A year since IMC. Where am i now, and where am i going

Hard to balieve it's been a year.
This time in 2010 I was in Jazper, chilling out b4 continuing on to Penticton for the 2010 Canadian Ironman Triathlon.
It was an interesting time. After not finishing the race in 2009, pulling out of the race after swimming 3.4 kilometers, and biking 180K, I pulled out, I'd barfed my gutts out while on the bike course, near the end of the bike course, and said enuff. So upon my return in 2010, I knew whatever happened, even if I had to crawl I WAS GONNA FINISH.
Long story short, even though I hardly trained, I finished. It took me 14 hours and 50 minutes to cross the finish line after, well, almost crawling the final 42 kilometers.
I was hurt. There was a lesson there, TRAIN DAMMIT!....but at least i was done. My 1st thought after finishing was, "I need some time off!"
Two years of sort of training. 2 trips to Penticton, and a trip to the NYC Marathon in 2009, my body was yelling at me, ENUFF!
I was hurt. I had an issue, and on going issue with a right knee problem that had been bothering me forever, an issue with my left shin and ankle, and well, I had a bathroom that I'd been working on for 3 years that had to get done. So as I drove away from Penticton 2 dayz after the race, I was thinking one thing, I need a year away, I need a year off.

Also I was stupid. I was doing all this stuff hurt. I hurt myself in the spring of 2010. Okay, way B4 then, but things just got worse at that time. And I know, I know, everybody knows, everybody that knows me knows, that any injury should be looked at and dealt with ASAP, or else, well, that injury will stay with u 4 ever, it bcomes chronic. But, well, Ironman was a big deal, okay a huge deal. Not so much the Great White North 1/2 Ironman triathlon I did 2 months B4 Ironman, but I had 2 do that as well. Well I just did, so there.

So where is this leading, well oddly enuff, now that it's almost that back 2 school time, September is almost here, that means, hmmm, 2011 is almost done, I am still working on that injured thing, but that thing seems to b getting better, and I've got 2 start looking at what comes next?

This year has been weird. I've been seeing a physio, doing my stretches, and some training, but hardly any. Struggling to run, hardly biking at all, and well, I think I've almost forgotten how to swim. It's been a struggle. I'm finally starting to run further, I haven't fainted 4 a few months, my right knee feels okay, my left ankle and shin feel even better, or else I'm just ignoring them better than ever, so now what?

Well, do I have to decide now? Well duh? Registration for the 2012 Ironman is in a couple of weeks, for the Great White North Triathlon is also in September, and well, do i do Death Race in Grande Cache in 2012? The Vancouver marathon, what?

And, well, LIFE? There's always that life thing. Will I have the time to train. I have a house and yard to look after, a full time job. I also have 2 kids still at home, both autistic. One heading 4 one last year at hi school. The other, well we're not sure. So that's gonna make me push the pause button at least once. So the question is, training. So that's life. So like life on a hi-way, I've got 2 figure out what I'll be able to do, with the time that I have.

The stranger thing, is, well, I've got a few things even more pressing 2 figure out. Remember that year off I mentioned way B4 the last TV commercial, well, I'm signed up, flight and hotel booked for the Victoria Marathon in about, hmm, 8 weeks!!!! EKKKKKKK?

Why did I do that? Well cause I need something in my life Bsides wine and ice cream. The stupid thing is, I haven't really trained. I feel strong-ish, and well, okay I have been running, but my long run up to this point has been one 15K, a few hill repeats have crossed my paths, and I have done a ton of 10Ks. So, um, is this an insane thing. Yep. But there's always a way to make choices, to make a change.

So what does that mean. Well, I'm gonna look at where I'm at. Which may be the point of this blog, 2Dayz blog. I can always switch 2 the Vic 1/2 marathon, and just enjoy the trip. I can always just go, do 10 and 1s (run 10 minutes, walk 1) and struggle along through the 26 miles, there's always choices. I know a friend once told me that I am an experienced marathoner, I know what I need to do. and how to do it, but, well, what do I want and what is my goal?

Actually my goal is to have fun and to enjoy myself. So now what?

This weekend is what.
2morrow I'm gonna go for a spin on the bike with some friends, Sunday I'm gonna run a half marathon (21K) to kick myself in the butt, and 2 C how I feel after 2 hours on my feet. A test. Testing the knee, testing my heart, and enjoying myself doing it. Spending time with friends that are heading off next week to do that Ironman race in Penticton, and then when I wake up Monday morning, decide on a bunch of stuff, but most importantly decide on Victoria, and then sort out what I think I can accomplish in 2012.

But that's life. I guess it's all about making choices, and there r a massive amount of choices.

onward and upward