I'm pregnant!!!!

Ha ha....April Fools!!!! Maybe in a few years...

Well, I did the marathon bike marshall thing on Sunday. It was COLD, but fun. I think I was on my bike (my Paragon 29'er) for about 4.5 hours. I am unsure of how many miles I actually rode because I don't have a computer on that bike, but it was anywhere between 25-35 miles. I rode pretty slowly riding next to friends going back and forth on the race course. It was a fun time even though my heart rate never got up once. I got some good photos of my twin sis (I'll post at some point this week), and of some of my friends I ran into along the way. I had two friends actually do the marathon...AmyLynn (the mountain biker turned roller derby queen) and our friend Jim Smith (Smithers). Crazy people....I saw a lot of people going through all kinds of pain. I did the bike marshalling the first year of the K-town marathon, but Smap and I were positioned on the 1/2 marathon part of the course. We didn't even think about moving on to the rest of the course that year. This year I wish I had taken a whole bottle of endurolytes (sp?) because I gave out the 10 I had in my mtn.bike pack I had with me. I needed more. I also needed more water. On a few occasions, I had to ride back to find bottled water for some poor souls... Luckily Amylynn was carrying a lot of extra endurolytes with her, so I bugged her for some one time after I ran out. Next year I will be a lot more prepared.

So, after the marathon it actually became a pretty Sunday. Too bad for me though. Being out in the cold all morning totally zapped me. I was immobile on the couch for the rest of the day. I did make it out to walk with Mr.Ippon, but I was quickly back on the couch as soon as we got back in the house. Smap was busy installing our new dishwasher that must have taken him 8 hours all together....or it seemed like it. I kept telling myself I was staying inside just in case he needed my help....I had a good excuse to remain on the couch. Actually, he did need my help at one point...I think I handed him a cup from the cabinet so he could drain some water out of the old dishwasher....he he he.

Well, today my brother and sister in law offically start their way back to Tennessee. They are moving back to TN from SAN FRANSISCO. I can't wait! My twin sis left me the month before I got married in 05' for a bigger TN town, so I have been without the extravegance of having a person to hang out with when my husband just won't do. Kate is from the Czech Republic and is super fun. Alex (Smap's youngest bro) is pretty fun too. They both love to ride and camp just like us. Alex even races. Perfect...Smap and Kate can hang with our dogs while Alex and I race. Only kidding Smap if you are reading this. ;-)

So, I am looking at the radar today. I think someone is pulling an April Fool's on Knoxville. They are saying that it is suppose to be stormy weather out tonight, but I just don't see it. I hope not because I need to get some good road miles in today. I haven't been on that bike since....ummmmm....last Tuesday. I have been on my other two mountain bikes 3 times though...and have swam good swims twice, so I think I will be alright. I tell myself that at least. And, I did run from the Knoxville Expo center to my mom's car parked behind the Knox Museum of Art in the rain on Saturday so my sis and mom wouldn't have to get wet. That may have been a half mile run....I am counting that too.

Okay, enough rambling. Fingers are crossed for no rain!