Well all is well in my tri-world for now. I actually won the Masters division (due to fewer than normal numbers they combined the 40-44 and 45-49 for award purposes) at the "Give-it-a-Tri" event in Cobourg on the weekend...even losing 3 minutes with a thrown and tangled chain on the only uphill on the bike course. I know it helped me that the swim MUST have been long, but generally I felt ok, even though I have not done any intensity whatsoever. I suspect the next one on the list will be the same distance in Wasaga Beach 4 weeks from now...still enjoying the training!

I oftern wonder what kind of training is possible in my "now life" as a father, husband, and working guy vs. what was possible in chiropractic college. At that time I would get up at 4:45 am to be on the Computrainer at 5 am so I could eat and get to school by 7:30 am. I would then be in class until about 11, swim and eat lunch intil 1, then run after class. I would then "go long" on the weekends along with studying.



Perhaps if I was as time-efficient now as I was then, interesting levels of fitness become possible? I'll explore this further soon...



They just announced IronMan Muskoka 70.3 for September 2008...sign-up begins tomorrow morning...hmmmm...it whets the appetite but dunno if I'm ready for that in a year's time...I already made the mistake of trying to squeeze in a full IM (Florida) on only 7 months training.

Well...here goes nothing...signed up for a mini-triathlon this weekend...400mS/10kmB/2.5kmR. My wife's race will be twice that distance and my daughter's event will be half my distance. But I hammered my back on Saturday saving my 2 year-old son from a fall so hopefully I'll be "on-line" by then...as on-line as I can be going into this thing.

...wish me luck...gonna need it!