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

workin for the weekend

that's right - WAY too much work this week. the difference is my approach to it. yes, i'm working in the evenings BUT i'm not giving up my workouts. yesterday i took the night off cause my legs were toast. seriously sore from the horrible half i ran/walked on sunday. my slowest time YET! which is what got me thinking about the fact that i have to get the work/non-work balance more.....balanced! if i can feel that terrible on a run that basically mirrored my half iron, i've got to get my arse movin!! SO got in a good paced 4 mile run tonight with some seriously good stretchin. tomorrow gonna swim cause it's my weakest sport as of now. on saturday have a good long ride with the filpi's and cyn. seriously excited about this week's worth of workouts and hangouts!! OH and seriously seriously exciting........fondue with the filpi clan on thurs night :0) it's gonna be a GREAT week cause I say so!! now hopefully next week i can work in a heroes night.....!

done with bs

this is it kids - my bs capacity is at max. there's been a ton of it at work and i am more than fed up. i'm definitely done with people who are takers ....... always takers. if you can't bother to find out what's up with me when i know plenty about what's going on in your life, then i'm done. there's no reason for me to run around keeping others happy when there is no reciprocity. this is true of all relationships ...... family, friends, work..... all relationships. i don't mind sacrificing my time occasionally for relationships but won't do it if it's demanded. no one demands anything from me but me. don't get me wrong, i LOVE my fam and friends. i've just go no room for bs and people who attempt to serve it to me any longer. said my piece and now i'm done!

going for TP hill repeats with the filpi's later and am VERY excited about that :0) will have an awesome night cause i choose to. and i choose not to work. hope you have a great one too!

~danban

joe's bday party pics posted

just an fyi - pics from friday night of joe's bday party have been posted on my myspace page. feel free to go and check 'em out :0)

so exhausted today but had a great night with trouble last night. excited about 24 set with jess today and then lots and lots and lots and lots of sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

~danban

back in the saddle :0)

yes i know i haven't gotten you a race report yet but it will happen!! so this weekend rocked!! friday night was our LMR night out for joe's b-day. we went to heather's after work and she made some phenomenal food. we had tons o jello shots (thanks to cyn) and hit the party bus. the bus had a stripper pole btw! yes, every employee hit the pole at some point during the night myself included!! we hit the hard rock hotel and had a cabana which was cool. cyn and i went straight down to the dance floor and stayed there for 2 to 2 1/2 hours. when we came back up to the cabana we were told that we were being asked to leave!! apparently someone had passed out in the cabana and then made his own restroom somewhere on the premesis!! oops! so we bussed it back home and then headed back to our homes. GREAT night :0)

saturday was a definite sleep in considering that i went to bed at 4 or 4:30. didnt' end up riding with sandra and ash. hung out with bri and got my bike back :0) i seriously missed it!! went over to trouble's house that night and made dinner which is something i rarely get to do. so i went out in style!! made lemon dill tilipia on a bed of rice with baked veggies and a spinach salad. we had berries with a dash of sugar for dessert while watching the ufc! another GREAT night :0)

yesterday kicked arse too! so left the boonies at the ass crack and headed home to grab my stuff before heading to the train station. the plan was to take the train to capistrano and bike back. well the train wasn't running so we forged our own path!! lots of hills and many hollas later, we got back to our cars happy with ourselves. (our route http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1817729) went home and did some laundry and cleaned the gu off my bike and got ready to go pick up kuu. she and i headed to the finale party and hung out for a while til we were freezing. headed back to the hood for some hot tub and ace of cakes :0) all in all, GREAT weekend!!

~danban

work got in the way.....NO more after today!

yes, i've let work get in the way the last two days but NO MORE (after tonight). i have a deadline to get a very large somethin somethin out the door for a demo on monday and it will be done. and i will get up and workout with michele at 5:30 and make the most of tomorrow. i will get my torrey pines repeats in on saturday cause i refuse to have a bad half marathon a week from sun :0) i'm excited about this race season and will get enough sleep tonight to begin my three week training-fest with style! oh and this weekend may be packed and i know it'll be GREAT!!!!

more soon
~danban

it's official!!!!!!!

i am OFFICIALLY a Vineman 70.3 competitor!!!!!!! today was THE day that they accepted my app and i'm off the waiting list. sandra and ashley and i are planning out the week and i'm going to start bugging trent to come up with a plan of action for us! so far we're looking good and feeling phenomenal about the race. we have 13 weeks - yes 13 WEEKS! we're talking lodging and transportation and all the good stuff to get ready to get our asses there. we're introing into our hot and hilly weekend rides with good ole iron mtn to begin the battle! we're not fucking around this time and we're pumped to get riding. as soon as i heard the news i wanted to start running around the building!! gots to work now but will definitely be writing more :0)

~danban

p.s. here's the current week's schedule

today: 24 set with jess and a light run
tomorrow: swim in the am and 7-10 miler in encinitas area
thurs: tp hill repeats (running) in the pm
fri: cove swim or early am swim (depending on pm plans already committed to)
sat: afternoon bike (light to save legs for sun)
sun: iron mtn brick