This is how I feel. Okay – so going out of town never works out well for me in regards to exercise and nutrition and this trip home was no exception. I could write paragraphs about how down I am b/c of everything I ate and the lack of exercise over the past 3 days, but I’m not going to. It’s Tuesday, it’s a new day. I am signing up for the Greater Cleveland HIM on payday, so I need to start figuring out what I am going to do for training. I decided that I am going to go back to my original marathon training plan that had me running 3 days a week instead of the 4 day a week one I’ve been doing. I don’t think running 3-4 less miles a week is going to hurt me and it will allow me to get in another bike or swim. The swim is the most important to me b/c I feel like I could run a marathon right now without too many problems, but I can’t swim more than 50 yards without stopping. So, starting this week – 3 runs, 3-4 swims, 2-3 bike sessions a week plus strength training when I can fit it in. I used to do abs every night before I went to bed and I need to get back to that. I have 10 weeks until the marathon and I am going to start making sure one of my runs weekly is either real speed or hill work, I’ve basically be in junk mile mode for awhile due to winter funk. Spring is almost here, time to get crackalackin. I am also going to try out the VR training group starting next weekend.

It’s snowing here in Cleveland. I only have to run 2 miles today, so I will go out for a snow sidewalk run after work, then hit the pool and do some light weights while I watch the Biggest Loser.