The Journey to a Texas IronMan

Winter continues across the nation and even the Dallas Fort Worth area is feeling a bit of chill in the air. This week was pretty much an all indoor training week including copious amounts of swimming, running on the treadmill and of course, hanging out with Celeste on the trainer.

I never thought I could watch an entire movie while cycling indoors. Well, cross that off the list as one of my favorite movies, Gone with the Wind was watched while I became a sweat ball yelling “oh Rhett” in a deep south twang. Gotta love the classics. Of course, at the end of the session, I felt like Rhett: ”Frankly my dear I don’t”..…

Today, a break in the weather allowed me to get back outside for the week’s long run. With Myles in tow, we ran at the lake and had a blast. It was one of those perfect cool mornings at the lake. The pup can hold a good pace as we ran really well. This does not account however for the many stops to say “hello” to other passing dogs or stop to stare down a squirrel or two. The best part of the run was I noticed coming at me was a speedster on a bike and I knew in an instant who it was – my coach. Always a pleasure to visit with Della!

As we wrapped up the run, I took Myles to the shoreline. The entire area was void of activity so I let him off the leash to sniff around a bit. I turned my head for one second and viola – guess who jumped in the lake. The lake water temperature hovered around 44 degrees. The scenario of entering and exiting the lake occurred 10+ times with much disregard to my vocal objections. So l learned I not only have a running dog, I also have a water dog and yes, upon arriving home he had one good doggie bath.

Purchase update: I bought a speed suit for race day. At Texas IronMan, the water will most likely be too warm for a wetsuit. I gathered opinions, reviewed the speed suits online, researched the styles then found the best price. A speed suit works great in warm water swims allowing you to have a hydrodynamic advantage. In another words, the goal is to give Janet a boost during the open water swim….she is going to need it. Within a week or so, the magic UPS fairy will appear at our doorstep to deliver the newest tri toy. I am sure there will be a story on this purchase such as how to get into the speed suit.

That’s about it for this week. Time to curl up and relax and stay cozy.
Have a great week ahead and keep looking up!

Janet