I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack.

Oh hi! Yes, it's me, it's really me. Where I have I been for the past 5 months, you might ask?

I wish I had a good answer for you. I wish I could say I'd been abducted by aliens, or become a member of the CIA and sent out on a top-secret mission. That would be a lot cooler than the truth, which is...well, I haven't been doing much worth mentioning for the last 150 days (roughly.) 

I did a few triathlon-related things over the summer, but the one thing I didn't do was...er...a triathlon. Oops! However, I did manage to complete two 800 meter open water swims, so that's something. I even managed to limit my consumption of bacteria-laden lake water to a few gallons.

Then, somewhere in July or August, the wheels came off. Not the wheels of my gorgeous pink bike (though that would have been a handy excuse for my lack of triathlon training) but the figurative wheels that kept my motivation moving forward. 

I could sit here and list a bunch of excuses but...no scratch that, I think that's exactly what I'll do! Let's see...there were vacations, illnesses, wedding planning, important family happenings, (like both of my sisters abandoning me to live elsewhere, cough, cough) and you know, general laziness.

I even let my running mileage get drastically low. For a while, when I couldn't motivate myself to run, I followed the P90X program religiously. I got it for my fiance for his birthday, and we started it together. Let me tell you, that thing WORKS! I could see and feel the changes in my body after 30 days. 

But then, I got a cold and didn't do P90X for a few days. And after I got over the cold, I somehow decided I needed to start building my running mileage up again so I can run a fall marathon in 2011. And after that I got an e-mail from a local women's triathlon club offering 7 weeks of swim training for beginners or people who haven't swum in a while. Sounds good to me! 

So that's basically where I stand. The cold I mentioned, well, I just got over it a few days ago. I've run twice this week and have at least one more run planned with a friend. The swim sessions start on November 7th, so I'd better register. 

Let's see if I can get that motivation rolling again...and also maybe talk about other life happenings, such as how much my sisters suck for leaving me, (cough, cough) wedding planning, and how much I love looking at pictures of food and recipes for things I'll never cook. Food gawker, anyone?

Also, my fiance is still following the P90X program and I plan on doing a review of it in the near future. So keep an eye out for that.