Why bother?

I am going to try and keep track of my workouts on here. I need to find a race soon. I want to feel like I am training for something. I am so used to having an upcoming race, or at least on off season. Life is becoming more real. I have a bank account, filed my taxes, and received a box of checks this week. I also picked up my FREE bus pass and library card. I am quite excited about that.

Monday: Ran 4 miles
Tuesday: Swam 3K yards
Wednesday: Volleyball for a couple of hours
Thursday: Swam 2.3K yards (asked for my bike to be shipped out here)
Friday: Ran 4 miles and swam 2.3K yards

Someone recently asked me why I have a blog. I sometimes wonder about bloggers. I read a lot of athletes blogs. I think that it is a good way to know what is going on in my friends lives. It made sense for me to have a blog while traveling, but I wonder if anyone cares what I am doing now. Then I found this article in Scientific American (despite that I consider myself half American and not scientific at all) that told me that blogging is good for me. So now I blog for that reason.
Completely unrelated, I found some pictures from hot springs near Chiang Mai, Thailand. Kids boil eggs in the water, I refused to eat them.

a LONG bike ride

My friend Tricia is going on a long bike ride. She will be pedaling from Texas to Alaska. The ride is raising money for cancer and giving hope to people that want to ride a bike or beat cancer. The riders must raise at least one dollar per mile (4,500) that they are riding, but not only that, they are volunteering in cancer treatment centers and local cancer awareness events in the cities where they stop. I am excited that they are riding through Boulder, so I will get to see them in action. For more information, please see their website at www.texas4000.org. Tricia also has a blog at leavingsecuritybehind.blogspot.com. She is another Ironman, ultra runner, and inspiration.

Busy week.

I have taken a week off of exercising after the Bolder Boulder. It is a weak move on my part. I gave myself a million excuses. Now I am a full fledged member at the local YMCA, so that has inspired me to swim. Also, I have to say that reading people's blogs (my addiction) has helped me a lot. People like Ben, Bree, Rachel, and Mark all make me want to be fast. Their enthusiasm is what drags me outside when I feel lazy.

I have been busy working (waiting tables), designing web sites, and coolest of all, promoting Rudy Project. This weekend, I was able to "work" at the Elephant Rock Cycling Festival. The enthusiasm that people had for Rudy Project really blew me away. I knew that I always liked their sunglasses, but seeing so many people have so many good things to say about their stuff truly impressed me.

Web site development has always been a hobby, but now I am able to help out some friends. I would like to announce the completion of a few sites that I have made.

Sue's Hale is a vacation rental on Kauai.
Scarred For Life is a tattoo shop in Boulder.
Marion Summerer is a pro triathlete living in Honolulu.

Anyone else need one made?