w4d2 and triathlons

Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 1:10 minutes of jogging and 2:15 minutes of walking for a total of 20 minutes.

Kahuna reminded me today that sometimes it’s more about the journey than crossing the finish line. My legs felt like lead today and I missed completing 4 intervals by 12 seconds. I know part of it was getting to bed an hour late, and the other part is probably some extracurricular activities I participated in yesterday. ‘Nough said, on to tomorrow.

Kahuna is registered for the Ford Ironman 70.3 California. He had looked into it last week but Ironman.com was showing the race closed. I found out yesterday on tri BB that that was an error, so I immediately emailed and telephoned him to let him know. He had a bit of trouble getting in from work because his computer kept timing out, but when I walked in the door last night he was happily waving his race waiver at me. Woohoo for him!! As soon as I know his race number I’ll post it. This race is in our backyard, so to speak, and since Kahuna already rides his bike on the base, he has a small advantage. Plus, we can easily drive the course to check it out since parts of it are off limits to cyclists. Now we need to keep our fingers crossed the he’s not sent to Iraq until after April 1.

I have decided to also participate, by way of volunteering. This will be my first time and I’m really excited. The only downer is that I won’t be at the finish line to greet Kahuna, but I talked to him about it and I feel I really need to volunteer.