Lots of words, and only one picture. Sorry.

This is pretty much going to be a review of the last few days. Sit down, buckle up and hold on.

Training Stuff(ish):

• Thursday: 1:30 on the bike trainer…on a good incline (thanks to two large dictionaries). 31 miles…awesome average, even for being on a trainer!
  
• Friday: after my rant about bras and breasts, I ordered two new sports bras. I’ll be sure to post reviews when I get a chance to try them out. Thanks to everyone who offered advice! Spent another hour on the trainer and pounded out another 20 miles.
  
• Saturday: Helped some friends move in the morning (thankfully it was good weather), then hit the trails for a 25 mile bike with my better half and her friend. Then we chilled at a local coffee shop with some live music.
  
• Sunday: Morning brought breakfast of pancakes and some tennis playing with BB. The afternoon brought a half an hour on the trainer, 10.5 miles (you notice there is no running this weekend, I’m still pissed about Friday). Finally, Sunday evening Britney and I caught a showing of Toy Story 3…it’s good!
  
• Monday: Open water swim at a local lake. Swam a mile in about 30 minutes which I was satisfied with. Although, I did learn something new about myself: I get bored in the water. A lot. I’d swim a while, and pop up and do breast stroke for a while. Swim, repeat, swim, repeat. I didn’t do this because I was tired, anxious or uncomfortable, I was simply bored at looking at nothing in front of me. Gotta work on fixing that.
  
• Tuesday (today): I slept in and skipped my morning swim, which meant I probably wasn’t going to swim today. Instead Britney and I played basketball for a while before hitting the track for some light jogging. It was a good night.

Other Tidbits(ish):

• My parent’s left for their 2nd honeymoon that my siblings organized for them. It’s funny, I’ve talked to them more this week than I do when they’re at home..usually it’s the other way around. Just a side note: I have the best parents in the world.
  
• Along with being in the market for a new sports bra, I’ve started eyeing bike travel cases. Due to my impending doom move to Texas, I thought it would be best to start looking at a case in the event of traveling with my bike. If anyone has suggestions, I would appreciate it!
  
• I’m also in the market for a fuel belt that I’ll use for the longer distances. I’ll carry my infinit in the belt and worry about water on the course. What belts do you guys use? I want to make sure I can attach my race bib to it as well.
  
• In addition to having the best parents, and best girlfriend, I also have the best bosses in the world. Disa, my boss at the research center regularly kicks me out of work to train. How cool is that!
  
• Pretzel M&Ms are awesome! Britney and I definitely polished off a bag for dessert and I feel no guilt with that action.
  
• Last night I figured out the slowest splits I could have at Racine and still make the cutoff. I have complete confidence that even if I have a meltdown, I’ll still make it. It’s nice to know that, I was getting worried.
  
• Lastly, I’m changing plates on my Subaru. Instead of the standard Iowa plates, I’m paying just a bit more (like $10 a year) for these awesome Share the Road plates:

Whatcha think?

Ok, that’s about all I got for ya. Half marathon coming up on Sunday, I’ll keep ya posted!