Well now, looking at my last post it appears that it has been almost - but not quite- one full year since I posted anything. Oh crap. Life goes on. Yes yes I did finish Maui. It was dreadful. Not the scenery or the people - they were fantastic. The heat was oppressive. I had to put ice cubes in my bra, and under my hat. I sat for a brief time on a bench in a park
because there was a little shade (never did THAT before). At one point a volunteer asked my if I was alright. I burst into tears and said "no, I wasn't". Just before he scooped me up to put me in a sweep vehicle, a
second medial volunteer said that I would be alright, it wasn't far to the finish, I could do it (they had poured ice water on me to cool me down at that point). And I did finish, in just under 8 miserable hours. By that point they had run out of medals, finishers t-shirts, and post event snacks. They offered a I.V. but I passed on it. Cathy
commandeered a school bus to get me back to the condo. Once again, Cathy has been there when I needed her the most.
Now I am training for the
Disney Race and a Half Challenge a.k.a The Goofy. In January, even in Florida I should have the truly bad heat. Again I am planning on walking. This time however I have joined
WoW Walkers, a group of race walkers in Toronto. Yes indeed I am developing my funny walk but I must say I must be doing something right because my butt is sore. I have hoping to have buns of steel by the time I finish my event.
As I am turning 50 this year this is my big fitness event. A year ago I brought forth the idea to my husband that I would like him to do the half with me at Disney. No pressure at the time, he just need to make a decision before registration opened in January. He said "Yes, I'll do it." So he was registered. It is now June 22
nd with just over 6 months until race day and he has put in 20 minutes on a treadmill (over two different dates) and has walked to and from
Baskin Robbins once. I don't think it's going to happen. I had hoped this could be something we shared, the training and then the race. I
may be on my own. Will keep you posted.
Trying to figure out how to flip the last picture, but life is too short to sweat about that kind of stuff and at this race I sweated for a lifetime. Please note the clock on the stove. That would be 2:11 a.m. We had already been up for 45 minutes. Yes the views were lovely. Do you see the shade???? No??? I couldn't either. Shortly after these photos were taken my fingures were so swollen I couldn't push the shutter on the camera. I did finish, and I did get my medal in the mail. No t-shirt though. That's Ok I got a very cool running cap that I haven't seen on anyone else's head in these parts.
