iron rich foods!!
Posted by Audrey at December 25, 2005 04:18 PM
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Merry Christmas. It seems like you are having a great time. Your family sounds like a lot of fun.
Posted by: Dallen at December 25, 2005 10:36 PM
You have quite the active family...very cool!
Merry Christmas, Audrey.
Posted by: Steve S. at December 26, 2005 12:38 PM