I skipped swim practice again today.  I woke up around 5:15, realized that if I got ready and left right away I'd still be about 10 minutes late, rolled over and went back to sleep.  Ugh, it's amazing how easy it is to talk myself out of exercising that early in the morning :(

That makes it over a month since I've been to a swim practice...right before Bassman.  I need to get back in there at least once a week during the winter. 

Winter training starts this week with us ramping up our running miles for the marathon in February.  Our weekday workouts have shifted to put more emphasis on the run (from 2 swims, 0 strength workouts, 2 runs and 2 bikes to 2 swims, 2 strength, 3 runs and 1 bike on the trainer or in a spin class) but our weekend workouts have stayed the same with a long run on Saturday and a long bike on Sunday.  I know I won't get all the workouts in, and Coach Ed is actually thinking about coming up with scaled back workout plans for people who just can't get 8 workouts in a week (!!) but I want to try to get in as many as I can without burning myself out. 

The team is preparing for the Myrtle Beach marathon on the 16th, but since it's on the same weekend, Connie and I decided to go do the Austin marathon instead! :)  MIke's usually pretty hesitant to travel just for a race (and with good reason, the 3 days in San Fran was pretty costly) but since we can combine this one with visiting family and friends, he's actually pretty excited.