Day off

Today was first day off from training for in like forever.  Other than when I travel for business, I'm always doing at least one sport of the three.  It was so nice to sleep in, work and not have to worry about getting outside to workout.  It was extra cool because at my usual afternoon workout time there was this massive thunderstorm.

Tomorrow I have an easy technique swim in the morning at the usual wake up time and then an aerobic 90 minute ride.  This weekend's workouts will be the last real hard workouts although because the duration is short they won't be too bad.

I'm started to get excited that I actually will be able to become an Ironman.  I mean it's really weird but man if I finish it will be awesome.  I mean sure I've been training for almost a year but even when I was a kid I always thought of doing after seeing it on TV.  Sure Canada isn't Kona but man the distance is what was there.  2.4 mile swim which is like forever and then go do a 112 mile bike and just for fun after that run a marathon.  All those distances when I was kid were super huge by themselves.  I was a runner as a kid but the farthest I had gone was 8 miles during cross country.

So yes I'm already getting butterflies and it's 17 days away.  Race morning, I'm going to be a mess.  It's going to be hard to keep focused on the plan for the day and all the little things to make sure the event goes well.

I'm trying my best to monitor my calorie intake as I've cut back on the duration of my workouts so I don't gain 5 lbs between now and race day.  I really don't want to carry that extra weight up all the hills on the bike course as well as for the 26.2 miles of running.  It's hard because my stomach is probably the size of an elephant all expanded over the year of just stuffing tons of food in it.  So it's complaining right now as I've only put a simple cereal bar and a bowl of salad in it today.  I'm going to eat some pasta tonight and try my best to limit after dinner snacks.  The hardest part will be eating healthy while at the race site for the 6 days leading up to the race.

The official athlete's guide is out so it's just a matter of time before they publish bib numbers.  Once they are up, I'll post all the details for anyone wanting to check on my status during or after the event.

Under 17 days...