so. i feel ready.
actually i have no choice, so this is what it is.
as always, as it has always been with whatever event i've taken part in, i think, i'm sure actually, that i've short changed myself, but i feel okay with that.
i always run, bike and swim, so the training's no big deal. i just do what i always do, i'm just not sure that i've done enuf of it.
but at this point, that doesn't mater, because no mater what, in a couple of weeks, in a couple of saturday nights, i'll be laying down about now, and waking up at about 4AM, and getting ready to, um do the canadian ironman triathlon. whether i'm ready or not.
and as always, the 1st two parts of the event does not bother me in the very least.
swimming with 2500 others, 3800 meters, not a big deal. i know i can do it. sure somebody may give me a kick to the ribs and end my day, but, oh well.
the same with the ride. yeah sure, the new bike has me a little concerned about the climb up a few of the mountains, but bah, it'll be fine, just another 7 hour ride in the canadian rockies.
and then there's the run. if last year is any indication, i should be out of the water at about 8:30, and off of the bike at about 4PM, or maybe a bit earlier, which leaves me about 8 hours to travel 26.2 miles...running, walking or crawling. um, okay, sounds like fun huh?
one thing that's starting to bug me, is that race thingie. i'm not in that top 10%, i'm not racing for a podium position, so calling this triathlon a race seems a stretch. all i seriously need to do, is to finish, that would be my PB, my personal best, my personal record. i may never ever do another ironman, so it would be my only ironman PB. that's all it is. i just have to do what i can do. i don't have to look at who's catching up to me, i don't have to chase down that kid ahead of me, i just have to get from point a to point b, and finish.
what i'm really feeling right now, is the excitment of getting to penticton, spending a weekend with friends, eating, drinking some okanagan wine, visiting, doing some running swimming and biking, and having a relaxing fun time. i just want to drive in from merritt, finding the house that i and a handfull of friends will share, then heading to the beach for a swim. a dip. and then a meal, complete with something i'll pick up at the wine shop, and take it from there. i'm planning on enjoying every minute.
i don't know if it's a sign or something, but i've already started to look beyond. there's few things i've lined up for the rest of the year, but next year, i'm thinking of taking a year off. maybe do a few shorter things, but just getting back to doing some other things. i love training, but this training for an ironman really takes over your life, and i've got so many other things i need to do, the 1st being, turning 52.....yikes
onward and upward
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