10 Mile
Mood:  party time!
Topic: On the way to Triathlon
Today I ran my first 10 Mile race. 1st annual Waterfall Glen Xtreme 10. It was a very well managed race. I guess they always call it extreme if there are hills or trails or something.

It was AVESOME! And easier then I thought it would be. I had the usual "I'm not goinng to make it, might as well quit now" within the first mile, but it went away quickly and from that point on it was fun. I got there late but caught up.

A really nice and cute guy named Kevin kept me company for a good 20 minutes as we caught up to everyone - he was the tail bike patrol. I tried to find him to talk to him after the race but lost track of him. I may have been the last one to start, but I was certainly not the last one to finish. And he had to stay with the tail. I wonder if he was married. But that belongs in another section of this journal, doesn't it?

Anyway, the shoes and the socks and the clothes held. Gotta remember to maybe not wear a g-string next time though. Also, my heart monitor band, as I found out when I got home, has cut into my chest and now I have a 3-inch long gash to the blood! Can't believe I didn't feel it during and after the race! Not till I took the monitor off. I'll loosen it for next time.

Personal results according to my monitor:
98 minutes, 177 ave heart rate, 30 minutes in zone.that gives me a mile time under 10 minutes, which is great.

Race results:
278 235 11 W25 Chicago, IL 1:41:41.6 10:10

Really sore now, and tired. Will take a nap. The body made a huge poop after the race. I heard the body does nasty things during the marathon. Maybe I shouldn't find out. But I'm beginning to fathom doing one... SOME DAY. See if I feel the same in the morning first!

There were a lot of people in this race from the trail challenge I did two weeks ago. We got dry t-shirts at the end, and there was great food, massages, and giveaways.

The trail was really pretty. There was one NASTY hill they dubbed "big bertha" - It was a monster. They even wrote "almost there" near the end of it.

I'll definitely try to do this again next year!

Under 100!
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Golf
Today I played golf with Stella and Iris in the league. I missed a few weeks due to weather and laziness and meetings. It's so funny that I have a pet named Stella, and AY has a pet named Iris... And I'm playing with them.

Anyway, I got to use my new clubs for the first time. I need help in the world of Irons. That'll be my next lesson. I also need to get a shorter-distance wedge. I love my new M wedge. I need to figure out what a shorter one would be. I can hit about 75 yards with my M wedge and I need something that allows you to go like 30 at most or something, with at least a half a swing. It feels unnatural otherwise. I also bought a 4, 2, and putters for gina and addie the other day. I was going to use all 3 and see which one I like the best, then give the other two as starters to them. All 3 are very nice. But I made my selection. It's a dunlop, very heavy. What is up with Irons? I can't hit Irons. I'm also better and more consistent with my woods, and the putting practice helped. I need to practice even more.

I was 47 with 22 puts on a 9 hole. I had a couple bogies, one par, and the worst holes were an 8 and a 7 - no 9's today!

swimming
Mood:  don't ask
Topic: On the way to Triathlon
Went to the gym to get into the pool, since it is too cold outside. I did about 300 meters, 50's and 100's non-stop. Didn't work on my breathing as much.

Sunday, Reed's suppose to help me with that.

I also learned about the spin classes available. I should do two spin classes next week to get ready for the tri. And I did some weight machines - didn't want to run before the race tomorrow so this is all the workout for the day (plus golf)

By the way, I got my wetsuit finally! It's a body glove and it doesn't fit perfectly, but it was only $25 at play it again sports. It'll do for now.

Wilson Park
Topic: Day to Day
And I thought I'd go to bed early! But an hour of my sleep may have saved a life.

I finished writing BF a note and then I took Molly for a walk. It was around10:50 PM. We went to the park. She pooped twice. Sniffed everything. Really seemed interested in a particular piece of poopie and a white dog that was also being walked. On the way home, as we approached Long and Sunnyside, about two blocks from the park, we heard loud voices. A female was telling some guy to keep walking and mind his own business, and asserting she was not drunk. Someone else said something to another like "you were the closest when she was having a seizure." There was a commotion and a group of about eight kids in their late teens. We rounded the corner and got out of the way as they crossed Sunnyside on Long, towards Wilson Park. I caught a view of them. Two were dragging an unconscious or semiconscious person with long hair.

