Big Pimpin'

Professional Shelby

So, this conference is mediocre, but the experience I've had in Wichita has been pretty good:) Upon arrival, I learned that our room was no longer available for us, the Hyatt made a mistake, and to make up for it, they gave me and my colleague at hospitality SWEET, errr, suite!


view over the river

DOUBLE doors, how fancy:)

So this morning, I met Cara at 6:30 to run/ride along the river. She volunteered to ride alongside me as I did 7 miles. I was REALLY blessed that she a. volunteered to go with me and b. to have to company and distraction as I logged the miles! She was awesome and great to have as we went under bridges and through wooded areas where homeless people were sleeping and had been. There were some definite shady characters that I wouldn't have felt comfortable doing alone and was glad she had her KEYS ready to KEY someone if needed;) haha! But, have no fear faithful followers, we were safe and smart! A note about the Hyatt--I walked in the hotel lobby looking WET and tired and before I could even navigate to the elevators a women that worked at the front door handed me a bottle of water and smiled! I was touched, it was great because I ofcourse, was thristy! Oh, and last night I got 2 free wifi cards so I can blog to you now LIVE! :)

Conference food: this is a total first for me at these types of conferences! QUALITY food, with excellent flavor and great ingredients! dark greens on a salad! it was good, no ranch alternative for dressing, so naked, but still good!



Vegetarian option was grilled veggies in a pesto sauce with melted/fried cheese on top..not sure about the cheese part, but the veggies were awesome!
What was left, ate it all sans cheese glob on top of plate:)
A little apple fruit tart, nibbled on some of this, but was pretty dry. Well, off to more learning endeavors and shopping/dinner out and big brother later! whoop whoop!

:)

Did that just happen?!

Happy Monday all,

Well, I told the boater's that all the pics yesterday were for the blog and here they are, plus a REALLY interesting story! Thank you Tuttle Creek Lake for your muddy water, interesting/different people and BIG waves:)
It was official White-wife-beater-day, so yes we did coordinate that:) Which, BTW--I HATE that term for a shirt, "wife-beater" I mean seriously?! So I will refrain from using from now on! Anyway, we were "thugging" it like true homes yesterday!


Lainey Kat likes to watch me make faces/dance around with a non-expressive response most of the time, which just encourages me to try harder at dancing or being ridiculous to elicit a response:)I know this picture might look lame, but it was the quickest I could get my camera to take a picture of the crazy-boat as they went away from us! The 2 folks in this boat circled around our lone boat in a cove and challenged us to an "unofficial" dance off. Only, I wasn't quite game because the lady was speaking CRAZY! She told me over and over again that I was lookin' good and that she loved my body--while I, and everyone else, just kinda awkward laughed and waited for them to LEAVE! So, while she was feeling the freedom of the lake she stripped his shirt off and twisted it above her head like a helicopter! Let's just say we all looked at each other and mid-laughted go, "did that just happen?!?!" Ahh, only at Tuttle...

NICE life jacket Gar! Ready to rock! :) (ps--is this pic okay??)

Me LOVING those huge waves:) Thanks Katie and Gar for capturing the action shots!

So just pretend that I'm in the air 'bout 5ft or so flying~ that's what it felt like:) My hands were stuck in their kung fu death grip from holding onto the handlebars to tightly for a while after I got off!

I like to think I'm having a positive influence on Miss Lainey--she's lovin' those veggies:)

Fun day on the water!

I ran 3 + .8 cooldown this morning. It was hard to get up and I could feel the fatigue in my legs and body from the past 2 weeks of 24-26 miles each! I'm hopeful this week is refreshing physically and mentally! I'm off to Wichita for a conference until Wednesday evening! Hope to get some tid bits of good info!

Adios :)

Basically a 1/2 Marathon!

Helloooo blog world! :)

I am writing to you fresh from finishing a 13 mile jaunt that took me all over the great city of Manhattan! If you saw me, I hope I didn't look like I was dying:) Here's some pre and post pics for your viewing pleasure! I feel the pictures create a great recap of the experience..
This face was not going with me:) But she did laugh at my "outfit" and took this pre-pic
Got some sweet gear happening here, new Mizuno top and shorts. Fuel Belt was SUPER necessary for long runs, iPod shuffle, Garmin watch, sweet UnderArmor visor! J laughs at me, but this stuff is super necessary for sweat wicking and hydration!
Ok, so the run was good, slept in a bit until 7 because weather.com said it was still going to be stormy at 6AM so I waited it out! Was a bit concered the night before about my route and if anyone was going to be able to join me and where I would get water. But, after some planning, I felt pretty good about my city route today! I wanted a change of pace, so I ran all through Manhattan down Anderson to Hudson (KILLER hills) to Kimball to N. Manhattan Ave, back to Anderson to Tuttle Creek/Walmart area to McCall to Hayes and DONE! Whew! It was a lot! Glad to be near gas stations where I could hop in and look sweaty (not too difficult) and they'd let me feel up my water! I liked going DOWN hills a lot--it felt great to accelerate and really stride out--the up part felt like I was wading through a swamp--not super encouraging!
I had a friendly visitor at 9 miles that gave me some ICE cold water and much needed mental boost--I unfortunately pushed STOP on my Timer and forgot to start it until I had already done maybe .35--.50 of a mile! Eeek! That can mess with your mental toughness because knowing how much is left is CRUCIAL for me:) So, I just tried to focus on my route and GET DONE! Finished just over 2 hours, like maybe 2:05-ish:) Here's some post pics--note the dirty shoes from wading through some swampy sidewalks and general wetness!


Love the Mizuno Wave's--they are really great, I have 2 pairs that I alternate with!
LOVE chews--so much better than nasty-GU! I told you Ben S...I'm off the GU for life:)
Post-run Nutrition: Green monster and some coffee to feed my caffeine addiction!
Going, going...
GONE!
And skunk-brain/face is back in the house! His smell is tolerable from about 2 feet away:) He likes to sit and wait for me to get done blogging so we can play--or he can play with J! LOVE SmartWater!
That's all for now, time for the pool and relaxation!!
Have a great weekend all! :)