Wow! It's been a while....

Wow! These past couple months have had me running! We've been running races at Zaca, attending Cooper's swim meets for Cabrillo, and getting things ready for summer. I have absolutely no idea where the time went since April.

The one thing I have managed to do is lose the 10 lbs I gained over the last 2 years. My goal is to get that last 5 lbs. down. I've never had to track what I eat, but decided to give it a try. It really made me tighten the mindless munching between meals and that's all it took. Thank God! I feel so much better. I highly recommend using the Spark People website for nutritional tracking. It worked for me. I only use it to track my fitness and nutrition. The website is HUGE and is designed for many motivational purposes. I'm a KISS person (keep it simple stupid) so it's working for me. the other cool thing I found on this site is the recipe calculator. When i make something really good and healthy, I can get the nutritional info. calculated. It's so cool.

Well, we just finished the last of our "Road to Mammoth" races. I was approached by a girl who was a little into herself for her first race. I'm not a super competitive person, but if one get's super cocky, then I get a little blood pumping extra in my veins. This girl asked what I race, "...women's big bikes?" I told her I race 40+ Novice with my guy friends, as no women ever show up, and if one does, they usually stick us on the track with the 85cc riders. (The guys are all in their 40's and up and some are experts, so it makes the race much more fun and exciting.) She said she's only 22 (mind you I'm 44...tomorrow.) I told her nobody would protest if she wanted to race with us....so she did. Then she added she's only been riding for 2 months, "....but I'm good." Deep inside I was like, "bring it on."

Well...she was pretty good for her first race and being on the bike for only 2 months; however, I got her on the first moto. I'm sure it helped that I'm much more familiar with the track. Second moto, however, after the first two laps I made the mistake of taking an outside line on a turn before a jump. She got me on the inside. I gassed my biked as I tried to pass her on certain lines I knew I could take her on. I tried to pass her on a couple lines, but this big guy we lapped kept getting in my way. Finally, I got her on the inside of another turn and gassed the heck out of my throttle. I got a distance away from her, but kept rockin' to the finish. Our track is 1 1/4 miles long...and there was a point where I was holding on so tight I could feel the bike getting away from me. I beat her...then we hung out for a while and agreed that she did an awesome job for her first race, and that I wasn't too bad for an old lady twice her age. I admitted she'll be getting me sooner or later, but not without a fight, then I handed her a 2nd place trophy (even though we were in a race with 6 other guys.) We laughed and the guys I work with told me that we had one of the best battles of the day. I have so many "brothers" there....'twas a good day!!!

My job with Jr. Lifeguards starts this week so I'll be busier than ever. Plus a couple guys and I are hosting a Father's Day Ride Weekend Campout at Zaca over the 20th & 21st. Busy! Time to tet the motorhome ready.

Until next time....have a wonderful summer!