I saw a "1" today.

What do I speak of, you ask. I weighed myself this morning as I do almost every morning and the scale read 203. After eating my breakfast of late (plain non-fat greek yogurt, fresh fruit, granola, and drizzle of honey), I went for a 2:15 run total 15.50 miles. I felt great for the first hour, then felt okay after 1:30, then the heavy legs set in. I actually had to purposely pick up the pace for the last 30 min. or so because I needed to get home in time to register for IMCANADA.

I weighed myself when I got back from my run to monitor how much weight I lost (so I can make corrections in my run nutrition). I weighed in at 198. I don't think I have seen that number since junior high school. I was completely dehydrated so its only temporary but its motivating to see.

I'm down almost 25 pounds since last October when I got serious (or somewhat serious) with my nutrition. I really only got serious the end of July when I got back from IMLP. Hanging around 2,000 extremely fit people has a remarkable way of motivating. I am almost 60 pounds lighter than when I first started this endurance craze almost 4 years ago. That is really hard to believe.

But it feels great to be in the best shape of my life. The crazy part is that I know I can get much leaner and fitter so there is a lot more potential.

I'm nursing a bum knee and stiff shoulder right now. After swimming 4,000 yds on Monday, I'm taking the rest of the week off from swimming.

Gearing up for a 100-125 mile ride on Sunday. Doing an organized century ride. Not sure if I'll do the 100 option or 125 option yet.

Oh yea, btw, I signed up for my second ironman today before I even completed my first. In an extremely rare opportunity, NA Sports made a few slots available for IM Canada, a very hard race to get into as its one of the most popular. My fast fingers were ready and I made it in the nick of time online. The slots were all gobbled up in less than a minute. That makes me, Sue, and Mark all registered now. We're shopping for a house now. Should be fun. So that will mean I will do 2 ironmans in one year as this race is next August.