Hunger Pain

I hate waking up to hunger. I didn't work out at all yesterday. I just worked and snacked through the day to make up for a calorie deficit from Sunday. I really didn't consume enough calories Sunday night. I felt hungry all day on Monday even though I didn't do anything but sit. I ate a bunch of cheese filled tortellini from Costco. These things really are good and for 10 bucks you get a decent sized bag that lasted about 6 meals. If I can average under like $2 for dinner, I'm a winner. I feel this type of meal is towards the high side of my price range but I don't eat them all the time. I can really save money by consuming my usual rice or pasta and lots of it.

My foot hurts so I didn't run to the gym even though it was a lovely 75 degrees with 80% humidity when I woke up at 4:30AM. This is suppose to be our last high 90s and mid 40 humidity day of the week. The weather folks on the local news say this isn't normal. Thank god! I'll be able to stay cool in the evening without running my A/C non-stop. I'm not a hot weather weenie by any means but sleep is beneficial to my training. The last two nights I set the temp to 76 like a wuss. Oh well, it's only a couple of days. I'll buck up after the Ironman and just leave the thermo at 80 since it won't matter if I get a decent night sleep or not.

The thing about not working out is it's really weird. I got still sortof early at 5AM only showered once during the day and wrapped a decent day of work around 4pm. The hardest post Ironman training part will come on the weekends when instead of working out for 6+ hours I'll have those hours to do "stuff". I may have to up my Netflix subscription to 8 out at a time as I'll be able to burn through tons of movies post Ironman either that or maybe I should actually try to meet some people. Do social stuff and contribute to society. Nah...I'll just eat, watch TV and gain 100lbs. Crap I can't do that because I promised to do the Florida Half next year with Orion.

I will have to continue to swim even though I'm still totally lost in the water. Little girls, old guys, fat people, short people, skinny people, old gals and just about everyone can swim faster than me. I still must suck at technique because I just can't believe that all of those people have more endurance or strength than me. I mean there are tons of people who easily average 1:30 something per 100 yards for the entire half and even the entire Ironman distance. My fastest 100 yard all out ever is 1:40. I'm able to swim in the pool low 1:50s for at least 3000 yards so far so my fastest to my endurance speed is real close. Ugh..Orion just started working out and he's already just as fast as me in the water but he swam a bunch as a kid plus he is way stronger. Oh well, if I can get rid of this nagging foot pain I will still crush the run portion I hope. I may suck in the pool but if I can post a 3:15 marathon at IMC that would rock and be probably top 25 run split compared to my likely 1800 out of 2200 swim split. Ouch!

Ack 11 weeks left!!!