Three Things Thursday

1. Saturday I've got the Torch Run 5k benefiting the special olympics.  Also we're putting the kids in a weekend Bible school at the church, and there's a polar bear swim with Bigun's Indian Princess tribe.  So it's going to be busy and fun.

2. I feel really good today, no more soreness from the marathon.  Kelley and I both had a great yoga class last night. I'm going to knock out some easy running miles today just to see how it feels.  I was initially cautious about scheduling a 5k the weekend after a marathon, and this could become my worst performance of the year.  I'm ok with that.  The plan is to just go out, run hard, and see what happens.

3. This is still a recovery week.  Next week it's time to get back to business.  I'm still gaining weight very fast, losing too much speed, and putting up with the winter blues.  Today is supposed to be sunny and 75* here in Raleigh, so it's time to get outside.  I've been feeling the urge to ride the bike again, which is a sign of spring.  If I could only start paying attention to what goes into my mouth.....  Well it's time for tri training to begin in earnest so here goes a plan:

Monday: bike
Tuesday: run and swim
Wednesday: bike
Thursday: run and swim
Friday: rest
Saturday: bike/run brick
Sunday: rest

Swimming with the RAM team tuesday and thursday nights works out very well.  It lets me get in some two-a-days without going all ironman training crazy again.  I can still vary the bike and run distances to allow for speed weeks, volume weeks, and recovery weeks.  And hopefully increasing the activity level that much will bring this weight back under control.  I'm now about 15 lbs heavier than I like to be, which is going to slow me down.

Game on!