Chilling on the couch after another busy day. My hip has really been bothering me. I'm concerned it's bursitis so I decided that it would be prudent to "brisk walk" my runs and take a few days off the bike.

So this morning I walked 3.85 miles. It was painful. Not "ouch" painful, but boring painful. I need to change my attitude about walking. I was with Roy and we took Dash and Maddie. That was part of the problem...not Roy, LOL! But the two dogs. Because there were two, Dash was distractible...almost like a 6th grade boy with his friend at his house for the first time. I suppose that's apropos for his age (about 8 months). He's still my widdle baby, though.

Yeah, I called my dog widdle baby...whatcha gonna do about it?

Took off to the lake after packing a picnic lunch. I swam for an hour. I figure I got in about a mile and a half, give or take. It's hard to tell in the lake. I'm feeling really confident about this lake swimming, and I am not going to panic at the triathlon. In fact, I'm going to sign up for a second one come payday and I decided that next year has to be half ironman time. Yes, I am declaring it here.

Now I will go throw up.

After the swim Roy and I went for a hike for 3 hours...then dropped in on REI (my favoritist store ever) and exchanged Van, my Garmin 305 for a new Garmin 305. Mine started acting up and since I paid $350 clams for him, if he doesn't behave he's out! I love REI because not only do they give me 10% back on all purchases as a member, but they also take things back without question. So now I have a new Garmin 305 and a new sweat-free heart rate monitor strap! Neato poteeto!