I wrapped up my last day of chiropractic work for 6 WEEKS last night. It’ll be an odd feeling not seeing my patients for so long…

Today, I’m heading to Ghost Lake with Shane Hoogenboom and Mark Powell around 11am – we’ll be putting our bikes in transition and going for a 20min splash in the lake.

I’m not as excited as I usually am to be racing this weekend,…I’ve been training a lot lately, and quite frankly, it feels like it. Nonetheless, I’m going to put out a hard effort, and expect the fitness gains for the final push in prep for Ironman Canada to be well worth it.

Allison and I will be loading up our little car, we call Herpe, and heading to Penticton right after the race. Penticton will be our home for 4 weeks leading into Ironman Canada. If you’re going to do this sport,…you might as well do it right! I trust being in Penticton and focusing exclusively on the race will pay off come race day.

Unfortunately, the story of Kerry Enick ended in a bad way. I really couldn’t quite believe the news when I learned he was gone for good. Somehow I thought everything was going to work out in the end,…unfortunately, I was wrong. Anyone who knew Kerry will be missing him – he was such a positive man, success story, and inspiration to many.

I’ve thought about Kerry almost constantly over the past few weeks since first learning about his disappearance. Needless to say, this will likely continue for more time to come…

On a lighter note, as for an update with my training, I’m working hard as per usual during this time of year. I’ve accomplished 2×30hour+ training weeks (averaging 10hours of running during both weeks), with the best part knowing that I’ve been bouncing back well. I can be completely zonked from an epic training day, then after a sleep, the next morning, I’m back and eager for more. The summer of 2010 has been good for me in this respect.

I’m going to rest up Thurs-Sat, then see what I can do at the Calgary 70.3 IM – if I’m anywhere near Kyle, I’ll be a happy camper.

Following the race, I’ll do some active recovery/move to Penticton in the process, then get another 10day big block of training done before its time to taper entering IMC.

Miss you Kerry – wish you were here to share in the fun.

Scott

Kerry, from Calgary has been missing since July 7th — where are you Kerry???!! Please do keep your eyes peeled for him.