Another hotel workout at the pinnacle of athletic training facilities!  Its snowing/raining outside, but got in a good 4 miles of running and a little on the horizontal cycle.

.......RAINING ALL DAY!  Plus, dealing with traveling and training.  I was hoping to ride a stationary bike at the hotel due to the foot injury, but alas.... only a treadmill an elliptical were to be had.  Did I mention.....I HATE ellipticals.  So, I sucked it up and managed a pretty descent 4 miles.  Following, I iced down the foot and seem to be pretty good to go.  Maybe I can find a bike tomorrow.  NO diet yet......figured I would give myself to the first of December.  Then I have 2 months to shed 20 pounds to get into proper training weight.

I made the effort Thanksgiving morning to officially begin the run portion of my training with the Boulevard Bolt......However, due to a previous injury, made it a whopping 200 yards into the race and had to quit.  I have since been on a regime of Advil, Ice and rest, and hoping for a fast recovery. 

Following the setback on Thursday, I started back to swim tonite.  It was great to see a lot of the old faces and performed better than expected after having been out of the pool for 2 years.  To celebrate......I took the final step of commitment to the race and shaved the legs!  NO TURNING BACK NOW! 

Traveling is going to be an ongoing concern, but I feel with good dicipline and scheduling, can make it all work.  I have till Feb. 1 to be able to swim a few miles, run 1.5 hours at pace, and comfotably ride for 3 hours at pace. Following, the structered written plan from my coach, Richard Baker, will take over as the final game plan to raceday. 




Running the Lanes at EXCEL



Official start day was today.  I met with Richard Baker and discussed the work ahead.