Well, I'm back. In the past three weeks I have been in Biloxi, MS; Topsail, NC (on vacation); and Durham, NH. I didn't do too bad exercising. In Biloxi a ran three times including a 5 mile run. I didn't intend this to be a long run but I felt good so I just kept going. Being able to see the Gulf of Mexico while running helps. I find scenery a nice distraction. On this long run I got to see slabs where houses used to be and massive casinos all right along the coast. Interesting contrast. Diet wasn't great but it wasn't awful. Some fried food but some baked/grilled food as well. I even hit the buffet at the casino I was staying at and only went back once finishing my plate neither time. On vacation, I ran once with my brother and sister. I ran once with my sister on a tempo run, 10 minutes jogging, 2 miles at 5K pace, 10 minutes jogging. I ran once with my wife until she bled. Just kidding (kind of). I encouraged her to go a little further. I noticed that a blister she had on her achilles was bleeding but I didn't tell her until we got to our half-way turn around point. She did very well and now has I nice blood shoe she can brag about. I intended on doing a long run while at the beach but laziness got the best of me. Diet was your typical vacation diet. Some over eating and some poor choices while dining out. Nothing extreme. In NH I did nothing. Let's just call it a week of rest for my legs. My diet was OK. Again, no extremes. I ate breakfast everyday. Lunches were at the university cafeteria which was surprisingly nice. Had a couple bowls of chowda and a couple of lobsta rolls while I was there. Very nice.

Now I back in town for a week. When I got back I gave out the gifts I brought back from NH to my girls. After that I noticed they had gotten me a gift, a Garmin Forerunner 305! What a cool toy! This is a watch size GPS device that will let me keep track of the routes I run, my times, my pace and even comes with a heart rate monitor. I used it yesterday on a run with Greg. We ran through old Mt. Pleasant, about 4.5 miles. The Forerunner worked well. The more I use it the more I will use the advanced functionality like alarms. I can set it to tell me when I'm outside of a specified pace or heart rate. It should really help me training for the half marathon. I also went to the "in-between" boot camp yesterday morning. We used body bars and dumb bells to make the workout a little harder. I am really sore today. Going from 3 runs a week to two workouts in one day is a little harder than I thought it would be. More motivation to workout while I'm on travel.

Diet - yesterday - Bfast - nutri grain bar Lunch - leftover spaghetti, 100 cal pudding Dinner - Pork with hoisin sauce/rice, 3 slices of garlic bread.