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.