I kept a low profile, then pulled out my cell and called the cops, because I was worried about the kid. Could be O.D. or alcohol poisoning. I explained to emergency services what was happening. It was 11:23 PM when I called. I described what I saw and told them the direction the kids were moving. I felt bad and went to follow them. Sure enough, they went to Wilson Park. It was now 11:31 PM and the cops hadn't come. The kids were in the middle of the park, leaning over the one kid that was on the ground. I called the cops again. I repeated my story and started circling the park. I didn't want to approach them because they were rowdy before. Now I think they were turning to scared. I was getting ready to approach because I was scared for the one kid. Where the heck were the cops? The fire station was right around the corner, at least maybe they could come? As I made another circle and tried to decide what to do, the cops finally came. I saw the paramedics from the fire station running with their orange tool boxes, and another squat car. Hopefully they got there in time.

Never a quiet moment.

on a roll
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: On the way to Triathlon
Ok, I'm in the swing of this Tri thing now. I'm doing one of my 3 sports every day, sometimes more then one a day, since Saturday now, without a break. Not too bad. I'm also learning a lot.

I found a great site, it has general fitness info like nutrition and excersises and definitions. FITSITE.

I've often wondered what my burn rate vs. intake of calories is. I know I can stand to tone down and improve my body fat ratio. I'm not sure what it is right now, but I can still see soft sports. So I did some research. According to the site above, A woman of my height, weight, and frame should consume 1518-1898 calories a day. Good to know. I also learned that a pound of fat is a heaping 3,500 calories. To lose one pound a week, you have to be burning or not consuming 3,500 less calories then you need.

Today I had a jam packed workout but ate like crap too. So how'd I do today?

Activities:
walking - 20 min -
sailing - 120 min -
running - 30 min -
cycling - 30 min -
According to my cell phone, that's approximately 4500 calories! Plus I did crunches too and not like I was immobile the rest of the day. But let's say I was.

Food:
Ceral+milk - 200
hot dog - 261
fries - 160
m&m's - 210! I didn't know M&M's are sooo bad! They are more then breakfast!!! AAAAAgh
tomatos - 24
propel fitness water - 20
---------------------total: 875

OK, so if I burn/need 1518 cal a day, then today I'm:

1518-875+4500= 5100 for the day. That means I burned over a pound of fat today. That's not right because I'm not losing weight, I don't think, and I do stuff like this every day, although some days I eat more and drink lots of alcohol. But I think that my cell phone calorie calculator is off it's rocker.

so a second opinion:

walking - 20 min - 40
sailing - 120 min - 460
running - 30 min - 319
cycling - 30 min - 128
situps - 77
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1024 according to http://www.changingshape.com/

so then, 1518-875+1024=1667. Now that's more realistic. But lets face it, since the two numbers are so far apart, neither is anything but a crappy ass estimate. So I'll never know what really happened. All I know is that I am so tired now especially from all this typing. Good thing that burns calories too :-D

I'm going to add different crunches and twists to my stomach workout because apparently 200 situps a day only builds 1/3 of a six pack, and I want it all...

Topic: Friends
I finally caught up on sleep -10 hours.

So the other day, when I went clubbing, it turned out that one of my friends got totally thrown out of the club. I guess I got a few "butt" calls while it was happening. His phone must have been in his pocket and kept dialing my number and leaving voicemails. So I actually have a full recording of him getting kicked out of the club. It's sooo funny:

Bejoy: (read his part with an Indian accent) What did I do?
Bouncer: (read his part with a tough guy accent)You know what you did.
Bejoy: I don't know what I did, tell me what I did!
Bouncer: Oh, you know exactly what you did.
Bejoy: I didn't do nothing

... it went on like that for a good 20 minutes. Then Bejoy actually left a real message, saying that he got kicked out, so that we don't look for him. I didn't get these until the next day because I just passed out when I got home. And then I had to piece all the calls together. I called Reed to get his story before I called Bejoy back. Turns out they were trying to hit on some girls, and Bejoy was a bit aggressive trying to get them to dance. He probably grabbed some girl's hands or something and freaked her out. I talked to Bejoy and he has no idea what he did. (as mentioned before). So I'm gonna have to talk to him about not making physical contact with strangers.

