The HoHo Chronicles (WW # 13)

This weekly linkup is hosted by yours truly and my good friend Tricia @ MissSippiPiddlin.  The purpose is to connect with and support other active women.  We want to hear about your adventures. 

You can summarize your whole week or just a small portion of it.  It's up to you!  Race recaps are also encouraged!   {See rules}

If you are visiting, Welcome!  Tricia and I would be honored if you would link with us here on the Weekly Wrap. 

I am participating in the Grow Your Blog Hop hosted by Runaway Bridal Planner.  In the spirit of getting to know one another, I thought I'd share a few things about me before I get to the usual Weekly Wrap.

I fell in love with running around eight years ago.  I've run 141 races of varying distances.  The half marathon is my absolute favorite and I've completed 36 of them so far.  I am Half Fanatic #5867!  

I started this blog as a way to document my races.  I'm older...and I was beginning to forget.  Along the way, I have made so many wonderful connections.  I am truly blown away by the support and friendship in this blogging community.  I look forward to meeting many more strong, amazing women!

My collection of half marathon medals.

I realized years ago that I am solar powered.  Happiness is being outside and preferably around a body of water.  Naturally, my other passion is slalom water skiing.  Except for a few we-can't-afford-groceries years in our early marriage, I've been skiing since the age of 10.

From PoPo's Perspective

You will find me on the lake every weekend in warm weather.  Sadly, I am unable to ski year round.  I'm just not fond of being that cold.  Someone should invent indoor water skiing {Eureka!}.  I strapped a GoPro to my head this summer and posted interesting to me, yet mind-numbing to everyone else, skiing footage.  

One last run before the ominous approaching storm hits!

I've just completed week #5 with a foot injury, which unfortunately kept me from running my first full marathon -- Chicago.  As a needed distraction, I replaced my old mountain bike with a shiny new road bike.  I am both cycling and pool running to try and maintain my fitness level and hopefully salvage my registration in January's Disney Marathon.  And admittedly, it's my attempt to stay somewhat sane while I heal.  The jury is still out on that one.

This is Sanity (or Hope or Plan B or Bugs) my new bike.  Decisions!

I am married to a wonderful man and boat driver extraordinaire (aka PoPo).  By the way, we met on Halloween many full moons ago.  (Happy Anniversary honey!  What a journey!)  We have three awesome sons, one fantastic DIL, two precious grandkids, and two nutty dogs.  The house is often chaotic on weekends.  My uber cool granny name was designated as HoHo.  {I can't make this up!}

Meet Mojo and Mini

On to the usual Weekly Wrap.     I'll try to keep it short.

Wednesday I returned to the gym at 5 a.m. for 91 minutes of pool running.  I have been adding 10 minutes each visit.  I was able to increase my average HR to 138 (up from 130).  Had it not been for a few foot cramps, I think it would have hit my target of 140.

Thursday morning I rode my bike 16.5 miles.  My average HR was 154.  I had the luxury of waiting until daylight and could see the sheep and donkeys that live on my usual short route.  It was also very misty.  I pretended I was somewhere in England.  I would fit right into Pride & Prejudice, no?

Saturday I planned to bike for 30 miles.  But around mile 10-11, I realized my phone had fallen out of its pouch.  I don't know how this happened, because you'd literally have to turn the bike upside down and shake it.  I began backtracking and searching where I had cut through the woods (I just knew it was in those woods!).  I cut my ride short at 14.5 miles, too worried about finding the phone.  No, I did NOT find it!  

Our college football team was not playing Saturday afternoon so it was low key at our house.  For the first time ever, I did not give out Halloween candy!  We originally had other plans that fell through and I had not bought any.  It felt odd.  We did watch a horror movie, The Lazarus Effect.  It stank.

Sunday was rain, rain go away.  After having to return to the phone store because they sold me the wrong model the day before (irritating!) I forced myself eagerly went to the pool and ran for 102 minutes, adding my usual 10 minutes.  My HR averaged 139.  Argh!  So close to the coveted 140.  In summary, I rode my bike 2 times for a total of 31 miles and pool ran 2 times for a total of 3 hours and 13 minutes.  Booyah.

And that's a wrap!

Is any one else solar powered?

Have you done any alternative training due to injury?



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