Thursday, February 2, 2012

Strong Woman

Well I guess it would be nice
If I could touch your body
I know not everybody
Has got a body like you

But I've got to think twice
Before I give my heart away
And I know all the games you play
Because I play them too

Oh but I
Need some time off from that emotion
Time to pick my heart up off the floor
And when that love comes down
Without devotion
Well it takes a strong man baby
But I'm showing you the door

'Cause I gotta have faith
I gotta have faith

Baby
I know you're asking me to stay
Say please, please, please, don't go away
You say I'm giving you the blues
Maybe
You mean every word you say
Can't help but think of yesterday
And another who tied me down to lover boy rules

Before this river
Becomes an ocean
Before you throw my heart back on the floor
Oh baby I reconsider
My foolish notion
Well I need someone to hold me
But I'll wait for something more

Yes I've gotta have faith
I gotta have faith

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Get Out

Set me free, why don't you babe
Get out of my life, why don't you babe
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hanging' on
You don't really need me
But you keep me hanging' on

Why do you keep a coming around
Playing with my heart?
Why don't you get out of my life
And let me make a new start?
Let me get over you
The way you've gotten over me

Set me free, why don't you babe
Let me be, why don't you babe
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hanging' on
Now you don't really want me
You just keep me hanging' on

You say although we broke up
You still want to be just friends
But how can we still be friends
When seeing you only breaks my heart again
And there ain't nothing I can do about it

Set me free, why don't you babe
Get out my life, why don't you babe
Let me b, why don't you babe
Get out my life, why don't you babe

You claim you still care for me
But your heart and soul needs to be free
Now that you've got your freedom
You want to still hold on to me
You don't want me for yourself
So let me find somebody else Hey!

Why don't you be a man about it
And set me free
Now you don't care a thing about me
You're just using me
Go on, get out, get out of my life
And let me sleep at night
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hanging' on

Saturday, January 21, 2012

True Love

Folks have asked about my race schedule this year... I'm writing it down so I can have something to point people to!

March 17: Rock'N'Roll National Half Marathon
May 12: San Diego ITU Olympic Distance Triathlon
May 20: Columbia (MD) Olympic Distance Triathlon
June 10: Eagleman IronMan 70.3 Triathlon
June 23: Garrett County Gran Fondo Savage Century (bike only)
July: Regional Championships?? Come on USAT! Time to declare the race venue!
August 18: Age Group National Championships, Burlington, VT
Sepetember 15: Savageman 70.0 (Deep Creek, MD... and WTF?!!!???)

Potentially another 8k or 5k or two...

I don't know about Nations or the Dc Tri yet. I might just massively volunteer.

Wish me luck!

--A

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Better Off Now

Attention
Pay attention
No mention
A sickest array
A mission
An admission
Ignition
Detonate

Oh no don't talk about it
No please don't talk about it
Oh no don't talk about it
Not one more word about it

Oh no don't think about it
No please don't think about it
Oh please don't think about it
It goes away

We made these promises
You made these promises
Erase, Replace
Erase, Replace

We'll make more promises
We'll wait for promises
Erase, Replace
Erase, Replace

A vision
Division
Revision
Recognate
An action
A reaction
Distraction
Question the fate

Oh no don't talk about it
No please don't talk about it

Oh no don't talk about it
It goes away

We made these promises
You made these promises
Erase, Replace
Erase, Replace

We'll make more promises
We'll wait for promises
Erase, Replace
Erase, Replace

Oh, oh we're better off now
It's the only thing left said
Meant for you

Oh, oh we're better off now
It's the only thing left said
Meant for you

We'll make these promises
We'll make these promises
Erase, Replace
Erase, Replace

We'll make more promises
We'll wait for promises
Erase, Replace
Erase, Replace
--Foo Fighters, "Erase. Replace."

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Reap What You Sow

There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch, it's bringing me out the dark
Finally I can see you crystal clear
Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your shit bare
See how I'll leave with every piece of you
Don't underestimate the things that I will do

There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch
And it's bringing me out the dark

The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

Baby, I have no story to be told
But I've heard one on you
And I'm gonna make your head burn
Think of me in the depths of your despair
Make a home down there
As mine sure won't be shared


The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling

We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

Could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside of your hand
But you played it with a beating

Throw your soul through every open door
Count your blessings to find what you look for
Turn my sorrow into treasured gold
You'll pay me back in kind and reap just what you sow

You're gonna wish you never had met me
We could have had it all
Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep
We could have had it all
You're gonna wish you never had met me
It all, it all, it all
Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep

But you played it
You played it
You played it
You played it to the beat.

--Adele, "Rolling in the Deep."

Monday, August 8, 2011

So Fly

"I'm so cool, too bad I'm a loser
I'm so smart, too bad I can't get anything figured out
I'm so brave, too bad I'm a baby
I'm so fly, that's probably why it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time."

--Barenaked Ladies, "Falling for the First Time."

My bike race on Saturday was a bit of a joke… I got dropped by the peloton at the first climb. My heart rate monitor almost exploded. I chased for about 5 miles, found another group that had been dropped and we worked together to try to catch the pack, but they were out of sight. Jumping into bike racing towards the end of the season is humbling. As a relatively successful triathlete I expected I would be able to “hang” for at least one lap of the course. Not so! Bike racing is a completely different beast.

Nonetheless, I was in Shenandoah with my bike, so there was still fun to be had. This was my “race recovery ride.”

I drove east from Luray on Route 211 to Skyline Drive and entered the park at Thornton Gap, near mile marker 31. I biked south.



14 miles from Marker 31 to 45: One hour ten minutes. 1100 feet of gain in the first 5 miles! But… it would all be worth it for the second half of the ride!

14 miles from Marker 45 to 31: Forty minutes. Lots of “whee.” Top speed 53 mph. At times it felt like skiing! The 11-year-old tomboy who crashed skateboards and built forts came to life.



Mile Marker 45:


Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Sweet Mercy!

"With the leg bone connected
to the knee bone,
and the knee bone connected
to the thigh bone,
and the thigh bone connected
to the hip bone.
Oh mercy how they scare!"

--Various Recording Artists, "Dem Bones."

Knee update:

Two thumbs up for acupuncture.

Two thumbs up for a single cortisone injection.

MRI indicated "advanced illiotibial band friction syndrome" (which we all knew) and a touch of arthritis which is probably in both knees because I'm a runner and I'm old. Absolutely no tears of any kind.

Orthopedist: "Go run. Tell me what happens."

I will let you know tomorrow.

:)

Rocketts Landing, here I come.