SLUG

Yes - a slug.  That is what I have become.  I have been on my bike ONCE since Ironman.  It was enjoyable, but I did have a completely flat back tire to start.  I just pumped it up and went.  I've done some minimal running - heck, minimal WALKING even!  My ankle regularly hurts when pushing off and my plantar fasciitis is flaring in my left foot (same leg as the ankle issue).  I did take the kids hiking at Devil's Lake State Park last Sunday, but it was a little painful. The pool and I are always friends.  Sally bought a new workout book, and those workouts are butt-kicking!  I am on a hiatus for a couple of weeks because Bert is in Wyoming hunting.  I might go in for 30 minutes or so after I am done coaching on Monday as the boy has soccer practice until 6:30.  Might as well just stay in town and wait until he is finished.  I did yoga ONCE.  Weights - nada.  Oh how the mighty have fallen!  I have to have a plan.  I am seriously considering joining the gym when it re-opens after the remodel.  I would like to get some varied weight routines, do the rowing machine, rehab my ankle on the treadmill, maybe take some different classes.  I need to clean up my diet.  I don't think concrete mixers several times per week are really acceptable at this point.  Bert is doing a winter cycling program -- This plan-- and I think I might do the same.  Every season I say I am going to work on my biking during the winter, but I do not.  I would like to bike with him next summer as he prepares for Ironman Mont Tremblant.  I do not have a race plan for next season.  I am a big glob of goo.  I had to have my cholesterol done for work a few weeks ago.  I'm at an increased risk for coronary disease!  This was 3 weeks post Ironman.  I need to EXERCISE more!  Can you believe that???  Maybe I need to consider a double Ironman!  Ultra-marathon?  Maybe just a summer and a winter Ironman so that I am always in tip-top shape.  Maybe I should go to Culver's and ponder my plan.....