kickin ass and takin names :0)

so this past weekend kicked some serious arse and i did a lot of the kickin! friday was nice cause i hung out with traci at sarah's mary kay debut and bought some stuff. headed over to t's for some qt after that but of course had to get up early to get back to the coast for a ride. still had a GREAT night! got up at 7 and got home at 8ish and headed over to sandra's. we hit the road and went down to chula vista/jamul for a long heat ride at honey springs. we headed out on our ride at 10:30 am so we could get as much heat as possible (race specific). ended up doing 42 instead of the 54 cause sandra has some major bike issues. so we resolved to do more mileage on sunday instead. we hit up trek so that sandra wouldn't be bothered by the same issues on sunday's ride. the rest of the night we relaxed at her place and hit the hot tub.

sunday we got started at 11 (again needing the heat) and did a 33 mile ride from her place on torrey to black mtn off the 56. good ride even though our legs were a tiny bit sore/fatigued. we headed out for lunch at las olas and then to my place to pick up my stuff. did a bit o shoppin (i needed a new bikini for the cruise) and then hit the beach. i headed out around 7 to t's again (since i won't see him for a couple weeks - sad yet true).



last night was awesome too! went to see dr. m (who made fun of me for treating my body so badly! he said he fully expected that if i treated my car as badly as my body that he'd see me on the side of the road with smoke and flames shooting out of my engine!) GREAT guy and awesome doc. then hit up dinner with kelly and made plans to go surfing SOON! it was great to see her.....i've missed her!

hope you had a kick ass weekend!
~danban

p.s. love the pic of my baby?? took it post lavaman :0)

and the beating continues

not in a bad way!! this week i rocked! i swam mon, wed, and today (today i even did 500 yds consecutive pull but 700 total)! ran an 8 miler on tues and a 5 miler last night. tomorrow sandra and i are going to do honey springs and make it a 50 to 60 miler. sunday is coach's dad's memorial ride with katie b. after encinitas sprint (i'm just watching). today i set up personal training appts that i'd paid for with my gym membership that should take me from june into the weekend before my half iron. and i got off my butt and made an appt with dr. martinez to fix the ails that keep me from getting stronger and faster! it's amazing what a little fear and motivation will do!

found out that i just forgot that t was in training this week, next week, and the week after. doh! and got a postcard from bry last night from london :0) he also messaged me from italy to tell me what a phenomenal time he's having so far. GREAT to hear from him!! and last night i got my lavaman book in which kicks ass!! yesterday i purchased a new duvet so all in all, making some GOOD changes!! can't wait for the cruise and grad weekend. yes, i'm going to ship my bike with me for the grad weekend. found out today though that i can't bring my bike on the cruise :( yes, my co-workers thought i was nuts for wanting to bring it (all excep cyn of course)!

tonight, time with sarah, bbaker35, and traci! tomorrow, honey springs ride then hopefully time with katie b if she's feeling better. sun, memorial ride and i forget what else. no matter what, GREAT weekend ahead!!

hope yours is rockin too!
~danban

p.s. this pic is inspired from katie b. cause i feel that my blog is boring without now adding pics!! gotta spice it up a bit these days :0)

kickin my own ass

well, i finally decided last night to stop being lazy and start kickin my butt into gear! i went out for a run....figured maybe 5 miles and talked myself into 8 :0) didn't feel at all good at the beginning and then finally found my groove and hit it! wasn't a fast run but it was a good one. was definitely tired at the end (didn't give myself enough nutrition pre-run or during). stretched and relaxed post shower and felt great!! then i got up early this morning and hit the gym to swim. did a lazy 1200 yds but felt ok about it. my swim is by far my weakest sport so i need to get back into the pool three times a week (mon, wed, fri morning for anyone who wants to join). made myself do just under 50% pulling to increase my arm strength so that i won't rely on my legs for vineman. all in all, good coupla days!!

