Twitter Online Christmas party...

On Friday, December 18, starting at 7 pm EST. David Kerr (@djkerr73) and I (@brybrarobry) are hosting a twitter online Christmas Party. Everyone is welcome to attend. BYOB and food. We have categorized it under #tweetxmas. We've never heard of a Twitter Christmas Party before and this may be the first. We don't know what to expect. This will be the one night of the year that you will be able to drink and tweet with drunken abandon.

The one thing we do know for sure is that drinking and driving shouldn't be a problem. To make it more fun, you may want to have a camera in hand. We can take pictures of ourselves enjoying our Christmas Cheer and post them. Another idea may be to post some Christmas songs or You Tube videos.

You may also want to give gifts. I'm thinking of giving cars, houses, boats and many more very expensive gifts. Of course they are only a link, but it's the thought that counts. Or we may want to line up a few shots and salute each other. Who knows? Maybe you have some better ideas or come up with some more as the party progresses. All I know is ideas flow as the booze flows.

If your interested joining the party, post your Twitter name and RSVP at #tweetxmas. From there you may want to make a list of all the participants to follow that night. For every tweet you make that night, you may also want to include #tweetxmas. Please feel free to Re Tweet this link to all your friends and get them into the Christmas spirit.

There has been some questions about nudity. Some people want to know if it's okay to sit on the photo copier, etc. Nudity will be allowed, but the rule is you have to be female and hot. If your not hot, you can post, but please wait until after midnight. By that time we should be able to drink you hot.

Now, back to today's training. I did my long swim session at lunch time. Swimming is tough. It's so easy to lose your technique. I did about 400 meters of drills which seemed to help. My main workout was 4 x 600 meters. My best was at a 1:48.5 pace per 100 for the entire 600 meters. I was happy with that, but still have lots of work to do in the pool. I'm really committed to trying to become a better swimmer. I'm still only doing 6 km per week, but as it gets closer to China, I'll up the mileage. But for now, two workouts a week seem to be working for me, I'm getting better and it's preventing burnout.

Between 4 pm - 7:30 pm I can't stop eating, I'm an eating monster. I did a moderate run tonight with a full stomach, lots of meat pie and cereal. I put on a second skin bandage over my blistered heel and was out the door. After 250 meters I my foot hurt so bad I had to turn around and go back home. I had a decision to make, do I not run and let my blister heal or do I run with my old shoes. I chose the later.

Overall, my run sucked! I can't remember the last time I've run so slow. Last year this time I was running 30 - 40 seconds faster per mile. I'm wondering if it's because I've really only had 2.5 - 3 weeks of rest. Last year I did half the training for around 5 months. I guess it really doesn't matter, I have to train for China, so I am where I am. Next year I'll focus on taking taking it easier for 4 - 5 months. Today, even running so slow, I could feel the lactic acid in the quads.

All I can do is to try and eat well, lose some weight and keep up with my sleep. I got a suggestion on my blog about wearing compression tights to bed in order to help my legs recover. I think I'm going to try it. It sure would be nice to be able to get up and go to the washroom or walk down the stairs without shuffling.

Long Swim - 1:03:35 / 3000 meter.

Mod Run - 1:20:45 / 9:22 miles / 8:45 pace / 135 avg hr

Diet 6.5/10

Interesting shape for Christmas lights. Next year on my house?