LetThemEatPaste

One idiot's musings on being a Walter Mitty trapped in a suburban Dad's wrapper. Seriously, i'm a car nut, a triathlete, and a dad of 2 great kids. These are the chronicles of fail that follow.

[ctowne61]

ow

So IM 70.3 Chattanooga is now long in the past. how goes my summer so far? not so freakin great. 

2 weeks before Chatt, my foot started to hurt. I did a little google-fu and concluded it was a stone bruise.

And i ran on it. More. And more. and then competed on it. 

The bike hurt. i was able to work around/through the pain, but the run was miserable. 

So it still freakin hurts after a month. guess what? stress fracture. and I ran on it. More. And more.

I am such an idiot sometimes.

Hey, i can still swim! as long as i push off the wall with one freakin leg.

[obviousplant]

My gym is now advertising this cool new cardio class

[thespecializeddigest]

[cycleangelo]

Here’s the thing about trainer rides. I hate trainer rides. There’s science behind why riding indoors, on the trainer is more difficult both physically and mentally- but we never really needed science to tell us that. I think it’s the “lack of” that makes it so miserable. The floor fan doesn’t make up for the lack of a cooling breeze from the trees. The TV doesn’t make up for the lack of real life engagement with mother nature’s own beauty. And for damn sure - the simulation of suffering with a climbing block will never make up for the lack of racing with a friend up the local mountain. Regardless, we do it anyway. Why? Because we love it. Even when we hate it we love it. And when the time comes when the cooling breeze from the trees engulfs us as we’re surrounded by mother nature’s beauty as we race our friend up the local mountain - it will make it that much better.

[ctowne61]

Why isn't the word "palindrome" a palindrome?

My daughter

[365q]

[ctowne61]

Went out for a morning run today. Felt cold. Thermometer said 35, By the time I got to the top of the hill my lungs were about 35. which hurt. So i ran the hilly route, since that starts a longer downhill to let my lungs catch up a bit. 

Then it started to rain. At first, not a lot, but enough. 

Brr.

Then it was time to run back up the long slow b!tch out of the national park back up to my neighborhood. 

It started to sleet.

Brrrr...wet/cold.

Then i got to the top of the hill.

It started hail.

I'll say here, i ran the fastest 1.5 miles home i've ever run. 10:30. Yay.

but ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow

[ctowne61]

smoothie tip #3

Add cinnamon. 

[ctowne61]

2 a days start now

Oh my cold. My lungs hurt from breathing 34 degree air. I hate treadmills, but this....i'm wheezing.

[rollersinstinct]

Philip Stier designed piece for the Center of the Arts building on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus.

[jake-clark]

[tastefullyoffensive]

The daily struggle. (comic by Jake-Clark)

[ctowne61]

holy crap does this sum up my day/week.

[the-vandals]

[coffeeandclifbars-deactivated20]

this is one of my all time favorite quotes.

[fabbricadellabici]

[tastefullyoffensive]

(photo via niki54)

[elixs-blog1]

My friend started using his gym card.

[yuriinahurry]

[ctowne61]

now.. off to hit the trainer i got for christmas and maybe a run afterward.:)

[runningjedi]

[chrisontherun]

1st day back in the water means I definitely thought I was gonna die, but 1000m before the sun comes up is good enough for me! #swimming #triathlete #fitness #ironmantraining #atleasttheycantseemesweat

[ctowne61]

Awesome.