Getting Closer

One week until we leave for Florida and one and a half till race day! I am starting to taper this week and figure the only part of my game that I need to work on is the mental one. I usually go about my business and don't get too excited about things, so I've decided to step it up this time!

I'm going to kick some ass!
I'll blast out of the water, rip it up on the bike, then tear up the road!

OK, that's all I've got and even that was a stretch. Like I said, I don't get too excited.

But seriously,

I may not get too excited but I am a little nervous. And being nervous can be a good thing. I believe it makes you more focused and lets you analyse in a more in depth way.

Or maybe I should stop analysing and let the race take care of itself? Deep breaths and letting my mind wander to happy places. Happy places like Disney World, lots of fun things to see and do. Things to do? Like my first 1/2 Ironman! Oh crap, I'm back to it again!

Like I said, I'm cutting back this week after a good week last week that included a 120K bike.
It still boggles my mind that an Ironman bike is 180K. Last week was the longest ride that I have ever done and it went really well, minus the flat tire, wet roads, and the abundance of worms on those roads. I cleaned dead dried up worms for an hour the other day. I don't fish because I don't like worms, so cleaning them off my bike was not fun.

My legs felt pretty good the next day after the long bike so I headed out for a long run. It was pretty cool out but perfect running weather. I had been out about 1 1/2 hours when I felt a little jolt of pain in my foot so I decided to cut it short at around 2 hours when I made my way back home. So far nothing serious though.

That's pretty much it, its been rather uneventful around here which is good as next week will more than make up for it.

A special note of congratulations to James and Wendy on the birth of their son, Ben. I'm glad to hear that everyone is doing well and look forward to your blogs....Cheers!

Scott