Saturdays

The weekend. I'm not 100% sure how I feel about weekends... usually I am on the fence when it comes to Saturdays and Sundays. Yes, come Friday afternoon I look forward to a break, but then I realize that my weekends are often more productive than my weeks!

Saturday is the BIG day. A long ride and usually followed by a swim. I love my long rides, there is something about exploring the area and seeing new sights that always makes me happy. Unfortunately, I don't always love the process of getting my butt in gear to get out the door. If it's a down pour, snowing, or freezing I tend to be a wimp and set up my trusty trainer. But yesterday was a pretty big (and well worth it!) exception for me. Not thinking that the snow was going to melt overnight, I planned on spending my 3.5hrs watching LOTR movies.... my newly decked out road bike, with super awesome fenders was going to have to wait. Turns out the heavy rain melted all of the snow and left clear roads, and to make things better I had two great athletes, Emma and Alex, who also wanted to ride. The ride was great- one of the best that I have had in a long time! Cycling through periods of ridiculously hard rain, patches of snow/slush and chasing the blue sky made me feel like a super hard core roadie. The only downside to the day was waking up with a small tickle in the day of my throat. Fast-forward to saturday post swim and that tickle morphed into a sore throat/cough, and now by sunday morning I have no voice. Time to bust out the oil of oregano, probiotics and buckleys. Some sleep will help too!

Hope everyone is happy, healthy and enjoying their weekend!