I need to get back on!
Last week I was working extra long hours, with a long commute, I barely got any workouts in. Friday I swam, easy ride Saturday morning in anticipation for the triathlon the following day, which of course, never happened with the death of Terron's dad. Everything since I got the phone call on Saturday evening is a blur... but even then I would never have predicted the outcome.
While a run or a long bike ride would have been a way to change focus for a short time, I haven't had the energy. I'm tired, emotional, and Terron has needed me more than I've needed to escape.
But tomorrow I will be able to make up some of the lost distance this month, I'm doing the Tour de Greenbelt 100k ride, which will be my first time riding that distance! This is one of the most scenic routes on the Tour de Greenbelt and also one of the more challenging. Located in the Niagara Escarpment, this naturally hilly route is not one to miss. Surrounded by several wineries and riding through the majestic Jordan Valley into the Jordan Station, this ride has a Tour de France feel. Mid-way through the ride is a designated rest stop at the Ridge Point Winery, an Ontario wine vineyard, and a great place to take a break and take in the natural beauty of the Niagara Escarpment, a diverse environment of forests, farms, cliffs, streams, rolling hills and waterfalls. It contains more than 300 bird species, over 50 species of mammals, over 30 types of reptiles and amphibians, and 90 species of fish.
I signed up for this one on this particular date because Sept 12th signifies a pretty important anniversary (sort of the go big or go home mentality lol). Tomorrow marks 8 years since my brain surgery (yes, my surgery was the day after 9/11) to remove my right temporal lobe turned scar tissue, and subsequently, my last seizure! I remember counting in days, then months. Incredible to now be counting in years, having my independence back, driving, living life and doing all the things I once took for granted. This picture was the morning after surgery, when I realized I still had hair! I was so stoked, as I had been too scared to ask my doctor beforehand.
Good luck to Marci doing her first Half IM this weekend, Diana doing her Sprint Tri, and Happy Birthday Ted and Penny! :)
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Happy Anniversary! And good luck tomorrow.
happy anniversary! definitely a great occasion to celebrate.
no worries about missing the past few days of workouts. hopefully the ride and other upcoming workouts will help you work your way through your frustrations and mourning and all. plus, now you have even more time with lil' t since he needs to get on tri training too! :)
Happy anniversary, Mel! Have a great ride tomorrow.
Have fun on your ride tomorrow and happy anniversary.
You are such a survivor – you have inspired us all!
What a great way to celebrate the annivesary. Good luck to you!
Have a great time and remember, it is a tour not a race, enjoy the scenery, enjoy your anniversary, enjoy the day and celebrate your life! It is suppose to be gorgeous tomorrow, embrace it.
What a better way to celebrate... 100k ride will do it!!! Go at your pace and ENJOY every mile. You are living life :))))
Good luck & have a fantastic & healing ride tomorrow.
Happy Anniversary :)
Good luck with that ride! Enjoy the wind in your hair.
good luck on the ride! and congrats on your surgery anniversary, what a great way to commemerate it.
You are truly an inspiration Mel, that ride sounds like an amazing event, what a perfect way to celebrate your anniversary. Thanks for the shout out! xo
I pray that the ride gives you a chance to reflect on ALL that you have been through the past few years and past few days for that matter... Good Luck!!
Good luck tomorrow - you deserve some free time outside to just relax
Whoa! Big anniversary for you. So glad to see how well you are doing and how far you have come.
Good luck tomorrow and send my sympathies to Terron. My dad passed in 2007 and while it gets a bit easier there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of him.
Happy Anniversary and have a great ride tomorrow, you'll have a blast!
Happy Anniversary! You've come a LONG way and what a great way to commemmorate the occasion. Enjoy the ride! Take lots of pics for us. :)
Happy anniversary. I'm sure the ride will feel great!
that is a wonderful thing to celebrate! enjoy the ride, metric century is a long freaking way to go on a bike.
wow, I have the chills all over. I'm so glad life is better for you now...and look at all you're accomplishing. amazing.
Hi Mel
Best of luck on the 60+ mile bike ride. I can't imagine what it would be like to cover that much distance... Hope you get great weather and it is an enjoyable ride.
Good luck on the ride this weekend - you'll be awesome!
That ride sounds like a great time. Take deep breaths. Clear your mind just a little bit.
Eight years, huh? Good for you. You certainly are blessed, aren't you?! ;)
Happy Anniversary! Have an awesome ride!
Happy anniversary Mel - everything you've accomplished after something so tough is amazing. Keep it up!
Happy anniversary, good luck, and congratulations! Wow! Super duper High Five! Have a great ride.
what a great way to celebrate your anniversary :) have a great time and hope things start looking up.
MEL wow... happy anniversary. you are such a STUD look at you being superhuman doing everything that you do, i had completely forgotten your history and i'm so glad you reminded me because it is so much of what makes you you! HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND and good luck in the 100k!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! take it as it comes!!!
Mel that is a pretty neat milestone!! I am so glad you are feeling a bit better. That 100K bike ride sounds really awesome. Have fun and just enjoy the world around you!!!!
Happy Anniversary!!! What an amazing milestone and great way to celebrate. Congrats and kuddos to you!
Amazing what you've been through, just amazing. Don't take anything for granted for sure.
Have a great ride. You're going to love it.
Congrats on your anniversary and congrats on your ride today! Still sending lots of hugs and luck your way. Getting back into the swing on things, especially now is a great way to get your motivation back!
Congrats on the anniversary! I can't wait to hear all about your ride. You deserve a little sunshine in your life right now.
It will feel wonderful to be out on the bike. It will do your mind and body good. You've had so much going on in your life, my heart goes out to you and Terron.
Sometimes, even if it feels useless while you are sad and feeling numb, a routine is a good way to get on and continue with life.
Keep it up, you are strong physically and emotionally. Focus on providing support to Terron and doing what brings you inner peace.
You celebrated that anniversary well!
There will be plenty of other Tri's in your future! We should pick a Tri in between our locations and race together sometime.
Happy Anniversary !!! It is a blessing to me in a way that your anniversary falls on my birthday. Hmmm.. maybe it is meant to be and it is a sign of hope that the same will go for my daughter who has epilepsy.
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