50% is better than nothing…
Well, I made 1/2 of my goals last weekend… If you remember, I said I was planning on completing a sprint triathlon all by myself; I was what they call an age grouper. I had not mentioned that I wanted to complete this one, a fairly longish sprint, in under 2 hours. The race, the Mighty Mississinewa Triathlon, was the first annual (first annual?) race put on by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources as a fund raiser for the Indiana Heritage Trust, money to be used to purchase additional properties around Mississinewa Reservoir, one of my favorite hunting spots in the area. So, I signed up for the race, still feeling crappy from my Myelogram (after 9 days), wondering if I was just being stubborn or stupid (the lovely wife would tell you probably a little bit of both). Saturday AM, I get up at 4, eat breakfast, load up the car and pick up my dad, who will drive the car when I thoroughy hurt myself or have a coronary during the event.Â
Well, like I said, it was a longish sprint triathlon. Normally, they are about 1/4 mile swim, 10 mile bike and a 5k run. This one had a 16 mile bike and a 4 mile run (with the normal length swim). I’ve biked that far a couple of times, not too worried about that at all. The run was what had me worried, as I have only worked my way up to about 2/3 of that distance. Short story, I made it and finished the event. 2 hours would have been an awesome time for me, I would have been estatic. Well, I was close, finishing in 2 hours 3 minutes. My first tri as an age grouper in 15 years. I’m actually even pretty happy about the time. Results are here: http://www.timingiseverything.com/Races/MMT06.HTMÂ
You guys are lucky, season is over with, so no more race talk from me for a bit. My goals for the winter are to build up some base, I need to be able to run 3 miles in 21 minutes-ish next year. I need to be able to swim 500 yards in about 8 minutes. I need to be able to ride 10 miles in about 30 minutes. With good transitions, at about 2 minutes apiece, I should be able to finish the Indy Sprints in about an hour and five minutes. We’ll see if it can happen.
So, I went to see the surgeon last Tuesday, he is recomending surgery to fix the pinched C6 nerve in my neck. They are going to take out the disk and put some bone chips to fuse the vertebrate. This is scheduled for 11/6 at this point. He wanted to schedule it for later this month, but it would take about a month until I can pick up someting heavier than my little dog. That means I can’t pick up Tanner afterwards. So, with the new baby coming in three weeks, we decided to put off surgery until November.
Speaking of the new baby, can you believe it is only 3 weeks away? There is still so much to do before then, and so little time. Currently, the C-Section is scheduled for 10/4 at 2PM. I am sure the lovely wife is hoping it happens much earlier.
Tanner is doing fantastic, learning many new words each week (including “Oh Shit”), and her personality… Well, let me just say that if she were any more animated, she’d be a cartoon character. Such a great kid, like her big sister, except for the two times she bit me (though it was by accident).
Teressa is doing great too. When we were down there a few weeks ago, she had her first boy friend of the school year.
Well, enough from me tonight. I’ll try to get back in the habit of writing more.
