Sadie turns 2 !!

2 years old! My god that has gone quickly... I am so proud to say that my eldest daughter is turning into the most amazing little girl. Training took a step back this week as we celebrated another milestone in Sadie's life.

I managed to complete what has become the normal Monday to Friday routine (9km swim, 2 turbo sessions, 1 long treadmill run) and calmed it down a bit over the weekend so we could spend the time doing family stuff. It was good to ease off a little as my legs have been getting quite tight from the turbo trainer sessions. I did manage however to squeeze in a "winter ballbuster" specific session early Saturday morning. This consisted of an undulating 10km run, followed by an equally undulating 42km bike ride, before completing the same 10km run again. Knackered is not a strong enough word to describe how I felt after all of that. The ballbuster is a similar distance, but throws the infamous Box Hill into the mix , just to make it even tougher, gulp. After this session I was ruined but did give me the confidence to complete the race. I doubt I will post an impressive time on the day but to be honest I will be glad to just finish the race.

Anyway, back to the important stuff - Sadie's birthday. We had a party on Friday afternoon with all her friends which was absolute chaos but a lot of fun. Anyone with children will know that giving kids sugar in any shape or form results in an uncontrollable energy burst. I took notes from my little girl as she seemed to do an impressive circuit session around the house consisting of a mixture of sprints, climbing, screaming and short moments of tearing open presents. It was great fun but I think running a marathon would have been easier than keeping up with them all!

It is crazy to think how much has happened in the last 2 years and so exciting to think what the next 2 years could bring. I am so proud of my family and I am so lucky to have their support during this journey to the Ironman, I don't think I could do it without them.

As a bit of a challenge over the next few weeks I have decided to try and complete 100 push-ups in one go. I started today and managed 14, the plan is to add 1 a day until I reach 100.... thats the plan anyway ;-) will update my progress on twitter.