It's on.

I found that the Holidays were a bit tough. Glad they’re over. The food and drink was wonderful but, I’m ready to concentrate on a good season. I dove right into the New Year with a strong schedule and if work doesn’t get in the way I should stay on track.
Day 2…I’m doing my second Tuesday workout and get called into work during warm up. Not only does this kill the Brick but, it also screws with the family pretty hard. Really pisses me off when that happens. So I stayed at mom’s and hit the pool early. After 7500 in the pool I decided to head up and run a few miles. A nice solid 2.5 hr effort. I find that I have one big issue. Really big actually. I dread my next workout. I lose all motivation on my downtime. I still get there and get it done but, for some reason I just get so blah in between. As soon as I hit the water or get warmed up on the bike everything is great. I thought I was hammering everything but, I think that’s just my pace now. I paced my 7500 all below 1:15. I know that seems slow, and really I think it is…for 500 yds. Do it for 7.5k and see what happens. I think I know what a partial cause is. I’m afraid to put strain on the family. I went big last year and didn’t want to do that again. Well it turns out I did OK at Ironman and stopping would be a waste. It seems as though I have support but, I’m just not sure. Am I taking to much? It’s hard to tell, at least from my perspective. I like to deal in facts not speculation, that’s why I’m in a field of science.

The food restructuring is hard. I’m having a difficult time with the candy. I NEED IT. No weekday beer and no cola has been easy. Portion size still sucks. I am always hungry. It will pass soon. Once I’m on a roll I think I can drop down to 160 and stay. That’s only 13 lbs.

I think the new year has been kicked off ok. So far this week I had a 3hr 40 min trail run in 5” of snow and another long Wed. Plus my daily 80-90 minutes. I just love this feeling of being whooped.