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Friday - July 22

Run

28m 59s
3.43 miles
08m 27s /Mi

EZ Run around Mirror Lake. Hot and humid

Kids Fun Run today!! Short EZ Run around the lake tonight.

Health data: Soreness: 4 Fatigue: 4

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Thursday - July 21

Swim

38m 02s
1931.00 meters
01m 58s /100 meters

1-loop of Mirror Lake. Water was choppy. Felt OK. Both shoulders a little heavy.

Bike

53m 25s
15.35 miles
17.24 Mi/hr

Through downtown LP to start of Keene descent, turned around and went down to River Road, climbed the Cherries and the Bears. Felt really good.

Yeah, the climb to the Keene descent is much tougher than the Cherry's and the Bears. Met a really nice guy Jeff on River Rd and chatted a bunch. It's his 4th time doing LP!

Up in beautiful Lake Placid. Forgot just how terrible cell phone reception is here. Going down to the expo and to swim a lap in Mirror Lake. Short run later too. Hopefully the body will cooperate today!!

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Wednesday - July 20

Run

19m 48s
2.39 miles
08m 17s /Mi

Another day, another terrible workout. Was supposed to be a 5-miler - which for me is a walk in the park - but my legs were heavy and stiff. My right achilles was also really tight, and my achilles NEVER bother me. I'm stopping the anitbiotics till after my race.

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Tuesday - July 19

Swim

28m 31s
1320.00 meters
02m 10s /100 meters

Wildwood Lake. Swam alongside Mike (mscotthall) to see how his shoulder would feel in a wetsuit. Was happy to see that Mike was able to swim despite the injury and HE WILL BE AN IRONMAN this Sunday :)

Bike

20m 02s
5.84 miles
17.49 Mi/hr

Trainer. Felt absolutely terrible. Quads burned. Was supposed to do 45 minutes. Was 90 degrees in my garage, and I'd been up for 15 hours so I threw in the towel halfway through/

Health data: Soreness: 4 Fatigue: 3

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Monday - July 18

Complete Rest Day.

Health data: Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 3 Sick: 2 Hours slept: 9

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Sunday - July 17

Swim

30m 28s
1600.00 meters
01m 54s /100 meters

Wildwood Lake

Felt terrible in the water.

Run

1h 04m 06s
7.83 miles
08m 11s /Mi

Northhampton Hills

Felt good on the Run. Swam and Ran with Derrick and Rick. I'm not going to see those guys for about 3 weeks now. Going to miss training with them. Training partners make training so much better.

I am taking two FULL Rest days this week and all my efforts will be 20 to 45 minutes. Tapering HARD this week. :)

So I went to the urologist and I have a urinary tract infection. I've gotten this before when my run mileage goes toward 50 miles per week. I've also been gotten off my Bike and made the mistake of checking my work e-mail before showering, and I end up getting caught up doing some work while still in my yucky shorts. Moral of the Story: take a shower right after you get off the Bike! My urologist prescribed me Cipro. I pulled out the bottle and along with it a page-long warning on TENDON RUPTURE. Really!? I went onto Runners World forum and college-age kids to 60-year-olds report getting achilles tendonitis while taking Cipro. So I had my other Doctor friend prescribe me Bactrim instead. The worst case side effect of Bactrim (and any antibiotic) is gastrointestinal distress; which is my biggest worry cause if I have GI issues at Lake Placid, it's gonna be a lonnng day. So my Doc friend prescribed a high dose Bactrim, twice a day, and I'm hoping 5-days on it will tame the infection enough so I can allow a couple days of probiotics to reinfest my gut with my natural flora and thus (hopefully) avoid GI issues on Race Day.

I want to complain and get down about this, but I can't. Not after seeing what happened to Dan (docswim). Not after seeing some of the carnage in the LP thread. After my friend Mike getting a concussion and hurting his shoulder. Not after last year having to DNS cause I couldn't ride the Bike at all. I just need to HTFU and thank my lucky stars this is the only negative I have to deal with before the race.

The statement: Getting to the Ironman starting line healthy is the hardest part is the most underrated statement in the history of all athletic statements.

Health data: Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 3 Sick: 2

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Saturday - July 16

Bike

2h 08m 53s
42.72 miles
19.89 Mi/hr

Z2 Aerobic - Last Ride (as per the plan 2 hr bike/ 30 min run)

Super beautiful outside.

Run

21m 52s
2.91 miles
07m 31s /Mi

Aerobic Transition Run. Legs felt great.

I finished this 'small brick' workout feeling like I had about 3/4 of the tank still full. Hopefully I feel this good, or better!, next Sunday.

Wifey made me an Ironman movie. How sweet:

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12301392/the-wife-of-an-iron-man