Wine gone wild and a bike ride.

Headed over to Chelan last month to do a bit of bike training and wine tasting.  Two of my favorite activities in one weekend.....heck yes!

We stayed at the always luxurious Midtowner - that place cracks me up.  It's fantastic for what it is, clean and less expensive than most places in Chelan.  It's generally full of people who are over training for the weekend, getting in some heat and hills and it reminds me of the old school place we used to stay in Lake Tahoe.

Saturday morning we were up bright and early for a little swim in the lake.

Back to the motel to change into bike gear and head out for a 40 mile ride.  It was a hysterically funny day for me - coming off an ankle injury and not able to climb very quickly, I was passed by a child going up my first hill.  A CHILD.  After shaking my head and getting back to business, 40 miles went pretty quickly and I coasted back to the Midtowner for a shower and to get ready for the main event of the day.......Wine Tasting!!

We went to a few wineries, but my favorite was Hard Row to Hoe.  Such a fun place with a hysterical story and fantastic wine.  I really enjoyed all of the wines we tasted - I haven't given Chelan the proper winemaking kudos.  They make some really great wines over there.

So, after several tastes and a few bottles to go, I joined the wine club.  What a great excuse to head over the mountains every couple of months.

It's been one week.....(name that band)!

Oh brother.  It's been a sh*% storm around here for a while.  Work is great but incredibly busy (stressful) and fun.  It's been Girl Scout cookie time - and my lovely troop (who are now all 14 and 15!!) has been out there selling away, which means a little chaos and cat herding for our little troop.  Throw in trying to have some sort of life and also...you know....train for the Vancouver Half (May) and that little Half Ironman that's the mother of all of my races in July.  I'm a little tired.

Let's not forget the foot pain that's been hindering my running for the last couple of months.  Diagnosis was Plantar Fasciitis, have been wearing the sock, doing the elliptical, started PT (which Holly, my PT, basically runs a metal stick up and down my foot and calf, and makes it hurt so bad that I scream obscenities.  Well, the PT helped a LOT....but not enough.  Last Friday....I got a cortisone shot IN MY HEEL!  It was awful.  I cried.  I know I'm almost 40 but that mother f'er HURT!  After 2 days of only cycling and swimming, I took the foot for a test run on the elliptical.  4 miles of BLISS!  No pain other than tenderness at the injection site.  HELL YA!  Another 2 miles yesterday and I'm feeling pretty darn awesome.  The test will be tomorrow - 3-5 miles outside.  I'm saying a little prayer for this one.  Vancouver is in jeopardy, I'm not where I should be as far a miles and I can't risk getting injured trying to make it up.  Vineman is the prize so we'll see how things progress in the next few weeks.  I'm going to be smart and listen to Coach Lesley.  Really, I am. 

Where does the time go?

Holy cow.  It's February 2nd.  I've been busy, stressed, happy, tired, sore, unmotivated, uber-motivated, content, hopeful.  All in the span of a few months.

Where has the time gone?

It's been spent working many, many, many hours, going places, seeing people and things, riding bikes, trying to run, sitting in foot doctor's offices, at the gym, in the car.

Had an amazing vacation in NYC, spending time with two cool ladies.  We saw a lot, walked a lot, drank (a lot), ate a lot of good food.

Taxi Time

A well spent afternoon

 I could do an entire post about our time at Rockefeller Center. 

It was hysterical. (Well...I was amused.)

 Not the best photo of me....I think this was after 7 miles of walking.  And....this was the 3rd time I had been to the tree.....but Cari's first of the trip. Well....actually, second.  This first was at 1:30 a.m. - the lights weren't on and we were moved along by a very patient NYPD officer.

(read: we were tipsy, he was not amused.)

Times Square.  Glad I saw it.....never need to go back.

 

My goal is to get back on track with a lot of things, including blogging. 

So stay tuned for a little catch up post and more NYC stories and pictures.