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May 26, 2005
buzzzzzz 
I'm really rather bubbling with excitement! In spite of sleeping badly, I am all abuzz.
Yesterday was a rest day from pilates—unusual as that may be in my recent pilates mania. I enjoyed the acheyness of my belly. After work, I picked up my scoot (it was in for its 300K tuneup), and we ran over to Corazzo World Headquarters so I could try on a women's hoodie.
Corazzo is a local firm that makes gorgeous body armor clothing for scooterists and motorcyclists. The idea behind body armor is to put a good barrier, and padding between you and anything you might interact with—like the surface of a road, other cycles, cars, etc. Wearing body armor can be the difference between an ambulance ride to the ER and walking away from an accident.
Anyways, it's gorgeous, and it's local, and best yet, it fits, so I got one. I love it. Though, yesterday afternoon was about 80 degrees and I was rather, well, warm. But cute, seriously cute!
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Today I buy a bicycle! Today I buy a bicycle!!
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I'm starting to get really excited about the marathon. Who cares about organization? Not me! I went to the R3I website yesterday, and was thrilled to see that they have a comparison feature. So I could look at all of their hydration units, and compare bladder sizes and storage! It looks like there are several that would do very well by me if I wanted to do a self-supported marathon.
Sweetie and I sat on the back porch last night and chatted about the logistics of said marathon and worked out a lot of the details. I am no longer freaking out. It's all going to come together. The car will be fine, and will make a lot of things easier. I still need to check with the motel to see if our room will have a fridge or internet access or wifi, but at least we can bring a cooler, the french press, and the electric kettle.
And maybe we can ride the scooters out to the race route this weekend, and get an idea of what I've committed to.
Really, it should be great. Hood River is one of our favorite places in the state, and the motel is right at the finish line. The motel has a restaurant so if I'm not doing so great after the marathon, I only need to hobble down the hall and to the elevator to get something to eat.
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And I get to taper! Here are the highlights of training next week:
Monday: Cross-train or rest, preferably the latter. Your whole final week leading up to the marathon should be devoted to rest, rest, rest!Tuesday: Begin carbo-loading
Thursday: The last three days are critical to the final taper. Usually, I rest two days and do some light jogging on the third. In this schedule I advise that you rest Thursday and Friday with a final easy run on Saturday, the day before the marathon. You can juggle these days to suit your own temperament. Carbo-loading begins in earnest today. Pasta, rice, potatoes, cereals, fruits.
Posted at May 26, 2005
Comments
Oh, exciting! I do hope it all works out. And I like the fact that your husband works out the logistics of these things with you. That's nice.
Posted by: Megan at May 26, 2005 1:48 PM