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By this time tomorrow I hope to have completed my first half Ironman triathlon. This has been the goal of my training since early May, so I’m pretty excited that it’s finally here.

It will consist of:

1. 1.2 mile swim – not very painful
2. 56 mile bike – fairly painful
3. 13.1 mile run – I suspect this will be very painful!

My training was right on track until August, when I got derailed by a series of events. A bike crash, a tooth extraction, a sprained foot, and finally tonsillitis. So I’ve basically had a 6 week taper. Before that I put in 13 miles in the pool, 253 miles running, and 892 miles on the bike.

I think I’ll be OK, but the biggest concern is that foot pain will show up at some point in the run. I did 3 miles on the treadmill today and didn’t feel a thing, but we’ll see what tomorrow brings.

It’s going to be a bit cold at race-time, and it might be raining. So think warm thoughts and wish me luck!

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