Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Homeward Bound

Today I watched the classic Homeward Bound while on my bike. The DVD conked out again so it was back to the good ole VCR. I am such a sucker for pet/animal movies. I keep saying Awww! at the most predictable moments. There was this one part in the movie that almost made me hysterical. I have no idea why I found it so funny, but I couldn't stop laughing. I think it was the combo of knowing how my dogs act and pedaling my arse off. For those of you not familiar with movie, let me summarize... A family moves out of town for a while, leaving their beloved pets (two dogs and one cat) at a friend's place way out in the boonies. Said animals get worried about their missing family and decide to make their way home -- over hill, over dale, down a waterfall, crossing rivers, encountering grizzlies and cougars. Anyways, there is this one part where the goofy young puppy catches up with the older, wiser dog, and he says, "Whew! I am too pooped to even poop!" hahahahahahaahahahahahahh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Frig, I am still laughing at that -- Man,I don't think I've ever been that tired, eh? LOL!!!

I recently watched the movie "I Am Legend" and had to pause it when something occurred. I won't give it away for those who haven't watched the movie yet, but after I paused it, I went and pet and kissed Diva and Toby!!! I am such a sucker!!! And I know it! :) :)

Today was my last day of the IG workouts. I was to ride for 2 hours with the main set: 9 x 6 min at 140-150W/4 min at 100-110W. I felt great, so I kept on and put in a total 3 hour ride. Afterwards, I ran 3 miles, then weights, chinup attempts, and a bit of core. Oooh baby, my chinups are getting closer every day!!

Oh yeah - I was on the radio today! I called into the Dave Rutherford show to voice my opinion! HAHAHAHAHAAH!! I guess I have officially crossed the line over into "old farthood" -- I don't think anyone under 50 listens to it!! HAHAHAAHAH!!! :) :) (And I am NOT saying 50 means old fart by default!!)

7 comments:

Susi said...

dude! you are insane! 3 hours on the bike, then a run THEN weights?! hmm, me thinks you are training for the ultraman, not ironman haha.

i totally can't watch most animal movies. i cry like a baby. you should have seen me in tarzan, the legend of greystoke. i was a mess everytime a monkey died!! haha.

Keith said...

I am sooo impressed!

Charlie Browne said...

holy crap julie.....

Julie said...

hahahaha! I don't know what happened to me this year, something just clicked inside and I feel great! I am being very attentive to my body's signals -- getting enough sleep and eating properly. But it WANTS to do more --it is so frigging weird. But I am loving it!!! :):):):)

Jenna said...

An image of Forest Gump just running across the globe comes to mind ..she just runs and runs and runs but she is never too tired to poop...lmao. Impressive training Julie. You make me feel lazy ...ha! I am also getting to the point where I seem to be gettin something from the working out ... like i cna't wait until the next session to push myself a little more. However, I must admit that I haven't reached the point where if the training said do 2 hours on bike and I felt so great that I would do three ... a few minutes here or there maybe but you are clearly ON FIRE.

Cath said...

but you've always been on fire! Good on you - all the work over the last few years coming to fruition hey?! I was going to ask for any hints and tips - but it's really just get out there isn't it?!

Keith said...

I've listened to Rutherford, when I'm out in the boonies on a road trip and can't get any other stations I want to listen to. In one way it's very reassuring. It reminds me that the people I have to deal with are NOT idiots, and that it could be much, much worse.