5AM wake up call (with a 1 hour snooze)

I knew last night that today was going to be an extremely busy day for me. The alarm went off this morning at 5AM, we snoozed for an hour, and I finally got up, dressed, kissed Jen goodbye for the week, and was off to the pool. Today's workout was really good with a bunch (and I mean a bunch) of 300 intervals. After the swim I headed home and braved the cold elements outside once again. I checked on the internet and the outside temp was a chilling 30 degrees with 5 mph winds....not too bad, so I went for it. I decided to stay close to home just in case I really started to get cold, and that's exactly what happened about 45 minutes in. The wind started to pick up and it was time to call it a day....or at least a call it a day for outdoor activities. I headed home, ate a quick lunch then climbed on the trainer for the rest of my 3 hour bike ride. I'm really addicted to renting movies off of pay-per-view, and the movie of the day today was something called "Hitman". A gun-for-hire known only as Agent 47 hired by a group known only as 'The Agency' is ensnared in a political conspiracy, which finds him pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Eastern Europe. Sounds exciting right? Well it was. Non stop action which really made the time fly by as I spun and spun my legs downstairs. So another 4 hour training day is in the books, and I'm now sitting in the Pittsburgh airport waiting to board my flight to Los Angeles. I'm really looking forward to another week of 70+ degree weather, but hate being away from home and Jen. Coach has some good solid running in store for me this week and I'm looking forward to another hard week of training!

posted by Chad Holderbaum @ 5:07 PM Comments: 1