Busy Bee!

I cannot even believe how busy I have been lately-it seems I barely have time to return a phone call lately! When I decided to go back to work last October-working nights seemed like a good idea-frankly it was my only option. Ian is only 8 and he needs his mom in the morning. They all do for that matter. However, I did not really consider what it would be like working nights in the summer-NIGHTMARE! For the most part I have been going for at least 24hours w/no sleep at least one day a week. The kids have swim practice in the morning from 9-12 so that is when I've been doing the bulk of my training. Let me tell you-it is amazing how the body and mind can adapt. Some mornings I'm just falling asleep at the wheel driving home from work. A couple of cups of starbucks later-I'm on my bike and suddenly feeling energized! On these days I do take an easy route on the bike-one w/little traffic and few turns because I know that the sleep deprivation has to take a toll.

So here I am-less than 2 weeks out from Ironman USA (lake placid) and 4 weeks out from my first 24 hour adventure-Dirty Girls 24 hour ultra in Ontario! Tonite I met w/the other runners who will be doing Dirty Girls. Three of us are doing the 24 hour and the other 2 are doing the 12 hour. We are very fortunate to have our local phenom-and world class ultrarunner-Jill Perry as our crew! Not too shabby! I am very excited for this new adventure-although I have to say I have not thought too much about it as all of my energy is tied up w/Lake Placid right now! I am just hoping that the base I have will be deep enough to carry me through 24 hours of running. And...that I am recovered enough just 2 weeks after ironman to pull it off!

As far as training goes I am just really hoping things come together on race day. I feel like I am always so tired lately that it is hard to judge where exactly my fitness is. I can say that I finally ditched the ISM Adamo road saddle that I have been fucking with for way too long. I got the terry butterfly and took my bike in and had another fitting. I rode a few hours the day after my long run (so there was no reason my legs should have been feeling good) and I felt the best I have felt in a long time on the bike. Ray only made a few minor adjustments but DANG it made a big difference. Thanks Ray!! While my legs were feeling great...my back was not. Last week I was doing a trail run w/Matt in the evening. Sun was setting and I shoulda taken my sunglasses off. I tripped on a root-didn't go down but it took about 6 steps to regain my footing. There was a lot of momentum and I really jarred my back. The next morning I was quite sore. It has been absolutely fine during swims, runs, and all other activities of daily living. However, when I am on the bike and aero it really hurts. I'm fine for an hour or so and then it just starts throbbing. So I'm heading to see my massage therapist and hoping it will be feeling better by LP. The sinus thing is not 100% but much better. I think I have my swimming mojo back. I'm doing a masters open water 2 mile swim in Canandaigua lake Saturday and very excited about that! Time for bed.