OK, this is not a good picture of me and I won’t be updating my facebook profile with it. But it pretty well sums up how I felt 5 minutes after crossing the finish line in Louisville, exhausted. I laugh at it now. I use it as a reminder for next year while I’m training.

I think I’ve stumbled on a new way to get out of a workout. Last night I told a swim buddy that I was going riding and I told my riding buddy that I was going swimming and I didn’t do either! I’m sure somebody is going to catch on and that’ll be the end of that trick. But, I have promised myself to get into the pool tonight.
There is nothing worse than stopping swimming and then starting again. It seems like, after a few weeks, you go right back to square one and start over and it takes forever just to get back to where you were when you stopped. It really is a lot easier to just keep swimming 2 or 3 times a week and a lot less painful!

My post-IM recovery has been ticking right along although I’m about done with the junk food. Mentally, I'm ready to start training again, but that still be the IM high. Physically, I don't think my body is quite ready yet. I’ve spent my time reassembling the P2. I was thinking about using it on the trainer and sparing the P3 the strain of being ridden indoors all winter. But, now I’m thinking of selling it. I’d really rather put into the hands of someone that will enjoy it and get as much out of it as I did. It’s a shame for such a beautiful machine to sit idle. The Girls love it and don’t want to see it go, but the bottom line is the bottom line and I could use the money for some other good causes. Maybe I’ll try Jason first, he needs a tri bike and I know he’s doing Lake Placid next year.