Posted on June 19, 2008 by maryeggers
To those who understand why I do this, I thank you. I thank you so very much for taking the time to understand why I do what I do. I take that time for you and your passion. The fact that you do it for me makes me so happy. The Ironman is one day. [...]
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Posted on June 19, 2008 by maryeggers
At first I protested. I felt like a failure, and then I thought about it for a moment, took a look at the revisions and decided I was being a baby. Coach T reeled me in a little bit this week, he saw the writing on the wall. And I can’t believe I cried about [...]
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Posted on June 18, 2008 by maryeggers
Today didn’t get much better than yesterday and what happened to that week where “20 hours felt like nothing?” Who the hell said that. All by design, I assure you. Or rather Coach T would assure me. He wouldn’t tell me when I should crack until I did. And I haven’t…. for the record.Well there [...]
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Posted on June 17, 2008 by maryeggers
I don’t know what happened this morning. It started out innocently enough. I arrived at Papa Jack’s 15 minutes late because I forgot where I put my keys…. how about on the key hook where you always put them honey….. and the morning was perfect. But it was cold. Last week it felt like Africa [...]
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Posted on June 16, 2008 by maryeggers
Happy Father’s Day to Curt….. who in my book is absolutely Father of the year. Even though he is responsible for Luc breaking his leg…. twice. Once 8 days after Luc had open heart surgery at age 4…. they were wrestling. And the second time was August 12th 2007…… our anniversary! Luc was running away [...]
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Posted on June 15, 2008 by maryeggers
Remember how I said last week that a 20 hour training week felt so easy… no soreness…. just darn awesome? I should be careful of things like that. This morning I kind of felt like Mic Jagger getting out of bed. Although nothing in particular hurt, I was moving slow and my head…. well that’s [...]
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Posted on June 15, 2008 by maryeggers
I finally found this poem that I adore…… Dance Like No One Is Watching Author unknown. We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren’t old enough and we’ll be more content when they are. After that, we’re frustrated [...]
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Posted on June 14, 2008 by maryeggers
By request here is a story from May of 2007….. and for the record we’ve never seen him again!**********************************************************************************************For days now we have been trying to catch a mouse. A mouse in my house? No. Worse. a mouse in my car. This four legged creature is believed to have jumped aboard my swimming bag in [...]
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Posted on June 13, 2008 by maryeggers
I will not do an Ironman in 2009.I will not do an Ironman in 2009.I will write that 300 times on the chalkboard after school today. I just don’t know if anyone in my life can handle anymore Ironman brain. Or lack thereof.It took me 15 minutes yesterday to realize that 180 watts is not [...]
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Posted on June 12, 2008 by maryeggers
Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. Think only of the best, work only for the best and expect only the best. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements [...]
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