Sophia Margaret

Sophia was scheduled to arrive on Thursday, but on Wednesday we got the call saying she was coming early!! Katie went into labor on Wednesday morning and by Wednesday afternoon we had this little 7lb3oz bundle of joy.

Everyone is happy and healthy!!

I pretty much hung out at the hospital all day Thursday and Friday. Saturday was a long ride on the Ironman course. There were some new people coming out to ride that were supposed to be hot dogs (that term always makes me laugh), but I had a good ride the week before so I knew I could keep up. Wrong! All of 30 miles into it I was hurting, and by mile 50 I was toast. Even if I would have brought my camera like I keep saying I will, I don't think I could muster the energy to click the button. It was bad. It took everything in me to hang on to the wheel in front, and if it wasn't for my training partners pulling me back I'd still be out on the course!!

Then I made the mistake of telling people... fast people... I was running afterwards. When I arrived back at my car (which I remember as being spotted and blurry) all I wanted to do was beeline it home. I threw my bike in the car, turned around and saw Pam waiting for me in her running shoes. Damn!

My stomach was empty and I was already so far in the red that I don't think a gel would do much good. I stumbled into my running shoes knowing speedy Pam would drop me 2 steps into the run and I could sneak back to my car. Not so. We ran together and ticked the miles away. We turned around 2 miles into it and I actually felt OK. Not good, but not like death. At 30 min we were back at the car, which was once again blurry and spotted and fading into the distance. I finally made it home and really felt like I had just completed a race. I was twitchy and tired and totally spent.

I made a huge fruit and protein smoothie which hit the spot for all of an hour. I was starving again and only wanted a seaweed salad and veggie roll. I convinced my mom to go with me because I thought it'd be safer if I drove with my eyes closed than in the state I was in. We went to three sushi places, all closed. Dang economy and shortened hours! Still haven't gotten my sushi.

Sunday called for a long run, which turned into a long shuffle after my legs decided they'd had enough for the weekend. I put it in the bank, made it home, cleaned up and went to visit my beautiful new niece who had just gotten home from the hospital. She's hilarious! Sophia likes to punch when she sleeps just to make sure whoever is holding her is on their toes... gets me every time. If it's too bright in the room she'll give you the stink eye until she's moved to a more comfortable ambiance. Her breech legs shoot straight out and her little hands look like Benjamin Buttons. She's the most precious little thing I've ever seen in my whole life.

This week calls for a super exciting build. LT testing, Ohio River swimming, loooong riding, and everything in between. Party on!