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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

I ordered a wet suit but found out it is backordered and won’t ship until around May 16th. This means I’ll be doing the White Lake Sprint sans wetsuit. Here’s hoping for warm water temperatures!
Training is going well although I don’t seem to be making any noticeable gains. This was supposed to […]

I didn’t mean for my run today to be a trial 10k but when I plugged the route into gmaps pedometer, it was 6.19 miles. I say that’s close enough. It took me close to 54 minutes. I think I could have gone faster, but like I said, I wasn’t trying to […]

Tuesdays my training schedule calls for a “short” swim and a “short” bike ride. It hasn’t taken too long to end up with my “short” workouts getting close to as long as (or longer than) my “long” workouts used to be. And I’m just training for an Olympic Distance Tri. I can’t […]

Yesterday’s long swim workout felt really good.
I forced myself to jump in the pool without testing the water first and agonizing over getting in and being cold. Of course, my goggles came off when I dove in and I had to wrestle them back on while treading water in the middle of […]

With each stroke, each step, and each pedal I am stronger. Each day that I manage to stick to my training plan makes me that much more likely to stick with it the next. Each time I start a workout feeling sluggish, tired, frustrated or discouraged, and then by the end feel so […]