It's been a while

I know I haven't blogged in a really long time but life has been interesting. After Ironman I took 1 full week off and then started to bike and swim and then about 3 weeks later I felt up to running. I felt ok during the summer when I was exercising but that is about it since I was in Keene Valley and on vacation too. I have since gone back to work (teaching) and my legs did not like to stand all day and then go out and exercise. My body did not like to run at all once I went back to work. The North Elba 1/2 marathon was put on hold. The Lake George Triathlon was not done. I have had to change the Philadelphia Marathon to the half marathon in November. I have really raced (except for the Rutabega 5K in Keene Valley) since Ironman. My upper back has been really effected by Ironman and I still have knots under my shoulders. The cut I got on my leg the Wednesday before Ironman isn't completely gone - still in healing/scarring mode. I gained 8 lbs in 10 weeks (not sure why), finally I am down a couple now which is great. I was not recovering from workouts the way that I used to and I just felt horrible when I was exercising. I decided that maybe if I started eating meat again I would feel stronger muscularly. 3 weeks later, I am not sure if it is making a difference yet since my intestines don't like meat very much and I hate the taste of it. So, I am basically taking one day at a time, listening to my body, and hoping that all will be ok. I would like to start training for next years Ironman in November so I am training and trying but now I am lifting and trying to get my legs and momemtum back. It will happen, I just need to be patient. I am excited to get back into yoga and have been doing much more in October after taking an entire week off again in September. I will be stronger and I will be better next year. I will be great.

Here are August Stats and September stats:
August:
swim distance: 2.1 miles
swim time: 1 hr 30 min
Bike distance: 129.39 miles
Bike time 9 hrs 13 min
Run distance: 13.75 miles
Run time 2 hrs 29 min
Total miles: 149.24
Total time: 18 hrs 57 min
September:
Bike distance: 56.14 miles
Bike time 3 hrs 57 min
Run distance 35.16 miles
Run time 6 hrs 34 min
Total miles: 94.3
Total time: 12 hrs 7 min

Total mileage through September:
Swim distance 67.01 miles
Swim time: 45 hrs 38 min
Bike distance: 2002.13 miles
Bike time: 150 hrs 5 min
Run distance 445.91 miles
Run time: 84 hrs 54 min
Other distances 12.01 miles
Other time 18 hrs 22 min
Total miles 2527.06 miles
Total time 298 hrs 59 min (about 12 1/2 days)

Wow!! That is a lot of working out. More to come to.