The hard stuff is yet to come

Yo peeps. I'm still vegan/raw/whatever. I thought I was cheating because i added beans to my diet for dinner but found out that's not cheating. Breakfast is fruit. Lunch is always a vegan salad. My dinner is a bowl of kidney, pinto, and black beans. It's been long enough since I overdosed on veggie smoothies and puked so I'm going to try to go back to them this weekend. I went down in weight as low as 158 but I'm back up a couple pounds to 160, been here for over a week. It's because I haven't done any big training in 2 weeks. I had to postpone my death ride for 2 weekends in a row due to excessive heat. It's too dangerous a ride to do by myself in 100 degree heat...crazy hard, unknown spans where I can refill water, and very rural so I won't see many cars if something happens. I take a lot of risks in life but I felt high potential doing the ride could end very badly for me. But this Saturday is go time! IMLOO is 4 weeks from Sunday and I'm putting in my final ditch training block, these are my weekend plans:

7/31 - 100 mile death ride
8/1 - 15 mile run

8/7 - 100 mile death ride / 30 min brick run
8/8 - 18 mile run

8/14 - 100 mile Hilly Hundred ride (in CT) / 30 min brick run
8/15 - 20 mile run, start a mild taper (I'm not a big taper person)

8/21 - 50 mile EZ spin / 30 min brick (very easy, part of my taper)
8/22 - 13 mile EZ run (very easy, part of my taper)

8/29 - IMLOO!!!!!

It's one thing to write this plan down, it's a totally different thing to execute it. That death ride is so freaking hard, my god is it hard. If I can somehow brick it on 8/7 I'll be tough as nails and ready to go. There's an equal chance my legs could fall of my body too. The truth is, it doesn't really matter which outcome happens...it's how I handle the situation and persevere that matters. That's what ironman teaches you, and what makes you a better person from the experience. I'll check back in this weekend after death ride #1 is hopefully in the bag.