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8/12 in the 27/28 challenge.  Pushups I am on day 1 of Week 2.  I am feeling great, had a couple of setbacks and conflicts with training over the last couple of weeks, but I am back at it!  Did my 5k tonight (actually 2.98 miles according to Runkeeper) and did it in a 12:02 pace which I know isn't blazing, but it is a heck of a lot better than the 14:00 I was doing in December!

Just got the wife and I signed up for a new gym in town so we can go as a family, they have classes nightly which we are going to have to take advantage of.  The more I do and look back at how far I come, the more motivated I get!  This group is great with all of the motivation and inspirational stories from each of you!  I know this group is a big reason I have been able to stick with it a huge Thank You to all of you!  

Oh and for my mid morning snack I usually take almonds, pistachios, or soy nuts (some kind of nuts) and an apple orange or pear.  Sometimes yogurt.  

56 on the road is a cake walk compared to 39 on the trainer...nice job!

up at 5 and typing, the rest will be easy for you now!

Great job with sticking to it. You will be amazed at how far you can go with a little bit of consistency and a bit of hard work!

Hope you get your issues sorted it out. One less thing to worry about!

It is an amazing feeling to 100 pushups in a row. You will be amazed how much it ramps up. Sometimes I think it is more mental once you have the pushup base going!

Did you go to the gym last night??

Great job on the weight loss. The more you lose the easier the running and bike will be!

Not sure what the death march is but from my experience, do one or the other. I did a HM last February and I didn't put on a running shoe for the next week after...

That is a great event. 

Honestly, based on your training log, I would not do the HM. Save your money.

The march itself will be a huge challenge, looking at the event site! Good luck and great job for doing that!

I saw this:  http://news.menshealth.com/it-band-syndrome/2012/07/27/  which seems to make some sense.  Besides, who doesn't like strength training?

Thanks for sending that! I have very weak glutes and that is one reason I hit p90x legs/back last week. What a pain in the butt for 2-3 days. My online coach here wants me to go a little easier than p90x so I may just do some of the exercises. 

I have been lucky up to this point with very minimal injuries. Today was not fun as I could not run continuously after 2 miles. It seems the IT band is causing the inability of some of my lower leg muscles to fire. It is a weak sensation where I just get muscle weakness bring my foot back up of the ground. Then the muscles come right back after a brief walk.

Today was some very nice weather for February in Chicago - a sunny and clear 45 degrees.  My boss, a former marathoner, was nice enough to let me out at 3:45pm today, so I could get a nice 10k run outdoors.  So much better than the dreadmill.

Add to that my 1,500 yards in the pool this morning, and it's been a pretty solid day, and probably the first day this month I have been satisfied with my workouts.  And today's swim was lightning fast for me, 2:41/100yd, which is about 20sec faster per hundred than typical.

hey thor, had to do the grocery shopping since it involves heavy lifting and my wife is a bit too preg for that stuff.  So with being at work late and shopping I got home at 830.  but I made damn sure i got up for the gym this am.  Did a killer sprint spin class and going back at it tomorrow am.

thanks for checking in!

Sounds like a great day, hope you enjoyed the run.   For your swim training are you just doing 15x100's?

keep up the good work.

I personally would not.

Thanks to you and Thor for the input.  I think I knew the answer before I asked, but kept saying to myself, well maybe if you just . . . .  You know how it goes.  Anyway, I found out that the deadline for the cheap registration passed for the HM and there is no way I can pay for both so I will definitely stick with the Bataan.  At least I will get to help out with the Marathon, it is being held at one of my parks which is also part of the reason I wanted to participate.  It is called the Dust Bowl Marathon series and is 5 races in 5 states in 5 days!  Awesome that people can do that!  Maybe next year I can convince them to do 5 races in 5 days in 5 different parks of mine!  Thanks again for the feedback!

up at 430 dog is walked, all the animals are fed and now Im off for a hopefully at least a 1mi run and a 900yd swim.

Good luck today!

Early bird catches the worm!

Sucessful morning but not exactly to plan.  Took a little more time to get out of the house due to some snow we had overnight, but I ran two miles but couldnt fit in the swim before work.  Did some overdue stretching and worked on some crunches.  Felt productive, especially the run. 

I have reviewed the swim plans and drills, but at this point I'm still building base, so I don't worry too much about it.  I usually spend about 500 warming up, mixing back, breast, and freestyle, then do a 1x500 set while focusing on form, and then do some sprints, like 3x250 or something.  There's not a lot of planning at this point.  My goal is usually to do 2,000 yards, but I usually get time-crunched.