Welcome to TRI-CHOTOMY.



I'm just an averge age grouper blogging about Triathlon Training and this complex puzzle of juggling life, having fun and the Tri(als) and Tri(bulations) of "My Reality Show". With the Miami Ironman 70.3 race now in the books I've set a new goal, competing and completing Ironman Louisville 2011 in August. Twice the distance, twice the pain, twice the fun. As a warm up race and I never would have believed hearing myself say this, I'll be doing Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island in July. Once again I'll be sharing these experiences with my great friends Chris and Justin and look forward to the next several months of training and racing with them.

I'll share my training, race and gear experiences and hope you'll comment and even offer advice from your experiences.

Remember,

"Pain is Temporary, Quitting Lasts Forever".

"Life shouldn't be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, cliff bar in one hand, Gatorade in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"

"You can sleep when you're dead!"




Friday, July 23, 2010

Travel day

Up at 5:30 yesterday morning. And I thought I was tired the day before. We had our flight to San Diego but out of Buffalo, not Toronto. Way cheaper to go that way but man it gets tiring. A 2 hour plus drive and the potential wait and hassling at the border but everything went smooth today. The line we ended up in at customs was very short, only 3 cars ahead of us but moved sooooooo slow. We thought oh great, the customs officer is going to question me as to why I decided to wear a black t-shirt today amongst his 347 other questions. But actually he was a pretty nice guy, he just liked to talk, and talk, and talk some more. Good thing we were early for our flight because it's not like you can tell these guys to "put a sock in it, we got a flight to catch". Not unless you actually enjoy body cavity searches. Everything went real smooth, our Phoenix connection was long enough for Tammy and Cassie to get some lunch and when we got to San Diego our luggage was actually ALL there and waiting for us before we got to baggage claim. By the time we got to Tammy's mom's house though I was starting to develop a headache. By the middle of the night it was a full blown migraine. Man it hurt. I figure I was really dehydrated because I'd only drank about a bottle of water all day compared to the normal 9 or 10 I usually drink. That on top of air travel dehydrating you. Today I put my bike together and went for a quick ride around the block to make sure everything was good and then headed to the beach with the girls. They sure do love the beach. As for me, not so much.

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