So I guess technically, I'm a triathlete. I completed my first race here in hawaii. Figured I was in the neighborhood, so why not? Right? Yeah, a bit out of my league, but as I have heard, triathletes can be very nice, despite being 2nd to last in the overall scheme of things. I'm not turned off of the event at all, but I do have a few things I would do differently. I have decided that I'm not used to ocean swimming, thus I find it rather unpleasant. And swimming parallel to the shore made me feel like I was getting tossed about more than I would like. But I kept going the whole whoppin' 750 meters cursing the stupid ocean the whole way.
The first transistion went in a blur, my mind not really thinking, just putting on everything i could think of that would make the bike attire complete. I stumbled a bit with heavy legs. Crossed the timing mat and mounted my bike. My gear was too hard and I shifted to crazily and tossed my chain off, and it got jammed between the ring and the chain guard. But luckily a strong guy (race director for honolulu marathon *huge thanks!*) pulled it out. I was freaking out on him cuz i wasn't supposed to accept help from anyone, but in the grand scheme of things, I wasn't making or breaking 1st place here!
So I was already lagging behind everyone, it seemed, but the volunteers were awesome, and the traffic control was awesome! And diamond head, well, not so awesome. I tried to go as far as I dared, but found I was rapidly reaching a pace so slow that I might either fall over, or start to roll backwards, so I resigned to walking my bike the rest of the way up the hill. Then the thrill of zooming back down it. OMG scary! Too fast for me, so I pumped by brakes all the way down. And of course right at the end a quick turn! ACK! And I just kept going, kept hollering thanks to all traffic monitors. Then I felt like the bike was never ever going to end. 40K isn't all that long, but when you're not sure where to go, it just never ended for me. And I began to think of punking out, just make it to the transition area and be done with the whole ordeal was the plan. I was starting to think that the volunteers want to go home, and the cut off time was fast approaching. But I got to the bike chute and they said, get your running gear and get back out there. You're doing great! (great? I am so very last!), but i tied my shoes up, and wished I had more water to drink, i grabbed the bottle off my bike and a gel and went away. A woman on a yellow bike said she would escort me the rest of the way. OKAY But I still wanted to just quit. But she wasn't having it. she said that she wouldn't trade anything in the world for seeing me finish, *liar, but i appreciated it* but low and behold, I wasn't last. Some how another person was behind me and I lost my bike support *boo* but i took it upon myself to tell all the awesome aid station people that number 981 wasn't the last one, look for one more, don't leave her without water, please.... it was getting crazy hot!
And I finished and I had people to support me, which doesn't happen much, they're co workers and they deserve a huge shout out since it started at 0545 am but I had to checkin my bike at 0400! INSANE!!!!!!!!!! So thanks!
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Its 2am. I am bored, I am at work, and I inadvertantly got into it with some of the nursing staff... the "I don't care" attitude really rubs me the wrong way, especially when the lab gets blamed for crap going wrong in their area... If you don't know why someone cancelled a lab, and you don't have paperwork saying why it was cancelled, or even that it should have been cancelled, then, um... find it, call the one who cancelled it, or call the doc... but do something, it is for another human being and it might be important. If you were a doc, You would know that, but you're not, and neither am I (yet), but I'm not willing to take that risk, nor is it my place to call the doctor on behalf of a nurse cuz I've never even seen said patient and you're just a few doors down from them...
I'm waiting for my bike to be built. I haven't heard back. I'm not trying to rush in there, cuz I'm rebuilding my bike funds... one of my friends is sick, really sick, its his heart.
If you can go to http://saveray.ciconsultants.net/ and donate... I did, and over extended myself, but one person's heart should be more important than another's desire for a new bike... although I don't really have an old one... oh well. Get better Ray!
I'm all signed up for classes this summer. Kind of excited about that cuz I'm a geek, nerd, dork, whichever you prefer... and I like going to school, I like sciences, and i'm going to get these pre-med requirements done even if they kill me. can't say as to whether any med school would ever want me, but well, never know until you try, right?
Maybe I can file some reports.... if they haven't printed yet, i guess I can study up on pain management for my next nursing test.
I'm waiting for my bike to be built. I haven't heard back. I'm not trying to rush in there, cuz I'm rebuilding my bike funds... one of my friends is sick, really sick, its his heart.
If you can go to http://saveray.ciconsultants.net/ and donate... I did, and over extended myself, but one person's heart should be more important than another's desire for a new bike... although I don't really have an old one... oh well. Get better Ray!
I'm all signed up for classes this summer. Kind of excited about that cuz I'm a geek, nerd, dork, whichever you prefer... and I like going to school, I like sciences, and i'm going to get these pre-med requirements done even if they kill me. can't say as to whether any med school would ever want me, but well, never know until you try, right?
