32 days to ironman canada...i can hardly wait!

well this is it
32 whole days to my return to one of my favorite places on the planet, penticton.
even though i didn't finish the ironman tri there last august, i have no actual bad or awful feelings about that day, or that week...everything was amazing!
i had so much fun, and felt so good.
and as for the race, for what i did, even after i got sick, everything was so fun.
I LOVED THAT SWIM!!!...i sat back at 1st waiting for everyone else to start, but when the gun went off, i went in and joined the rest, and had a good swim. loved it, for 1:21, all i did was swim. picked my spots to pass people, and kept swimming until i found open water to swim in on the way back to the beach.
yep i did stop when i thought i was way off course, was run into by the 3 people that were drafting off of me, and then stuck my head down and swam even faster!
only thing i think hurt me, was, i think i drank way too much of lake okanagan...and that played out badly with my gut on the bike, but otherwise....FINE FUN!
the bike was cool too. i can't even remember the ride though penticton...it was a non-issue-event. and it was fun, the hills through mclean creek road, the climb up richters pass, the rollers after that, even the climb up yellow lake (thanks jordan) was fine.
yep, maybe getting off my bike to stretch just before topping the yellow lake climb was a mistake (cramps, oh my god my quads were rocks!) but i got back on, and finished that.
and yep, i finally barfed a bit after the climb, and watched my heart rate jump, but you know what, i made it to the finish line, 7:08...not great, but with 3 stops, and getting sick, i'm okay with that. the climbs weren't a big deal...
now, why didn't i run. well the climbing heart rate scared me. getting sick a bit too. and at that point in the ride, i decided, naw...i had a marathon in new york coming up, and, well, did i really wanna start running just to pull out in the middle of nowhere?....then of course, i walked back to the house we rented up the hill, had a shower, joined friends cheering people down main street penticton, feeling okay...so maybe i should have tried to run...so this year???
my training feels fine. swimming, i never have a problem with. i'd like to be quicker, but 3800 meters in a wet suit among 2800 of my best friends, not an issue (except for my nerve maybe..i'm a nervous starter, no matter what race)......biking is fine. i guess i could be stronger, but again the distance don't bother me, the climbs, no big deal....as long as i keep my nutrition taken care of, and just ride and enjoy myself, it'll be fine.
now as for the run, yes, the run scares me. but you know what? when i finished the bike last year, i had almost 7 hours to finish 42Km....so, yes i'm nervous about that, but, well i'll crawl if i have too!
anyway, about 4 weeks to go, and yep, i'm excited, nervous, but looking forward to another week of having fun and the time of my life in the okanagan, and lots of penticton wine!

onward and upward