Elvis is alive!
Topic: On the way to Triathlon
Today, I managed to swim for a half hour, with very little improvement. Then I ran a race an hour later, to create a sort of messed up brick. Bejoy and a friend came with. Mom and Dad came to watch. During the race, many people, men, women and children ran in Elvis costumes, or sideburns, or related T-shirts. Some even had the blue suede shoes on. They ran singing and saying Elvis "lines". Too funny. Followed up by an Elvis concert, of course.




Elvis is Alive times according to watch:

date mi time in_zone ave_bpm shortest_mile
08/07/04 3.1 29:05 2:19 184 9.00








race results:
Place Sex Firstnam No. Ag S City St Time Pace


855 294 IRENE LERNER 1641 26 F CHICAGO IL 29:58 9:39

today's run
Mood:  crushed out
Topic: On the way to Triathlon
i've been bad. ate like crap today, got very little sleep. will keep track of my regular run times from now on. thanks to my watch.

date mi time in_zone ave_bpm shortest_mile
08/04/044 38.23 27.13 170 9.12

salining info
Topic: Active
ok, figured out the whole sunfish/boat rental thing. here are the options:

-north beach - unconfirmed - sunfish
-montrose beach - unconfirmed - sunfish

confirmed boats have two options:

1. Gillson Sailing Beach
http://www.wilmettepark.org/gillson.cfm#sailing
Gillson Sailing Beach
Lake Avenue at Lake Michigan
Lakefront Manager: Betty Duguid
Assistant Lakefront Manager: Rich LaVigne
General Information: 847/256-6100
Sailing Beach: 847/256-9662

The Sailing Beach opens Saturday, May 15

Rentals
May 29-September 6
Our Wilmette Park District fleet of Sunfish, Hobie Waves and Hobie getaways are available for rental whenever the boats are not being used for instruction. Kayaks will also be available for rental this season. Sailors may rent boats when their experience matches weather conditions on the day of rental. Staff is on hand to help sailors evaluate their skills and to assess weather conditions. Interested persons with no experience on the waters should consider our beginner's instructional program before renting boats. For safety, staff reserves the right to refuse rentals at anytime.

Rental Starting Times:
Saturday-Sunday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:45 p.m. (in by 6:45 p.m.)

Reservations and Payment: Reservations may be made at 847/256-9662, not more than 48 hours in advance. Reservations for weekend times may be made at 8:30 a.m., Thursday (for Saturday) and Friday (for Sunday). All non-refundable rental fees are paid immediately before the rental. A refundable $50 damage deposit also must be paid before rental. MasterCard, Visa, and Discover are accepted for Sailing Classes and Rental Fees.

Weekday Rates Weekends & Holidays Rates
Sunfish $30/hr. $35/hr.
$40/2 hrs. $50/2 hrs.

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Hobie Waves $35/hr. $50/hr.
$50/2 hrs. $65/2 hrs.

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Hobie Getaways $40/hr. $55/hr.
$55/2 hrs. $70/2 hrs.

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Kayak
Single Seat $25/hr. $30/hr.
Double Seat $30/hr. $35/hr.


Group Sailing Lessons
Ages 9-15
Students must be able to swim 50 feet. Classes meet regardless of weather. There are no make-up classes or adjustments.
Beginner lessons are for those who cannot sail a basic boat by themselves, even in good weather. Classes are limited to 20 students. Instruction is given on Sunfish sailboats. Lessons include the use of the boat, life preserver and instruction.
Intermediate lessons are for those who can sail by themselves but who need work sailing up-wind, righting a boat, changing course, or handling strong breezes. Also included will be Sunfish racing and racing techniques. Classes are limited to 20 students. Instruction is given on Sunfish sailboats or Hobie Waves. Sailors must have passed the Beginners or equivalent class.


