Swam for 30 minutes at the Y or about 1300 yards. Then ran 5 miles on the treadmill at about 8 min pace. Hate using treadmills because it gets pretty boring and you sweat so much. Also did about 30 minutes of strength training mostly Abs and back after the treadmill. Used a ball for sit ups - supposed to be good for the core muscles. Total training time (TTT) was 1.7 hrs.

Ran 10 miles in the cold drizzle. 70 minutes total time or about 7:03 pace. Wasn't too bad when I head out the door but the light rain came around mile 6. Bad day to be running outside. But it felt good to get a good run in. Used my Asics Nimbus running shoes. My toes and fingers were very cold.

Still kind of heated about not doing the marathon today. Didn't run at all today. I came home and used my bike trainer in the evening for the first time since I got it for Christmas. Biked for 52 minutes. I would say equivalent to 18 miles. Hard to say since my odometer is attached to my front wheel, which is stationary on a bike trainer. Used my heart rate monitor and averaged about 154 bpm. This is about 85% of my max HR. So it was a tough ride. Listened to some good music on 94.5 to keep me going. Nice and cold in the garage but still was sweating like crazy.

Today was the Houston Marathon. My plan was to do the Houston Marathon in PR time then start hitting it hard on my Ironman training. BUT, I was stupid and thought I had registered for the marathon back in August when I registered for several races and renewed USAT and HARRA memberships. I never confirmed I was registered. I was 100% sure I was registered. I found out the week before the marathon that in fact I was not registered. It just really made me upset that I would not be able to keep my streak going in Houston, and also would have to delay my Ironman training. I signed up for Austin because I seriously think I have a PR time in me for the marathon. I am more determined now more than ever to get my PR. I feel somewhat of a rage inside me. I don't know what it is. If this was a Rocky movie, I guess you could call it the "eye of the tiger" and I'm ready to kick a**. I don't have a single negative thought in my head about a PR marathon. Positive thinking has always been my strength and with the attitude I have right now it is stronger than ever. Nuff said!

My Ironman Training blog is a live training log for anyone who might be interested in keeping track of my ironmnan training progress. I am signed up for the Coeur d'Alene Ironman in June of 2007. My training blog will list details of my daily training (or lack there of) so anyone who might be training for an ironman can use this information in their own ironman training program.