Jacob and Alex did the Iron Kids fun run tonight and it was great. I ran with Alex and he did the full 1K run without walking. They got medals and water bottles when they crossed the line.
I may have to rethink my estimates... Swimming into whitecaps sure changes how long it takes to swim. 1 lap this morning took over 48 minutes and boy o boy was it tough headed out. Coming back in was just a little easier but not much. No fun hitting a wave when you're trying to breathe.
Looking down the middle of the course.
Time for lunch!
We got up early loaded, robeks, starbucks and on road by 7 am. The kids did great, first stop was almost 3 hoursin up on top of Snoqualamie Pass, just a quick break and back on the road, next stop was not until Moses Lake for lunch. We found a great park right off the freeway.
Some fun at the park
Jacob, Alex and I set out on Friday for a boys only camp out, we didn't go far, about 7 miles south of Bellingham is Larabee State Park but even so Alex fell asleep in the car on the way. That turned out to be a good thing as Jacob and I were able to setup the tent and tarp over the picnic table. Alex woke up about the time we were finishing and I started to inflate our air mattresses.
We had nice fireside chats, hot dogs on a stick, s'mores, scary stories, hikes and a visit from mom on Saturday too. Lots of fun!
It was nice to relax with the kids and not spend half the weekend exercising. Not much planned this week, just a couple real short quick runs, swims and bikes just to keep loose and also to ease some stomach nerves as it gets closer.
We depart early Wednesday morning and please do keep checking the blog as I plan to update most every day.
is my lucky number for June 24th at least! You can use it to track me online during the race, more details to follow including URLs for the live video feed so you can watch me too!
Less than 10 days left, I'm ready, just need to get some rest and travel in.
Jacob, Alex and I are going camping this weekend and then 2 days of work and we are off for Coeur d'Alene!
I did my last long ride yesterday in the sun, what a great day!
I rode with Kevin out to meet Pat and we did a nice loop back into Bellingham and south to ride around Lake Samish before heading up and over Yew street back past Lake Whatcom, dropping Kevin off and refilling water, I continued with Pat to drop him off near his place and then I repeated the first loop.
I wanted to ride a two loop ride and it worked out great as Kevin was looking to get in about 3 hours and Pat 3-4 hours and I was hoping for 6. I think we all got real close to our goals for the ride.
I finished my last long ride at 5:50 and 94 miles followed by a short 30 minute run. It was sunny and hot. I expect some heat for the IRONMAN so this is good. I took my electrolyte tablets and had no issues on the bike or (more importantly) the run. The last hour and half of the bike I was ready to be done biking.
Now I taper, over the next 3 weeks I will reduce the lengths of my training sessions, but not the intensity, if anything I might pickup the intensity a bit.
This past month I swam almost 15 miles, ran another 115 and biked almost 600 miles all in about 65 hours of training.
Spending a few days in Couer d'Alene with others was awesome and the business trip made for a slight recovery week, but I feel ready. One last long ride this Sunday and then I will officially begin my taper.
Got an email from North America Sports (The people who run the IRONMAN in Couer d'Alene) that the bib numbers will be announced on June 8th!
