I had nothing...But John was good to me, he stuck with me and slowed down enough for me not to blow up. Wanted to stop 3 or 4 times, but kept going. Short walk/water breaks every 2k. Had one gel at turnaround.
Got some power back in last k.
Why so tired? Too much training this month, I think. Kick drills and sprints during swimming on Friday, Vertimax work on Friday and running yesterday probably didn't help. Lack of Carb in my diet this week is probably also a factor!
John was good to get me through it!

Cleaned up all the big objects. Next job the leaves.

No melting yet today..that's okay. I'm into my skinny pants.

Had nightmares all night about Ironman. Well, not the race, about getting there. Stupid things about not taking my phone charger and extraneous family showing up without a way to get back home. Very strange.

I hate unresolvable dreams like that.

My neck is sore for the second day in a row and my foot is sore - I got a cramp during Friday swimming, I think it is related. I'll live.

Crappy run...felt tired the whole way. I think it is time to start thinking about rest.

Ran around the big lake, starting from Douglas Park. Two fast runs up the hill.

Heart rake peaked at 162 while running uphill.

Got a good sleep finally. I'm continuing to melt, pound by pound. Let's see what today will bring.

I just went out and bought a pair of size 34 Levis. I haven't worn 34 since, ummmm, since I lived in Toronto and first wife wasn't even last girlfriend. 17 years? It's the John diet. It is working wonders.

Too much kick drills and sprints, I'm worn out. My arms were tired.

Kinda listless and tired this morning. Still tired from yesterday. First wife got home late and was chatty...didn't get to sleep till way past my bed time.

New set of things with Brendan. Back to vertimax and medicine ball. High hurdles. Level 10 was crowded. Good workout, very sweaty. I'm sure I'm down at least a couple more pounds.

Short stretch of hams and cheese after session.

Crack of stupid and I'm melting...It's all coffee weight I'm dropping.

You will notice the total dearth of smart ass-clever sagacities in my blogs. It's the glucose deficit in my brain.

Slow burn in the freezing mist. Tried to go as slowly as I could but kept speeding up.
Really felt the carb deficit on the the way back. Was aiming for 10, but cut it short...Felt a strange fatigue and befuddlement.
I miss my glucose!
I had some cereal (kashi/vector) for breakfast with a protein shake. That should help.

Didn't sleep much, was awake early, but surprisingly well rested. I think it might be because the heat is finally on.

Spent some time with my thoughts before getting up...took a trip inside my head, saw what I see.

It might all be a low-carb induced haze. I'm now down 4 pounds since the weekend...I suspect it is mostly water weight. My ass doesn't look smaller.

Masters' class
WU 300, 4X25
MS 4 X 50 pace (averaged 1:01)
100 easy
2 X 100 pace (avg. 2:10)
100 easy
200 pace (4:48)
50 easy

Arms were very tired from this morning. Had trouble keeping in form, but didn't do too badly. I am really tired now.

Another so so training session with Matt and the mens' group. Only three other mens showed up.
Did some medicine ball activities that really tired out my arms (perfect for swimming today!) Very little direction on form, and just generally lazy...I'm really hoping this gets better.

I'm starting to feel the Carb deficit. My weight is down and when doing the warm-ups before my morning strength class I had nothing in my legs...they just felt week.

I miss my carbs...I had plenty last night (sweet potato, some breading on the fish and apples...but I miss my carby carbs!

Did some sprint type things. Hit the wall hard after the second one, but slowed right down, kept going and got it back...Don't have a lot of carbs on board...trying some different eating routines.
I can really smell and taste the ammonia - by product of burning the protein.

Garmin acting stupid again...not only did it hit 220, but I was slowing down and passing my house at about 6.8 k. I did 200 or so more metres and it said 6.6k, I did more and it kept getting lower...I must have done about 7.5k! I was going in circles and the dumb thing was subtracting!

6 min @ 7:04/k @ 868m @149b
3:20 @ 4:57/k @ 674m @152b
5:42 @ 5:32/k @ 1.03km @161b
1:06 @ 5:02/k @ 218 m @ 158b
19:42 @ 6:14/k @ [email protected] 144b
9:19 @ bad reading 815m??!!

Good session with Jason. He had me doing a catch up drill but couldn't find anything handy for me to hold, so he made me hold the steel ratchet lane rope tool and hand that off every hand...yikes...I used to be worried about sinking hips...Sinking hands...
I've made good progress, doing the same drills without flippers and it is pretty effortless (kinda, sorta).

Did a zipper drill...kinda kinky in the water. I think it is coming together - I still need to really focus on head position - I'm still looking ahead rather than down; focus on leaving my leading arm out there and pushing (not pulling) My pull is too strong, I need to push...averaged 18.5 strokes - Jason was counting....I gotta shave my back! The video reveals the all the hairy truth!

I've put on some extra weight...It's all bird I tell ya.

Today I go see my little Sri Lanken Doctor to give me more pills for my condition. She's a so so doctor, but the thing I like about her is that she's not afraid to order tests. I've been tested for more things than you can shake a tongue depressor at. Mind you there was that one time that she read my ECG upside down and sent me to a cardiologist and had me worry for a month when it really was nothing but her reading the printout upside down. But she did diagnose my condition, when no one else had in 37 years.

Anyway, I'd better take some old magazines to read.

But for now, Crack of Stupid....shall we play a game WOPR?