I have workouts to discuss again!

2012 is the year of the Half Ironman, so I figured New Year's day was the perfect time to dust off the bike and get going on that. I have a loooooong way to go.

Since there are no daylight hours to bike outside during the week in the winter, my friend Jackie and I set up the bike trainers in her workout room. We have grand plans of making this a common occurring throughout our training. She has a super ironman biker friend that was nice enough to come over to help us set up the trainers, and give us all sorts of fantastic newbie advice. We did a 45 minute spin DVD and it was a pretty good workout, despite us ignoring the video and chatting through half of it.

Our "aren't we hardcore?" pose

I stopped on the way home to get Eric and I McFlurries for dinner. So far if my New Year's Resolution was "eat less healthy", I'm really nailing it. 


I went to bed more excited than on Christmas Eve because I had a trail run in the morning. I was meeting my friends about half an hour away, and I think I enjoyed the drive at least as much as the run. I finished the audiobook of the Hunger Games and now I'm in the middle of Catching Fire. Seriously, I need Hunger Games Anonymous.


I hadn't run on trails since the infamous Stone Mill 50 Miler, but, despite a few flashbacks at the beginning, I loved them as much as I always have. I was running with my friends Lily, Conor, and Rob, and Mike joined us for a little while. The boys set a pretty quick pace up some of the hills (although we also spent quite awhile walking). We covered 8.5 miles total, and my lungs felt almost back to normal.


I have, without a doubt, also developed an unhealthily close relationship with my Forever Lazy. When I posted the picture last night, I had just put it on, so I wasn't fully aware what a wonderful addition to my life it was. It's warm, soft, comfy, and makes me look like Cookie Monster. I highly recommend going to your nearest drug store and picking yourself up one immediately. However, I caution you - the name is not a lie. It truly does make you forever lazy. 

One more time

I don't know what happened to me over break, but I turned into a total night owl and started staying up and sleeping in later and later until it culminated with 3am to 11am on New Years. This morning I set my alarm for the first time in ten days and was completely confused when some weird beeping interrupted the nightmare I'd been having at 8am. Considering I've also taken some sort of drugs to help me fall asleep every night since Christmas, I'm a little worried about attempting to return to a normal, workday sleep schedule tonight. (Taking drugs to sleep and then trying to keep 20 kids alive all day, much less learning, doesn't really go hand in hand). 


I took drastic measures and significantly reduced my caffeine intake today. I'm talking about probably having no more coffee than a typical American has each morning. I could barely keep my eyes open all day, so it better have been worth it. 


Last random thought - our Christmas tree is already down and put away. I'm pretty sure this is a new record in the Lindsey household.