Three Things Thursday

Is it Thursday already? This past week just flew by. I have had so many things that I wanted to write about this week and I didn't get around to any of them. Well, at least I get to do this awesome three things post today.

1. WooHoo to getting to swim and strength train over the winter. Earlier this week my family joined our local Y so that we could take advantage of the many different programs and amenities that the Y has to offer. Among those said amenities I will get to use the lap pool so I can get ready for my triathlons for next year. Also, I will get to utilize all of the specialty equipment to make my strength training more effective. Besides all of that it will be great to be able to exercise with the whole family so we and get and stay fit through the winter months.

2. I am down to 15 days until the 26.2 becomes a reality. I am getting more excited by the day and have been finalizing the plans for the expo and race day. I have another good week of solid training and then I will get into a very short taper. All I can say is bring it on I feel that I am ready!

3.  Over the past few days of reading the blogs that I follow and those that I follow on twitter I have come across a few posts which have expressed the exact way that I feel about certain things, or that I have found especially humorous as it relates to my life. The first of these post comes from Lesley (Racing it off), you can read it here. It is about one of my pet peeves and I don't think that I could have said it any better. The second one is an article by Susan Lacke  from competitor.com. It deals with one of my all time favorite subjects, food. The third post I found that really hit home with me as a really good explanation of some common myths about running barefoot. Jeff over at Another Mile, really did a great job with his 4 myths about barefoot running post.
Hope that all of you out there enjoy these as much as I did and until next time, may all of your active endeavors be excellent and injury free.