Well, less than two weeks to go. My swim coach, Fred, a veteran triathlete and Ironman competitor himself, said the other day that Ironman training is a journey. I thinkI know what he means. There have been many experiences, joys, hardships, injuries, thrills, moments of doubt, moments of confidence, that a journey is the only good description.

I'm at the edge.

Today started the taper, a two week fine tuning. Extra rest, less volume and some sharpening. This spring was blurry to say the least. My accumulated distances, for what it is worth were: swim 138190meters, bike 1548.39miles and run 376.99miles 

I had hoped for a bit more running, but not much. Maybe two more longer runs. But it is what it is. I have one long run on race day and that'll do. I actually feel alot better physically now than a few weeks back and much better than I did before my last marathon. So that is encouraging.

My excellent wife threw a surprise cookout for me over the weekend and pulled the wool well over my eyes. Several of my training partners and friends were there, two of whom I spent the entire morning riding with. Well, done Kristen and Eric keeping it quiet. Lots of fun. Lisa put us to work with our own mini-triathlon. Swim(run through) the kiddie poo, ride my son's bike or my daughter's tricycle around the cul de sac, and then run the same. Lots of laughs and fun. I told my wife that only she could get a group of established athletes, with probably 50 cummulative Ironmen and probably several hundred triathlon finishes, including national and world ranked athletes to ride a tricycle for competition.

Had to switch our lodging up in Lake Placid area in the eleventh hour. We moved off the race course to Lake Saranac so Lisa would have a better shot of getting to and from the race during the day.

Anyhow all for now. Going to bed. Rest........

MW