Ironman Wisconsin 2011: Week 25, Days 169-173

Day 169: Today I flew back from Louisville. It was kind of a mess getting home, but I made it. I had an amazing weekend with family and friends and I am counting down the days!!!! Today I wanted to try to get a run or swim in, but that didn't happen. With traveling and trying to get ready for work there was just no time to fit some training in. And I still have to unpack. I am hoping to get a little in tomorrow, but it isn't looking promising.

Day 170: Today I didn't get any training in, but I did get my last massage!!! The muscles feel good and are ready to go!!!! I am really happy the way my body is feeling. I got through all this training with no serious injuries and still healthy!

Day 171: Today was my last day in Caretersville before I leave for Madison and I enjoyed every min of it. I had a nice relaxing 3 mile run. A strong 27 mile bike that I tried to keep it easy. At times I found myself pushing it and then had to remind my self to slow back and go easy. Of course we also swam out at Lake Allatoona, and I had a nice 1 mile swim. Overall it was a good training day and I am still feeling good with the lack of training I have done the past few days. Also I should mention on Wednesday's we call our self's the TriGeeks and every year they induct people into the group. Well today I got inducted into the TriGeeks!!!! It was a blast and I am proud to say I am officially part of this amazing group of people! I wouldn't have been able to do a lot of this without them.

I also did almost all my packing today and boy was it a mess. Thanks to Misty for coming over and keeping me on track I think I have it all packed and ready to Rock and Roll!!!

The start of the packing mess, I'll spear you from the real mess!

Day 172: Today was a busy day of course not with training, but everything else. I tell ya, packing for an ironman plus trying to pack for 10 days is not easy. Today after work I had a bunch of errands I had to do and still didn't get the all done. I did however have an amazing Ironman send off party that was put together by some amazing friends. It was so nice to see people I trained with one last time before I left. It really got me excited with hearing all the encouraging words they had to say. Thanks so much everyone for tonight. I will never forget it!!!

Amazing group of Girls!!!!

Scott and I, Thanks for all the nice words of encouragement

Day 173: No training today, but I leave tomorrow!!!! Today I finished my errands and got my bike packed up!!! Now officially everything is packed and I am ready to rock!!!!