Hi folks. I know you are probably asking yourself what happened that I have not been blogging recently. To tell you the truth not much has been going on. Truly after the 70.3 event I felt rejuvinated in a way I have not been in a long long time. The Ironman just proved that most of what I wrote about is true. Especially family support. We saw that with the accident of Marian and how after placing signs on our support truck people react in a diffrent way. Family support is just too important.
I have to admit that things in other areas are not good. Not in particular with me but in general things are not going well with in the country. At one point I seriously considered postponing the Ironman and not do Canada but in the following weeks and with family support I decided to go on. My training is going well although I am taking it a bit easier that the Orlando 70.3 is around the corner. I won't tapper or peak for that event but I think it will boost my confidence.
I have made huge progress running and on the bike. I am quicker all the time and stronger by the week. How ever I am still concerned about the distance. I think by now I have discarted running the marathon so I must be quick on the bike so I can comfortably walk the marathon. I think at best I am hoping to run one mile and walk one mile. My diet is kind of going but I am maintaining my weight. Training volume is going to increase exponentialy so I am taking every precaution to stay healthy and not get injured.
I am really focussed on Orlando right now where my goal is to reduce my transition times and complete the bike course with only one 3-5 minute stop. As I explained to my friends and others what happend to me at San Juan I realized how much I enjoyed walking the marathon. Sure I was in pain and hurt but other wise I had a grea time just walking and enjoing the event. Don't tell my coach that but I plan on enjoying the Orlando running part also. I will try to run much more but it is really not that important to me. I want to have fun and maybe walk with no pain on my feet. Orlando will be to prove myself in the water with a sub 40 minute swim and a sub 3:15 bike ride. I spent 17 minutes in transition in San Juan and the plan for orlando is less than 8. I had 4 stops in San Juan, for Orlando the goal is 1 to rest and 2 to refill water. I will change my nutrittion to only 2 bottles but will carry a third one with water. I will push the bike, I just will. That by itself should give me a sub 7:30 time which is what my original plan was. Maybe I will surprise but we will have to wait. In the end I will do it again. I will acomplish an amazing thing one more time. I won't get another tattoo but I will have competed in the same racing weekend and series as both my kids which will make it special. I will keep you posted on the final leg of my journey to Canada. It proves to be an amazing one so buckle up. All in all it is business as usual!!!!
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