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A Night at the Museum and a Morning in Pearland

Friday night I organized a social outing for the tri club at Mixers, Elixers, and IMAX at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. We ended up scoring free VIP passes which was awesome! They had a band that turned out to be really good, dancing, drinks, and good food. Oooh - they also had glow jewelry and beakers full of starburst. How fun! They have it every Friday night in the Summer and it really is a smart use of the museum after hours - for the big kids to play! I plan on organizing another round for the tri club in July.
Saturday morning the alarm went off waaaaay too early after too much socializing the night before, but I ran 10 miles for the first time since my 1/2 Ironman in May and it actually went pretty well. Houston Fit had a small party afterward and we sat around eating watermelon and bagels - very fun!
Saturday night Shellie and I went on a date (you didn't know we are dating? It's going great!).

Sunday I raced in the Y Freedom Tri in Pearland. It was a 300m pool swim, 12 mile bike, and 3 mile run. I sucked. Big time. I did improve on my time at this distance from last year by 4 minutes (1:20 to 1:16), but ugh. People beat me who I was able to beat just a few weeks ago. I guess the fact that I hadn't been in the pool or on my bike in 3 weeks didn't help. Getting back to my first full week of running, including 10 miles the day before, didn't help either. I guess the fact that I didn't do much exercise of any sort in the previous 2-3 weeks because of bronchitis didn't help either. I thought I might have actually had a chance to place and I ended up 7th out of 15 in my age group. How wrong was I!! A frozen mimosa at Onion Creek and a nap took care of me afterwards though.

My next race on July 13th is the same distance and I'm hoping to have a better showing. I'll be upset if I'm any slower than 1:14 and I promise I will train for this one (as much as you can train in 2 weeks).

Comments

Rainmaker said…
Found your blog on Liz's blog. Cool stuff. Good luck at your next race!
June 30, 2008 at 11:04 PM
CoachLiz said…
Ok girl,

You improved your time by 4 minutes, but the race sucked eggs??? I think that is darn good after an illness, lack of training, and a 10 mile run the day before.

The glass is half full, the glass is half full, the glass is half full...
July 1, 2008 at 9:14 AM
Anonymous said…
Hi Kathleen,

I am so glad to hear that you and your group had a good time at Mixers - thanks for bringing people by the Museum! Good luck with your next race!
July 1, 2008 at 2:18 PM
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