1-PropZTest and His Friends

Remember all those crazy tests you found on your graphing calculator that when you selected them, more words and symbols showed up on your screen than numbers? And then you wondered if you were actually in a math class or had somehow wandered into Building a Flux Capacitor 101? Well I did, DID being the key word. Here’s a little update on why I’ve been quiet.

The semester is OVER!!! My first semester at UNF in sunny, but surprisingly cold, Jacksonville Florida ended today when I handed in my last paper for Early British Literature. All grades well in the range they should be. Yesterday was the final exam for a statistics class where after the first two weeks, there were no more numbers; only sequences of buttons to press into your stoopid-expensive calculator. Didn’t this thing come with like PacMan or Donkey Kong? I feel cheated… The point now being that I’ve finished with all my Spring finals and have all my papers turned in, meaning nothing but training and writing and [much needed recovery of] sleep. The cherry on top is that this is (I think) the last math class I’ll EVER have to take!!! And I do so loathe math. I’ve been busy, getting healthy and maintaining grades and training along with some semblance of a dating act. But now there’s a brief lull before summer semester starts, which works out perfect because…

REV3 KNOXVILLE IS ALMOST HERE!!! I love the Knox race, and I didn’t get a chance to compete in it last year. And I’m freakin’ tired of big gear work and wind (Florida hills), so I’m stoked to get to tap into my inner mountain goat and bomb down some descents. Oh yeah…it’ll also be my first full triathlon since the Miami incident where I played chicken with that SUV and learned what it meant to really run angry. Plus, Rev3 is hosting a glow run Friday night where ALL proceeds go to help Boston bombing victim Nicole Gross. All the details on that are here. So not only do you get to run around like you’re in a rave…at least that’s what’ll be going on in my mind and how I’ll see it, but you get to help out a cause. That alone seems like a damn good reason to go sign up RIGHT. NOW. 

Happy to head to the hills and race along my triathlon, well honestly they don’t need that distinction, with my family in Knoxville after a few day stop around Atlanta. We’ll see if everyone else’s reaction to the way I look now v. 4 months ago is the same as a friend of mine when he saw me last week. I may even have some new art \\m//

Here’s Your Call to Action: Keys to Keys

I’ve been kind of quiet with classes taking up my time and getting back into full time training, but I have a cause I want you to be aware of. And it’s easy enough to help out!! Last year Team Fight, part of the Ulman Cancer Fund, teamed up with Rev3 to run across America in order to raise money for supporting young adults who are diagnosed with cancer. This year, Team Fight has teams riding the east coast, from Baltimore Maryland to Key West Florida. I The teams will be pedaling through Jacksonville next week, and I get the opportunity to ride with them for a bit! My call to action for you is to head over and donate, and to share this blog and the cause to everyone you know. I’ll do my best to click plenty of pictures from the ride and post a follow up next week. Here’s their ‘planned’ schedule:

The Key to Keys Riders will be stopping at the following locations over the course of their 8-day journey:

Saturday 4/6 – Baltimore, MD to Charlottesville, VA

Sunday 4/7 – Charlottesville, VA to Raleigh, NC

Monday 4/8 – Raleigh, NC to Myrtle Beach, SC

Tuesday 4/9 – Myrtle Beach, SC to Hilton Head, SC

Wednesday 4/10 – Hilton Head, SC to St. Mary’s, GA (Riverview Hotel)

Thursday 4/11 – St. Mary’s, GA to Vero Beach, FL

Friday 4/12 – Vero Beach, FL to Key Largo, FL

Saturday 4/13 – Key Largo, FL to Key West, FL

 

I’ll admit I’m a bit behind on blogging. Maybe not in terms of publishing these, but in updates. The quick version to get you caught up is that…

+ I’m running again, stronger than ever (Pearl Izumi EMotion line review soon)

+ The first multisport event of 2013 was a solid teeth-sharpener for this year. Aquabike in Clermont OA podium, even with walking around post bike asking (yelling) where we (ABers) were to go after reracking our steeds. Not impressed with the event…

+ Just a bit over 2 weeks left in the semester. That’s crazy

+ 1st tri of the year coming up on the 14th. Yeah; I know I just posted a schedule and I’ve already changed it. There’s a 5k this weekend too

I think that’s all. I remind you again that you can donate to Team Fight’s Keys to Keys ride, and that Sneaker Savior is always taking more shoes!! (You know you have plenty of pairs sitting around. It’s free to ship them to us, so what’s your excuse?)

A Schedule I Believe In

After battling with the whole stress fractured R. calcaneus issue the last…oh wow…it was about 13 weeks, I’m finally back to all three disciplines. I was allowed to stop wearing the boot a few weeks ago only to come down with some super-bug that had me crumpled on my couch for 6 full days, plus a 5ish hour stint the ER getting tests run. So that was a big kick in the teeth. “You’re allowed to ride and even start running again…in a week after you get so sick that you cant east and lose 7 pounds.” Good luck runs strong over here…

Running still doesn’t feel perfect, long runs are <25 minutes while we ‘baby’ it, but it’s progress. And in both dry-land disciplines I’m not far off from where I was. I could even argue, especially on Dixie my QR, that I’m stronger than I was. I’m sure the [forced] time off was good for me, even if it did create scowl lines. Regardless, my schedule, which I hadn’t posted because it was never 100% nailed down, has made its final metamorphosis. This is what crawled out for 2013 after having to bail out on two races in the beginning of March, and ‘transferring’ a race entry from April to May. Keep in mind that the BOLDS are 100%, and the italics are still a bit wispy. I’ll get to see the tough-as-hell Rev3 courses a lot, and that puts a grin on my face just thinking about.

Great Clermont International Aqua Bike 3-24

UNF Aquathon 4-14

Rev3 Knoxville Olympic 5-5

Florida 70.3 5-19

Rev3 Williamsburg HalfRev 6-23

Local Olympic  in July

Local Olympic in August or maybe Age Group Nationals in Milwaukee 

Race the first week of October, & right after I’d fly over to London…?!

TeamUSA London Aquathon and Sprint World Championship 9-11 & 13

Rev3 Anderson HalfRev 10-13

Rev3 Florida HalfRev 11-3

That’s what 2013 has planned, but what it has in store for me is something I’ll have to discover through a lot of teeth-gritting determination, sweat, and focus.

BTW!!!!! Don’t forget to send us your used shoes!!! Sneaker Savior will take them for free, and then get them onto the feet of the kids that need them.