triathlon

With just 138 training days left before the gun goes off at the Hawaii Ironman on October 13th, I think I had a run this morning to finally pull myself out of that running funk I've been in for the past month+... It was one of those runs where you go just long enough to get in to that zone we all love, but not so long that my body will be walking funny for the next 48 hours. According to the route map it was a hair over 8.4 miles. The first 4 were dead flat.. The next 4.4 were quite hilly.. The best of both worlds - I guess you could say.

Triathletes are injured only about one third as often as marathon runners even though they do far more work in their program of swimming, cycling and running. Training intelligently for three sports is less likely to injure you than training very hard for one. Training is limited by damage to skeletal muscles.
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I see what they're doing. First a few years of running folks through a marathon, then they add a bike race. The logical next step is to cut holes in the ice in 2009 (assuming it's not all melted by then anyway) and stage a swim. I can hear it now - IRONMAN NORTH POLE 2010.

If "weather permits," I'm going to try to get my hands on a bike while I'm up there to see what it's like. Much like running in sub-zero conditions, I'm sure biking in the freezing cold is going to be a treat (but an experience worth having nonetheless).

Time to make the lunches for the kids. Today is my day to walk my son to school.