Two weeks to D- Day...

I woke up extremely tired this morning. I only had 6 hours sleep because I had to get up early to coach Reid's final hockey game, it was a playoff for third place. We were down 4 goals and came back to within one goal to tie. We may have tied it if I would have thought to pull the goalie, which I had realized 2 hours later. That is why I'm such a "bad" coach. It will be the first and last time I coach, but we did have a perfect 0 and 13 season. I was so tired when I got home that I had a 3 hour sleep on the couch. It was one of those sleeps where you know what is going on, but you can't move any body parts. I couldn't have got up if I wanted to.

At 7:00 pm, John came to my house for our final long run before the Ironman. We ran 2 hours and covered just over 12.78 miles at a 9:30 pace. The first part of the run was tough for me because I just finished eating a steak dinner 15 minutes before we started the run. During the run I could also feel last weeks blister had not gone away and was getting worse. It was nice to finish my last long run of the season and begin a two week taper. It is really starting to feel real that the race is coming, and the pain will be coming. My plan for the next two weeks is to get fully prepared, mentally and physically. To get rid of any blisters, get massages and plan out, in detail, what I need for the race. I don't want to fly by the seat of my pants.