Countdown.....8 days

This morning Mark is swimming 3000M in Tempe Town Lake.....his last open water swim in the lake before Ironman.   He's half way through the swim right now.  The current water temp is 61 F and the air temp is 56 F.   Brrrr!!!   He's wearing a wetsuit, of course!!   After the swim he'll do a 90 minute run.   Yes, he is tapering (reducing exercise in the days just before an important competition).......believe it or not!!!!    I've pushed him to get massages and he's done one a week for the last 4 weeks.  He's seeing the benefit and hopefully it will pay off on race day.   Moving on......