Decisions, decisions!

Just finished my Endurance Stage week 2 of 4. Here's what I got:

Mon: Day Off
Tue: 1,850 meters swim
Wed: Weight training - Legs and Biceps
Thu: 1 hr spinning class
Fri: 5 mile tempo run
Sat: Was supposed to do a 3,000 swim but did a 5k race instead (details below)
Sun: Was supposed to do a brick work out 1.5-2 hrs ride followed by a 4-5 mile run. I rode my trainer for 1.5 hrs.

Kinda stinks I had to modify it a bit but sometimes we gotta do it, right?

My wife decided she wanted to run her first 5K on Sat, the: March of Dimes 5k run/walk at Forest Park (St. Louis, MO). We went and ran it together. Me and my 2 daughters ran with her, I had them in my double running stroller. It ended up being a perfect day, awesome weather, lots of people, a well organized race and a great cause. My wife did fantastic, she handled the couple of hills the course had really well, never stopped to walk (not that walking is a bad thing) and crossed the finish line at 30min 40secs! We were so happy and proud of her. As you can imagine she's hooked and the first thing she did when we got back home was get online to look for her next race. We're doing the Race for Miracles 5K in 2 more weeks :)

I know I could have gone to the gym after the race but we had a ton of things to do before 5, when we had a gathering to attend to. We were invited over to our friends' house, The Olmedos for some food, drinks and good company. We celebrated Byron's 35th birthday.

And today we had to go to Illinois to visit some of my wife's family. So instead of doing the brick my training plan had, I quickly installed my CycleOps Fluid 2 Trainer and rode it for 1.5 hrs. I had the trainer for about a week and a half all boxed up since I've been able to ride outside. I liked it and it was a really good work out.

We (the familia) will be going to Cancun, Mexico in Sept. There is a big tri there the weekend we arrive, the Ironman Cancun 70.3 and I am pretty sure I'll do it (or at least I want to). Only thing I'm trying to figure out is the whole bike transportation deal. Thing is, we arrive in Cancun on Fri.... so that part is pretty straight forward, I'll rent a box at my local bike shop, pay the fee for the extra big luggage and take it with me. Now here comes the crappy part... after the race we are staying in Cancun until Wed. and then we are flying from Cancun to a city called Puebla; one of my best friends, Mau who is from Puebla, he is meeting us in Cancun to show us around and hang out with him and his girlfriend. We are going to Puebla to visit his familia and to see the city. The following weekend we are driving from Puebla to Mexico City and flying out from Mexico City back to St. Louis.
I was thinking after the HIM I could ship the bike back to St. Louis (to the local bike shop... at the end there is where I bought the bike and rented the box, they could have the bike put together when I return), so I emailed the Ironman Cancun 70.3 organizers to ask what they suggest I should do, and this guy replied saying that unfortunately they don't have any type of bike shipping companies in Mexico and suggested I should use either DHL, UPS or Fedex.... but man, I think that will cost me mucho dinero... So... should I carry the bike with me the whole trip? how much would that be? decisions, decisions!! I checked a couple of bike shipping websites but none work with Mexico.... I'll see what I can do.

Next weekend I have my first tri of the season.. YES!! and in less than 2 months I have the Kansas HIM... it's approaching fast.

Keep up the hard training everyone, it's finally time to be outside!
Be safe out in the roads.
Later,

PC