Kathleen's Adventures

Grrrrrrrrrrrr....its coming back to haunt me.  I had a POTS episode Thursday night and Friday night while running.  While I've had a history with it, I cannot tell you the last time I've had any issues come up.  I guess it was in the spring?  If even then?  I had almost all but forgotten about it.  Monday night I had a great run, Tuesday I had a great swim, and Wednesday I had a great bike workout.  When I say great about all of these, I mean good and hard, but I felt strong at the end, not positively exhausted.  However, come Thursday evening, on a measly little 2 mile run, it came back.  Seriously?  Really?  Now?  Why?  The lack of predictability of this stupid thing has been the most frustrating part - not necessarily knowing what causes it or what makes the symptoms go away.  Thursday I went on to do our weightlifting class and felt okay, but decided to skip on on my swim workout and get some rest.  ...

My co-worker's bike was just stolen off his car here in Austin at the Domain at 8:30 this morning.  Please let me know if you happen to come across it.  I know posting here is a long shot, but worth a try. Description:  Red Bacchetta Strada, 27-speed road bike with FSA SL-K carbon cranks and Rotor Q-ring 3 ring crankset. SN is FE8B0335 and is located at the base of the headset facing the rear.

Halfmax was my "A" race of the season.  I wasn't sure how prepared I actually was going into it, but I was as prepared as I was going to be for anything after moving and traveling for work and just life in general. I drove to Houston Wednesday night and grabbed a quick dinner with Kim and Monica before heading to Robin's house for the night.  It was sooo great to see some of my Houston friends!  My parents met us at the airport in the morning and we arrived in Myrtle Beach in the early afternoon.  The resort was very nice and our suite was awesome - I'd call it a condo instead of a suite, and it was very similar to the place we stayed for Ironman Florida.  Mom, Robin, and I went to the grocery store Thursday night to stock our condo kitchens and the amount of food we bought was quite hilarious.  I realized just how hard it must have been for mom to say "no" every time I wanted to throw something in the grocery cart as a kid.  Because now I see s...

Cancer still sucks . Please keep Greg and his family in your prayers, especially on Friday.  He's having surgery to remove a tumor in his back.  Please pray the surgery goes well and that they are able to rid him of cancer once and for all.  Cancer already took his wife two years ago - it doesn't get to take him too. I came across Sarah's blog on a friend's facebook page yesterday and spent nearly two hours reading and listening to/watching.  Sarah is a young, beautiful newlywed currently in the fight of her life.  Please pray for her and her family - she still has a LOT of joy to spread and needs a full lifetime to do so.

Quick check in to say hello! I’m smack in the middle of race(s) week and having a good time. I say raceS because I have three races this week. I didn’t even really realize that was the case until a day or two ago. Two of the races down, and one, the big one, still to go. Race #1 – Silicon Labs Marathon Relay This was Sunday morning and I had a blast. The relay was split into a 12k, two 10ks, and two 5ks. I ran the 12k (first leg) for my team. I saw my friend Alisa in the start chute just before the gun went off and was so happy to see her. I knew she was running that morning, but didn’t know which leg or anything. We ran together the whole way and had a great time. We ran strong and steady – not too fast and certainly not too slow. There were a few mean hills throughout the course, and the extra 1.2 miles we did over the 10k course were the hardest part. The hills were small but gees, they just kept coming! I was very happy with our effort – I didn’t want to go all out because of my...

September 19, 2009.  It is a date I will never forget, and not for good reason.  It has been one year since Kristi was killed by a drunk driver .  I still have many mixed emotions about the events over the past year.  I still have many friends who drink and drive - who think they are okay to drive after they drink.  I think there are even people who were close to Kristi who do this, and I do not get it.  The fact that you do it on a regular basis and have never had a problem doesn't make it okay.  It has been an interesting year  - the high point of it was probably Ironman Florida, the culmination of a six week fundraising push which resulted in raising over $15,000 for MADD.  Another high point was the Gusher in Beaumont - Kelly, her mom, my mom and I did the half marathon and Mike did the 5k.  Little did I know his whole family was going to be there sporting the Team Woodhead/RADD t-shirts.  That was pretty cool.  The low p...

I keep making plans for this huge blog post about everything I'm doing/have done, but then find myself once again too busy or tired to sit down and do it - by this point it would probably be a full length novel. However, today I do have a quick, but important to me, post to write. Every year on September 11 I tell my friends and family that I love them.  May sound like no big deal, or like something that should happen way more often than once a year (and I do tell some way more often than this) but it is something none of us says nearly enough.  I encourage you to do the same - imagine how many people wished they had done so on that morning nine years ago.  It shouldn't take such a national tragedy to remind us to tell those we love how we feel, but sometimes it does take just that. So....I LOVE YOU ALL!!! (now, pass it on!)