New Year

2008 will hopefully bring a healthier lifestyle for me.

My friend Julie and I have started a workout/goals blog for the new year.
Wish us luck and track our progress!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Wishing everyone a Blessed Christmas and a Joyous New Year!

Christmas Fun

Do you know your Christmas Carols?

Have fun!

Lazy Saturday

Well...for Alexa and I it was a lazy day. We finally got going around 11:00 and headed to the mall for a little Christmas shopping. Got everything I was looking for today and was out by 12:30! Yoo Hoo...I even found some awesome deals...can't hardly beat 50% off on some things!

After that it was home for lunch, Alexa down for a nap and a little cleaning to be done. Nice relaxing stress free day!

This is how she looks after she wakes up!

Found it very funny how two different cats take a nap too!

This is how a normal cat sleeps...she woke up as I was moving in for a picture.

And this is how Bob sleeps! He also woke up as I was moving around.

Kyle actually went out and rode his bike at 9:00am! It was about 10 degrees for the Renegade Cross race at one of the parks here in DM. No rules, no fee, no catgories, just go out and race for 45 minutes.
Kyle was thinking the snow was going to be too much to ride through so he brought Alexa's bike to carry on his back and run the course. Come to find out when he got there, Rob had shoveled a path for the entire race. Jane brought her cross country skis and everyone else rode their bikes.

Sounds like he had a lot of fun and from Kyle's stories it was exactly what they had suspected with no rules!! Lots of pushing people off bikes, stealing others bikes to ride, and just plain ol' having fun!

Paul Varnum has some pics on his post....Kyle is in the green/orange overalls! Link to his page on the right!

Back Track to Jingle Cross

Jingle Cross was Sat/Sun Nov 24-25.
Kyle did very well, finishing 12th on Saturday and 30th on Sunday. After lap 2 on Sunday he decided his back had enough and just rode the rest of the race. Full results here. He rode in the Cat 3/4 races.
Saturday was his birthday and that night the girls of Punk Rock Cycling hosted a party at Donnely's Pub so we decided to attend. Thanks to our friends Rob and Donny; they got the whole bar to sing Happy Birthday! Great for a guy that doesn't like to celebrate birthdays.

Saturday, Mid-Air over the first set of barriers on lap one! Blue team kit.

Descending after a LONG climb!Sunday, rounding the corner for the climb up!

More images here...check under galleries...some great pics!

A slower December

I mentioned in an earlier post that December was going to slow down.
Well...on Friday Nov 30th I had laparoscopic surgery to remove endometriosis and hopefully relieve some of the pain I've been experiencing in my lower abdominal region. The doctor found a little endo and some nodules that he removed. So let's hope this helps!

I was diagnosed back in March of 2002 when I developed a cyst on my ovary. I had a lap surgery to remove the cyst and that is when they found the endo. I had another lap in January of 2004 as I had another cyst and Kyle and I wanted to start a family. This spring I started experiencing pain after rigorous exercise. I would also experience pain after eating certain foods. Shooting stabbing pains in the abdominal region. Another symptom of endo.

I've learned a lot the last few months about what foods aggravate endo and in talking to other women online about how much worse the disease really can get. I actually have it pretty easy compared to other women.

I'm recovering well and hope to be back to exercising by January, either walking on a treadmill or sitting on the recumbant. My goal is to do 2 sprint triathlons and actually participate in some bike races this summer of 2008!