out of commission

Thought I was out of commission for a bit when my beloved iMac didn't restart after an update. Not knowing what to do, I got on the Apple website from the Macbook and quickly scheduled an appointment with the "genius bar" at the Apple store in International Mall in Tampa. Not that going to this well-appointed mall is a bad thing, but we had spent the previous evening in New Tampa at a party with people we do a lot of our hill rides with. Because of that outing, we decided, smartly, to get a hotel room nearby and then drive 15 minutes to the hills (as opposed to 60 from the house) on Saturday morning. So, anyway, we had a nice ride in the hills though someone, namely me, had imbibed too much at said party and didn't feel so great. I got through the 54 mile ride (2500 feet climbing) happy that I didn't fall over. I wasn't looking forward to our trip back out to Tampa after we got home from ride/party/stay over but knew my beloved computer was ill. Got to the crowded Apple store and thank goodness we had an appointment! The lovely Genius bartender got my baby up and running in 30 minutes and a short lecture later about backing up, updating and whatnot, we were leashed upon mall world. Unfortunately, or fortunately for my wallet, I wasn't in any mood to shop. We ended up in a fun sports bar watching NFL playoff football with a couple of Kona beers (miss them dearly) and suddenly feeling really tired. Went home, had dinner that the Dane whipped up and fell asleep on the couch.....sad! We did, however, discover there is a Great Horned Owl living in the tree in our backyard and we love to stare at him while he does, well, nothing but sit there. But it is amazing to see how big he is when he flies off his perch.
We had overall, a really good week of training, especially biking - got in more miles than I normally do for an Ironman week! No wonder my legs are dead. We have a couple road races upcoming, for me a 10K in a couple weeks and the Dane is doing a half marathon the same weekend. I'm not doing the half marathon for many reasons which I don't care to go into here but anyway, I feel a 10K is better for my training at this point. The Dane killed us in the hills yesterday then again today on the group ride but we're all better for it! I hope! My household trophy is not long for this world....
Hoping everyone had a healthy and safe New Years - we were sleeping through it as usual.
Training with Aloha!