Guess on the distance today.  Did hill work at the High School.  Combined 800 w/u then 6 stadiums <2:00 ea. then 6 hills at < 25 sec. ea.  Finished with a timed 100 yd. then 400 c/d.

Timed 100- 15.55....400-1:58I will check this each week until Marathon time just for $hits and giggles.

Am at a much better place right now mentally than I have been for sometime...wooo hooo!  Still have some things to work out but I'm headed in the right direction and with the help of some very close friends (some, who are on BT ) this has been quite a journey that I hope continues toward the positive...as my new Blog heading says...2009 The year of BIG changes.  I can't wait.

Went to see Dr. GoodHands...she earned her nickname today.  A GREAT massage and then I ran at the river...beautiful, sunny and 68..WOW.  Just a 3 mi. recovery run from the track stuff yesterday and I felt real good.  Got into a "follow that ponytail" groove and just kept going.  Only walk break was to adjust the iPod for about 45 sec. and that was about 20 minutes into the run.

Hills tomorrow....oh boy...and I have to get my push-ups in later... Done....This is FRICKIN HARD...and yes, I am a wuss  ;)

We shall see.

A little stiff/tight from workout yesterday and I am glad I am re-doing week 2 again because if I didn't I would be suffering with week 3 and looking for a way out...not good thoughts.

Track work today...it is Election Day so I figured running in circles was appropriate.

1m/wu 1/mi cd

16 laps run the straights/ Walk the turns

Straights were under 28 (under 25 on the last 2 woo hoo!!)

Felt VERY GOOD...no hip issues and I am getting faster with my splits.

Cool !

I am going to re-do week 2 in order to build some more strength.  I feel better already but I know of I went on the W-3 I sould struggle and that would probably lead to injury or failure ...or both.  I don't want either of those right now.

New heading on Reno's Blog and I hope I can really achieve some big changes in my life....Some are athletic in nature but most are not...  Just the process of doing this logging is a step in the right direction in one area of accountability.  In terms of Tri's...I have always gotten by (in other sports) on raw athletic ability and smarts and never had to REALLY work to be good at something...Well for tri's...that is not the case (of course being in my mid-50's has nothing to do with it  ;)  )  This coming year I am going to try and extend myself in competition, but more importantly in training and preperation, in order to see where I can go.

We shall see.

Hey Beth....LOOK....I actually got in the POOL....wooo hooo!!!

Swim clinic today...went well.  Great instructors.  Supposed to be 12 people....only 4 showed...me and 3 HAWT women....I may have to start re-thinking how much I dislike swimming ;) Really enjoyed the class and will take the ideas presented and try to move forward with them.

Nice lunch, then me and Dr. GoodHands headed for the river to do 16 miles 13.5 miles.  We are both working on hydration and nutrition issues so we set up our vehicles so that we would pass them at appropriate times to help with water/Shot blocks etc.  Felt great to start out and the vehicle thing was set up just right but the good Dr. had some MAJOR chaffing issues so we had to make a detour for Butt Butter (I swear I have never typed that before) and that threw us off for completing the full 16.  When we were finished is was dark and cold but we both felt like we could have gone on to complete the 16.  No major issues with the hip and we both felt MUCH better that the half-mary we ran just last weekend.

I F'n HATE DRAMA.  Especially adult driven situations that create it...and even more so when I am making every effort to try and avoid it and clear my life of most of it.   It is especially difficult on dark days.  I have discovered lately that training is only a temporary distraction, but a distraction still. 

I REALLY have a situation that has arisen in my life that I have to come to terms with and knowing the difference between  "the right thing to do" and "what I want to do" is easy....but being able to do what I should and not what I want is VERY different.  Start off with a medium dose of depression (I really don't want to think about this right now.) Sprinkle in a portion of ADD ( I really need to focus on this right now...oh, look, there is a kitty!!) and it makes for an "E" ticket ride on "Reno's  Roller Coaster of Concentration"

We shall see.