Maybe I can file some reports.... if they haven't printed yet, i guess I can study up on pain management for my next nursing test.
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Holy Chaos!
This past week has been a disaster, disorganized, disappointing mess.
I volunteered for grave yard shifts at the hospital, well, rather I said I wanted to work them.
I still have to finish my temp tour at my guard base which ends at the end of the month.
I am now working both of them for the rest of the month becasue I had to secure this shift now, so later I don't get stuck working shifts that make it so I never see my kids.
I'm not supposed to do "double shifts" according to the military. So now I feel stuck and torn.
I sleep when I can, an hour here, and hour there. between getting the kids to swimming, soccer, and running soccer practice for the team I coach. My coworkers at the hospital are gracious enough to let me clock off and sleep from time to time when it is slow, so that gets me usually another hour or 2.
But then when it was added up, i had 7 days and 98 hours scheduled. but finesse made it so I didnt work all of them. And i had to beg off last night from the hospital because of an exercise at guard. we had extended hours, which was disappointingly cutting into my sleep that should have let me have 6 straight hours.
A series of events, getting out of drill later than preferred, locking myself out of the house I'm housesitting, actually losing that key is more accurate, spending too long looking for it, calling the locksmith I now have on speed dial after locking myself out of my car 2 days in a row 2 weeks ago, needing to wash my uniform because it was sweaty, charcoaly, and stinky, led to me getting roughly 1 hour of sleep since 5 am this morning.
Tonight I am alone at work (sad thing for me)
this leads to no sleep until 430 pm tomorrow afternoon, after working my temp tour.
I feel frustrated. i can't train when I'm this tired, and I feel like I am eating too many carbs just to stay awake, and the scale is being mean to me, as well as my clothes. Working like this isn't good for my health. Thank goodness It is almost over. The worst is behind me. I don't have my kids this week, they're on a cruise to mexico (poor them, huh?), and I'm not working another grave until friday, so I have a few days to recover. I am scheduled to take a test on Tuesday, that I'm woefully not prepared for because when I try to read a book, my eyes close for very long blinks, and the information becomes more slippery than a wet bar of soap, and that is frustrating to me. I hope I can spend a good amount of time tomorrow (after a nap, of course) studying.
It is a nursing test #2 in a series of 6, and i hear the part students struggle on are the fluid and electrolyte sections and the nutriton section... from the practice questions feeding tubes are a big portion of the nutrition section.
I'm sure I will do just fine and pass. I know I have that base of knowledge. But, I'm thinking of maybe applying for medical school in a few years, so that puts more pressure on me to excell and have a decent GPA from here on out. I have a spotty academic past when it comes to grades because, well, life tends to get in the way when you start college with kids and a husband that doesn't really care to support you in what you do... and of course the divorce that is bound to accompany that kind of attitude.
So yeah, fun times, right?
This past week has been a disaster, disorganized, disappointing mess.
I volunteered for grave yard shifts at the hospital, well, rather I said I wanted to work them.
I still have to finish my temp tour at my guard base which ends at the end of the month.
I am now working both of them for the rest of the month becasue I had to secure this shift now, so later I don't get stuck working shifts that make it so I never see my kids.
I'm not supposed to do "double shifts" according to the military. So now I feel stuck and torn.
I sleep when I can, an hour here, and hour there. between getting the kids to swimming, soccer, and running soccer practice for the team I coach. My coworkers at the hospital are gracious enough to let me clock off and sleep from time to time when it is slow, so that gets me usually another hour or 2.
But then when it was added up, i had 7 days and 98 hours scheduled. but finesse made it so I didnt work all of them. And i had to beg off last night from the hospital because of an exercise at guard. we had extended hours, which was disappointingly cutting into my sleep that should have let me have 6 straight hours.
A series of events, getting out of drill later than preferred, locking myself out of the house I'm housesitting, actually losing that key is more accurate, spending too long looking for it, calling the locksmith I now have on speed dial after locking myself out of my car 2 days in a row 2 weeks ago, needing to wash my uniform because it was sweaty, charcoaly, and stinky, led to me getting roughly 1 hour of sleep since 5 am this morning.
Tonight I am alone at work (sad thing for me)
this leads to no sleep until 430 pm tomorrow afternoon, after working my temp tour.
