I inhaled a big piece of fluff

It has been two weeks since my last blog.  What can I say? It has been a great few weeks of training.  Lots of swimming and biking and running, unbelievable really.   I am preparing for a half iron distance triathlon in Stony Plain called the "Great White North Triathlon".  I registered last year and I rolled over my entry to this year because I was not ready to do the swim.
I now feel I am ready.
Yesterday there was a kids triathlon that I volunteered at where the kids would swim 50 meters then get on their bikes (some with training wheels) and run 100 meters.
It was outstanding!
After the kids race, a big group of the team went for a run through the river valley.  I ran with the team from the Kinsmen field house to Ft. Edmonton and back.  23kms with lots of up an downs. This time of year the poplar trees are seeding and they release a white fluff that can be very thick at time and collect along the sides of the trails. I was running along the trail when I inhaled, what seemed like, a giant bit of fluff.

Straight into the the wind pipe... yep sucked it straight in.  I was running back to the Kinsmen center about 14k into my run and as I am running along Keillor road and a big pice of fluff is lodged in my wind pipe.

The fluff was so thick at times it collected at the side of the trail and looked like snow.  Anyway, I learned a lesson about running this time of year. Keep your mouth shut! I hacked and wheezed for a while but eventually got it cleared so I had a great run back to my car.

As I head into a build week of training and I am feeling healthy and strong.

I am looking forward to it all.