dreaming over the ocean

Wowza.  I have been a BAD blogger.  Oh well.  not my fault.  I have been just having such a good time spending time with the boy i like  love and swimming in 30.5m long outdoor pools and working at Way Past Fast  and catching up with old and new friends.   but, i raced today.  it has been a little weird, because post-hawaii, I had a week of nothing (for recovery) the a week of "let's get back into it" and then, this week... a taper week.  HA!!!!  So, basically, I have not had crazy ridiculous  regular training weeks for about 5 weeks, prior to hawaii.  So, i was a little unsure of my fitness level, but, very sure of my feeling of being rested.   Today's race was the first of 2 races in 2 weeks.  Today, and next sunday.  So, not a long race report, but, the key is that it was a PERSONAL BEST!  yay!    I shaved at least 3 minutes off my pb (which was made on a short course) and 10minutes off m...

so, i guess the way to start this to to say:  "well, it turns out that the boy i like, is actually the boy i love." post race was spent in the hotel, lounging while watching the Canucks game (right... ice hockey while in Hawaii!), and eating a ginormous meal for dinner.  The plan was to go to the Mauna Kea Observatory , but the drive up and back would take at least 4 hours, and it would (obviously) be at night.  Not necessarily the best idea for the evening/night after a 1/2 ironman! so, we woke up on sunday after a lovely (surprizingly, for being in the same room as two boys who really like to snore) sleep, and went out for some coffee.  Then, of course went for second breakfast... at the buffet.  and, subsequently stuffed ourselves again.  then, it was a little lagoon lounging at the hotel, and off for the afternoon activities!    I have added pictures, but, I thought that i would leave the report up to the boy.  'Cause it was all him. ...

After a surprizingly great sleep, in the usual pre-race way, alarm goes off at 4:30 am on saturday.  IT WAS RACE DAY!  In HAWAII!  YAY! i had stolen/bought a variety of "the usual" things for my pre-race breakfast.  Hammer Whey Protein (which proved to be disgusting), some apple sauce, a banana, and two pieces of bread.  Since I was still feeling pretty full from the last night's dinner, I knew this would be plenty.  Started sipping an energy drink, and jumped into the shower (i was so tired the night before, that it seemed impossible) to shave my legs, and start a race feeling clean...  there is something comforting to starting a race clean, because you are about to do something that is the height of classiness in terms of getting salt water, sweat, sugar (in liquid and semi liquid forms), sunscreen (which i applied 3x prior to the race!) and the potential of bodily fluids all over your body. so, we take off, a little late...

So, how do you describe a few days which are indescribable (at least to a nursing student, who is NOT a english major) on a small little blog?!  It has been a while since I last posted, and there will be certainly things that are certainly missed out on.  So, I have decided that what I will do, is break it into days... first will come the race preparation days  which are Thursday-Friday, and kinda uneventful. then, Ironman Hawaii 70.3 Honu race report. following that will be recovery 2 days (including a story about a boy and a ring) Then, when the time comes, it will be about the Holiday days.