Worn Out & Getting Sick

As summer break neared an end, I knew I needed to take advantage of every last free moment I had, as sooner, rather than later, free time would be a thing of the past. September 2nd rolled around and marked the start of a new school year and the ending of a next to empty daily planner. Now that I am back to work AND I have officially started with Team Z, my triathlon training team, I have been pretty damn busy! My days start at 5am and usually don't end til 11pm. Some days I am lucky enough to fit in a quick cat nap before my evening activities begin, but recently that hasn't been the case. Last week ended with me getting rear ended on my drive home from work :o( & volunteering from 5am-11am at the Nations Triathlon in DC. Now don't get me wrong, I loved volunteering for the race...but getting up at 4:30am on a Sunday morning sorta throws your sleep pattern off. I started the new work week tired from my weekend activities. Wuh wuh wuh! :o( Monday was spent at the Nationals vs Mets baseball game, while Tuesday was Back to School Night, which meant I was at work from 6:45am til 9pm. Not cool! Wednesday I tried to lay low. Thursday I spent at work, then a training seminar, going to the repair shop for my car, dinner with a friend, then off to bowling and the bar with friends from out of town. The night ended around 2am, which allowed for 3 short hours of sleep before my Friday started. Needless to say, Friday night my ass was dragging and on top of that...I am getting sick. Not good people. Now some of you may have noticed one small but very important thing that was missing from my week of activities....training. Yeah...I didn't train one bit this week. So as I sit here at 12:28 on Saturday afternoon, I tell myself I am going to take a nap because I need it and because I have two BBQ's to go to this evening, one being at my house for the roomies birthday. Starting on Monday I am back to training but perhaps not as intense as I need to be. I'm giving myself until October 1st to get this whole work, homebound teacher (after work hours), taking care of personal business (ie: getting my car fixed from the accident), social life, training thing into check. After that, I've got a no excuses approach to training. And hopefully by then I will have caught up on my sleep and kicked this cold to the curb. So...that's my long winded way of telling you I have been burning the candle at both ends of the wick (is that the correct expression?) and I need to slow things down and pace myself. Maybe by putting it in writing, I will actually stick to it. Until next time....happy weekend!

This is me...

Hola amigo/a! I'm excited to say this is my first post as a blogger. A bit about me...I am a special education teacher by day and a budding triathlete by night. I started running 3 years ago and have completed around 6 half marathons and 3 ten milers...along with a few 10K's here and there. I had knee surgery on my medial and lateral meniscus in April which prevented me from doing my first sprint tri. So...after having a few months off and being completely sedintary, I decided I had enough. I completed my first sprint tri on August 17, 2008 and I was hooked! I have since joined a triathlon training team and have lofty goals of doing a 1/2 Ironman in May (IM Orlando). This blog will serve as not only a release for me, but also some source of entertainment for you as stupid stuff is always happening to me! :o) For now...I'm signing off. Until next time, happy blogging!