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The word is in. Kim has made her decision and has informed me last week that I am racing Ironman China with her. OK sounds like a hoot to me. I guess it’s crazy hot there in April, so I am digging  a little heat exhaustion. It will give me some flash backs of the good ol days in Houston where I ran my afternoon runs with temps in the 100’s!   The holiday binge eating and drinking is now over and I have been training hard the past 2 weeks. I had such a wonderful time with my family on Long Island. It was some good family bonding, along with lots of great movie watching. By the way my eyes still hurt from watching Marley and Me. Needless to say I made a fool out of myself in the movie theater.  We are having crazy warm temperatures here in Boulder. Today I ran a long run in shorts and a t-shirt and got a little sun burn on my face. More sun to come as Kim, Pre, Aggie, and I are headed down to Tucson for 3 months prior to Ironman China. Kim and I always have a blast training together. We can be in the middle of an interval, going all out, then start laughing at something. Gotta keep it interesting I guess. We are pretty whacky together. On another note, I am very happy to be a part of the Trakkers team for 2009. For those of you who  do not know, Trakkers makes a GPS device which delivers GPS technology in real time. Friends and family members will be able to follow an athletes progress on race day in real time simply by going to the web page. It is truly an incredibly much needed product! Check it out at Trakkersgps.com. Here are some fun photos.   

Kramer kicked my ass yesterday in Boulder, but I made him stop for a photo! 

Here’s a pic of the kidos taking care of Aunt Kim at our last training camp together in Boulder. Funny, I have the Queen bed, but for some reason they always slept on her, I  mean with her!     

And finally, here’s a pic of the kidos ripping apart their christmas present. Better the bear than the tree!.  Aggie is sporting her Princess pillow, which Pre ate an hour later. Now for the funny story of the day. So, I was running on Montauk Highway in Long Island, and I swear I nearly fell over when I saw a sign (right next to a little pond off the busy highway) which read, “Caution, Wildlife Crossing” Being a Boulder girl, I started laughing hysterically as I saw a cute little baby duck and her momma ever so slowly waddle across the street. AHHAAAAHAA . Later, I told my mom about what I saw and she replied,” Yeah those things are viscous!”  It was hilarious!  Ok guys and girls, get your ass out the door and train!