I made it this far...

February is in the record books with another PB. I ended up doing the most amount of monthly mileage ever!!! 1555.32 km or 964.29 miles. Not bad considering February is only 28 days long.

I also put together some other interesting stats for the past twelve weeks of heavy training. The next two weeks is taper, although the mileage won't make it look that way.

* 9 rides between 5:15 and 7 hours.

* 11 runs between 1:57 - 3:05

* 72 km / 44.64 miles of swimming

* 3361.62 km / 2084.20 miles of biking

* 631.87 km / 391.75 miles of running

* 4065.49 km / 2520.60 miles of total training

* 114 workouts in 85 days

* 8 rest days (2 for Christmas, 1 for LA Travel, balance injury/burnout) in 85 days

* 0 beers since January 1st (don't know what's been tougher, doing the mileage or having no beer)

* weight under 180 lbs (lost over 5 lbs and counting)

* PB swim- 1:27 for a 100 meters.

* Longest ever training Swim 6300 meters or 7000 yards

* Most laps in a pool - 280

* Longest ever training Long run 35.32 km or 21.89 miles

* Longest ever training Bike ride 226.60 km or 140.49 miles

* First ever swim in a 50 meter pool

* First ever ride up a real mountain climb - Palomar Mountain in San Diego

* First ever ride along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu

* First ever 100 mile charity ride.

* Fastest 100 mile training ride - 4:48

* First ever Southern U.S. personal training camp

* First ever 6 hour plus ride in the winter.

* First ever 6 hour plus ride in -17 C

* First time ever running with 3000 kids

* First time starting a race 40 minutes after the start

* Longest ever indoor bike trainer ride - 7 hours

* Longest training ride on a mountain bike - 3:40 - 88.99 km

* Most genius training idea - Crashing a 5 star hotel gym

* First time my swim stoke looks like I know how to swim (no longer a hack)

* At over 5700 calories of food one day (included about 5 wagon wheels)

* Most monthly hits to the blog - 3093

* First time not shaving for 9 days

* First time Christmas in Burlington and not going back to Winnipeg

* Didn't shovel the driveway once this year (Thanks Alice)

* First time I like the guy my daughter is dating.

* Marriage and Family still intact.

Today I did my last long run. My whole focus is not to get injured. Within the first 8 minutes of the run, by ankle started hurting. I walked, then ran. It bothered me for the next 30 minutes, then went away. For today's run, I did the run 10 minutes / walk 30 second technique. When I got home I weighed 176 lbs. I lost about 7 plus lbs on the run.

I'm starting to feel burnt out. The taper couldn't have come at a better time. Next week I have so much to do to get ready. It looks like John Barclay and I will be on separate flights, he couldn't get his changed.

I'm going to see if I can get mine changed back to his, I'd prefer we travel together. He might yell at some poor Chinese KFC worker for not doing something right, like only having chopsticks and no forks, and get thrown in a Chinese jail. I need to be there to be his advocate with the Canadian Ambassador and work towards his release.

Long Run - 1:57:19 / 22.99 km / 5:06 pace

February Monthly Totals

Swim - 31.59 km / 19.58 miles

Bike - 1288.59 km / 798.92 miles

Run - 231.55 km / 143.56 miles

Gym - 5 sessions

Total - 1555.32 km / 964.29 miles

Calories Burnt - 69,157