Hardcore or Just Crazy - You Decide.

Well, Ironman training is officially underway. It hit me earlier this week when I was exhausted that yep, its week 4 of a 4-1 build-recovery cycle. The previous weekend there was ice on the ground, which meant 3 hrs 40 min on the indoor trainer in Art's basement watching Office Space and chatting away with Monique (who is signed up for Ironman Brazil) to make the time go by.

This weekend, it was a balmy 40 degrees out, and despite some residual ice on the trail, Turbo and I headed out for a 50-60 mile ride. We decided to make it a European style ride and stop for coffee along the way (to warm up, if nothing else). Its the best substitute for Sandro & Anne (our Norwegian bike tour guides) and their fully stocked Landrover we've been able to come up with, since we've yet to convince Diego (or anyone else) to follow us around in the car with coffee and hot chocolate and extra layers for us.

We had every intention of 60 miles, but even the latte and mocha didn't cure our frozen fingers and toes enough for us to stick it out past 50 miles. But you know, Ironman is still 6 months away and thankfully DC winters are usually short. Let's hope that's the case this year.