Love the Life you Live, Live the Life you Love

Today went from a bad day to the best day ever! Chris surprised me and took me to Guitar Center and let me pick out my first guitar! So here she is. She's an Ibanez Zebrawood acoustic guitar and her name is Leopard (Pronounced Lay-o-pard...like the racing team Leopard-Trek) She's simply stunning and I think we'll do great things together.

So this semester I've been spending a lot of time getting excited about graduating from BU and getting out of the city and the northeast in general. I've gotten so wrapped up in the excitement of moving on that I think I've lost sight of all the things I'm going to miss - like the everyday mundane things that make my life at BU awesome. I'm going to miss Saturday mornings hanging out in the suite with my roomies - some of the single best girls in the world. I'm going to miss hearing the Law and Order "DUM DUM" every 2 seconds because Iz hasn't seen all billion episodes and watches it non stop. I'm going to miss hearing 3 different languages echoing through our hallways at any point in time. I'm even going to miss how I can tell which suitee is coming through the door based on how they open it and their footsteps. I'm going to miss spinning in my suite while Nazli, Iz and Diana meander in and out and laugh at how ridiculous I look. I al...

Of all inconsiderate things people can do I think BY FAR the worst, and I mean WORST, thing any person can do is stay in a store after closing hours. No, I may not have worked a full 8 hour shift but, yes, actually, my back, butt, and legs are beyond sore. I'm exhausted from school and track practice and I'm absolutely starving to the point I'm considering actually eating the candy in the breakroom. No, I don't like being at a customer's beckon call....but I will be polite and stick on a smile. Does it personally bother me that your running shoes don't "feel right?" Not particularly. I have an feeling you'll give up on your running New Year's resolution after a week and regress back to the old "I'll work out tomorrow" routine. But I'll pretend I actually care because that's what I'm paid to do. Do I care your ski coat is white so you can't possibly have black ski pants because then you'll look like an oreo slid...

I am absolutely dying...this sounds exactly like a certain boyfriend I know :) Stuff Triathletes Say -me

Well I just got owned by a piece of Rekortan. Tonight was the first track practice of the season before Nationals. What I thought was going to be a pretty easy practice ended up leaving me defeated and limping home from the TTC. Not only is my right calf cramping but my feet feel like they're on fire and somehow I've developed a back spasm. Who knew 5 400m repeats followed by 3 minutes job could be so devastating and damaging? I think I need to get back to track training. Anyway, my times were: 1:28 1:31 1:34 (I stumbled - stupid LAX bros) 1:31 1:29 At least I'm consistent.... So after practice I preceded to eat an entire large Pita, half a bag of pita chips, shower, and now I'm going to fall straight into bed and probably have nightmares of the TTC. love love love, me

While I was sprinting down the Esplanade yesterday I started thinking about how different girls can be from each other. I got on this wavelength of thinking because a girl passed me in all pink running gear wearing Gucci sunglasses and carrying an iphone - now THAT is jogging. To her, that was probably cute. To me, that was definitely stupid. Beyond stupid. She needed to get off my running trail, go to the gym, turn on Oprah, get on the elliptical, and continue not sweating. Ergo, I came up with a list of things that flatter most girls (from girls and guys), and then translated them into things that flatter triathlete girls ( or at least me). You are so beautiful --> You are so fast You are so skinny --> Your calf muscles are huge How do you get your butt to look so good? --> How can I make my quads to look like yours? I really love your purse --> You have sick components on your bike Your outfit is so cute today --> Are those the new Zoot racing flats? Your new iPhone i...

52. Now 52 is a very important number. Not only is it divisible by 2, 4, 13, and 24, but it's also 2 more than halfway to 100 and 16 more than 36. There are 52 weeks in a year and it just so happens to be the atomic number of tellurium. The U.S. Route 52 runs of South Carolina to North Dakota and 52 is the 5th Bell number. Oh and also there were 52 degrees in today's weather. Screw all those other facts - say what?! Yes you heard me right oh ever faithful blog-readers of mine (Hi mom...) Today, January 24, 2012, was 52 degrees out. And to think 2 days ago I forced myself to run 10 miles over snow and ice in teen-temps. Today I wore none other than my Nike shorts and my Triathlon t-shirt. I think I even got a tan. In other news, I also ran a 5k (3.1 miles) in 21:32, an ALMOST record for me. My 2012 goal is sub-21 minutes. So really, 23 days into the New Year and I'm only 32 seconds away! Not too shabby. Must've been that 100+ miles I ran over Christmas break... Not only ...