Ironman - 202 days

The day didn't start well. I had a swimming practice this morning at 6am. I was up, but I didn't go to the practice. I have a long list of excuses: the business dinner last night which lasted too late, and during which I drank more than one glass of delicious red wine. The fight with my spouse when I got home - some crazy fight about French Poetry that was absolutely pointless. My five year old son Matis who crawled into my bed at 3am and woke me up from a deep sleep. The peeing of my son Matis at 5am who was sleeping so soundly that he did not realize he was in my bed rather than on the toilet. The lingering headache at 6am from the glasses of wine. The sciatic nerve in my right quadricep which has been bugging me for months.
I need to get up at 5h20 at the latest in order to have a coffee and a banana and drive to the aquadome where I swim every Tuesday and Thursday at 6am, and Saturday mornings at 9. Swim practice lasts 2 hours, but I stay only an hour during the weekday. If I stay any longer I am late for work. This morning I actually got up at 6am. I was already upset with myself for not being at the pool, but I figured I could salvage the situation by biking on my stationary bike for an hour instead. So I got up and tried to find my running shoes. Turns out that my teenage daughter Morgen had borrowed them for a day and forgot to return them as promised. I never found the shoes. I never got near the bike. I missed the workout.
I figure one missed day of being on schedule is notgoing to destroy my ironman dream. To make up for the lack of exercise, I have made an appointment to see a chiropractor/physiotherapist reccommended by a member of the triathlon club I train with. The club, called The Antilopes, has very many strong athletes who are in training for this competition and other shorter distances as well. I have been training with them for 2 years. I am one of the newer, and less skilled athletes. But they give me a bunch of emotional support, and the coaches are actually quite good. I have had an issue with my sciatic nerve since December. I feel a pain in my leg whenever I take a step. Its less painful when I swim and bike, but almost unbearable when I run. So to make up for no training, I figure I will try and figure out what's wrong with my body today in order to get it fixed so I can resume training tommorrow.