The 2006 race season…

Here’s a picture of me exiting the water of a past race, proof that I actually do race and don’t make all of this crap up.

Well this year’s race season may or may not be over. Over the Fourth of July weekend in Chicago I made the age old mistake of mixing large amounts of alcohol with fireworks. A family friend of G brought some of the high class fireworks that go in the tubes for launching. Well he asked for some help and I gladly volunteered. He told me that as soon as I light the wick run, so I did. Well given the state that I was in and the fact that it was dark I stepped short on the curb, yes we were lighting them in the middle of the street, and bent my big toe WAY back. Oh yeah I was wearing sandals.
So I was in pain all last week and couldn’t train, except for commuting on the bike to work. I had a race yesterday and figured I’d give it a go and if the pain was too much I would just stop. The swim was decent, though the length ended up being longer than advertised, the bike felt great, but the run was pretty painful. I could tell the fitness wasn’t there not to mention the pain in the toe. I though about pulling out but didn’t want to record a DNF, so I pushed on. Today my toe hates me. I’m heading to the doctor later this afternoon. Whatever the results are I doubt I’ll be able to get ready for the ½ IM in early September.