Just one of those days!

Saturday was the Gasparilla 15K in which me and my half useful foot had to sit out and watch, but it actually turned out great because I got to see Ryan Hall win the race!! He was absolutely amazing to watch!! Joanie did awesome, and Jeff came in 16th overall! Way to represent KY!! After the 15K I hobbled around for what counted as a 6mile run. After that, my foot was dunzo. So I went to the car and enjoyed the homemade cookies my Mama sent :-)

Sunday was the Tour de Cure in Venice. There was a pretty fun group of riders planning on being there, so we decided to bandit it to get in some long miles. A few downpours later and 30 mph gusts, I was ready to call it! I had lost the group, had no idea where I was, I was pushing Z4 going 12mph. It was not fun... but somehow we made it. A sloooooow 5 hours later I was thawing out in the car (the course was short, thankfully... I'm not that fast!).

Monday was a recovery day. I rode a few miles with Jeff then refueled at the Pancake House with the worlds largest plate of french toast, it was awesome!!

Tuesday was San Antonio, and a beautiful day!! I had changed my back tire the day before and when I got to San An it was flat. So I changed it again with my last spare, borrowed a tube just in case from another rider, and we were on our way.

The ride started out great, then we turned onto the road that hates me and I dropped back a bit. My trusty Scott was feeling off but I blamed it on the rain from Sunday... a few miles later, another flat. This time I actually checked my tire, nothing. So I changed the flat and raced to catch the group (which never happened, thankfully they stopped for me).

After about 30 minutes riding on my last spare it felt squishy again. Seriously?! Give me a break!! So we all stopped, I posted my bike up on a fence post and used the hand pump that another rider had. I was pretty frustrated at this point, so when I yanked the pump out I pulled the little twisty seal off too!! Just as I thought my day couldn't get much worse, I realized I was standing in a mound of fire ants!!! I wanted to scream and throw a fit and sit on the side of the road until someone picked me up to take me back to my car!! I was DONE, I had enough!! I had gone out there to get in 60+ miles, but the last thing I wanted to do at this point was ride more. I want to go hoooooooome!

One hissy fit later, I was back on my bike with the group. I felt aweful for making them wait so many times, especially since everyone was on a time crunch. So I made myself shut up and ride. I had gotten the ants off my leg and had enough air in my wheels to make it. I ended up getting in a solid 50 mile ride; not as far as I wanted but it was quality. I stuck with the group and pulled a few times, I guess being so worked up helped me ride better!!

Wednesday was my first run after going after seeing the PT a few times. I started out super slow on the treadmill with strict orders to stop with any pain. I told myself I would run for 30 minutes. 30 minutes later I felt fine, so I decided to go for 45. At 45 I had to finish out the mile so I ended up running for 51 minutes... and felt great!! I was super pumped! Afterwards I foam rolled the crap out of my calves (Diagnosis: my calves are super tight so anterior tib had to work too hard to flex the foot which caused the tendonitis) and I still feel good! Holla!

After a swim (I got in a 3400 in the same time Heather got in 4300, ouch!) I picked up Max and his super cool sister and we headed to Hungry Harry's Pizza Buffet. We special ordered our cheeseless/all veggie pizzas, loaded up on salads, and ate for two and a half hours straight!!

Camp starts today... last spring camp of the year! I love camp and couldn't be more excited, I'm so glad I've gotten this opportunity and have learned so much from the campers and coaches. I've gotten to meet some really great people, all of which are so friendly and helpful!

The sun is shining and it's supposed to be in the 80's all weekend!! I'm off to bike, run, and swim before camp starts. Until next time...