It wasn't easy...

In the past six days, I did just under 20 hours of training. This week was my first full training week and today, not surprisingly, was the toughest.

I woke up and my legs felt strong, or at least I thought. Rather than do my long run first thing in the morning, I decided to relax and try to fix my Kegerator.

I was emailing Jamie back and forth for technical support, then I heard a knock on the door and it was Jamie. He was sick of emailing back and forth and came to look at it.

It turns out that issue was the Keg was empty. In less than a month, 58 liters of beer was gone. The best part is that for the Beer Run, I'll have a nice full cold Keg ready for pouring.

I took the empty Keg back and got a new one from the Hamilton Beer Store, the Burlington location had no Coors light. From now on I'm going to Hamilton, the Kegs they sell are MUCH colder than the Burlington store. It has a huge warehouse and looks like a commercial distribution hub with a super cold cooling system.

This is the second large Keg I've ever bought. It was raining when I bought the first Keg and now it was raining when I bought the second one. The worst part is that I have to wheel the Keg downhill along the side of the house. It's slippery, muddy and a little dangerous with a 165 lbs of beer on a dolly. Then I have to wheel the keg into the house and the wheels are wet and muddy.

Before I got home with my Keg, I also picked up a new pair of earphones for my iPhone. I ended up going with a sports Panasonic pair that are water proof, wrap around the ear and have ear buds. I couldn't go on today's run without them. The old ones were driving me crazy with only one ear working and it "crackling". On the way out of the store there was a hot dog vendor, I couldn't help myself, I bought a dog.

Eventually, I pushed myself out the door for my run. The minute I started I knew it was going to be slow and hard. My legs had no spring in them and it had stopped raining and was humid. I felt like quitting at the 47 minute mark. I can't count how many times I thought I should just give Alice a call to pick me up. Not to mention, I kept burping up hot dog for the first half of the run.

Instead, of calling Alice, I started doing the occasional 30 second walk. At one point, I took a pee and forgot to turn my watch back on. I didn't realize it was off until 12 minutes passed. There is nothing more upsetting than not knowing your actual time and distance. It was a good thing I had my polar and it had a watch on it.

When I got to the halfway point, I created a new lap on the Garmin to keep track of the actual distance and I used the polar for the time. I wanted to quit so badly. I kept telling myself, "I can't, this is a critical workout for Kona, pay in training and play at the race".

Then something strange happened, I stopped thinking about it and just ran. It was like my legs were on auto pilot. With 45 minutes left, I knew I was going to make it home.

I finished with soaking wet feet. It wasn't from rain, it was from sweat. My entire body was dripping wet. All I wanted was something to drink, I hadn't taken any water with me on my run. I was thirsty and had Alice pour me a large pitcher of water as I stretched outside.

After showering, I put on my compression tights and it wasn't easy, especially when you're tired. I was lying on my back on my bed and it probably took me over five minutes. My legs were so fatigued I figured it couldn't hurt.

Also, on a personal note, I found out my mother shot a hole in one on Friday on a 100 yard par 3. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider she only started paying golf 5-7 years ago and is not a natural athlete.

Long Run - 2:20:49 / 25.50 km / 5:31 per km pace