In Search of My Body - Not the One I Ate... Vol. 6: Goddesses just want to have fun

[adsrtw]

I love your drunken posts E! Keep 'em coming!

 

[3DisneyKids]

WOO HOO!

Just checked race results and LISA finished the marathon! Tine of 6:28!

WAY TO GO!

We are SO PROUD of you!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Sorry to disappoint Erika, but there will be no trip report tonight.

Have to make dinner, catch up on Amazing Race that was DVR'd from last week before watching tonights episode- tomorrow is Nate's 16th birthday so have to make the cake - he wants ice cream cake, so no biggie. Of course, Becca is annoyed because she can't decorate an ice cream cake (have I posted her cake pics at all? She's amazing that one)

Oh - and I have a bottle of wine to finish, since today is (in my little world anyway) the last day of vacation for me. Tomorrow is back to the plan.

And the plan is - to FINALLY break the bikes out Which reminds me...

How'd the bike shopping go, Paula? I know it can be so totally overwhelming. Curious as to what you've been up to!

 

[adsrtw]

Congrats LisaPR!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

WOO HOO!

Just checked race results and LISA finished the marathon! Tine of 6:28!

WAY TO GO!

We are SO PROUD of you!

Yes, Lisa we are all VERY proud of you. Running a marathon is quite an accomplishment.

Hope you are enjoying a post-race cocktail (or 2) right now

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

LisaPR! WAY TO GO! A whole 26 miles. Kill me now.

Thanks for posting update Erika!

 

[amykab]

Disclaimer, buzzed post below.

So jealous of everyone's races this weekend.

AWESOME job Lisa PR!! Can not wait to hear all the details! And you are motivating me to get excited and plan for my 26.2!!!

Kat, Liz, Ronda---Can't wait to hear about your races and how you can't wait to sign up for a half now!!!

Nothing exciting going on here. Lots of pool time and beer time today.

Roddy-My zucchini and corn are coming up only 5 days after planting the seeds! I was so excited!

to all!

 

[3DisneyKids]

Sorry to disappoint Erika, but there will be no trip report tonight.

Have to make dinner, catch up on Amazing Race that was DVR'd from last week before watching tonights episode- tomorrow is Nate's 16th birthday so have to make the cake - he wants ice cream cake, so no biggie. Of course, Becca is annoyed because she can't decorate an ice cream cake (have I posted her cake pics at all? She's amazing that one)

Oh - and I have a bottle of wine to finish, since today is (in my little world anyway) the last day of vacation for me. Tomorrow is back to the plan.

And the plan is - to FINALLY break the bikes out Which reminds me...

How'd the bike shopping go, Paula? I know it can be so totally overwhelming. Curious as to what you've been up to!

S'ok, Nance. You get a bye for tonight. But tomorrow, I'm gonna need that TR.

And please! Post pics of Becca's cakes! I would love to see what that little dynamo of yours can do.

HAPPY SWEET 16 SETH!

And CONGRATS to NATE on the medical stuff! WOO HOO! Big day in the Hayes house!

 

[princessrunner]

Hey all. Back safe and sound. Tired, dehydrated and a case of heat stroke but yeah, I finished.

The day ended up being 87 degrees. One poor man died after finishing the half. People were dropping like flies from heat stroke. At mile 22, I nearly passed out. I told my partner to keep going and I found some shade. I lay there for at least 15 minutes trying to talk myself into finishing. After I felt cooled down and had regained brain function, I ran the last 4.2 miles to finish. I slowed a lot to check on many people who were not looking good anymore. Really none of us was at that point. The heat was brutal and there was a 15-20 mph wind that was in your face a lot. The hills were definitely not the enemy on Saturday! I am proud of myself for getting back up and finishing the whole 26.2. Would I do it again..... yeah I would. My family has nixed all fulls in the future though. They were way too worried about me when I was not showing up and then they saw my running partner cross without me.

Thank you for all your support and love through this ordeal. I truly appreciate each and every one of you. I am officially in marathon retirement for the time being. Mike nixed the VAB and all other trips this year though due to economy worry. He ruined the first 2 days of vacation with his poor mood and honestly, I don't have much interest in traveling anymore anyway. Too much PIA for me. I am going to start working on quickening my short races and toning up some more. I just weighed myself after eating dinner and I currently weigh 1 pound more than I did when I left. Can you say dehydrated still???????

 

[3DisneyKids]

Camp photos!

Here are some of our lake and view...(the house is still in construction mode, so none of the actual house yet).


WELCOME TO MAINE!

 

[3DisneyKids]

Welcome home, Lisa!

I am SO sorry about the heat. For you and I, and anyone from Northern climates, running in those temps is especially brutal. I am so glad to hear that you were smart and rested when you needed to! And yet STILL finished! WOW!

How did all of the other WISHers do? How was the meet?

 

[princessrunner]

The heat was just the X factor that no one could control. It was abnormal high temps and even people from TN and KY were dropping out. Lots of cases of heat stroke.

