Feeling much better...

I felt much better this morning. For the first time in a long time I got up just after 6 am and went for an hour plus run. I figured I'd better do a workout before work because I didn't know if I'd have enough time after work to fit in four different training sessions. I felt pretty good after the run and prior to going out the door for the run it was nice to spend 15 minutes in a quiet house having a cup of coffee and some toast.

At lunch time I went to the Y and did my weight training. Lunch is the perfect time to go because it is pretty slow and I can move through the sets pretty good and man do I work up a sweat. After work I got home and was a little fuzzy tired. Dinner wasn't ready, my mother kept Alice on the phone for over 2 hours and screwed up our schedule;-) , so I ate some leftovers and took a 15 minute nap. It's amazing how fresh I felt after only a short nap. I was on the road by 6 pm and hit the hills and did a couple hours on the bike and returned just before dark. I made sure I went up the three biggest hills again. Right now I'm really committed to get good at climbing steep hills. I did a very relaxed ride and decided to make the hills my friends, just like the wind. I included a picture of the back side of Appleby line but the photo doesn't do the hill justice, its much steeper than it looks.

I adjusted my bike seat before I left and moved it back and it made a big difference. I felt like I had more control of the front of the bike, especially on the downhills. Unfortunately when I got back from the ride, stretched and had something to eat it was too late to get to the pool with enough time to train before it closed, so I decided to do it tomorrow. It's too bad because I felt really good after my ride.

To help keep me focus on eating healthy I took a desk calendar and have started coloring each daily square with either a "green" highlighter (a positive color) if I succeed or a "pink" highlighter if I don't. As of today I have 1 box filled in and it's green. At least I'm off to a good start.

Moderate Run - 1:15:10 / 9.07 miles / 8:17 pace / 134 avg HR

Weights - 45:00

Bike -  2:03:03 / 55.80 km/ 27.20 / 121 avg HR