The holiday's almost over...

I'm getting used to holiday's, it's nice getting to sleep in every morning. At least this morning I was able to get up early enough to catch the last hour of the Tour de France. It looks like Lance is going to finish second this year, Lance conceded that Contador is showing he's the best. I also relaxed with my morning coffee and watched the guys behind our house cut down and bail the hay. I felt like I was watching farmers in the country.

I didn't get out on my run until around 2 pm and spent most of the morning and early afternoon downloading audio books and podcasts. I'm enjoying them more than music when I train. I'm more mentally engaged and I'm learning new things, it's energizing my soul. I'm also feel I'm been more productive. On my run today I started to listen to "The 4 Hour Work Week" audio book. Pretty much 95 % of what they say, I'm doing or I've been thinking about doing. It's been a long time since I've read or listened to self help books, I guess I thought I knew it all, but I'm finding that I'm getting more spring in my step and a better mental attitude by listening to them. On yesterdays ride, I finished my last audio book and with an hour of training remaining and had to go back to listening to music. It was boring.

Today's run was good, I still felt light on my feet and my heart rate stayed relatively low. I did some major sweating on the run. The last mile of the run my heart rate shot up, I think is was because I hadn't eaten or drank anything for 2 hours. When I got home, all my clothes were dripping wet, as if I ran in the rain. I drank 3 pints of water and still weighed about 4 lbs less than I should. These past two day's of training I've felt really good, I like getting back to my normal training routine. Oh, I almost forgot to mention that Alice and I went to the Pixar movie UP on Friday. What a great movie. Even though it is a G rated family movie I recommend it for adults as well. It is a good story.

Long Run - 2:01:51 / 15.52 miles / 7:51 pace / 138 avg hr.

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