Week 8: Sunday is the New Friday

After a less than productive Thanksgiving week, I decided I needed to "crack down" on all the lollygagging and get to business! Get back on the horse! Ride the lightening! Stop the insanity! Errr...

Monday - Rest Day

Yay! Kevin DeBrow dead? Sadness.

Tuesday - Run

I actually ran. Whoa! It was supposed to be an LSD aka Long Slow Distance run but I was all, 70 minutes!?! So I just ran my little 30 minute route and let me tell you, that was enough. Tonight is the only night I have to lay around and be lazy and catch up with my Boyfriend aka TiVo.

Wednesday - Track aka Spin/Run Workout

Dragging run gear AND spinning gear (bike, trainer, shoes) to Kezar is not my idea of fun. It was hard! That trainer has to weigh about 50lbs and I have the bruises to prove it. Anyways, the workout commenced and we spun for about 20 minutes then ran for 10, then spun for 15 minutes then ran for 10 then spun for 10 minutes and then ran for 10. Yi and I ran pretty effin' fast. We were thoroughly impressed with ourselves. Then we had to lug all our crap back to our cars. Not fun. Came home and made Huevos Rancheros (!) Yum. And spent time with my Boyfriend (TiVo).

Thursday - Swim

My pool is still closed for repairs so Yi invited me to swim at her gym which is the very swank Bay Club. I believe a membership there costs about as much as my monthly rent. Getting there at 5:45am required me taking the Broadway Tunnel which is something I had never done before! FYI, Broadway is the only street NOT labeled on Van Ness. When I realized I had passed it I turned around and in that space of time Broadway became closed off with Police and Firetrucks. Shit! How in the hell am I gonna get over to Pier 23 now?!? Turns out I have an excellent sense of direction and mental capability at 5:30am and managed to detour myself and get back to the tunnel and the Bay Club. Unfortunately, Broadway was closed because of a fire at an Indian Restaurant and two people died. Back at the pool, Yi tried to get me to do the Level Three workout and I was all, nice try. I'll stick with the Level Two option and swim my 1700 yards aka 54 laps...or something. I was done with the workout at 7am (!) and went back home to cram some food in my face before I went to work. Went to dinner at Holly's house in Oakland and missed her exit AGAIN. That East Bay. It messes me up. This time Whitney Houston made me do it..."HOW WILL I KNOW IF HE REALLY LUHHH....SHIT!" **Grand Ave exit flying by**

Friday - My Second Rest Day

I've decided that Friday is the new Monday when it comes to training. It's gonna be my official unofficial rest day. I just really don't want to get out of bed on Friday mornings to do anything. Went to dinner with a friend in Palo Alto at my favorite Thai restaurant, Thaiphoon. Pad See Eew? Best ever. Was exhausted went home to catch up with my Boyfriend (TiVo) but fell asleep on the couch instead. But not before I discovered that Raphe, our web captain, excerpted my Team Darkness post on ironteam.net. Hello? Horrified.

Saturday - Bike

Yi and I decided that driving about 40 miles to only do 2 hours of bike riding was redonkulous so we opted for doing Paradise Loop from Sports Basement. It was a beautiful, beautiful day even though it was kinda chilly. Long bike pants AND the Ironteam jacket. Whoa! We looked pretty spiffy, we did. Having only two hours to ride and doing Paradise Loop means that we only went to the end of the bike path. Heh. Ooops. Turned around and then stopped before the big hill out of Sausalito. We sat in the sun on some benches and marveled at the view while we talked about boys. We both agreed that boys are stupid. Got back on the bikes and started the climb. I was stoked to see that I still have my climbing legs from the summer. Having not done a serious ride since the beginning of September was beginning to worry me, but clearly I am a superstar. Somewhere up that hill we realized we came back faster than we went out so Yi suggested to do the Marin Headlands to get all 120 minutes in. Through gritted teeth I agreed to this even tho, hi? Marin Headlands? That is a giant hill. Sigh. But up we went. Yi shouts: "Let's just climb for 30 minutes and then turn around where ever we are!" I shouted back, "OK!" But what I was really saying in my head was FUUUUUUUUUUCKKKK! But, up we went and believe it or not, in 13 minutes we were at the top. Hi? Studs. Rode back to Sports Basement via the Golden Gate and again had the thought "I LOVE living here!" And then shortly after some asshole loser ruined it for me...again! At the store, ran into my summer cycle team who were gathering for an alumni ride. I love the cycle team. I miss those guys *sniff* Went home. Cleaned. Got ready for an evening out that consisted of squishing 5 people in a car, an Einsturzende Neubauten poster, a short film staring the fabulous Derek, successfully spotting my first F to M "guy," visiting the excellent Hotel Biron and getting home by 10pm. Whoop!

The Fabulous D, Jojo and Hez

Sunday - Swim/Run

Woke up early to get down to Aquatic Park by 7:30am. DREADING swimming in the Bay because it is mother fucking cold. The workout turned out to be not so bad. Suited up in the wetsuit and made my way to the beach. Got in, freaked out as the cold water tried to shut down my organs, swam out to a buoy, swam back, got on the beach, did 10 push-ups and 10 sit-ups, ran down the beach and did the thing all over again about 5 times. Then we got ready for our run. You know, when it's 58 degrees out and you've just come out of 52 degree water, and you're half naked in front of people you don't really know and trying to strip off a wet bathing suit and get on dry running gear...while tourists watch...you know? it's not really that fun. Ran for 25 minutes out along Crissy Field, on the way back did pick-ups every 5 minutes. Yi and I made it back faster than on the way out. Home by 10am. Yay!

The Team Suits Up

Plank in Wetsuits

Met Betsy at Kabuki Springs. Wow. That was awesome. I needed that. Went from shower to sauna to cold pool to steam room to cold pool to hot pool to sauna to cold pool to steam room to cold pool to hot pool to lounge chair to sauna to cold pool to shower. Two hours later I felt great! Came home, convinced Holly to go out and went down to the Argus for DJ Cadillacs' holiday party. "I'm only going to have one maybe two beers" are kind of, like, my famous last words. My "one maybe two" turned into 5 and Holly's "one beer and I am going home" turned into 3 beers, a martini and two bourbons and her not making it home. Uhhhh. Sunday is the new Friday! Conor and Brian joined us and the evening was very fun. I *heart* the Argus.

Check out the Team Darkness post for some new photos!