Thursday, December 14, 2006

The Long, Golden (Gate) Day

I got my workouts in. I'll probably pay the price on Thursday once I get home. Here is the last 48+ hours (I'm currently living this as I write it).

12/12/06
6AM - 4 mile run
9AM - depart via air from Raleigh to Hartford, CT
12:30 - arrive in Hartford
1-4PM - meetings in Hartford
4-10:30PM - host entertainment events in Hartford, CT
11PM - get to sleep, noticing stuffy and runny nose

12/13/06
5AM - wake up
6:10AM - board flight from Hartford to San Francisco
2:50PM (Eastern time) - arrive in San Francisco, take taxi to hotel and get checked in. No sleep.
5PM (Eastern time) - starting in the heart of downtown SF, hammer awesome run across Knob Hill, along Embarcadero, through Presidio park, and across Golden Gate Bridge. Then run back. Total miles = 14. Rainy but fun. Forgot to bring/drink liquid.
7PM (Eastern Time) - finish run
7:30-midnight (Eastern Time) - attend work-related hospitality event at hotel in SF

12/14/06
12:40AM (Eastern Time)- head to airport
2:40AM - (Eastern Time) board plane
7AM - arrive in Cincinatti
9:30AM - arrive in Raleigh

Ouch.

Friday, December 08, 2006

Its just cold in Raleigh

23 degrees + 15 miles of run = cold hands and unexplainable "phantom pains".

I woke up to that today. The good news is that I did it. Now I'm relaxed, my house is cold and my hands are colder than they were at 6AM.

This weekend I have to let my IM Lake Placid blogger friends know that I'm now registered for IM Wisconsin instead. Luckily, the list is pretty short as my project just began.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Big IM Changes

Big news in the Luckytri household. Due to unforseen personal circumstances to be disclosed in a later blog entry I have had to switch my 2007 Ironman from Lake Placid to Wisconsin. That moves me out about a month and a half...which means the funk can further continue its grip as my Winter nemesis. Luckily I have the ING Miami marathon in late January to keep me honest. Special thanks to the Ironman organizers for helping me deal with my "date issue". Off to YMCA brick class at 5:45AM. Class commitments like that keep me honest too.