Happy Birthday Keith!

It is Keith's 30th birthday ;)

Happy birthday buddy!

Anyone catch Big Brother last night??? Best ever move in Big Brother history was pulled by my man Jeff when he used the Coup d'etat. Chima's, Natalie's, and Lydia's faces dropped when he busted it out...LMAO! Even if Jeff gets voted out this week those looks were priceless and worth it! However, I'd like to see that biggot Chima tossed first...I know...I'm a reality tv drama queen....what else do I have focus on before I ramp up training again???

It is wet and dreary here in Calgary when I woke up at 4am this morning...a lot like the east coast. Laid there until 6:15am until Super Sammy decided it was time to get up. The little fart wakes up every morning at the same time like clock work. He barrels it downstairs to go outside to use the bathroom and then race back to get his breakfast. Both Mel and I take turns getting up so this morning was my turn. When I pulled out the dog food, Jessie heard it and came ripping downstairs to get in on the action as well.

After the pups were squared away I got dressed and headed out for an easy (hilly) 32 minute run. Didn't feel as bad as the other day. I have been cramming in a bunch of reading since 70.3 on nutrition and run training. Two nights ago I started mapping out my training schedule for Clearwater. My main focus is on run training so my schedule revolves around those key workouts. We'll see how the first training block works before I adjust the next period.

My plan is to write the entire schedule out over the next week so I know it is there and see all my training periods. However, I know as each week comes I'll end up changing it up based on personal/work commitments and how fatigued I am feeling. I absolutely love this stuff. The schedule starts Aug 24.

One thing I noticed since my volume of training as decreased, is that I can only manage about 5hrs of sleep each night. No matter what time I got to bed I wake up within 5 hours and stay awake. I have even decreased my caffeine, limited my sweets, and cut down food portions but none of that seems to help. When I am training, I can't get enough and will/need sleep at least 7 - 8hrs a night.

This weekend not much is happening...oh wait...we're going to VEGAS BABY!!!!

We'll be getting ready over the next couple of days for our trip. Checking out the weather down there, it is saying 35 - 40 degrees all week. I plan on doing a few earlier morning runs and it is telling me it is about 26 - 28 at 7-8am....crazy shit!

Happy Friday Folks!