1 month and counting

We are down to 1 month remaining, 4 weeks, 28 days... Yikes. Kind of scary but very exciting. Of course, that is the Ironman Coeur d'Alene on June 22. I have my taper period where I start backing off of the intense workouts. Although, this first week of taper doesn't seem like rest to me. I am still swimming 10000 yards, biking about 140 miles and running about 27 miles. Where is the rest? I feel gipped. Anyway, as the coming weeks go, I will back off about 25% from the previous week and begin carbo loading for the race. Also, a new challenge has surfaced: a very cold swim. Apparently the heavy snow fall from the winter has caused the runoff to lower the temperature of Coeur d'Alene lake to a balmy and very respectable 47 degrees. You read correctly. Race officials think that the water won't get much passed 50 on race day. That should be interesting. All well... love the challenge. See you in the coming weeks as Jen and I embark on our vacation drive through several states. We will post along the way.