some things

3 things that have gone on in the past month in The Life of Courtney, and 2 things to come:

1) I did my first triathlon in approximately 4 years, surprisingly i didnt drown!!:



2) i also experienced, for the first time, what it feels like to blow up in a 5k. my mile splits were 6:30, 7:30, 6:55 and i almost regurgitated to pull out that last STUPID SEVEN MINUTE MILE. Epic Fail.

This is Karl and I being stalked by the paparazzi as we talk strategy pre-race, should have stopped caffeinating myself at this point:




3) my awesome, awesome boyfriend got me the new MacBook!!! this probably should be number one on my list, because without it, this blog entry could not happen!! i feel all technological and hip on it!




and 2 things to come:

I am doing RAGNAR Boston in September with 5 Twitter-ers (Tweeters? Tweeple?), we are running from New Haven to Boston. Josh and Jamie are on the team, too. Its going to be kind of awesome:

6 people
1 van
180 miles
Sept 11-12

What could possibly go wrong?

And last, I am graduating in a month. So squeeze in youre free massages while you can. Once Im licensed, thats it!! If you want this to be you (Except, you wont be in a hospital, I wont be grinning like a maniac, and youll be laying down as opposed to sitting), email me now!

i need to get with the blog updating!!

im trying to cram a lot into the next 2 months: a lot of clinic hours, a lot of internship hours, and a lot of classes. all of this so that i can graduate july
10th!!

will try to be more regular in the updates, but for now: i did my first track workout of the year today and it was awesome! i went to a new track, and was worried it wasnt actually 400 around, because of my times. but on review of my garmin: .25 exactly. this means that all this zone 1 running is paying off, because my 400 times were faster than when i was training for philadelphia and in peak shape. yesss!!

and though that track now has good memories for me, i will not be going there again. very sketchy area. plus side: during my 20 min warm-up, a guy drove his van beside me really slowly and said "hey lady, need a ride?". and it turned out to be my friend tim!! i havent seen him since the hyannis half (i think?) so that was exciting!!

im having a small calf/shin issue right now. the good news: the ridiculous amount of anatomy smushed into my brain right now allows me to deduce that it is adhesions in my posterior tibialis muscle radiating pain all the way down my tibia. the bad news: it hurts, A LOT!! so there has been a lot of ice, stretching, and massage in this house! ive never had calf issues before, so not sure what caused it. wore a new pair of shoes today to see if that helped (it did) and getting a massage on thursday night in shrewsbury.

tomorrow...massaging at a hospital in war-town for doctors/nurses week (or something). UGH!