IMFL Training Plan begins tomorrow

......or so my coach says. 6 months out or 26 weeks until IMFL. Is it too early to start counting down the weeks? I keep reminding myself to keep it fun and so far it has been.

I just got my training plan for next week and its a doozy. 11 sessions, approx. 15 hours with some hard efforts in there. My biggest challenge will be to get through these swimming sessions without cramping.

I just came off a recovery week but I snuck in a 2:45 unscheduled bike ride. It was slow and the weather was beautiful and my power was out for 24 hours......what else was I going to do?

I went to a benefit dinner tonight for a friend who is donating 75% of his liver to his brother. This guy is an inspiration. Oh, by the way, the procedure is one week after IM Lake Placid so he figures he'll give it a go and just try to finish since he's signed up anyway. Then, he's also signed up for IMFL so he plans to recover, train, then race in Florida......he's also a nut :-)

I was going to race the Bronx duathlon today but I bailed because the weather was iffy and I wasn't that into it anyway. Then I thought about doing the long sprint tri in NJ next weekend because a friend is going down to race the 1/2 but I'm going to bail on that too. Rumor is that it should be called swampman since the swim is in a nasty lake. There is a duathlon next Sunday in Greenwich which I will race instead (weather permitting). I have done this race a few times and I like it. It usually gets a lot of quality athletes and its a fun course.

The tax rebate checks are coming soon.....what should I do with it? Save it? Pay some bills? Buy a powermeter? Buy a laptop? Go to Mohegan Sun and try to double it?

Need to rest up for my double workout tomorrow :-)