Lets face the facts. There is way to much social media to keep up with these days and I'm awful about keeping up with my blog. That being said, the next 10 weeks are sure to be something special and I want a record of all the random thoughts that will cross my mind so that I can remember them 30 years from now. Thus, I will force myself to be a better blogger :)
A year ago I had a thought and that thought became an interest....interest to a need.....need to a want.....want to a desire.....and a desire now to do what once would have been improbable.
How I ever talked myself into an Ironman and all the training, I will never be sure. Friends and coworkers all inspired me. They told me I could do it and I figured what the hell. I have clicked the registration button for over 20 marathons and never did my hand shake so much as when I clicked registration for Ironman Lake Placid.
Everyone who I believe reads this blog is a runner and plenty of you have completed marathons (26.2 miles). I believed for a long time and still do that to finish a marathon you need to sacrifice something. Time with your family, time with your pillow, time in general just to name a few. However, I have a new definition of sacrifice now, its called 2.4 miles of swimming, 112 miles of biking, and then a marathon (it's called insanity).
Insanity has brought with it 4 hour bike rides, 2 hour runs, and 2 mile swims and I'm still 10 weeks out. It has brought days where I tear off my wet suit just in time to jump on my bike and then a run. It will only get more insane from here. I know it and I ..... it. I leave that space blank because at the end of this I know I will have the perfect adjective to fill in the blank. Right now there are so many mixed emotions. I have felt excitement, fear, overwhelmed, confident and so much more.
One fact that you can put in ink right now, this has already changed my life for the better. I can't wait to see that Olympic Oval on July 27th and that right there is something worth talking about.
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