one year anniversary...

it's been a quiet week around here. primarily because my computer at home crashed, and crashed hard. now, there's not a ton of critical, life-changing information on that hard drive. but it does hold all of the photos that i've taken on ian in the past 2 years, as well as my entire itunes library. if it's unrecoverable, at least i turned most of the good ian photos into albums and i can always re-burn the cds. but still. grrr...

on the training side of things, this weekend is the boulder sprint triathlon. last year at this time i was preparing for this race as well, but it was my first tri and i was nervous as hell. i'd yet to do an open water swim, i had no idea what to expect from transitions, and i'd never done a real bike-to-run shift (i'd gone from stationary bike to treadmill at the gym once, but i was about to find out that it wasn't the same as the real thing). i was proud when i finished, even though i had to walk during portions of the run and my swim wasn't exactly the recipe for victory. it was an accomplishment for me at the time...

this time around, there are no pre-race jitters - at least not yet. because i know i can do it. i know what to expect. i'm looking forward to the race, looking forward to a sunday swim and wearing the proper attire and better nutrition (although i am nowhere near having a handle on that aspect of triathlon). i'm just not nervous. and i guess that comes with practice and experience.
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speaking of proper attire, last night's run was - ummm - not my proudest moment. i got home from work ready to do one of the 6-mile loops around the neighborhood - a loop that begins running down the center of a shady parkway and along neighborhood streets for the first 3 miles followed by a loop around the park for the second half. i got my running gear out, put my shorts on, and decided to try running with the ipod for the first time (i haven't tried to run with the ipod because i wasn't sure if the earbuds would stay in). apparently i got distracted by the ipod get-up...

i saw several people along the run over the first couple miles, some who looked at me a little strangely. i didn't think anything of it - after all, i was lost in my music and trying to straighten out what felt like an awkward gait. at about mile 2.5, though, i looked down at my shoulder as i was adjusting the ipod strap and realized there was a sleeve there. except the shirt i had pulled out was sleeveless. which brought me to the embarassed realization that i'd never changed my shirt - and that i'd run 2.5 miles along city streets and past other runners and dog walkers wearing the same collared polo that i'd worn to work that day...

feeling like the world's largest dork, i stopped to take the shirt off, tucked it into my shorts, and completed the run. the only redeeming point that i managed to figure out my fashion mistake before i made it to the park and the height of passing traffic. thankfully, the run was much better than the attire. reminder to self - do not wear a collared shirt to the race on sunday...