Monday, August 07, 2006

New Friends

Well we've have a great week of hanging out with new friends in between working and exercising. It's been so wonderful to get to know people around here and feel more connected to the area. Here's the highlights of the week.

  • Monday night we went to the 'Fiona Apple' concert at the Wolf Trap outdoor stage. We meet up with Jen and Michael with our picnic dinners and sat on the lawn to eat and watch the concert. Thanks for a fun time! I really didn't know what to expect from the Concert. I had listened to her CD a few times. That girl is strange. Fiona has some major pent up anger, but what a voice!

  • Tuesday equaled a night to relax at home.

  • Wednesday night consisted of the usual track workout. This time in 102 degree heat! A heat advisory was out and a bad air quality advisory. But we ran anyways. We took it easy by doubling the rest between our 400 repeats. I was surprised, it actually didn't feel so bad. We actually stayed after and talked to Cindy, a coach, about coaching up for the Lake Placid Ironman.

  • Thursday night we had Libby and Jason over for dinner. We made food together and then sat around chatting and getting to know each other until late at night. Finally at 10pm it was time to say goodbye and get ourselves to bed before the early weekend. They are a fun couple.

  • Friday night was a pool party for the Reston Runners. Great group of people but I think the average age there was somewhere around 45. At least it made us feel really young!

  • Saturday was a early training day with the 'core group' of crazy cycling friends from the TriCats (Capital Area Triathlon Club). Another 5:30am morning to get up and bike before the heat. Then a great church service at night. A perfectly timed reminder of the grace God has given us.

  • Sunday was a early morning too, but this time a long run with the Reston Runners. Wow, were we tired Sunday. 2:15 hr run. But no nap until after we had lunch with Becky and David from church and a bunch of their friends.
I'm tired just typing about it all. But looking back it was a wonderful week filled with new friends. Too bad I didn't take any pictures.

Exercise
Sunday 8/06/06
2.15 hr run
Saturday 8/05/06
56 mile group ride
Friday 8/04/06
5 mile tempo run
Thursday 8/03/06
20min swim - water way too warm
Wednesday 8/02/06
20min warm-up, 10x400's, 5min cool-down

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