Forward Progress

I'm always making forward progress.

In school I'm working towards these last two assignments that are due Friday. Little bits at a time, that's how I work. Break the assignment down into chunks and attack it like that. It's more manageable that way.

In training, I'm super consistent right now. I've gotten a lot of volume in this week (4.5 hours of cycling, plus probably another hour tonight, and about 4 hours and 10 minutes of running). Ya I know, no swimming, but don't fret, I'll really kick that in AFTER the marathon. The cycling right now is for some extra cardio and it benefits my running more than swimming does, aaaaaaand the bike is right in the basement, so really convenient.

I've been doing a lot of reflecting these past few days. DAMN have we done a lot in the past year and a half, it's crazy to think of it all! And we've done SO much in the 4.5 years we've been together.

Jared and I were talking about where we were when 9/11 happened. I remember being at home and waking up and coming downstairs and dad had the TV on. He was home off work for some reason and he was watching the news. It was crazy, and then we saw the second hit! i couldn't believe what I was seeing, tragic. I remember going over to Kenny's place and he was washing his car, and then we watched more of the news coverage at his place. I couldn't believe what was happening, it was so surreal. I had class that day, one of my first days at University, and we discussed it further in the lecture. That was 8 years ago. 8 YEARS AGO! Jesus. I've been in post secondary education mode for almost a decade? This is ridiculous! Annie was 3 years and DONE and she's super successful! Why has it taken me 8 years?! Ah well, I guess it's all a part of not being "normal" right?

I love writing and I love sports. I love all sports, but obviously I love triathlon and running most. A dream job would be as a journalist for a magazine like Triathlete, or Triathlon mag canada, or runner's world or iRun... who knows, maybe I'll work towards a journalism degree while teaching primary school. Maybe not. Whatever. I'm just so incredible passionate about this stuff.

This was supposed to be an Australia blog.... ooops. Jubes is watching netball right now, like basketball but no backboard. It's a "girl's sport". It's on TV.