Friends help

 My first day running back at Rogue and it was a cold, wet and early morning. I woke up at 5:30 for a 7 am run and immediately fought off the urge to crawl back under the covers. I am keeping my mileage low for the first month until I get back into full swing. I only ran 8 miles this morning which I know is not very much but it was the first step on a long road to Ironman. Knowing I was only going to run 8 miles made it more difficult to get out of bed because I know I could have done this run on my own. Luckily I have a few friends at Rogue and the thought of seeing them again made the choice of going a lot easier. Thank you Jenn, Heidi, Joe and Mandy for running with me this morning.
  I am in the process of upgrading my messenger bike to help me get some extra cycling miles this training season. I picked up a used cycle computer from Ozone to log my miles on my commute to and from work and school. My old boss form New York is sending me another courier bag from my bike messenger days so that will make commuting easier. I also bought a new lock since my old trusty chain lock ended up in San Francisco. I still need to put some cages on the pedals so I can get a little more benefit out of my ride. The cages will help my turnover when I spin.
  Woohoo! Good start already. Oh and a special thank you to Barton for helping me with my hamstring issues. I appreciate the fix.

Team Rogue

  It's official. I start training with Team Rogue in the morning. 7 a.m. will be arriving a little too quickly though. I will be with them for the next 6 months until my Ironman. It is all coming together now and it is just a matter of rattling the cage to wake up the sleeping potential inside.

Keeps going and going

  Today was supposed to be a long run day but I have decided to move it to tomorrow for my birthday. I figured it will be a great way to welcome in another year on this planet. So today somehow ended up being a do nothing day. Hmmm this is not what I had planned at all.
  Speaking of my birthday I got a new pair of running shoes sent to me in the mail yesterday. I cannot wait to break them in. They are the Nike Free 7.0. I really enjoyed them last year so I have high expectations for them this year. My parents don't know this yet but they are buying me my first month of Team Rogue training starting next week. I can finally be with a running group again. It has been way too long. Yesterday's workout was a chest and back strength training workout that involved way to many pull ups, push ups and chin ups. I followed that up with an hour on the trainer watching the last of my James Bond movies.
 Off to work now and then a nice easy long run (7-10 miles) in the morning.