Winding Down

Unbelievable: It's nearly time to wind down Ironman training. Our taper starts Monday. I mean, where did the time go? How in the world did we get to this point in our Ironman adventure?

Tim ran his last long run Tuesday. I ran my last long run yesterday. Tim biked his last early-morning ride this morning. And I've got one more meeting with the bike trainer tomorrow morning.

Saturday marks our very last intense brick workout. We'll ride about 70 miles and run for 90 minutes.

Dang. I hope all these months of crazy training pay off on November 22.

I should say that our swimming won't really taper off. In fact, our swimming yardage will increase up until one week before the race.

For instance, I swam 3,500 yards at the UCI pool tonight. Um, yeah, that's a long time to be underwater. I try to keep my mind occupied for the hour I'm in the pool. Tonight, I thought about work, what I wanted for dinner, why the guy in the lane next to me was wearing what he was wearing, what I wore for Halloween 1986 - you get the idea. I just try to tune out while I'm swimming back and forth and back and forth.

So, starting Monday, we'll be swimming more and biking and running less. And counting down the days till we dive into Tempe Town Lake and think about nothing more than the long day ahead of us - and the pH level of the water. :)