High five!!

Bullet-style post, just because! :) That's why!

• down 11.8 pounds from my heaviest, and I need to go buy new jeans... because I can now slide them off, buttoned up! They used to leave me with a bit of a muffin-top! Sad but true.
• Masters swim has been going very well -- feeling much stronger and more efficient in the water! The triathlon club will be starting in only a few weeks, and a triathlon coach has been hired!
• With rain forecasted for this weekend, a baby shower tomorrow, and a Breast Cancer fund-raising breakfast Sunday morning, I wasn't sure when I'd fit in my long run... and I didn't want to miss it. So I did it this morning instead, and will opt for a shorter run Sunday afternoon if I can fit it in.
• Still tracking my calories!! This is by far the longest I've stuck with it, and I think it's making a difference (ironically, increasing calories by about 300-400/day) :)
• This morning, I ran through the park where the "Just the Two of Us" pictures were taken last weekend. Couldn't help but smile every time I passed one of our photo spots.
• Once out of the park, I had a major decent, then a pretty big climb. At the bottom of the hill, I crossed paths with an elderly gentleman out for a stroll. He stuck out his hand, so I obliged him with a high-five, gave me quite a boost!
• I've finally caught up on 286 blogs posts! Ouch!
• I noticed this morning on my run that there are not nearly enough garbage cans on our city streets, I had to carry an empty gel package for 3.6km before I found one! No wonder there's so much littering!  I also noticed that there was a disgusting amount of spit globs on the pavement in front of the high school. Ewwww.
• I'm on my first recovery week of the P90X/Insanity Hybrid... the workouts are tough, but I'm loving the more intense cardio of the Insanity series!
• My neighbor is having some work done in front of her house, so the maintenance dude saw me leave for my run this morning. When I returned, just over 90 minutes later, he said "You're still working out!" So... of course I had to tell him that I just ran 16k! "Are you crazy?" he said, to which I replied "Yes, I've been told..." He said that even with a fire under his ass, and a grizzly bear chasing him, he would never run that far. I used to think that way! :)
• Calling all triathletes... I need your experience and expertise. What is up with my outer calves BURNING when I do a brick run ONLY. Happens ONLY off the bike, to the point that I need to stop and walk, which still burns -- both legs. Running on its own is fine... no burning, no pain; only off the bike. Happens with both my road and tri bike, I stretch lots, have been doing lots of strength training, including the legs.  I understand that my legs should feel like rubber or whatever for a bit off the bike, but mine don't, they feel like they're on FIRE!! Any thoughts?? Do I just have to keep doing these bricks, and eventually it'll go away??

Finally, good luck to all those racing this weekend, especially those going to Boston! I know you'll make us all proud!!