reality comes crashing down

had a great weekend (and productive too). we are christmas ready with some big efforts put in by my lovely bride (cookies, cards). i pitched in by putting the final touches on the gifts and assembling calvin's 'big' santa gift. calvin even got to see santa and while i wouldn't say he was happy about sitting with a strange man with a straggly beard, he didn't freak out either.

training wise i am also very happy with what i was able to do. woke up to a dusting of snow saturday that persisted and kept the roads slick. i opted for a trainer session and managed 1:15 with some higher intensity stuff during the commercials of whatever bowl game i was watching (beef o'bracy famous potato albuqurque bowl???). yesterday i did 3 laps at badger prairie and then rode home via military ridge trail. with a little freezing/snow/thawing that course is going to fool some people who think it is easy. any north facing surfaces were ice covered and anything in the sun was mud on top of ice. really a great cross course.

m: 0:30 (trainer)
t: 0
w: 0:45 (run)
r: 1:00 (trainer, 2 sets of 3x3:00 intervals)
f: 0:45 (run)
s: 1:15 (trainer w/some bursts)
n: 1:30 (to, at and from badger prairie)
total: 5:45

not bad i guess. this time of the year is tough.

i am already having a pretty sweet day. analytical issues over the weekend. interview in 1/2 hour. and i still have to write a review and give two of them. tis the season for the end of the year crunch. the good news is my sis/bro in law will be at my house this morning!

happy monday.