Rainy days again

Boy have I been off line! I went to Lake Placid for a long weekend returning late Monday. I would like to say it was a great weekend, but it poured all day Sunday, only Sunday. That just happened to be race day for the Lake Placid Ironman competition. I stood in the pouring rain all day cheering for my friend, Frank Pantuso. He had a gerat race and did better than expected which is amazing considering the conditions. The bike was hard in the pouring rain. IM is 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and 26.2 mile run. 140.6 miles, so if you ever see a bumper sticker with 140.6 (or 70.3 which means half Iron), you know now what it means. That is a true athlete, deserving the description of Iron. While I was there, Saturday, I swam the IM course and it was great. I felt really good and that was my only workout all weekend. Got back and ran 6 miles yesterday, just need to get on my bike. Well, it rained all morning yesterday, so no bike to work. Today? Again, only it thunderstormed all morning. Started around 4am and that is when I woke up with Nikki sleeping on my pillow and trying to sit on my head. She is even more scared of storms than Levi....didn't think that was possible. I moved her so she was laying next to me, but she panted so hard, it made my bed shake; yeah... for 3 hours. My parents would understand that because their old dog Jenny did the same. You couldn't sleep and neither could I this morning. If it wasn't raining so hard, I would have just gotten up and walked.
Well, I'm back in the saddle and have a race this weekend on Sunday. Will be my first race since all the chest pain issues. I have no concerns and am feeling good. I will have a good time.
Catch you tomorrow.