Stupid dream...

I didn't wake up until 3:30 pm today, 11 hours of sleep. Wow, I couldn't believe it, I guess I my body needed it.

Rarely do I remember a dream, but I had a "nightmare". It was one of those that feels real. I was at the Ironman in Kona and didn't take my pre-race gear preparation too seriously.

Moments before the swim start, which I didn't know where it was, my bike wasn't checked in and I wasn't sure if I even my running and biking gear was at the transition zone. Oh, and I didn't have my timing chip.

The gun went off and I had to get my chip and find the race start area and was asking everyone where it was. As I was going over a hill and saw the start in the distance, my rear tire "blew".

I wasn't too worried, I figured the swim cut off is 2:20 and I can do the course in 1:15, so that gave me just over an hour to get things ready.

As I was trying to get a replacement chip, guys were swimming and I was jealous. The chip was not your standard chip, it was an old ladies big rubber bathing cap with a glass chip attached to the top. It was very expensive and I had to leave a credit card number, in case I didn't return it, before they would release it.

I never did get into the water, time was running out and I now started wondering how I could "cheat" and cut the course short and still make the cut off. I was now devastated, I was blowing my chance at finishing the Ironman World Championships.

At that point, I semi-woke up and realized, I've already done Kona. I finished and it all worked out. I was so relieved to find out it was a dream.

Even though I've been partying, I'm proud to say I haven't been overeating. I'm also finding my upper body is getting stronger. It's the weirdest thing, I'm not training, yet I can feel the muscles in my arms "peaking", which is telling me about the "power of recovery".

I was checking out Davis's blog today and saw a timely video he posted and I've included it below. I also found out "The Captain" made it to www.firstoffthebike.com's Kona video. I'm 1:13 into the video. Lucky number 13.

Today I took it easy, writing my blog, catching up on other's blogs, editing some final video, building a FREE Picaboo photo book and generally doing nothing other than barbecuing an nice steak dinner, with a beer in hand. It's become a Sunday tradition that we have steak and if there is one good thing I'm good at, it's cooking steak.

There is nothing like bloody red meat, yum. I'm proudly a "meat-etarian".

I decided not to train today, I'm just to beat up and I'm not going to sweat it. It was also one of those cool, foggy days that you want to stay inside on.

I've decided my plan is to go to NYC and have some fun in the City before the race, and during the race, enjoy the atmosphere and sights and sounds. If I feel good that day, I'll push it and if I don't, I won't. I'm not going to make qualifying for Boston a goal in New York. Other than saying I did the Boston Marathon, it's never been a goal I've been motivated to pursue.

I got my Ironman Kona race photo's and posted them with my Race Report, if you want to see them click here.

Finally, I HAVE to get Reid off my back. All he's doing is "hammering" me on getting him his new video camera, a Canon 7 D. He's written a script and wants to film it. If he was asked to write a script as a school project, he wouldn't want to do it. Yet, on his own he's into it. I called him "Reid Speilberg" and he said, "no, my favorite director is Alfred Hitchcock".

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