I'm Getting Too Old For This Sh*t

Great line, great movie...

I used to be able to indulge in more than a few drinks, stay up all night, get up early, snowboard all day, then do it all over again. Ah, to be young and stupid. Well, in some ways I suppose I still am...

This weekend, we went out to our place in Fernie, BC for the annual weekend with our friends. It's a great little spot that we're very, very lucky to have, and we're even more lucky to have great friends to come with us! This is the fifth year we've gone with more or less the same crowd-- sometimes we ski/ride, sometimes we do more socializing than snowsports.

Since we would miss our 20km LSD training run, I had every intention of going out on my cross-country skis for a workout. But Saturday looked far too wet from inside the condo. So we watched movies, played cards, caught up, compared iPhone apps, talked about triathlons and how crazy we are for doing them... and drank. The road into town was closed for part of the day, so we didn't even visit the brewery or the waterslides, but we still had a blast. After a great meal, we hit the hot tub, sang some songs, and played Cranium. I was a wreck!

...but based on how much snow was falling all day, I knew Sunday would be epic. Usually the plan is to leave at a reasonable time on Sunday, but I was determined to break out my board first thing. So of course, I had to wax it. At midnight. After *ahem* a few drinks. I was very impressed with myself-- I didn't cut myself as I sharpened the edges, and I didn't burn myself or the board with the iron!

I've never had (and I'm sure I WILL never have) any problems getting up for powder. Because I know that if I just get out there, all the aches, pains, and hangovers will just vanish. Sure enough, this is what I was rewarded with:

Blue skies and powder!!

 I was too worried about dropping my iPhone and never finding it again to take many photos, but trust me, the powder was fantastic. There were a few runs where every other turn was a faceshot (ie the turn kicks up a big cloud of snow that smacks you in the face as you ride through it!)

These were on my favorite run (shh, it's a secret!), on the last run of the day at 1:00. We had to get home, and I was feeling so good at this point, that I thought I'd set up the spin trainer, ride for an hour, then dreadmill for an hour. Well. By the time I got back to the condo to Nicole, packed, and drove for thirty minutes (of a three and a half hour drive), I remembered that I was really hungover, and really tired! Thus the title of this blog.

So I missed the 20k run. And I was really looking forward to it!

Waterlogged and Violent, Untimely Illness

I'm doing the swimmer dance right now... head tilted to one side, shaking my head to try and get the water out. Good way to get a sore neck!

Workout tonight was tough-- speedwork in the pool. My first day back in the pool after missing last week due to a stomach bug (bacterial, I think). After 200m warmup, the workout was:
4X 50 descending to 80% (that means each 50 is faster than the last)
then 2 sets of:
3 x 50 descending on 1:10
50m ez non-free
2 x 100 at 80% on 1:50
50m ez non-free
100 m 90% (!)

We finished with a 4x50m relay - my team won! (I think some of the really fast guys tried to do 'fly for fun... I went all out!)

15 minutes of tough ab work/pushups to finish off, as usual.
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In other news:
I signed up for the Oly at Wasa today! June 13, 2010 - look out!

We booked a trip to France and Spain last night! (Yay Airmiles) The plan is to fly into Paris, spend 4-5 days, train to Lyon, then Avignon or Nimes, then Barcelona for another 4-5 days. We'll be there for the last two weeks of April-- coming up soon!

I mentioned I had a stomach bug last week-- there's a bit of a story. I'm in sales, and call on million-dollar businesses, always talking almost exclusively to the business owner. Last week, my boss and his boss (VP sales) came to Calgary to visit customers with me. I lined up 5 meetings over a day and a half, and we'd planned to spend some time strategizing, and I was looking forward to even socializing with these guys, if only for dinner and windshield time. I've only been in the job for just over a year, and this was to be the first trip to spend time in Calgary with me for both of them.

Well, around lunch time on day one, my stomach was gurgling and not feeling that great. I thought I was just hungry, but didn't really manage to eat much. I thought it was gas or indigestion, so popped a couple of tums. Got through the second meeting just fine, but in the middle of the third meeting... I got that water-in-the mouth feeling. Just as the customer was telling my VP what a great job I was doing, I puked all over his floor. Luckily(?), there was a bathroom attached to his office, and so I finished in there, making horrible retching noises as I violently lost my lunch. What a way to make an impression!

Fortunately, everyone was more concerned with my well-being than the carpet or the interruption. I made it through the end of the meeting, handed my car keys to my boss, and that pretty much ended my week. I still have my job (if not my pride)...