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The picture above is my daughter, Caty, playing a little ball in the backyard. I love this pic, her focus on the ball is really striking to me. Now we just need to work on that right elbow.

Wildflower is only 4 days away and this week is filled with last minute to-do’s to make sure we’re ready for the trip. Right now, we’re still unsure if we are heading up Wednesday or Thursday. Either way, I still need to get all of our camping stuff ready. It’s going to be a busy week.

Speaking of busy…how about the life of a 4 year old! It’s interesting how much stuff opens up for kids once they turn 4. Caty just celebrated her 4th birthday and we’ve wasted no time in getting her schedule filled up. She started Karate and violin classes last week and did awesome at both. Her violin teacher was impressed that she could write the letters of the strings at such a young age. I was very proud! And she starts soccer on the 10th. Life is going to get hectic around here, as if it wasn’t hectic already.

Last week, training didn’t go quite as I planned. For some reason, I’ve had a mental block about going to the pool. Every time I plan on going to Masters, something has come up or I’ve simply just decided to hit the “snooze” button and sleep in. Strange.

I managed to get out for three rides, including a nice steady to hard effort on Thursday with Coach Mike. We’ve been doing a early morning 40-50 mile hilly mid-week ride for three weeks now, with a bit of intensity thrown in. Here’s the link to the ride this week if you’re curious. This is something I’m going to continue as long as my schedule allows it. It should get easier as the days get longer. I couldn’t ride Saturday morning as I had to take Caty to her martial arts class. The rest of the day was smoked with other family stuff so my only option was to ride my trainer after the girls went down to bed. So I get my trainer set up, my laptop plugged in for some entertainment and some water bottles ready. Pump up my rear tire and POP! Bear in mind, I had a flat on Thursday and a flat the previous Thursday as well…and I’m fresh out of tubes. Damn it! No ride for me.

Good thing I went for a short run earlier in the day or that would have been a zero in the ol’ logbook. Running all week went well, I ran every day, a total of 41 miles with lots of hills. Colt and I did a 10 miler on Sunday morning at 7:25 pace which felt super easy. Good thing we went early, even at 7am it was already hot out.

The family and I spent the rest of the day at the Encinitas Street Fair and at Moonlight Beach. I guess Friday’s shark attack had people spooked, because the beach was not very crowded. Nonetheless, we had fun.

A good week.

~ by JP on April 26, 2008.