as for the rest of the week, i'll get in another decent run and more swimmin. gonna go hang with sarah on fri night and rock 'n roll marathon on sunday then sunday fun day! a little worried i haven't heard from trouble since he was supposed to be done with work on mon morning.....sent a text and nada. he's better at keeping in contact than this so like any girl, i worry! i'm sure he'll turn up sooner or later :0)

hasta pasta!
~danban

unexpected surprises

well this weekend was full of 'em! started off with friday and the announcement of TJ :0) i'm so excited for ice and tommy! can't wait for their post-baby shower!! then there were the on again off again on again plans with cyn for our slumber party/early morning sat ride. she did end up staying over and we got up at 5 to meet sandra for a ride on sat morning. the ride was good but the run after was brutal. means that i gotta drag my lazy butt out for a long run today! we were done by 11 and headed to naked for some breakfast. after a long (and really good) chat, we headed out. i went home for a shower, nap, then some work :0(

so here's the second unexpected.......katie and matty and nathan drove out from phoenix to visit me!! they got in around 7/7:30 and we headed to tide water to meet up with katie b and katie h. had some dinner and chatted a bit. it was GREAT to have the miller's in town!! so we then headed to my place and put nathan to bed. matt put 300 in and i promptly fell asleep! what can i say, it'd been a LONG day!

sunday was a lazyish morning. nathan woke everyone up around 6:30 but katie and i snoozed til around 8. got up and made some B&G for the kids and then we lazed around til 10:30 ish when we all decided to take a nap! napped for a bit then got ready for the beach!! it was actually sunny outside when we headed to the beach and katie ended up getting a bit of sun. the three of them had a blast at the beach! i have some great pics i'm gonna post up on myspace. anyway, met up with the baker's for lunch at las olas and then hit the beach a bit more. everyone headed out their own ways and i cleaned up and did laundry and relaxed at home.

hope yours was rockin too!
~danban

had to share :0)

seriously hilarious article (click here)

hope you're having a phenomenal day!!

~danban

p.s. sushi and snatch last night was awesome!

oh what a weekend!!

this was seriously a whirlwind of a weekend!!

so fri night went to sushi with cyn, bbaker, sarah, and karlton. picked up some beer and headed back to cyn's. my plan was to stay the night there so we could do an early ride. cyn and i got tired around 5 mins into being back at her house. e dropped by in time for the hot tub. cyn and i hit the hot tub for 5 -10 mins then had to go to sleep cause we were exhausted! no clue when they left but know that they were gone by 1am and the entire case and six pack were gone!

sat morning the filpi's dropped by and we went for a ride through sleeping indian. talk about HILLS! there were seriously 10 miles of hills on this ride. j & d were good to hang in for a while but turned around cause they were wiped. this was their first ride back from lavaman! so, cyn and i did the hills and turned around and did them again and then headed out to the coast on a FLAT ride. all in all, good ride. we showered then headed out with her neighbor to drive the Cal Half course so cyn and i can decide if we want to do that race. interesting character!

after that i headed to bry's to hang for a bit and then back home for a quick sec to change for the filpi's thai dinner :0) the dinner was AWESOME! the show before the dinner was hilarious! the three filpi brothers are a sight to behold when they're cookin together. seriously funny stuff. i swear the filpi's should have their own cooking show!! after dinner, watched gold member then got some interesting texts from trouble! he was d.r.u.n.k!! turns out he'd lost his friends somewhere in a bar in lj and needed a ride home. yes.....home! he needed some stuff from home for his trip to san jose on sun so i was nice enough to drive 'em. finally met tom!! talk about a hilarious dude!!

so sunday i got breakfast made for me :0) took trouble to lj to pick up his stuff from a friend then to the harbor to get his truck. headed then to meet katie b downtown for some shoppin and drinks. had a phenomenal time with her! after shoppin we went to otb and watched the stars game til we were both exhausted. she went home and i went to bry's to watch the last of it. headed out at midnight for home finally!

last night i had dinner with paula which was LONG overdue! it was GREAT to see her :0)

tonight......24 set with jess and sushi with trouble. so far, i'm having a great week!!

lates
~danban