I guess life doesn't always allow you to follow your training plan. Things were going well with training. I've been following Matt Lieto's plan linked off this site and have been feeling great, minus the small injuries of course :) Just came off of my recovery week and have 5 more weeks of training to go until Ironman 70.3 Longhorn. Boise 70.3 was my first tri and I was just out to have fun and finish, this time around I feel like I could actually race the course.

Well, Friday morning the boss came in and said I was heading to Baton Rouge in support of Hurricane Gustav. So here I sit in Baton Rouge waiting to get pounded by Hurricane Gustav at the Joint Field Office. Which of course means training is completely out the door. No clue how long I'll be here, could be a week, could be a month. My first reaction was to get pissed b/c my life revolves around training, but of course there are things in life that take priority and you just move on.

So depending on how long I'm here for Gustav I may be changing my expectations in Austin, TX. If I get out of here in time I'm sure I can salvage the training. Once I get home I'll probably have questions about how to best tailor the program depending on how much time I have left to train. Right now I'm just hoping for the best with the storm so people here in Louisiana can get back to their normal lives.

I should have a place to sleep that is dry and and if all goes well all of my stuff will stay dry, b/c having wet underwear would just really ruin my day.

But I can always look at the bright side, I did get in to IMC 09, so the weekend hasn't been a total bummer.