2013 has been moving along nicely, minus the road bump I hit today when I felt ill and went home sick from school....before the school day even started.
Fortunately for me I woke up at 3:20 to get a run in before morning practice, but not fortunately for me I spent the time to do my hair and makeup only to be drooling all over my pillow a few hours later. I've always been one to grit my teeth and push through sickness, but today I just didn't think I had the energy to make it through my classes. I'm glad I listened to my body because the slumber I got when I came home was just splendid.
I spent my last day of 2012 skiing in the 'mountains' of Pennsylvania at
Blue Mountain. I had forgotten how much I loved to be on the slopes since I hadn't actually skied since my sophomore year of college when my grandparents used to live in Breckenridge, Colorado. I had visions of me falling and injuring myself, but fortunately skiing is very much like riding a bike. I didn't miss a step. Hopefully I'll be back on the slopes over President's Day Weekend as well.
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| 2013 Sparkler |
New Year's day was supposed to be a rest day, but to my surprise
Chris put in a special swim set to ring in the New Year on Wednesday the 2nd (the day we went back to school) of 100x100 so I switched the two days and tackled it when I knew I had the time to do so. It looks, and sounds, a lot more daunting than it actually is. I probably should have, and could have, swam it a bit faster and closer to a true base for me but for pete's sake, it was 10,000 yards!
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| Peppermint Stick gu is fantastic. |
I swam at the high school since I knew that I could have music (we have an underwater speaker) and no interruptions. The one thing I don't have access to at the pool is the lights, so by the end of my set as it was getting closer to and past 5pm I was swimming in the dark. I had to switch my goggles to another pair I have that have no tint to help but by the end I was just lucky I didn't crash my feet on the gutter. When I came out of the pool almost three hours later, I had 7 missed calls and numerous other text messages from my family. Seems as though some people had thought I was plucked out of the pool and kidnapped.
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| HS Pool |
The rest of the week is much the same daily grind. My nausea from this morning has all but disappeared, but there is already a cold that has moved in. I'm hoping that I can kick it quickly because I hate being sick. Saturday is a huge all-day long swim meet at the high school. It is quite exhausting and I was really sick for that last year which made a long day even longer. Plus, I have training to do!
