Too busy doing it to write about it.

A short catch up on the last couple of weeks --- too much going on to stop and write about it. Training has been good. I've been getting pretty much all of my workouts in (yes, I've missed a few).

Kids' swimming has been wrapping up. Cole's 200 free relay qualified for Junior Olympics, so he's been putting in extra training for that. The meet is this weekend. His football practice starts Monday -- so much for time off between sports. We've got Abby all signed up for Fall soccer. We've got all their gear -- Dicks Sporting Goods LOVE's us.

Turning back to Ironman, I've been able to put a lot of thought into the mental aspect of this adventure. Long rides and long runs give me plenty of thinking time. I have to say, the hardest part of this has been the time commitment and trying to figure out how to get my workouts in while still being Husband and Dad.

I've also been working on locking down my nutrition plan for race day. I'm a big fan of the Hammer brand. As of now, I'm planning on Perpetuem as my main fuel source on the bike (one bottle pre-made on the bike for the first loop, another bottle with just the powder in my special needs bag). I will have HEED pre-made in my other bottles on the bike and some powder packs in my special needs bag. I will have a Hammer bar in my bento box and one in my special needs bag. The last hour on the bike I will switch to gel in stead of the Perpetuem to prep my stomach for the run (sloshing tummy on the run is bad). For the run, I will stick with hammer gels and supplement with on course nutrition. I will probably stash another Hammer bar into my run special needs bag.

Weekend Update

Without the travel to the swim meet, I was able to knock out several more hours of training this weekend. I think the family is getting quite tired of all these hours where Dad is off swimming, pedaling, or running. Saturday I put a couple hours into the bike. Sunday was a brick of 4+ hours on the bike, broken up by making a few fit tweaks to the D6. (I ended up swapping out the saddle that came with the D6 for my Profile TriStryke from the old bike -- my bony tush likes the cutout and the cushion.)

Following the bike was a comfortable 5 mile run. Cole and Abby joined me on my run. They rode bikes behind me while I ran. They stopped off to play on the playground while I ran a few laps around the park. They rejoined me for my last lap before we set off for home.

I'm sorry the kids missed their meet, but I'm glad I got more saddle time on the new bike.

PS. 60 days to go! Yeah! Worry worry worry. Yeah! Worry worry.

Crazy Summer Weeks!

It's been a been a couple crazy weeks here. Last week, as we prepped for a family trip to Michigan to visit my folks and see their new lake house, I attempted to get all my training for the week (Week #27) squeezed into about 3 days. Ouch. Here's what it looked like.

Mon., 6/29: 1 hour of interval training on the bike.

Tues., 6/30: Morning 14 mile run. Evening 2 hours on the bike followed by a 5 mile run.

Weds., 7/1: 3500 yard swim.

Thurs., 7/2 - Sun., 7/5: Michigan trip. I ended up missing a long bike ride. My intention was to try to make it up this week.

On to this week, Week #28. This week, I was again trying to get my training in on the weekdays because Cole & Abby have a swim meet in South Bend, Indiana this weekend. Unfortunately, Cole came down sick this morning, so our trip is cancelled. Hopefully I can squeeze some additional training in over the weekend. My week thus far:

Mon., 7/6: Morning swim, about 2800 yards. An hour on the bike in the evening.

Tues., 7/7: About 90 minutes on the bike.

Weds., 7/8: 45 minutes on the bike and a short 4 miles running.

Thurs., 7/9: An unintended off day -- family goings on.

Fri., 7/10: 5000 yard swim.

As I said above, I will try to get some more training in this weekend.