Sooo sore...

I started back with strength training this week and boy do I ever feel sore! Wednesday was an upper body workout, today lower, and tomorrow core. I have been experimenting with some new exercises which are geared more towards swim/bike/run. I saw some nice improvements in the three disciplines this past season which I partly attribute to the strength training program I followed last off-season. I'm hooked!

No big plans this weekend. Tomorrow I have a half day of work - suppose to be doing an ethics training course on avoiding workplace violence. I told all my co-workers to line up today so I could get one last punch in at them. After I complete the course I'll have no excuse...

Tomorrow evening we are dropping over to Chris & Jill's pad to meet up with Katie and some of their friends for dinner and wine! Should be fun as we will get to share our stories from Florida. Saturday the plan is to do some Christmas light shopping and decorate our property. I said to Mel we should go all out and be like the Griswold family in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Sadly, she denied my request. After the lights are installed I plan on making homemade bread...its been years since I whipped up a batch. My mom taught me several years ago with Nan's receipe...and yes it is totally made by hand. I get about 8- 10 loaves of heavenly goodness with each batch. Whatever dough is left over I usually make toutons with it. Toutons are a Newfoundland receipe - basically it is fried dough bread in a little bit of margarine. Lots of calories but oh so good!

Sunday morning the plan is to spin with the gang down at Tri-it. I figure it is time to get back into the saddle and do a little bit of work to keep some aerobic fitness.