Look at what I found!

To my poor, poor little blog. I apologize. I apologize for only using you when I needed you, and then neglecting you like a ratty old towel & stuffing you in the back of the closet. It's time to dig you out, give you a good soak & hang you out in the sun.

Exactly where you belong.

What's gone on since April 2007. Sheesh, that's 3 years, I can't possibly sum it all up in a few lines can I?

Remainder of 2007:
Worked, swam, ran, biked. Ran a whole lot more. Did a whole schwack of try-a-tri races. Finished the season first overall in the series for Athena's over the age of 40. Went to Chicago. Marathon attempt # 1. Epic fail. Not my fault, the organization stopped the race. Yeah, you may have heard about it. Marathon attempt # 2 - YAY! Detroit, 2007 - 42.2/26.6 in the books.

2008:
Well, the year went fabulously until November 2. I lost my 18+ year job with ING (now referred to as Intact Insurance (what a goofy name, I always want to say Impact!) I raced, not as hard or as much as 2007, but saw improvements in triathlon distance and HUGE leaps forward in my swimming. Fast forward to December, I squeeze into the very last spot of the year in the Can-Fit-Pro Personal Trainer Specialist course. What will 2009 hold for me????

2009:
Get hired pretty much immediately by GoodLife. Yep, I'm now a personal trainer. Who'd have thought that. The slightly chubby, awkward girl who rode horses & never quite fit in no matter how hard she tried. Now I motivate and kick hiney. Getting paid to do so in the process! Huh. Although dodgeball I admit that it still scares the snot out of me ;) Running and tri, I did some.

Oh yeah.. half IronMan. I almost forgot that one. 70.3 miles - the list just keeps on growing.

Fast forward to 2010:

January - blow out my knee cross country skiing. Diagnosis: Patella Femoral. Prognosis: get my lazy @ss (literally my @ss muscles are the root of all that ails me) working properly. That was my focus for February & March. Take a Life Coaching course to add to my "bag of goodies" that I can offer my clients (whom I am LOVING) April - May, do a little bit of running, the knee is feeling much better and I am continuing to keep my hiney occupied with glute stretches, isometrics & lots of fun strength stuff. My hiney has a love-hate relationship with me these days. ;) June sees me return to the wonderful world of triathlon.

Yeah.. wonderful if you are trained, if you are not so well trained? Lets just say I got out of it exactly what I put into it. As well as a reality check. I finished & had fun. That's what matters at the beginning of the season doesn't it? Isn't it all about the smile that beams across your face at the finish line?

So, what's next you may ask my little blog? Why have you been pulled out of the back of the linen closet & dusted off?

Well, here is is:

On the "eve" of my 46th, I have bitten off a big chunk, a big chunk of roots, rocks, trees and wild life. I've registered for my very first "Ultra" race. Ultra races are runs that are longer than the standard 42.2KM that comprise a marathon.

September 11, 2010 (I didn't realize the significance of the date until I received my confirmation). I will be running/walking/crawling FIFTY KILOMETRES in the beautiful Haliburton Forest.

So there you go blog. You are somewhat up to date, and will be the recipient of my cursing, musing, highs & lows over the next few months.

You happy now?
You had better be ;)