The Adventures of Type 1 Ironman
Good Diversions

Today was a day of good diversions. One of our daughters came home from school and asked me to take underwater videos of the high school swim team after school and I agreed. My wife then came in and asked if we were going to a a diabetic planning meeting this evening. I quickly realized that I just overbooked and said, “nope”. The second diversion was when I barely had enough time to get my run in before another work call. While I was leaving, I realized that my GPS needed charging so I went back into the house. The phone then rang from our son in Florida and I answered it, realizing that mean that I wouldn’t be running. It was a fun call and he let me know that he caught a sailfish and a good sized king mackerel today in calm water and 85 degree weather. After my work call, I got my swimming workout in (2350 yds) and then went to take swim videos. What I didn’t realize is that it was going to be a 2 hour water polo practice in the dive well because I was treading water and swimming for the next two hours with virtually no contact with the wall. I am now sitting here and discovering muscles that I haven’t used since I last played water polo in high school. I also went to the skin Dr today as requested and got a clean bill. The foot Dr is tomorrow. At the end of the day, I chose the distraction to spend time with two of our kids today instead of following the set schedule. This is not normal for me.

Thanks

Brian