Let's Celebrate!

Happy Hump Day!!

Rev3 Anderson was spectacular!

with Coach Shapie

It's been a busy week around these parts. Last weekend I returned from a spectacular couple of days of hanging with my Rev3 peeps down in SC for the Anderson race. I've been to SC before but never this far inland--close to Georgia and Tennessee. It was very rolly and I cannot wait to go back and ride with teammate, Robin!

team

Me with Sean and Holly

quite the view from the race expo/finish line!

I have a ton of really fun stuff coming up for YOU! SO....Let's just get right to it. I'm excited and I cannot wait to share something super duper cool with y'all!

I met a really talented artist in one of my bootcamp classes last year and I found out that she is an artist and creates CUSTOM jewelry. When one of my athletes achieved several distance milestones, she made a beautiful necklace with tags of the distance and a manta and a bead of the athletes birthstone. The necklace is on a rubber cord and looks fabulous!! It came out beautiful and I was super pleased.

Renee is currently creating a very special 140.6 tag to add to my TriBling necklace!! I cannot wait to see it.

Let me introduce you to Old Pool Glassworks and Renee (say ree-knee not ren-ay) and her talents!

Her talents are not limited to jewelry-this is a beautiful mirror frame-
Would love this in my family room!

Renee has so generously offered up her talents and beautiful custom work for ONE lucky MMM reader.
How totally exciting is that??



So you will get to consult with Renee to create a one-of-a-kind custom stamped piece for you!!

If you are local or want to come visit beautiful Biddeford Pool, Maine then plan a trip to her studio and check out her STUDIO SALE this weekend, Oct 25-27th. 

So how can you enter to win?? It's easy!!

You must leave a comment for EACH entry, please. Failure to do so will only lessen your chances of winning since you get ONE entry for each method!

1) Go give Old Pool Glassworks a like on Facebook! 

2) Tell me what your custom stamped piece will say and why.

3) SHARE THE NEWS! One entry per method and one entry per day can be earned. You can leave just one comment with the number of entries for each way you shared. Please leave a new comment each day you share. 

• Tweet about this giveaway
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• link on Facebook
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4) Tell me what you next BIG GOAL is...

5) If you can attend the studio sale OR purchase any Old Port Glassworks piece online, earn 5 additional entries!! 

THE FINE PRINT:

Entries will be accepted until midnight on Thursday, October 31st~all entries will be verified and the winner will be chosen at random from all qualified entries. 

FTC Disclosure: I am not being paid or compensated in any way, shape of form for this blog post. All opinions are mine and this giveaway is simply a way to celebrate today with Old Port Glassworks who is generously donating the gift to celebrate with me! Thank you Old Port Glassworks!! 

Execution

As far as being coached as an athlete, I think I am pretty easy to deal with...

Coach gives me work.

I do work. 

Simple.
No excuses.
Just Do It.

As I mentioned last week, we {we as in Me + Sharpie} moved into a new phase of training this month and it is certainly keeping things challenging and interesting for sure. It was not until mid-week when I finally sat down and really got a good look at what was planned for my weekend. 
Not gonna lie, I was a little like "oh crap" this is gonna be a tough weekend. Saturday was more of a LONG training session vs. hard intensity and Sunday was just straight up "embrace the pain". Words like "hang tough" and "the pain lasts for a short period" echoed loudly in my Training Peaks block.
Back to back, long and hard.
Let's do this! 

I learned my lesson a few weeks ago when I was doing too much work/teaching AND training so I made sure to back off as much as I could in the days leading up to the weekend with my classes. When my Friday cycling class had a time trail scheduled, I just spun easy. I did nothing but lead in Boot Camp and went into the weekend as fresh as I could be. 

Saturday was a long run then a long bike-the run was awesome! I got out with my training buddy Marc...and the hubby joined me for his first long run. 

We ran down by the beach and it was crazy how huge the waves were!! I'd never seen waves like that in the absence of a storm--this picture does not do it justice--they were 10 foot high at least!

Fortunes Rocks

Hubbs, Me and Marc

Right after the run, it was onto the bike for some aerobic work and build sets. My legs felt like garbage to start but after about 30 mins of cycling or so, I was in a groove and before I knew it, done!
Executed as directed. I made sure to spend a little time in my NormaTec recovery boots Saturday afternoon, ate really well and hydrated.

Sunday was the hard bike session and since there was so much to concentrate on, it really flew by. There was no way I could rely on my current trainer entertainment-watching Breaking Bad on Netflix-so it was music. Hard music. Some angry rock. Some inspirational songs. 
Boom...hill...done. Another hill, *smack* now YOU'RE my b!tch hill...on and on and DONE> 
Executed as directed.
And it wasn't that bad. I mean, I like to climb. I like those hurt sessions. This one hurt a little but not enough to leave a scar. 

The one thing that did hurt the most was how hungry I was when done. I had no patience for cooking and I wanted something not so good for me....the hubbs suggested Red Robin for burgers and once he said burgers, there was only one thing I wanted:

FIVE GUYS 

patiently waiting on burger goodness

 I chowed my burger and fries and then we walked around the Old Port for a bit, stopping into a little candy shop that had THE BEST pistachio fudge I've ever had. Ok, also the only pistachio fudge I've ever had but I am NOT a fudge fan and this was Fan-Freaking-Tastic. If you are ever in the Old Port in Portland ME, stop into The Old Port Candy Co.

The Pirate, The Hubbs and The Lola

This weekend's training session taught me 

not to underestimate myself 

or fear a workout. 

What lessons have you learned from training lately?