Weekend workout and random thoughts

I am swimming the cove in La Jolla tonight. About a one-half to two mile swim. I'm a little nervous. Tomorrow I am attempting a sixty mile bike ride. Not really sure if I'll make that one either. Tough weekend of training...

Some of my thoughts on my way to work this morning:

1. Wow, this cardamom in my coffee sure is delicious. I should tell everybody about how delicious this cardamom really is...I wonder why nobody else drinks cardamom in their cofee?

2. I wonder if that guy knows how ridiculous he looks while singing...ha ha. Do I look ridiculous when I sing in the car? I probably look like that guy and people probably look and me and think about how ridiculous I look while I'm singing to some Kelly Clarkson song that I would never actually let my friends know that I know the words to. Note to self...only sing out loud when no one else is around.

3. I sure wish I was on my way to beach...look at how nice it is outside. I must find a way to get Fridays off so I can go the beach on Fridays.

4. Should I really be swimming the cove this afternoon? What if I can't make the swim? Do you think I can still share in their potluck if I don't make the whole swim? Hmmmm....

5. That canteloupe I cut sure is going to be delicious this morning. I can't wait to eat that canteloupe. I should eat more canteloupe. I don't think I realized how much I really like canteloupe. Mmmmm...canteloupe.

6. I sure love Fridays. Everyday should be as exciting as Fridays. Knowing that tomorrow is free and you can do whatever you like...even do nothing if that is what you choose. No wonder my parents went on vacation to do nothing. I never understood that until now. Hmmm...I can't wait to do nothing. If you're doing nothing, are you still doing something? Who really cares...

7. Uh oh...just caught myself singing.

Have a nice weekend!

Now I have to do it...

So...secretly I was planning on skipping out of the Vineman that I so ambitiously signed up for back in October when I had yet to ever really train for, let alone compete in, a 1/2 Ironman race.



No one else I knew had signed up for it so I figured I had a great execuse to get out of it. However, my friend and fellow glutton for puishment, Erik Ahroon, got onto the waiting list for the race. Once again...I was secretly hoping he wouldn't get in. Unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, he got in and signed up. Soooo...I will be attempting to compete in the Vineman in a few weeks. I have all of four weeks to get myself in shape.



I went for a really long run over the weekend, swam a pretty far distance and actually rode thirty-two miles on my bike all within two days. I am thinking that this meager amount of training will give me the confidence to push myself really hard and somehow be ready on July 22, 2007.

We'll see...I'll keep the interested up to date.

Rock'N'Roll Marathon

This weekend my dad and my sister will be running a marathon in San Diego and I'll be sipping on beverages on the sidelines. Maybe watching instead of competing will give me the kick I need to get motivated again.



(that's supposed to be me watching from the sidelines)

Go Team Schingler!