Gearing Up!

I could hear Max and Mia on the other side of the bathroom door impatiently waiting for me to come out and play with them, as that's our normal after-work routine. But wanting to make sure all of my newly acquired time trial gear fit right, I was in the bathroom, putting on my racing shorts, helmet, etc. I had my funky cycling shoes on, sunglasses - everything. I even shaved my legs. Yeah! On one hand I look cool! On the other, just plain weird. Well, let's see what the kids think. Mia is 4 and Max is 1 - they'll be the judges.

I shut off the bathroom light and slowly opened the door. I clumsily walked out of the darkness in my cycling shoes and stood towering over the both of them.

Max - he was staring up at me with blank eyes. Mia started giggling.

I knelt down and in my best Darth Vader voice I said to Max, "Maaax - I am your faaatherrr."

Nothing. Blank stare. The drip of drool that was hanging from his lower lip now extended as a long strand down to the floor.

Mia then said to me, "Daddy, stop being silly."

"Nooooo Miaaaa, I am not Daddy. I am a superhero on a quest to conquer the world."

Max finally blinks and utters, "...Daddy."

This is not working I can see. They're mistaking me for some earthly being when I am in fact a superhero.

I got Mommy a wetsuit. Insane looking one. This thing looked exactly like the female version of a batman suit. Jen prances out of the bedroom feeling just as I do - a superhero!

Mia giggles at Mommy now and starts jumping up and down. Max is lost. He's at an age where he's just figuring things out. You do this to him, and it totally alters his understanding of things.

But now I'm looking at Mommy. You know, it's a simple little mental switch in my head that I can flip - flip switch down and Mommy looks like an elite female triathlete - cool! Fast! Flip switch up - hmmm - kind of looks like one of those sexy bondage things. Didn't know I liked that. Hmmm. Mommy don't look silly, Mommy look good.

Haha.

So, I think we're just about ready. We're geared up, most of the training is done. Jen and I spent the last week tapering. We'll do 2 more weeks of intensity and then taper just a teany bit before race day.

Update on our super fast runner Kimmers coming soon!