I feel frustrated. i can't train when I'm this tired, and I feel like I am eating too many carbs just to stay awake, and the scale is being mean to me, as well as my clothes. Working like this isn't good for my health. Thank goodness It is almost over. The worst is behind me. I don't have my kids this week, they're on a cruise to mexico (poor them, huh?), and I'm not working another grave until friday, so I have a few days to recover. I am scheduled to take a test on Tuesday, that I'm woefully not prepared for because when I try to read a book, my eyes close for very long blinks, and the information becomes more slippery than a wet bar of soap, and that is frustrating to me. I hope I can spend a good amount of time tomorrow (after a nap, of course) studying.
It is a nursing test #2 in a series of 6, and i hear the part students struggle on are the fluid and electrolyte sections and the nutriton section... from the practice questions feeding tubes are a big portion of the nutrition section.
I'm sure I will do just fine and pass. I know I have that base of knowledge. But, I'm thinking of maybe applying for medical school in a few years, so that puts more pressure on me to excell and have a decent GPA from here on out. I have a spotty academic past when it comes to grades because, well, life tends to get in the way when you start college with kids and a husband that doesn't really care to support you in what you do... and of course the divorce that is bound to accompany that kind of attitude.
So yeah, fun times, right?
Sunday, February 17, 2008
So i've been kind of MIA lately. I've been keeping busy, and when i'm at work the military has me scared to do anything unauthorized on the computers. And they're hard core, as they should be. It isn't like the healthcare field that when there is nothing to do, there is really nothing to do, so we are allowed low key internet activities. From what I understand though games and online puzzles are frowned at. Good thing my obsessions look like research for nursing school. keep up the steady line of nutrtion and body mechanic type posts guys!
I've been working out, mainly swimming. But I've actually broke back into the habit of going to the base gym right after work last week, and biked and ellipticalled some. I'm struggling with a cold this weekend, which is a bummer because it is a 3 day weekend, I had to call out sick on friday, so I guess it was a 4 day weekend, but I slept through most of friday until I picked up my daugter from school then i went to the hospital to pick up a book on Basic Life Saving Instructor class (BLS) also known as first aid/CPR, and I had to get a new ID for the hospital because I've lost my other one somewhere in my mountain of stuff, someplace.
I sqwacked my way through my youngest's soccer game yesterday, as the coach I have to holler, and my youngest was sick, with 102.5 temp. I made her dress just in case we didn't have enough kids... I felt bad for it, because as soon as we did have enough kids for a sub she laid on the floor curled up into a ball. As soon as that game was over we rushed over to another school at the other end of town for my other daughter's game. My youngest was excited to see her dad's truck outside, he was coaching a boys game on the other side of the gym, she found him and made a bed behind his bench covered up with his coat and slept hard enough to drool, a lot!
We all slept and watched TV for the rest of the day while drinking loads of orange juice. My ex father in law brought over a pizza with my son who didnt go to the soccer game, which was probably a good thing because my youngest barfed all over the back seat on the way home from the game and he would have been in the line of fire.
happy days!
my swim from thursday (when the cold started)
50 1:18.93
rest 20.63
50 1:04.87
rest 21.50
50 1:04.00
rest 20.63
50 1:04.00
rest 22.16
50 1:10.25
rest 1:10.71
50 1:13.02
rest 35.62
25 42.36
rest 1:36.64
25 46.24
rest 30.65
25 41.60
rest 36.87
25 41.16
rest 40.84
25 53.25
rest 33.63
25 44.65
rest 23.62
25 46.73
rest 1.23.00
25 49.37
rest 30.89
25 20.40
rest 1.15.47
25 21.75
rest 1.21.40
50 1:13.42
rest 1:03.06
50 1:05.75
total:650
I've been working out, mainly swimming. But I've actually broke back into the habit of going to the base gym right after work last week, and biked and ellipticalled some. I'm struggling with a cold this weekend, which is a bummer because it is a 3 day weekend, I had to call out sick on friday, so I guess it was a 4 day weekend, but I slept through most of friday until I picked up my daugter from school then i went to the hospital to pick up a book on Basic Life Saving Instructor class (BLS) also known as first aid/CPR, and I had to get a new ID for the hospital because I've lost my other one somewhere in my mountain of stuff, someplace.
I sqwacked my way through my youngest's soccer game yesterday, as the coach I have to holler, and my youngest was sick, with 102.5 temp. I made her dress just in case we didn't have enough kids... I felt bad for it, because as soon as we did have enough kids for a sub she laid on the floor curled up into a ball. As soon as that game was over we rushed over to another school at the other end of town for my other daughter's game. My youngest was excited to see her dad's truck outside, he was coaching a boys game on the other side of the gym, she found him and made a bed behind his bench covered up with his coat and slept hard enough to drool, a lot!
