Six months til certifiable

Well we have reached the six month mark til Ironman Wisconsin. It's still a little surreal when I think about the fact that I'm going to be during a Ironman in six months. Funny thing is there is a lot of work to be done until then ... a whole lot. Since my hip flared up last week I took the advice of the doc and didn't run or bike after Tuesday last week. Making for a pretty light week for me.

• Monday Swim 2000 meters
• TNR 6.6 (hurt the hip again)
• Wednesday morning swim 900 meters (felt horrible)
• Saturday swim 2500 meters (felt great) 15 pull ups on the I-beam in Twisted Taco
  

I've come to the realization that I kinda like swimming just because it doesn't hurt. I mean it's a work out and I reach exhaustion but I don't get the kind of pain I get from running where i'm questioning my sanity. I have to keep pushing past my hatred for running and cycling to get stronger though. I have one more weekend of hanging out (last weekend of March for my birthday) then it's full time training.

Next weekend is the ING marathon Atlanta, i'm going to attempt to do the half and hopefully I won't end up in a SAG wagon. I haven't had a long run in a couple of weeks but I feel like my fitness is at a point where I should easily be able to run 13 miles as long as the injury bug doesn't hit. This will be my second running race with the first being two months ago so we will see what happens. However it ends, I have my birthday, friends, and crawfish to look forward to the next weekend.

This weekend ended up being a good time. The bond of working out is so strong between the people in my tri club. It's funny whenever someone has a birthday or some kind of party, in the end all their other friends are gone and the Tri club is all thats left. Endurance athletes - endurance drinkers, crazy combination but it works.