Stopping was the right thing to do, I'm back...

I woke up early and didn't realize today was a holiday in Ontario. I looked outside and saw all my neighbours cars still in their driveways and that gave me a clue. I called work and no one answered. I sent emails to work and no response. I then checked the Fedex website and they were closed for the day, which means we must be closed for the day. To bad I didn't know that yesterday, I would have slept in today.

It was nice that I didn't have to go to work because I had over 4 hours of training scheduled for today and I was able to get it done by 6 pm. I even fit an errand in between when I returned my Garmin 305 to MEC. The heart rate monitor readings are inconsistent and I finally had enough frustration. MEC is great to deal with. The watch is probably 10 months old and they took it back and gave me a full refund.

My plan is to buy a Garmin 310XT from them. They didn't have any in stock. I'm hoping the new model will be more stable. I also like the fact that it is smaller, the battery lasts 15 hours and it is waterproof. Garmin promotes it as a watch for Triathletes. The only downside is that it's $500 plus taxes. I can get it online for about $50 cheaper but MEC's great to deal with if something goes wrong.

My legs felt much better today. My stopping immediately after they seized yesterday was the right thing to do. All last night I drank water and by the end of the night they were back to about 90%. The real test was today's bike ride and they held up well. Whew! Disaster averted. Although, understandably, my quads were a little sore when I did leg extensions during my weight lifting session.

I also had a perfect day of eating yesterday. I registered with Daily Burn, which is a free website that you can track your calories, exercise, goals, etc. They also have an iPhone App, "Food Scanner", that scans bar codes from food packages and allows you to log them as food you've eaten. Very cool App. It's the first App I've ever bought, it cost me $2.99.

I can officially confirm I was dehydrated. Since I've been drinking water my love handles have reappeared, caused by my Christmas feast. I had forgotten that I had traveled by plane last week and that definitely would have contributed to the dehydration as well. The real test to see if my legs are okay is going to be when I do my run tomorrow.

I also wanted to pass along a big THANK YOU to Jeff Kline. I was asking on Twitter if anyone had any suggestions for Power Workouts and Jeff (@coachprs) took the time to put some together and email them to me out of the goodness of his heart. Turns out that Jeff is in the process of putting out a bike training DVD. His website is http://prsfit.com/blog. Great dude. Thanks again Jeff and let me know when the DVD comes out.

Mod Bike - 3:15 / 115.40 km / 35.51 kph / 130 avg hr

Weights - 55 minutes