My piggies

They're missing their nails.  I had two fall off yesterday all from the Ironman toe carnage.  I think only one toenail out of the ten didn't have a blister under it.  I did my best to release the pressure under most of them but 3 didn't survive.  Both big toes are toast but only one has fallen off.  Luckily my calf is all screwed up so I'm not running.  Just cycling without a big toenail is weird.

The calf pain has pretty much spelled doom for any October marathon in order to qualify for Boston.  That's okay as I think I have time to train and qualify in the next few years.  I need to get the calf feeling better because fall is just around the corner here.  The highs now are in the low 70s and I have to wear arm warmers, knee warmers and a vest when riding now because it's around 60.  I can feel that soon the rains will start and for exercise I'll need to run.

I'm so lazy I'm only planning to swim on Thursday when I take Elena to school and possibly this upcoming Monday.  I need to get to the pool more than that but I just have no motivation.  I guess this really makes me a duathlete and not a triathlete.  I have that non-wetsuit Florida half swim in 9 months.  I would like to go faster than this years 42 but that requires training.

I go to Germany and Switzerland towards the end of October so hopefully my calf will be healed by then so I could run in the mornings over there.  I'll have to fly out on a Saturday and won't get back til the following Saturday.  Europe trips always suck because you usually eat a weekend day by sitting on a 7 hour flight.  I think I need to find 2 good books before going to help get me through the long flights.

Well back to it...