"Recovered"

At least physically I'm back to normal. I ran 10 kms yesterday and rode 53 today without any discomfort. In the next couple of weeks I will get back into weight training, and also get back into the pool. I am contemplating my next undertaking. I was considering going along with Burt and Joe to the Toronto Marathon in October until I seen it was gonna cost me 95 bucks! That's pretty steep just to do a race for the fun of it. I also don't like the format of the race. It's a point to point, which drives me crazy. You have to take a bus to the start line. Good luck boys, and have fun. Right now I think I'll settle for the London marthon in the spring. Probably grampa Kyle will do it with me again, and I'm gonna try to talk Claudette into it as well. Then I'll probably focus on doing a good Half Ironman next summer. Beyond that I want to concentrate on improving my swimming and my cycling throughout the winter.

Which brings me to the mental part of the recovery. While out riding today it occurred to me that a 53 km bike ride is quite enough for a while. While I'm pretty sure that my body could get right back into the long stuff, my head just can't. While I believe now that I will do another Ironman, it will probably be in 2011....probably??

Good luck to my nephew Andy tomorrow as he continues his road back from his idiot moment!!

“Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward."---Robert Collier

“The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing."---Winifred Holtby

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