We all slept and watched TV for the rest of the day while drinking loads of orange juice. My ex father in law brought over a pizza with my son who didnt go to the soccer game, which was probably a good thing because my youngest barfed all over the back seat on the way home from the game and he would have been in the line of fire.
happy days!
my swim from thursday (when the cold started)
50 1:18.93
rest 20.63
50 1:04.87
rest 21.50
50 1:04.00
rest 20.63
50 1:04.00
rest 22.16
50 1:10.25
rest 1:10.71
50 1:13.02
rest 35.62
25 42.36
rest 1:36.64
25 46.24
rest 30.65
25 41.60
rest 36.87
25 41.16
rest 40.84
25 53.25
rest 33.63
25 44.65
rest 23.62
25 46.73
rest 1.23.00
25 49.37
rest 30.89
25 20.40
rest 1.15.47
25 21.75
rest 1.21.40
50 1:13.42
rest 1:03.06
50 1:05.75
total:650
Friday, December 21, 2007
I had planned on running tonight on the treadmill, I should be outside doing it, since it is above zero right now (2*), and the previous few days it has been -35 to -40... did you know -40F is also -40 C, yep that was actually a jeopardy question or something, its called convergence... oh wait, actually it was who wants to be a millionaire.....or something... but yeah, now I'm thinking of going to the bike shop and dream shop... without my wallet of course. I guess i just need to bite the bullet and just get the info I need. i feel shy because I have no idea what I'm looking for, what I want or even what I need... it is crazy!
But, I am going to a movie, maybe alone maybe with S., it depends on his work schedule. I don't know, maybe I won't make it that late and just go home to bed.
Oh yeah, FINALLY got a tree up this morning, the kids decorated it before we left for school... it is kind of cute a huge portion at the top where they couldn't reach is bare, I told them to leave some ornaments off so i can fill in the upper part. And i don't like the way that the star looks on top... so I don't know... but i don't have the kids this christmas, so it really doesn't matter. I bet I can get an awesome deal on a tree topper on the 26th!
Have a good night!
But, I am going to a movie, maybe alone maybe with S., it depends on his work schedule. I don't know, maybe I won't make it that late and just go home to bed.
Oh yeah, FINALLY got a tree up this morning, the kids decorated it before we left for school... it is kind of cute a huge portion at the top where they couldn't reach is bare, I told them to leave some ornaments off so i can fill in the upper part. And i don't like the way that the star looks on top... so I don't know... but i don't have the kids this christmas, so it really doesn't matter. I bet I can get an awesome deal on a tree topper on the 26th!
Have a good night!
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
I swam this morning:
with fins and kickboard:
right side kick
50: 1:09.87
50: 1:11.92
rest: 45.57
left side kick
50: 1:08.79
50: 1:09.86
rest: 45.61
mainstream kick
50: 1:08.64
50: 1:10.38
rest: 45.86
without fins or kickboard
1st 50: 1:30.76
rest: 45.49
2nd 50: 1:24.87
rest: 45.66
3rd 50: 1:26.47
rest: 45.42
4th 50: 1:29.45
rest: 45.16
5th 50: 1:30.72
rest: 50.65
6th 50: 1:34.63
rest: 45.25
7th 50: 1:26.84
rest: 45.88
8th 50: 1:36.90
rest: 45.26
1st 75: 2:22.48
rest: 49.61
2nd 75: 2:21.75
Total of 850 meters.
So, um yeah, it was 30 below zero this morning. AND I really didn't want to get out of bed, but I figured I was awake and I would be happier with myself if I would just go.
My swim bag had been packed a few days ago all ready to go, dry suit and whatnot, and I left it in my van.... so I had just a rinse for a shower this morning, because my cleansers were rock solid frozen, even after my swim... darnit!
I forgot my hair brush and deodorant! Man, what was I thinking..?
I took care of it by hunting up my son's deodorant when I went to their grandparents up to pick up my youngest to take her to school, she goes to a different school and it starts 30 minutes earlier, so I take her cuz its right across the way from the hospital, and the grandparents take the other two cuz their school is just around the corner from their house.
The kids were over tired, but It was my birthday last night and I went to a movie, and they called at 9 and asked if they could just spend the night. I said sure... now my youngest is wearing clothes that belong to my ex husband's wife's daughter from a previous relationship... and well, lets just say the two girls while only 3 weeks apart in age, have COMPLETELY different tastes in clothes... yes even at 5 them girls have their own style.
But I worked out, I'm done for the day, unless I feel motivated for a bonus workout tonight, but it will be a run on the treadmill.
