One Final Push

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Three and a half weeks lie between Mr. T. and IMCDA, and we're all prepared for what should be his longest and hardest week yet. But that's yet to come.

This past week looked like a pretty normal week in the world of IM training with one big difference: a lack of swim. Mr. T. again took some time away from the pool until he visited with his trainer and swim instructor extraordinaire, who made some mild corrections to his stroke and (gulp) instructed him to find a doctor.

This past weekend yielded little in the world of training but much in the world of SDTriNews.com. We spent Saturday morning snapping pictures and chilling out with some of the coolest triathletes South Dakota has to offer at our local triathlon, the Madman Mini. Mr. T. spent the rest of the day processing those pictures while I tackled the lawn and managed the minions.

Monday the dreaded doctor's appointment arrived and with it some semi-good news. Mr. T. does not have a problem with his rotater cuff (yeah!) but he does have some tendinitis. The doctor told him that she'd usually recommend ceasing all activity and getting some physical therapy, but then she paused and said, "I'm guessing you're not going to do that, though."

Smart lady.

So Mr. T. earned himself a cortisone shot this coming Friday which will hopefully help alleviate the pain until he has conquered IMCDA at the end of the month, and then I'm guessing he'll take the prescribed rest.

We LOVE Base. 

One more note: Mr. T. received his last Base Performance shipment before Ironman this week. We both can't say enough about this stuff. We talk about it not because Base is paying us to do so (they're not) but because it actually works. Those of you that have been following us for a while may remember how Mr. T. committed the ultimate triathlete sin by trying something new on race day (incidentally, on his first Ironman day) by taking Base salt rather than popping pills. As a result, on that day he had zero digestive or cramping issues, and he has used nothing but Base since. Additionally, he's been using Base's recovery pills and whey recovery shakes religiously during this training season. When I trained for and ran my half marathon this past year with Troxell quatro I also took Base. It really is great stuff.

So this week all of us Troxells are preparing for a ginormous training week. We all know the sacrifices involved, and more importantly, we know that it does not last forever--just a week. We all relish the taper.

Three plus weeks remaining!