Celebrating the little victories

IRONMAN Texas training is in full swing with 10.5 weeks to go. It's been a series of ups and downs so far with many days recently that I wonder why I'm doing this and others like today when following three days of small successes (4-hour bike ride, longest run yet-16 miles-at fastest pace I've done, and a swim session holding a 100yd pace at about 15 seconds faster than a month ago), I'm enjoying this life. Now to get some rest...