140.6 Miles will kick off with a Super Bowl Party

Well the time has gone by so quickly. It feels like we just got done training for Coeur d’Alene and it is already time to start the Ironman journey again. Goodbye to sleeping in and late nights…hello 3:30am wakeups, dark morning rides/runs, and 9pm bed times (not that I wasn’t asleep on the coach at 7pm already).

Monday starts our 24 week training plan for the IM Lake Placid which takes place on July 20th. The plan that we are using is by Rich Strauss over at EnduranceNation.us averages between 14 and 17 hours of training per week with a recover week every forth week (yeah…we get two days off every 4 weeks).

So to kick it off right we are hosting a Super Bowl charity party this Sunday. This will be our last chance to party it up, because after this it is strict dieting...at least until we get to the 4-6 hour bike rides or the 15-20 mile runs. I eat whatever I can get my hands on those days, so don't get to close.

The party agenda includes a football pool, billiards tournament, a Wii challenge, bingo and a shave Chris' head donation.

Starting on Monday we will be training for 4 weeks before our first day off from training...I am already looking forward to it.

The training plan pretty much goes as follows:

Monday 4:30 am Swim
Tuesday 5:00am Abs / Spin Class / Run
Wednesday 4:30am Swim / Run
Thursday 5:30am Long Run
Friday 4:30am Long bike / Run
Saturday 6:00am Swim / Run
Sunday 7:30am Long Ride

Cadence - The Tri Dog

We got a new dog last week. We went back-and-forth on the name and finally came to Cadence - The Tri Dog. She is a 3 month old Labrador. She gets along great with our 14 month old boxer named Sage. Now if we can only get her potty trained!!!

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