Wow! I kind of fell off the face of the earth in regard to my blog, and for no great reason, either. I had topics I wanted to devote posts to, but was either too busy or just lost the motivation to write temporarily. So, instead of full posts of some of what I’ve been up to, I’ll just do a quick recap and maybe (hopefully) post some pictures tonight or tomorrow to further bring this up to speed.
As of my last post, I was getting ready for some R&R post Steelhead…it was wonderful. The wife and I spent our first anniversary at the Garden Grove Bed and Breakfast in Union Pier, MI (part of Harbor Country). We were just a couple miles from beach access, near New Buffalo for restaurants and some shopping, but otherwise away from it all. Highlights included an all afternoon (12-5) winery touring trip on Sunday where we hit 5 local wineries and a specialty chocolate shop, seeing the movie Away We Go and a fun little renovated old dinner theatre, climbing a huge sand dune (and then sprinting down it to run from the rain), and in room massages at the B&B. We came home refreshed and 14 bottles of Michigan wine richer…not bad.
In mid-August, we celebrated the wife’s birthday with a trip to the lake (in NE Indiana) for the weekend, where we had invited some friends we hadn’t seen in a while. The weather was mild and cloudy, but that didn’t hold us back from plenty of skiing, boating, and the like. It was great to see everyone.
The last weekend of August was Ironman Louisville. The family and I all volunteered (3 finish line catchers, 2 finish line t-shirt booth workers) and had a blast. We spent almost 11 hours at the finish line, working the first 5 or so, and then enjoying a dinner before cheering on the late finishers until midnight. It was my first time experiencing an IM finish line atmosphere and it was electric. The next day, my dad, sister and I all took the plunge and registered for IMLou 2010. I finalized my registration a couple days ago, although I don’t think reality has set in that I’m officially doing this yet.
Last weekend was, of course, Labor Day weekend and marked the beginning of college football season. Seeing as how I live in Cincy and am a huge UK fan (Kentucky), I couldn’t miss an opportunity to see the Wildcats play their season opener in the Bengals stadium. After a solid opening victory, it was off to say farewell to the lake for 2009 for the rest of the weekend. It involved lots of reading and catching up on sleep.
So now, here I am, getting ready to start my taper for my 2nd A race of the season (Augusta 70.3) come mid next week. Training has been going well, this week especially, and I have a “for fun” sprint this upcoming weekend with the wife. I’m hoping to see how my swim is coming along as I feel like I’ve made great strides in a short time, but we’ll find out Sunday. I don’t have strict goals for this C race, just have fun and not get injured mostly. I’ll try and follow up the weekend with a race report.
All caught up, the challenge from here will be to not fall behind again…and to post a picture recap to supplement this update.
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