Growing up too fast

After nearly a month of technical difficulties (er… not having time to fix the server), we are finally back up and running here at jimandgigi.com. Lots has changed in the last month. Evie not only mastered crawling, but she’s pulling up now, too. Zane is beginning to learn such skills as telling […]

Jim and I are both participating in this year’s LIVESTRONG Challenge in Austin. Not only is cycling a big part of our lives, but the event is an opportunity for us to support the Lance Armstrong Foundation in honor of Jim’s Aunt Barbara, who succumbed to a long struggle with lung cancer in August […]

Evie and I took a trip to NYC a couple of weekends ago to visit my older brother. I would have written about it earlier but I had to read the new Harry Potter book. HP trumps blog, sorry.
Anyway, the visit snowballed into a lovely little mini-reunion with both of my […]

But not too slow, at least.
I have finally managed to get in some running. It felt great to just get out there again. I’m doing a loop around the neighborhood that takes about 20 minutes. I’ll be increasing that and when I can I will get out on some trails […]

In order for Jim and me to go on a bike ride together we have to get a babysitter. That’s no biggie with Zane, who can walk and talk and entertain himself. But we hadn’t left Evie with a sitter yet until this weekend. Jim and I got in a nice hour […]

Last night Zane and I made this for our (highly unromantic) family Valentine’s Day dinner. Yum. Then after Zane went to bed, Jim and I enjoyed a pint of Chunky Monkey for dessert. When I told Jim to check the freezer and see the treat I got us for dessert, he asked […]

I am finally clawing my way slowly out of the deep chasm that split right through my training plan. Without making excuses I will just say that when it is imperitive to put family and work responsibilities first there is not always time left for proper training, and in my case, not even for […]

Finally! Yesterday I finished the White Lake Sprint Triathlon, my very first tri ever. I am so excited. I am also a complete idiot. I signed up as an age grouper instead of a novice. Why? I have no idea. If I had signed up as a novice […]

For the third time in only six months I was sidelined all night with either food poisoning or some kind of stomach bug. Not only was I up ALL NIGHT but I could barely hold my head up (and at times couldn’t even) all day then next day. I’m still feeling a bit […]

My workout plan calls for an increase of 10% each week for 3 weeks and then a recovery week. I’m on week three of this month and the increase amounted to 5 minutes more running than last week. Doesn’t sound like much, right? Then how come that last 5 minutes was so […]