IronMatron

First, I think I forgot to post here that I was quoted as Elizabeth Weil's run coach in the March issue of Vogue. How cool is that? I'm just letting you all know so you can run out and buy the March issue before the April issue takes over the stores. haha! It's a great little article. I'm super proud, and also flattered to be included. Liz, you may remember, wrote the Dara Torres biography. She also recently wrote a really incredible article on marriage for the New York Times Magazine.

She is a great writer. And thinker. And person.



On the training front:
I've gotten outside on the bike three times in the last week or so, and today will be the fourth.  I've done some longish rides (for me) -- one of 75 and one of 81 miles. They were both good, but slow. On Tuesday I had a little spill, though. After our big hurricane-like storm over the weekend, the roads were flooded all over the place--even on Tuesday, after the storm had passed. I had to go through a puddle that covered the span of the road. I hit a rock, or a pothole, or something, and I went down. I didn't get hurt. I wasn't going fast, and I was able to catch myself a bit with my right leg which I got unclipped. But I got WET. I was only 1.5 hours into an 80 mile ride, and I was so so so so bummed. My feet never dried and were totally numb within minutes of the fall.

Ah well.
It's still better than the trainer.
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Sometimes the kids steal my Iphone and take pictures. I just downloaded a bunch and some of them are -- interesting. Snapshots of nothing that capture daily life somehow.Or maybe they just capture something of MY life--which may or may not be of great interest to those of you out there!
Anyway.

We had gray weather for a very long time in the early part of March. This is the Oak in our front yard, complete with a squirrel nest.  Not sure who took these. Probably Lara, because she steals the Iphone the most of out of my kids.

 And here is shot of the front yard in March. God... so ugly and swamp green.

This is a self portrait of Lara. You can see how when she looks inward, as she is doing in order to take the picture, her eyes begin to cross.

 Here is another portrait of Lara, probably taken by Noah.(Jordan is a little better with the camera.)

These are shots that Noah took when I took the kids candlepin bowling last week. Lara is getting ready to bowl, and then Jordan and Lara watch as the ball slowly, slowly makes its way down the alley.

 Linus, the old man, sleeping.  At nearly 14 years old, this is basically what he does all day and night.
Not sure who took this one, either.

And this is Linus after being let out to wander the yard, probably in February at some point. You can see that whoever took the picture was taking it through the window--you can see the screen.

And this is me, going to get Linus who is wandering around the yard. Where is my coat?  There was a series of like 20 pictures on the phone of this. Riveting....

This was taken by Lara last week at the playground. We took John, Noah's neighbor and one of his best friends. John's in the cap. They are 3 days apart in age and look like brothers, even though Andy and I look nothing like his parents. I love this picture, because men don't hug like that--just boys. I think John is actually pretending to strangle Noah.

There are about 1000 more pictures taken by them. Many of them are just blurred snapshots of the floor, or of a foot, or of the mailbox.
I think the top two--of the Oak stenciled against the gray sky, really speaks to the mood of this month. Judi mentioned to me at the beginning of the week that I have been so serious lately.
I think it's the gray.

I ache for the daffodils and a few tufts of green.