Post-Race Overeating

I realized today that post-race overeating is a bit of a problem for me, especially when I travel out-of-town for competitions with friends in the club. After the marathon in Duluth, we had a big Tex-Mex lunch at Little Angies (oh the fat) followed by an encore barbeque dinner at Famous Dave's (yet more fat). Breakfast on the next morning for an all-you-can-eat brunch buffet at the revolving restaurant in the Radisson Hotel. A little excessive, don't you think? We really didn't exercise all that much to justify burning off all these food...

ML and I drove to the Thunder Bay airport for our flights back home immediately after brunch. The weather was not great and we were running late with merely minutes to spare before last call for boarding. I didn't want to be delayed by another 10 minutes of security check by my cargo pants so I came up with the bright idea that I would wear my skating tights under my cargo pants and start stripping at the security check. Of course, that also meant I had to change at the back seat of the car while ML continued to drive. I don't know if it was intentional but ML decided to make a sharp turn while I was fumbling with my clothes. I slid across the back seat from one end to the other and slammed my head against the door. OUCH!!!! Nobody ever told me that I need my bike helmet here of all the situations...

As soon as we arrived at the airport, I took off to the check-in counter while ML returned the rental car. Just like contestants in Amazing Race, he came back just as I finished checking-in. Unfortunately, since we were so late for the check-in, we were told that our seats were given away so worst case scenario was we need to board the next flight instead. No big deal. We breezed through security (my little tactic worked well) only to discover that ML left one of his bags in the rental! He ran back to pick up his bag while I waited anxiously at the gate. As soon as he left, Air Canada told me that they had seats for us on our original flight. Luckily, ML made his way back on time and we returned to Toronto as planned.

Unfortunately, our luggage did not arrive. Air Canada apparently did not load our bags so we have to rely on their luggage track service. Sigh, I am now left with no bearings. Practice on Tuesday ought to be interesting.