Working in Unison

Made it to Friday with a workout everyday. This morning it was shoveling for the third time in 2 days. Then onto spin class and then some swimming. Things are coming along nicely with the exception that my shin is a tad bit touchier than it was at the beginning of the week. Not a good sign. I felt it this morning as I was in bed and when I got up. Last night I decided to bite the bullet and order some kinesio tape and a compression wrap for shin splints. This in no way will help it heal but it may prevent it from getting bad fast and it will help with tolerating the pain. I will have to learn the correct way to tape the shin. It's quite entailed starting with wrapping of the arch and pulling it up and then continuing into the calf. It will probably take a whole roll before I get it right!

During spin class today I started thinking about the race and who I'm doing it with. It came to me as I looked down through the semi circle opening of the bike's handlebars and saw my feet. The bikes are very close so I was able to see 1 foot of the person to my right while looking down. Which like most spin days is my father. Today we seemed to be in unison. Didn't matter if we were riding a flat, or climbing a hill, didn't matter if the instructor said to add tension, our feet still matched up. I decided this means either I'm getting slower as I usually pedal faster than he does or he is getting faster. I would say my father's strength out of the 3 tri sports is the bike. So I'm going with he's getting faster. Pretty impressive for a 59 year old. I know that come the 1/2 iron man we will run our own race. I never would want to hold him back as I know he wouldn't want to hold me back. But for a few minutes today we were in unison, not just in pedal strokes but also our main focus. We have the same goal. So whether I am swimming along side him on race day or he is passing me on the bike or I pass him on the run we will be working in unison. He will be right there with me race day. Mentally he will help me get through this. I'm excited to achieve this goal but even more excited to do it with my Dad.