I fought my bike, and my bike won....

So after feeling so exhausted this morning I had to skip my workout, I decided to pack up my stuff to go out riding/ running with some coworkers. I spent 20 minutes fighting my bike into the car. imagine this ..... I am dressed in my red sox scrubs and a white tshirt, I take the bike from the garage. Removing the front wheel so it fits in the back seat is supposed to be easy right. flip the clip, pop off the wheel. nope, not working, unscrew that black screw thing? nope, now a spring is coming back. Lets try to put down the back seat & shove it through the trunk. Groan, shove, not going in. Rip the bike out, put it back in the garage. Get into the car & realize I have 7 minutes now to get to work and look at my shirt and arm to realize I am coated with dirt, tire streaks & sweat. The bike won, it went into the garage. Then at work, my coworkers decided they wanted to go earlier than I could get out & I was way to exhausted anyways. ::GROAN::

Took a nap when I got home. I guess my body just needs a little rest, cant wait for my vacation! I ordered my Tri outfit! I went with the TYR outfit (Option #3 from a couple posts below), and decided maybe I will buy option 2 if I stay dedicated to my training for a few weeks. I also ordered the book Slow Fat Triathlete: Live Your Athletic Dreams in the Body You Have Now , which was recommended to me. It won't be in before I leave for vacation, but I'll move it to the top of my reading list when I get back. Ive been reading a LOT of inspiring websites & blogs. I came across a girl on the WW boards who signed up to complete an iron man prior to her 30th birthday, AMAZING! I would be so excited to do a half ironman at some point! Check her out: Iron girl Jo .

Since my body is clearly craving rest, my plan is to lay low tonight. Do some packing, cleaning, organizing, make some lists of what I need. Tomorrow AM we're going out for breakfast for our student's last day, so I will hit the gym for what I can in the AM. At least a 20-30 min run, maybe a swim in the PM after work, if I can get enough done before then.

Could sleep forever.....

Has anyone ever woken up from an extremely long sleep and wished they could head right back into it? I took a nap yesterday, went to bed early last night (9:30pm), and was exhausted when my 5am alarm went off for the gym. I switched it to 5:30am, went back to sleep, just to promptly decide I needed sleep more than a workout and set my alarm for 6:30am to get up for work. Now, calculate that, 9 hours of sleep, yet I could have easily slept another 2 or 3. I think a combo of TOM and working out a LOT lately as I begin training for this triathlon has made my body say, "What the hell are you doing!" This morning I did WI, although it was 187, and I was not pleased. But as a result of my crappy eating the last couple days I know why. I did so well the first half of the week, and now I leave for vacay sunday, and I'm trying hard to stay focused. I think part of the problem is when I am tired I will eat anything. I eat to try & stay awake or get more energized. I need to stop that and take a nap or drink some water. I certainly haven't been drinking enough water lately.

So instead of the gym, I am packing my road bike & running clothes to possibly go riding and running with some coworkers after work. That is, if I get out a decent time and I'm not exhausted. We all know what happened tuesday when my plans got derailed. I need to NOT make that a habit. Now its time to get ready for work & get all my stuff together!