1Hr Swim, 80 Mile Cold Miserable Ride, Abandoned Run

It`s 3AM. I`m awake and about to start my long workout for the day. I went to bed last night at 7PM, flirted with awakedness at about midnight and then fell back to sleep. I feel a little groggy but the caffeine is taking care of that for me. The minivan is packed and ready to roll. Here`s the plan: 3:00am - Wake upa#xD; 3:20am - Depart in vehicular form of transpor#xD; 3:55am - Arrive at Matt ` Kendy`s pooln#xD; 4:00am - Start swimming under the stars #xD; 4:15am - Explain to police why I`m in the pool at 4amo#xD; 5:00am - Finish swimi#xD; 5:15am - Arrive at Silver Comet trailhead, don bike gear #xD; 5:30am - Depart on biker#xD; 7:30am - End of trail, 39 miles,#xD; 8:30am - Back to mile 22 of trail, halfway point of biken#xD; 9:30am - End of trail, againa#xD; 11:30am - Start of trail, again, 112 miles donem#xD; 11:45am - Don running gear, departa#xD; 12:45pm - Turn aroundu#xD; 1:45pm - Finish run, no pre-determined distanced#xD; 2:00pm - Depart in minivan for homen#xD; 2:30pm - Arrive homer#xD; 2:45pm - Done showering #xD; 2:55pm - Done dressing, depart for Anna`s Triathlon Baby Shower at Dana`s #xD; 3:00pm - Arrive at Dana`s #xD; 3:05pm - Beer me, ASAPr#xD; 3:15pm - Buzzzzzz-#xD; 3:30pm - Slurring of speech #xD; 3:45pm - I apologize for saying that about your sweater muffinse#xD; 4:00pm - Asked to leave Anna`s Baby Showera#xD; 4:05pm - Back home #xD; 4:15pm - Crash;#xD; I`m shifting things early because I want to make it to Anna`s most excellent triathlon baby shower as produced by Divas Vanessa and Dana. I need to bring the camera to snap some momentos. Looking forward to Paul with some beer and Anna with some roundness! Later all!e#xD; a#xD; Update 12:15PM: Well, that was a disaster. Swim from 4am to 5am was great. Made it out onto the bike. And froze. It was just too cold. And I was too tired. The two of them mixed made for a miserable 80 miles and then I abandoned. I just couldn`t get my heart rate up. I was pedaling along at 20 mph with my heart at 98bpm and my body freezing. It was miserable. Spent an hour and a half playing blind Trail Marker Pac Man and Spider Web Collector, just hoping that I didn`t guess incorrectly which shadow was the trail. By the last hour it had warmed up and I was able to kick it a bit. Heart rate up around 160bpm. I saw Keith and Dana heading out as I was heading in. They looked up-beat and ready to ride. I really shouldn`t be too dissappointed with a 5hr30min workout, but I am. Probably some overtraining in there with the lack of sleep and cold. Haven`t really recovered from the last four mega workouts. Need some rest.

Anna`s Awesome Baby Shower!

We had a great time seeing all the tri peeps at Anna`s Baby Shower hosted at Dana and Chris` house and produced by Dana and Vanessa. The food was excellent! The cake was great! The company was wonderful! We couldn`t have had a better time! Ava had a playmate and everything! Anna and Chris look and sound like they`re all geared up for the little one. House renovations are done and Chris is on cell phone standby. Anna`s "cut back" her training to twice a week! I got some shots, but not as many as I should have... but I think Dave had a camera so there are probably a lot more shots out there. Both Vanessa and Dana text messaged me to make sure I was OK with their good-natured Skinny Joe Eating jokes. I am fine guys! Really... it`s hilarious. You should see me at a mexican place! No offense taken. Quick write-up just to get the pics online. Great to see everybody!