Dorkness OUT!
with fins and kickboard:
right side kick
50: 1:09.87
50: 1:11.92
rest: 45.57
left side kick
50: 1:08.79
50: 1:09.86
rest: 45.61
mainstream kick
50: 1:08.64
50: 1:10.38
rest: 45.86
without fins or kickboard
1st 50: 1:30.76
rest: 45.49
2nd 50: 1:24.87
rest: 45.66
3rd 50: 1:26.47
rest: 45.42
4th 50: 1:29.45
rest: 45.16
5th 50: 1:30.72
rest: 50.65
6th 50: 1:34.63
rest: 45.25
7th 50: 1:26.84
rest: 45.88
8th 50: 1:36.90
rest: 45.26
1st 75: 2:22.48
rest: 49.61
2nd 75: 2:21.75
Total of 850 meters.
So, um yeah, it was 30 below zero this morning. AND I really didn't want to get out of bed, but I figured I was awake and I would be happier with myself if I would just go.
My swim bag had been packed a few days ago all ready to go, dry suit and whatnot, and I left it in my van.... so I had just a rinse for a shower this morning, because my cleansers were rock solid frozen, even after my swim... darnit!
I forgot my hair brush and deodorant! Man, what was I thinking..?
I took care of it by hunting up my son's deodorant when I went to their grandparents up to pick up my youngest to take her to school, she goes to a different school and it starts 30 minutes earlier, so I take her cuz its right across the way from the hospital, and the grandparents take the other two cuz their school is just around the corner from their house.
The kids were over tired, but It was my birthday last night and I went to a movie, and they called at 9 and asked if they could just spend the night. I said sure... now my youngest is wearing clothes that belong to my ex husband's wife's daughter from a previous relationship... and well, lets just say the two girls while only 3 weeks apart in age, have COMPLETELY different tastes in clothes... yes even at 5 them girls have their own style.
But I worked out, I'm done for the day, unless I feel motivated for a bonus workout tonight, but it will be a run on the treadmill.
Dorkness OUT!
Friday, December 14, 2007
20 min run for a whoppin 1.61 miles... after feeling horrible for a whole week. A whole slew of things went wrong, I can't say I had overtrained... but that 30/30/30 really did make me sore for a few days... I love that feeling.
I am going to go bike shopping this weekend, well sunday because I'm working Saturday... and I'm going with no money at all... that means I'm not taking anything home. I'm just scoping the scene to see what I need what fits, and if at all possible I can find the same thing online for cheaper... but I think I would rather get what I tried out at the store... and have it adjusted to me. My luck I will be one of those people who are hard to fit because I'm odd... maybe one leg is 4 inches longer than the other... I'm sure someone from MEPS would have mentioned it, but still. I'm not looking on sacrificing my kids' college educations (they'd better get scholarships anyway) on a bike! LOL!
Okay, obviously I have nothing much to say... off to watch the DV-R of biggest loser... the kids and I missed it on Tuesday, they because they were at their father's house and me because I was at S's house watching harry potter with my youngest and his boys. Funny thing is I had been giving him a hard time about never taking me, and he was feeling all bad about never taking me... then a few minutes into the movie we look at each other all confused because it was looking very familiar... after a LOT of thought we had forced our minds to remember we had in fact snuck off to see and didn't tell any of the kids... most of the 5 of them had seen it with other friends or relatives. Just rather hilarious that we BOTH forgot about it and were feeling bummed about it. While it was funny it was a bit of a let down since we weren't seeing something we had never seen before... oh well.
Dorkness OUT!
I am going to go bike shopping this weekend, well sunday because I'm working Saturday... and I'm going with no money at all... that means I'm not taking anything home. I'm just scoping the scene to see what I need what fits, and if at all possible I can find the same thing online for cheaper... but I think I would rather get what I tried out at the store... and have it adjusted to me. My luck I will be one of those people who are hard to fit because I'm odd... maybe one leg is 4 inches longer than the other... I'm sure someone from MEPS would have mentioned it, but still. I'm not looking on sacrificing my kids' college educations (they'd better get scholarships anyway) on a bike! LOL!
Okay, obviously I have nothing much to say... off to watch the DV-R of biggest loser... the kids and I missed it on Tuesday, they because they were at their father's house and me because I was at S's house watching harry potter with my youngest and his boys. Funny thing is I had been giving him a hard time about never taking me, and he was feeling all bad about never taking me... then a few minutes into the movie we look at each other all confused because it was looking very familiar... after a LOT of thought we had forced our minds to remember we had in fact snuck off to see and didn't tell any of the kids... most of the 5 of them had seen it with other friends or relatives. Just rather hilarious that we BOTH forgot about it and were feeling bummed about it. While it was funny it was a bit of a let down since we weren't seeing something we had never seen before... oh well.
Dorkness OUT!
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