Update.........

Things have been a little slow lately as far as training goes. I have been taking this down time to catch up on a few things around the house - mainly tiling the kitchen floor. What a pain! Never again.

I did learn a valuable lesson - don't do anything you can pay someone else to do. If you can't afford it, it wasn't meant to be.

My training has resorted to running and spending some time on the bike on the trainer. Unfortunately the weather and time change has forced me on to the trainer. I don't feel comfortable riding at night and will never do it. I have made it for about an hour but most of my rides have been between 40-45 minutes. Today's ride lasted me 45 minutes and it went by really fast. I watched the 2008 Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Clearwater. Those guys and gals can move! It's fun to dream.

Sara and I received some bad news today regarding her stepfather Bill. After a period of time of not feeling well, he is now in the hospital. Apparently he has had a few episodes but this one was much worse. Jeanne was there but could not do anything so she called 911. He has been passing blood and is very weak with very low pulse. The doctors cannot do any tests until he gains some strength back. We are keeping him our prayers and ask that everyone else does the same.