One week until the Colfax Marathon!

Last weekend I took a last minute trip home. I came back on Monday and went back to work on Tuesday. This was my first week only working one job! And then we had network maintenance day on Friday- a day off so the computer systems and phones could undergo the quarterly maintenance. So after a three day weekend, I had a three day work week, and now I'm enjoying another three day weekend!

I'm still trying to figure out what to do with those extra 20 hours a week. I love being able to go to yoga in the evenings, so now I just have to figure out what to do with myself in between 3:30 and 7:00. If I go back to the apartment I just snack, but if I go to a coffee shop I just snack there too! Its too much time to spend the whole time at the gym, and I like being able to sit down and read for a while.

Yesterday I picked up my ALZ Stars tshirt from the Alzheimers Association (from fundraising for the Colfax Marathon, and met Michelle, their events coordinator. (I also picked up a sign and a cow bell so Liz can be super annoying while shes cheering for me at the Marathon). Michelle mentioned that the ALZ Stars partners with the Rattlesnake Triathalon (and I've been considering doing a tri for a while now). So I looked at it, and except for the swim, I know I can totally do it! I signed up for the Olympic distance (1500m swim | 40k bike | 10k run)! I know I can bike 24 miles, and run 6 which is why I chose the longer race...I'm just not sure if I'll survive the swim!

Yesterday morning Noel and I did the Ride for Reading http://www.rideforreading.com/?p=1548 to deliver books to an elementary school to promote literacy and bicycling/exercise. So we filled our Timbuk2 bags with books at the pickup site, biked a little less than 5 miles to Barrett Elementary school, and then participated in an assembly where the Tribella group (who organized the event) talked about the importance of reading, and exercising, and bike safety. Then we helped the kids pick out three books each to take home. We had so many books left over that we packed up the remainders and made a 2nd book drop to another nearby elementary school!

My day was filled with the things that I love: bicycles, books, and I even ate a burrito for lunch!