Simple Purple and Skinny Jeans

A simple day in the office. I started out dressed like this- was about the leave the house then it started raining so threw on a bright pink little cardi and a flowery wraparound scarf. So much for sleeveless.That's okay, sometimes I wonder how appropriate it is to wear sleeveless in the office anyway.

What do you think of sleeveless tops at the office? Yah or Nah?

Riding in the Rain

This is what I wear when doing a longish ride in the (spitting) rain.  150 km today. Now I shower, eat, nap then get up and make dinner.  Sunday is a long run in the morning, and a short run in the later afternoon. In between we are going to a fundraiser a friend is organizing to raise money for music therapy.

What adventures are you getting up to this weekend?

Stripes

Me: "Honey can you take my outfit photo?"
Him: "Sure"
Me: "Let's see it.  EWW I look huge in this top"
Him: "Everyone that wears a top like that looks huge"
Me:  <no response>

While I think this top is cute (on the hanger) I do think its going in the bag to consignment.  Photos ARE telling :)-- I've worn it a few times now and still keep meaning to get rid of it.

Do you have something you keep even though you know it isn't flattering on you?

Plain Jane working from Home

The days I work from home I'm highly productive. I'm up early anyway and if not training then I get to work right away (6am -ish).  My best ideas come during these early hours. I'm definitely a TEAM MORNINGS kinda gal.   It's also nice because there's no  need for make up any fancy hair.  It's just me and my two little fuzzy white helpers at home all day :)

What about you? Do you have a job that allows you to work from home occasionally? Are you more productive or more distracted when working from home?

Pink and Red

I've had this skirt forever. So long that I have taken it in 2 x and hemmed it to 2 different lengths over the years. Outdated? Maybe. Not sure.  I must admit I love pink and red together.  I will end up being a member of that group of old ladies that wear the red hats and purple. I think its the Red Hats Society or something like that :)

Here's a question to ponder:

Some people can buy inexpensive clothing and when they wear it they look like they are dressed in expensive clothes.  Others can buy expensive things but it looks cheap.

What's the secret?

Training Attire

Okay, I am tired of those fashion blogs that end up posting the majority of their posts as household DIY's, baby pictures and recipes. While there is great information, I subscribed for the fashion, not the other stuff.  So here I go and post training photos not fashion.  The truth is, I haven't had much time to take fashion photos and my fashion is nothing inspiring these days.  I have been training for a big long distance race  (photos are from a 4 day training camp me and BFF created for ourselves) and basically my weeks look something like this:

Wake up 4:30 am.  Bed 8:30 pm.

Monday- swim 8-10 km (yes, thats correct- swimming for approximately 3-3.5 hours)
Tuesday- bike 2 hours
Wednesday- swim 6- 8 km   Wednesday night- run drill clinic
Thursday- run 2 hours
Friday - swim 6-9 km
Saturday- bike 7-9 hours
Sunday- run 3-3.5 hours and sometimes do a 2 hour run in the morning, then 2 hours in the afternoon.

Little time for much else. We finally caved in and hired a guy to mow our lawn for the next 2 months until our race is over.

Housecleaning happens in spurts in the evenings.

I'm getting lean though :)

How are you doing?? What's getting your time and attention these summer days?

Nautical

Like my sunglasses? ha ha. They are HUGE. so big they slide down my nose. Oh well. $0.50 at the Thrift store so I can't really complain. Even though I am :)

We've had 1 week off of training since our big 60 km run and ride weekend and its been exquisite! Time to go for long beach walks first thing in the morning before work and even do some photography. It's been a real treat.  I had the day off yesterday and spent the entire day working in our garden. Heaven.

Gracey recently posted about wearing white jeans and I commented that I had never even owned any. This is about the extent of the white pants situation for me and even at that when I wear these about 1 hour into the outfit they get all bagged out in the bum and knees and have no shape to them.  I think I am just not lucky with pants anyway.  I'm also breaking the fashion rules as I am not 'supposed' to wear tops like this that lack any waist definition.  Yes. I am bad. Bad to the bone.

Training Weekend

Snapshot of my weekend:

Saturday- run 60km (Yes, my shorts are animal print :)
Sunday - ride 120 km (got to wear my new Sugoi riding shorts and jersey!!)
Monday- NO workout... ahhhhhh

Coral TShirt

I ate  2 breakfasts this morning. Why you ask?  I had a piece of sprouted grain toast with almond butter at 5am then swam 8.5 km at the pool. Came home. Made steelcut oats and ate them with the canned peaches we made last summer and some almonds. Then made a killer decaf americano (I drink these black).  Then off to work I went. I had a bunch of coffee meetings and since Friday is casual day I wore my jeans and tshirt with this cute new scarf.  I actually found this scarf at London Drugs of all places and it was on sale so I scooped it up in attempt to get a little more girly stuff in my wardrobe.  

I don't know if you noticed though (I hadn't) that I am still wearing my sport watch.  It wasn't until the end of the day when I met with my coach that he pointed it out and laughed and said " you know your'e an athlete when you wear your sport watch all day". hah ha.  I have a GPS in this watch however so its very cool to train with- nice to track my mileage and download the stats at the end of the work outs- it shows you a map of elevation and everything.

Anyway, I love this coral color and will look for more of it!!  Happy Weekend. I am off to ride 200 km on Saturday as part of my training. Fingers crossed for blue skies :)

Black Red White

At the risk of sounding like I am full of sh*t I am going to share with you what I did this weekend anyway. Partly because I am still trying to believe it myself. That I am now at this level of fitness is so exciting and baffling at the same time.

On Saturday I rode my bike 180km immediately followed by a 22km run.  Had a shower, ate some Pad Thai, visited with my teammates and went to bed. On Sunday I rode back home 180km.  This morning (Monday) I then ran another 22 km before work.  I  then rode my bike downtown and back to my office twice (for 2 separate meetings).  My legs are a little sore now.  I have actually built up to this kind of training and if anyone ever would have told me I could do this I would have laughed in their face.  Anyway- I also SHOULD be at this level at this time of the season given the races I'm training for. I will be doing several ultra races this year so I'm beginning to feel more and more confident that I can actually accomplish this.

Anyway, I wore flat shoes to give my feet a nice cushy break from tight fitting heels :)