Private Lessons
June 5th - August 15th
Individualized instruction by staff instructors provides the most flexible and constructive learning format for anyone learning a new sport. This approach is particularly appreciated by adults. Private lessons enable the instructor to adjust to the student's schedule and rate of adaptation to the sport. One-to-one lessons are given in sets of four one-hour sessions.

Three of the four lessons are normally on the water. For those signing up before the season begins there is a free dry-land orientation. The free lesson will be given at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 5th, at the Sailing Beach. By attending this free session you may be able to have all four lessons on the water. If you have not signed up by June 5th, you may do so between 9-10 a.m. that morning at the beach.

Students are responsible for scheduling private lessons. Refunds are not made if the private lessons set are not completed by Sunday, August 15th. Private lessons are not scheduled after this date. Students should pick up completion cards after completing their last lesson. Cards are not mailed.

Beginning students must be able to swim 50 feet. Consult the Sailing Supervisor if circumstances require exception to these rules. Upon completion of beginning lessons, students will be able to sail a basic sailboat confidently in good weather.

Intermediate lessons are for sailors who have basic skills but would like to improve these skills or gain experience on a Hobie Wave.

You may call the Sailing Beach to arrange a weekend day and time when the instructor you prefer is available. Please call 847/256-9662 any day between 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

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Chicago sailing club:
http://www.chicagosailingclub.com/rentdetails.html

Telephone: 773.871.7245

Fax: 773.871.7264

Email: ContactUs@chicagosailingclub.com

Mailing address:
2712 N Campbell Ave
Chicago, IL 60647

Our J/22s and J/30s are available for rent seven days a week, from morning to dusk, so you can enjoy sailing as often as you like. Take your friends sailing and show them the skyline. We use J/22 and J/30 keelboats for their quality, design and ease of handling. J/22s offer large, open cockpits and room for up to five adults. J/30s offer additional space and comfort. All are equipped with an outboard motor.

Upon qualification, you can sail as often as you like. You become qualified to rent by either successfully completing our Basic Sailing Course 101 or by demonstrating your sailing skills to our staff members during a brief evaluation and orientation.

Then you are off to enjoy the Chicago Lakefront as master of your own vessel. You can bring as many as four friends on a J/22 and as many as nine on the J/30, for an event they will always remember.

J/22 Rental Rates J/30 Rental Rates
Weekdays until 4:00pm $35/hr $70/hr
Weekday Evenings 4:00pm until dusk $45/hr $80/hr
Weekends $55/hr $90/hr
Full weekday until dusk $305 $520
Full weekend day until dusk $495 $710
Orientation fee (once seasonally)* $12 $20

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Hunter 326's Rental Rates C&C 34 Rental Rates
Weekdays until 4:00pm $80/hr $80/hr
Weekday Evenings 4:00pm until dusk $90/hr $90/hr
Weekends $100/hr $100/hr
Extended rental rates available upon request
* 2-hr minimum

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Catalina Rental Rates
Weekdays until 4:00pm $110/hr
Weekday Evenings 4:00pm until dusk $120/hr
Weekends $130/hr
Extended rental rates available upon request
* 2-hr minimum

Ask about pricing for extended rentals.
* In addition to the regular rental fee.

T's bday
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: my own bachelorette show
Took T out for dinner at La Sardine today after work. Went for cocktails to Marche and some sushi place down the street first. Got pretty plastered on wine. Came home, made T go home, and am now rehyderating.

Going to start a writing blog where I put short stories and writing ideas. That was the purpose of creating this blog - to start at least writing on a regular basis, to get used to it. Now I am ready to start a writing collection. I'll post some old stories first, and try to consolidate all my writing there.