I did not attend the meets. We waited for Windwalker and TwoWDWFools and TiggersPal222 at the Expo, had dinner and then I rode with Twofools and Tiggerspal to the start. Tiggerspal and I were doing the first marathon thing together and I had to send him on without me at mile 22. He was beside himself but if he had stopped it would have been hard for him to start back up again too. Had dinner with the 2 of them after the marathon and early night for us with a 6:30 flight out of Nashville. It was great seeing lots of old friends though and nice to have the support on the course. Cruellademom and her DH and Escape and her DH waited until I finished. They all did the half and stood in that awful sun waiting for me. I cannot say how much I appreciate them for that.

It was a nice vacay on the whole. Nashville is a very nice city, easy to navigate and great people. I would definitely go back again. Maybe just not to do a marathon!! Of course, I would not do the MDI marathon either...

 

[goofyfan-12]

And the plan is - to FINALLY break the bikes out Which reminds me...

How'd the bike shopping go, Paula? I know it can be so totally overwhelming. Curious as to what you've been up to!

Sadly, I didn't make it to the bike shop yesterday, but it is on my calendar for Wednesday right after work. I have been reading and am thoroughly confused, but the bike shop I am going to is the best in the area so I have complete faith in them to answer my questions. I'll keep you posted.

I spent the better part of the weekend doing things for my parents. My sister and I were at their camp all day today getting things set up so that they can start living there for the summer (they are up there five days out of seven most weeks from now until the end of September). With Dad not being able to do much of anything, they needed the help. Next weekend should be the final push and then they will be up and running.

I am off to grocery store (since I have no fruits or veggies for the week - the horror, I know), but will be back on later tonight to post the Martha's Vineyard trip report.

CONGRATS to all of our racers this weekend!!!!

Liz, Kat, Ronda and LisaPR - You all did us proud!!!

Way to go!

Later,
Paula

 

[amykab]

LisaPR- Running in the heat like that is horrible. I truly understand that. Yuck. I was so hoping it would have been a bit cooler for everyone racing there.

This is why that as long as I live in FL, I will not sign myself up for any races that will require me to do a long run of anything over the half distance in the months of May-September. For my Mickey training, the longest of my runs won't be until it cools off a bit here. BUT, YOU FINISHED A FULL MARATHON!! Awesome.

E-love the lake pictures. In the one with the dock, I so picture you sitting down there with a bottle of wine, tequila, whatever. It looks so peaceful.

 

[lisaviolet]

LISA!!!!! Way to go!

Fantastic. Was thinking about you....

 

[lisaviolet]

Sorry about Mike, Lisa.

 

[lisaviolet]

Camp photos!

Here are some of our lake and view...(the house is still in construction mode, so none of the actual house yet).


WELCOME TO MAINE!

Aaah, thanks Erika. So lovely.

 

[lisaviolet]

Yeah Paula - TR coming. Love it.

Amy - liked your day.

Nancy - have fun tomorrow. 16 - is it shocking?

Nancy, are you anemic or low iron. Did I dream that?

 

[3DisneyKids]

Funny story....

So today in Maine it was supposed to get to the upper 70s! (That is mid-summer temps for us.) So Jeff and I decided to put the dock in at the camp. At this point, it was about 65*. Pleasant.

So we heaved and shoved and got the dock in (it is 3 peices). We get all three pieces in the water and then have to bolt them together with these really huge, thick steel bolts. Riley is on shore holding the ropes so we don't go floating down the lake on an un-tethered dock.

All of a sudden...ker-plunk. Jeff drops one of the nuts into the water. Crap. You have to imagine me on my belly holding two halves of the dock together as Jeff is supposed to be bolting them together.

At this point, there is no choice. One of us is going to have to go in after the nut. Now keep in mind, we just had ice out 2 weeks ago. That means that the water temps are really just above freezing. Like 40*.

I was wearing running shorts and running t and crocs. He was in jeans. Guess which one of us had to go in to fuh-reezing water??? OMFG it was SO COLD! And I had to DIVE down, full submerged, to find that f-ing thing! All I could think of was LIZ! (Do you know how she HATES to be cold???) After THREE separate times in (cause I could only stay in for half a minute), I gave up and went to the hardware store to buy a new nut.

On the way back, I stopped at Dunkin Donuts for a hot chocolate. Mind you, I was still in my wet clothes. Since they are running clothes, they dry super fast (don't absorb any water), but I was still damp. And it was NOT mid-70s. It was mid-60s with NO sun. Cloudy. And the dippy little gum-snapping teen with pink hair gives me ATTITUDE. "Really? You want hot chocolate? It's like the warmest day of the year!"

Listen, wench, while it MAY be warm out, the lake in which I was just submerged is 40 f-ing degrees! And I am wet! And do you give people grief who come in and order COFFEE??? Which is also a hot beverage???

End of story.

 

[3DisneyKids]

Here is one of the interior. Before we turned it into a construction zone. None of this part is being altered, but we put up a wall on the other side of the room, so now everything has been shoved in this room and is covered with tarps, etc.