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51st year?
I feel good, I feel alright. Swimming is going good, I’m running, and spinning, is spinning. I have a lot of other stuff going on (again), but this year, everything is about 1 race, Ironman. Yep, I know, I know, I’ve got this Ride to Conquer Cancer thing in 25 Weekz to Ironman…and a few stops along the way……

So here we go again. Last year at this point, I was almost at the same point as I am 2day. Just about 25 weeks away from a shot at finishing a full ironman triathlon. Last year, well, there was a lot of hope, and a lot of unknowns. This year, I’m more hopeful, but I know a bit more going in.
For one, I need to train. Not sure if my training wasn’t spot on last year, but need to practice my nutrition more, need to run more than I did last year, I need to do more transition, brick and just plain runs.
The cool thing about last year was that I had a lot of fun. Did a lot of stuff with friends, ate a lot, and generally enjoyed myself. The bad thing, I trained hard, but when it came to racing, well, I didn’t race as well as I trained. Coronation, and Great White North, both were okay…the swim and bike portions were fine, but the runs, well, were not what they should have been, and thus, both races ended up, well, sucking. But again, I had fun, so…..what does that mean?
And then there was Ironman Canada, and the NYC Marathon. Ironman, was, fun, a blast, except for the not finishing thing. The swim was amazing, 3800 meters of fun. I just felt stronger as the swim in Lake Okanagan went along. And the 180K bike ride was fine. Richter’s Pass, the ride up to Yellow Lake, not a big deal. Yep I got sick at one point, and yep my heart rate rocked up, but I did it, I was passed a lot, and I passed a lot of people, but I enjoyed most of it. And should I have attempted running the 26.2 miles instead of bailing when I did? I felt okay after I got off the bike, I was okay enuff to walk back to our house on the hill, but, I thought, did I really wanna start the run and then have to have someone drive me back to the start? And well, there was a marathon in New York coming up…so did I have to finish? Should have could have, I don’t know. I didn’t feel that bad when I decided not to finish. But now, well looking back, I’m not so sure. But at the time it felt right.
The experience was great, as was the NYC Marathon in November. Am I happy with the results, nope, but they are what they are right? It is what it is. And the experience was amazing, what an amazing 50th year. Now for hopefully an equally amazing 51st. Yep there's the The Ride to Conquer Cancer at the end of June, and yep the Great White North ½ Ironman Tri a week after that, but they’re just stops on the way to the big dance. The 200k Ride to Conquer through the Rockies will be a nice 2 day training weekend, and I’ll try and slip in a couple short t-runs. The Great White North Tri will be much of the same. The only goal is to make sure I run the run part, and run strong. I always manage to swim the 2000 meters strong, and bike the 90k alright, but always struggle with the 21k run. This year has to be different. Has got to be different.
So, well, another year of lotsa swimming, lotsa biking, lotsa running, lotsa eating, and lotsa resting and stretching and thinking.
So all of this is starting again, and actually has already begun. All I really hope for, is a year of hard training, lotsa food and wine, lots of Okanagan wine….all capped off with racing Ironman in Penticton. Who knows, the goal is to finish, and what will happen, will happen.

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