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edit: I've been doing so well at my workouts etc and I just blew my diet by hitting the Almond Butter & Honey on wheat toast.....its not so bad that I ate it .... its just that I ate it at 10:30 at night I go through the occasional eerily quite sad time and I reach for the comfort food....Now I think Im going to have to go out for a run at 11 at night someone recently told me that they don't eat after dark I forgot to ask how that policy worked with daylight saving time ;) ....I know as much training as I do and following the Zone diet its best to not fast for so long so I typically will eat a 1-2 block snack about an hour before bed....this, what I just consumed, is the equivelant to a 3-4+ block meal at 10:30 at night ohhhh the guilt. I need a kick in the shorts over my nutrition discipline. I felt like listening to a little Bob Marley tonight anyway .... good middle of the night running music. "Then we would cook oatmeal porridge, Of which I'll share with you;" --- That's soul right there!
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I've had a week of hitting all my workouts and training sessions and then some for the first time in MONTHS! After the personal turmoil and the transition and the bike accident post century ride and the pulled rib muscle Im finally back at it almost full on. I've gotten my runs in some surfing all of my P90-X scheduled workouts (Even the Ab Ripper) the bike trainer for an hour last night (not Spinervals yet) and 20 miles my favorite out and back tonight down 100 to flagler beach spend some time staring at the water wishing I was in it head back. Followed by yoga. Ohhh the yoga hurts so good. I still can't do crane must be weak midsection.

I still get some discomfort in my rib so Im not 100%. Deep breathing is uncomfortable but aerobic paces are a "walk in the park". This is all exciting to me because mentally I've turned the corner and have lost the mindset that when I caught myself enjoying something or slightly uncomfortable physically I would remind myself of my problems which pretty much sucked the life out of me to this point this year. Cryyyyyyy baby.

Speaking of jogs in the park I recently dropped $320 on custom leather orthotics in the hopes it would clear up my knee problems and so far I'm happy to report I've been running pain free in both knees since I started using them. No Patt strap when at 5 miles or less and aerobic. Of course my first anaerobic workout and Im sure as a result of scar tissue at least some pain will return particularly in the right illioltibial band. Im still feeling pretty good about them.....I better be at $320. I'll put my anaerobic theory to the test this weekend doing some race pace intervals.

Im feeling so confident I signed up for my first event since Beaches Fine Arts in May. I'll be doing the Tomoka 4 miler at High Bridge in Ormond on September 16th. Because of the way the schedule works out I'll probably be pushing Maddie in the jogging stroller unless I can drag someone (ahem Mikey, Melissa, random stranger/volunteer?) with me to keep an eye on her. She likes doing runs/events with me (probably for the free food) she waves to everyone although Id hate to be on the other end of the wave because if you're getting passed by somone pushing a jogging stroller you may be hurting a little. Its happened to me before. I'm looking forward to seeing the familiar faces you get at local races. Kind of hoping this leads to a few late season triathlons.

This weekend I might have an opportunity to do an off road ride with a friend. I'll be using my original women's MTB from my first triathlon season. I've done very little off road type riding so hopefully its relatively easy....they have more experience than I do off road don't want to get dropped "On the road to nowhere" [Another 50 points to whomever can name the Artist by the way Cyndi claimed the last 50...this will be a fun game, points for finding song references in my posts make it a competition whoever has the most points at Christmas time (Cyndi will probably be the only person to guess) gets a brand new bag of my favorite Dove dark chocolate shipping/delivery included :) ].

NFL season starts tonight GO DOLPHINS! And to keep my tradition started in this very blog last year here is the song of all songs Miami Dolphins Song and if you have the time check out my sisters Miami Dolphin theme MySpace Page

I want to offer an open apology to the way I write. In looking back at some of the old posts I've found the way I talk and think in person is much different than what comes out of my hands on a keyboard...Im reading this stuff thinking what a dork! At least I think its different :) I need to learn to write like I talk.