The house is a LOT louder...

I've decided January is going to be a healing month. I'm going to take care of my body and liver. I was hoping to get up early this morning to train but I even though I was in bed by 1 am, I didn't fall asleep until around 3:30 am and woke up at 10 am. There was no time to train because at noon we had to pick Reid up at the Hamilton Airport. We left him in Winnipeg to play with his cousins. Once we picked him up, it became real apparent that Reid makes noise. All types of noises. When he got home, he couldn't stop talking and started bugging his sister and they both started making noise. The house has become a whole lot louder with Reid back. It was a sanctuary with TV shows we wanted to watch and now it is a Circus with the Disney and MTV channels playing all the time and loud. With that said, I'm not complaining, it feels good to have the Reid home. I know Alice was really missing her little buddy, it's that Mother and Son bond.

I started my training mid afternoon. I had a full agenda with a long run, tempo swim and weights. Plus I had to drop by work to pick up some stuff I forgot on Friday. It was a fairly nice day, at least compared to Winnipeg. It was around - 7 C. It was the first time I was doing a long run in the Escarpment in a long time, plus I think it was my first one there without JB. I could tell I was running hills right away, my pace was slower than last weeks flat course run. For the first half of the run I averaged a 8:25 pace, then on the second half, which was down hill I was able to bring the overall average down to 8:07 and for the entire run kept my heart rate under 140 bpm. To do it, I had to walk a few times. It was still a major improvement, my previous runs on the same route were between 9:07 - 9:30. After I picked up stuff at work, I went to the YMCA to do weights and a swim. The weights are easy, the swim is tougher, at least to get started. Once I got swimming, I felt great, I could really feel my technique improving. I didn't have my watch with me to tell if I was going faster, but it felt fast. I was really rolling from side to side and reaching long. I was proud of myself that I did the swim, even without my watch.

Run - 1:29:13 /10.98 miles / 8:07 pace

Swim - 48 min / 2250 meters

Weights - 30 minutes