I was online, I was ready, mousing fingers loose and poised for the start. At 9:00am sharp I jumped onto www.ironman.ca and started the registration process.
I got no further than accepting the waiver before the remaining slots filled. Damn, that was fast.
So I’m still on schedule for IMWI-2009.
Sunday’s run sucked eggs. Big, honkin, smelly ostrich eggs.
After a good bit of time away from the iron, I’ve been hitting the weights pretty hard again, but still trying to keep up the training volume and intensity.
Bad Idea
Friday’s weight workout and run left me stiff and sore. Saturday’s 55 mile ride, left me shelled. On Sunday, I really, Really, REALLY didn’t want to do the run, but I got a big shot of motivation from TRI-DRS, and I headed out the door.
90 min later, I shuffled back in the door, more tired, more sore, and totally dejected. Everything between my nipples and knees were screaming “no mas”.
So I had my usual rest day on Monday, and had a lousy massage on Monday night. Tuesday morning I felt even worse. I could barely get myself out of bed. Any thought of a run, much less an interval run was right out. I stayed in bed and gave myself another rest day.
Which brings us to Wednesday.
On the menu was a 60-90 min bike and a 30 min run. I decided to do a Mountainville loop that would take me 30-35 miles. I took the fast bike and went out hard.
1:42 and 30.06 miles later I’m back at the car and headed out for the :30 min run. 29ish later and I’m back at the car and done. For the entire 2:12, I felt strong, solid, loose and fast.
Ladies and Gentleman, the snap is back, and it feels Goooood…
Next week, I’m scheduled to go out to Madison WI, for Ironman Wisconsin. My plan is to hook up with Rob, who got me a sweet gig as a wetsuit peeler, then head over to marshal the run course. On Monday morning I had PLANNED on standing in line to get a slot for the 2009 edition of IMMOO.
Until this showed up in my inbox this afternoon:
Entry Slots Available for 2009 Subaru Ironman Canada
Penticton, BC – A limited number of general entry slots for the 2009 Subaru Ironman Canada will be available on-line. These slots will be available through the www.ironman.ca website beginning at 9 AM PT Friday August 29th. Demand for these slots is expected to be high and therefore athletes are encouraged to go to the website as soon as possible.
Information regarding NA Sports Community Fund Slots and slots available through qualifying events will be posted on the www.ironman.ca and www.nasports.com websites in the coming weeks.
Umm, yeah… change of race plans for 2009? We’ll see what happens on Friday morning.
Never, ever say “I can’t”
kdka.com – Man With No Arms, Legs Takes Part In Triathlon
In the end, he finished 275th out of 308 participants.
To think that I was ahead of 35 people just blew my mind,” said Dietz. “I would have been happy with 307th, beating one. Not being the last person out of the water would have been a good day for me.”
Money quote:
“I didn’t do the race for that, my reason for the race were quite selfish — to challenge myself,” said Dietz. “I was there on Sunday for the same reason as all the other persons… to challenge myself and to prove something to my self. I never set out to prove anything to anybody else and I think people do what they have to do to survive in life. You overcome whatever you’re faced with and that’s all I think that I’ve done.”
Yep, he’s one of us. He’s got it from the gettin place…
“We have met the enemy, and He is us”
If you believe that the earth needs to be “saved”, then if you have bred, or have consider breeding, or continue to breed, then you are part of the problem, not part of the solution.
Step to the left for mandatory sterilization.
At the very least, donate the US Federal tax exemption you get for your child to the World Wildlife Fund.
I do believe that by our very existence, we as modern humans cause damage to our environment from which we can NEVER hope to recover.
This is one of the main reasons I don’t have children. I choose not to be part of the problem.
In fact, I should drive an HUMMER over the top of a grade-school parking lot in the morning.
Instead, I’ll ride my bike to work. Your kids owe me, big time…
WTF?
Do these gadgets foretell the end of days? – Gadgets- msnbc.com
The continued existence of MSNBC as a “news-outlet” is a better indicator of the end of days.
If you get all your ‘current event’ information from MSNBC, please step to the left to be sterilized by a Windows-based robot.
Pray for no blue screens during the procedure.
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner…
We have a serious contender in the AKFB “Best Unintended Use of Government Resources” category:
APOD: 2008 August 2 – Eclipse Shirt
The APOD website should be included on everyone’s RSS feed. It never fails to educate and inspire.
Occasionally, it will make you laugh…
misty eyed, and loving every minute of this stuff.. the torch lighting always gets me going..
Great post by Elizabeth Fedofsky
Note to self: Have my coach pencil in some track work, or find a local club that does track workouts.
Did I mention that Elizabeth’s post was great? Really freakin great? Like Best.Post.Ever. Great?
What are you doing sitting on the knob? Clicky the linky above already
Just saw my co’s 1st ‘announcement’ as a global sponsor… Sure it’s commercial and crass, but I’m no less proud…