Bachelorette Party

This past 2 weeks was a whirlwind of craziness. Last week was supposed to be a active recovery week, with the weekend off, but since my bachelorette party would be the following weekend, I thought having that weekend off would be wiser. So i mixed around the past two weeks workouts and made it all fit. I have been riding so strong which has been so awesome to see. When bike racing was my only job I was really good. It has been hard for me in this whole process to try not to compare myself to what i was, and just focus on what I am now. But I think I am in even better overall shape then I ever was.

Thursday nights there is a training race by my work. It is a mile loop with 3 turns. It averages about 40-60 people, most of which are guys. There are a few women that go, but all but 2 of us get dropped. I love this ride because of how fast it is, and for me it's a chance to see how my legs are doing. Two weeks ago was the first week at greentree for me and I was on fire. I was riding on the front, bringing back breaks, and really duking it out with the guys. I love that feeling, not sure if they do! This past week was the same awesomeness. But I added a twist to the ride. I needed to do a double brick workout so I thought I would do it at greentree. I had to ride 15 miles, then run 2 miles, then repeat that. I wasn't sure how my legs would react joining in the group after my run, but I did great, went straight to the front. Looking forward to this weeks ride!

This past weekend was my bachelorette party. I went down to DC for it since most of my friends live there. I left Friday after work with Puma. My best friends from FL, drove up that morning and got to DC in 11 hours...really impressive. Sat, I went for a easy run, then toured the city with Melissa and Nichole, seeing all the monuments, museums and other historical stuff!

I LOVE country music and wanted to go line dancing, so we all dressed up as cowgirls and headed out on the town. We started at the banana bar, a tex-mex/cuban restaurant in Capital Hill. The food was awesome. I won't go into to many details about the night, mainly because I don't remember most of them, but I had the time of my life. I am so lucky to have SO many amazing friends. I am still hurting today!!

Everything is getting closer. The wedding is 32 days away and the Ironman is 132 days away. I am so excited about everything and can't wait to dance more and race my heart out.

This weeks workouts look like this:

Mon- REST (much needed)
Tue- Swim 1750 yards
Wed- Weights
Thur- Ride Speed work (greentree)
Fri- Run Speed work
Sat- Swim 2850 yards
Sun- Brick 2hr bike ride/ 8 mile run

Big hugs to all the girls who came out, Melissa, Nichole, Laura, Cara, Crista, Kate, Marita, Alycia, Izzy, Davis, Caroline, and of course the best sister in the whole world MICHELE!!!! I love you all.