Back again!?

I know I said I was back about a month ago. However, a fierce bout with pneumonia (left lung) kept me off the roads From Nov. 7 until the week of Thanksgiving. In my past life I would've trained right through the fits of coughing and massive chunks of phlegm and probably be spritzing my keyboard with spittle, this very moment, as a result (although it did take a month of coaxing to get me to even see the Doc). I must say - it's amazing how much more quickly you heal when you get a little bit of rest. Too bad it took me this long to admit to this obvious fact.

• Anyway, I thought I'd share my "training" since I've been back (again). The month of October featured 2-3 days/week of swimming - 2-3k/workout, mostly drills. This is significant, as I've not been in the water, except during my Multisports.com camps, for the better part of 3 years. I also ran 2-3 days/week, 4 miles each day. I rode 2 or 3 times (period) in October. I know this does not seem like much, but it's a start for me, in terms of resuming "consistant" training.
• As I mentioned above, Nov. started with good intentions, and ended up with nothing to brag about until Saturday, Nov. 17. I rode the 31 mile El Tour with some old friends. It took 3 hours. That's a long ride for me . . . just not very far. I ran 4 miles Sunday. I ran 5 miles Monday to get in shape for the T-Day X/C race. I ran 7 miles Tuesday in hopes that the 5k X/C race on Thursday would feel a little shorter. I rode 2 hours with my brother and a buddy on Wednesday (to give my running legs a little taper for the big X/C T-Day race). Thursday, I sprinted my ass off for 5km in the T-Day X/C race, ran faster than I thought I'd run, but didn't run very fast. And it felt like the course was 10km, even though I know it wasn't. However, it was very fun to push myself again. Friday I hung out with the family. Saturday I rode up to mile post 7 (easy) of Mt. Lemmon with Teri Albertazzi, I woman I coach (3 hours total). Sunday I rode 3.5 hours with Teri, Marco (guy I coach), and Wang (best buddy).
• I'll fill in the blanks for this week in a couple days. I'll try to include a more interesting content in future entries. For now you'll have to be bored with my pathetic workout "log."