merry x-mas!
yes, x-mas! not sure where the 'x' came from but i'm sure wiki could help me out if i asked. so, i broke a promise. my how time flies. the last time i wrote was the end of august??? are you kidding me? i promised to update regularly and i go for a whole week. lame.
anyway, here we are on the eve of christmas. i'm on vacation, so obviously i'm having fun, even if it is a monday night. and by fun, i mean drinking by myself.
lots has happened since the end of august, my friends. and by lots, i mean nothing. well, i rode my bike a few more times. didn't race iceman. didn't even make it to 500 miles this year. now that's hard to believe! i had even quit drinking for about 5 weeks there in the fall. health issues, mainly. i'm doing okay again, i guess.
i'm thinking about maybe doing some more racing next year. yeah, yeah, you've heard it all before. i think i say/think this every winter. i guess the proof will be in the pudding. mmmm...pudding. so, to stay motivated, i think i'll do the cps series or something. of course, if i do it, i'll be giving it 110% so i absolutely expect to win. what's the point of me doing it and not winning? if i can stay healthy, i should be able to do it. i just need a little but of motivation, and (the theoretical) god knows i have little when the heat of summer rolls around. but we'll see what happens. i have faith in myself next year!
i also started training again for another half marathon next year. but since i turn into more of a wuss each year i turn older, i've refrained from running out in the cold. what a difference a year makes because last december and january, i was running 4 times/week regardless of the weather. i froze my nuts off...literally. but not this year. instead, we've invested in a nice treadmill parked in my cozy basement. i've been on the program for 3 weeks now and things are going pretty well. i definitely don't miss all the "runner's aches and pains" but there's something about running that's addictive. and do i ever miss running! it's been what, like 8 months since i've run regularly? there's definitely a runner's high that's unlike anything else. if i can stay injury free then i'll be running the derby festival half again next april.
anyway, my drink is dry and so is this post. so, hopefully i'll do this a little bit more regularly...mainly for my sanity, not yours.
merry christmas everybody!
anyway, here we are on the eve of christmas. i'm on vacation, so obviously i'm having fun, even if it is a monday night. and by fun, i mean drinking by myself.
lots has happened since the end of august, my friends. and by lots, i mean nothing. well, i rode my bike a few more times. didn't race iceman. didn't even make it to 500 miles this year. now that's hard to believe! i had even quit drinking for about 5 weeks there in the fall. health issues, mainly. i'm doing okay again, i guess.
i'm thinking about maybe doing some more racing next year. yeah, yeah, you've heard it all before. i think i say/think this every winter. i guess the proof will be in the pudding. mmmm...pudding. so, to stay motivated, i think i'll do the cps series or something. of course, if i do it, i'll be giving it 110% so i absolutely expect to win. what's the point of me doing it and not winning? if i can stay healthy, i should be able to do it. i just need a little but of motivation, and (the theoretical) god knows i have little when the heat of summer rolls around. but we'll see what happens. i have faith in myself next year!
i also started training again for another half marathon next year. but since i turn into more of a wuss each year i turn older, i've refrained from running out in the cold. what a difference a year makes because last december and january, i was running 4 times/week regardless of the weather. i froze my nuts off...literally. but not this year. instead, we've invested in a nice treadmill parked in my cozy basement. i've been on the program for 3 weeks now and things are going pretty well. i definitely don't miss all the "runner's aches and pains" but there's something about running that's addictive. and do i ever miss running! it's been what, like 8 months since i've run regularly? there's definitely a runner's high that's unlike anything else. if i can stay injury free then i'll be running the derby festival half again next april.
anyway, my drink is dry and so is this post. so, hopefully i'll do this a little bit more regularly...mainly for my sanity, not yours.
merry christmas everybody!
posted by Alden at 11:19 PM
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