Just Didn’t Tri

Saturday was a lazy day in preparation for today’s triathlon. I spent the morning with a bag of kettle corn browsing the Winter Park farmer’s market and people watching on a bench on Park Ave.

In the afternoon I attended a three hour heart opening workshop at Guruv Yoga. It was a mixture of practice, learning, trying and laughing. I was able to get into many poses that I never thought possible (thanks to their direction and encouragement). What I took from that workshop will definitely encourage me in all future practices.

After yoga my mom, brother Harrison and sister Kendall came to visit me! All my family lives over two hours away and this was the first time they came to se where I love. It was great! First stop was Dechoes where my mom and I sorted through some crazy things to find a few gems.

I have two favorite vegan restaurants in Orlando: Infusion Tea and Ethos Vegan Kitchen. They had already tried Infusion Tea, so yesterday it was time for Ethos- the greasiest, yummiest vegan food around!

This was my family’s first time at an all-vegan restaurant like this, so it was really fun ordering our food. I made sure Mom got my favorite, the “What’s the Dilly, Philly?” and the kids ordered pizza with sausage, pepperoni and tomatoes as their toppings. We also got a salad to share around the table.

Everything was incredible! The family couldn’t believe there were no animal products in any of the dishes. The pizza was creamy, crust was perfect and sausage so flavorful. I had most of my sandwich… plus some salad and pizza :)

I love eating at regular restaurants as a vegan, but sometimes it is fun to show others all the possibilities within a vegan diet. I’m glad they loved everything so much :)

Of course I had to fit in some restaurant yoga! My mom said I need to stop posting photos of my butt in the air so I did a simple standing pose. ;)

And crow! Can’t resist.

Dinner got even more interesting when Kendall lost a tooth! I hope the tooth fairy was good to you, Kendall!

It was an awesome evening with my family :) After dinner I grabbed some Jeremiah’s with a new friend. Jeremiah himself was actually there serving the guests. It felt like I was meeting a celebrity! He tried to open me up to new flavors but I stuck with my favorite: a small mango/coconut.

Just Didn’t Tri

This morning I was registered to compete in the Moss Park Olympic Triathlon. I always dream about oversleeping and missing a race, and this morning (even with two alarms) the nightmare came true. I woke up at 6:30 a.m. when the race started at 7:00 a.m. and is 45 minutes away.

I’ve been preparing for this and visualizing myself competing (and doing very well) for about two months now. I studied the course and who else was competing. I ate a ton for extra energy. All my bags and bike were packed. Heck- I even paid $90 for it!

I can’t explain how disappointed I felt when waking up and realizing what had happened. I cursed (and I never curse). Then I moped and went through every emotion out there. Then I realized that even in the toughest moments happiness is a choice. Moping will do nothing for the tri situation except make it worse.

I am going to use this experience as the one time I oversleep and miss a race. Honestly, I’m glad it was a shorter-distance tri and not an Ironman or marathon!

Today I plan on completing all three legs on my own. The day goes on!

Have you ever overslept and missed a race? Do you have any trouble sleeping before a race?