Okay, for those of you who facebook, this will b repetitive....& for those of you who don't (DADDY!!!!), here you have it!!!
FINISHED!!! 5 Hours, 34 minutes!!!
Transition 1... thousands of bikes! (Someone asked and no, that is not me in the photo!)
Contemplating throwing in the towel.... just by looking at the hefty swim!
The swim waves were in age groups and a different heat went every 5 minutes
SO, I LOVED THE RACE!!! LOVED, LOVED, LOVEEEDDD ALL 70.3 MILES OF IT!!! Even the swim; which I totally suck at! It consisted of a 1.2 mile swim (my time=43 minutes), 56 mile bike ( 2 hours, 51 minutes= average speed of 19.6 mph) & 13.1 mile run at the end (1 hour, 52 minutes =8:33 average minutes per mile.) 22nd place in age group/wave & 96th overall!
Running into the arena for the finish! I love the sign that is being held up in the background... "Enjoy the Moment!!"
The only downfall to all of this is that now, I have my heart set on completing a full Ironman=140.6, in Arizona, as soon as next year. That is also the dilemma. I'm having an inner battle trying to decide what is best for my family. I felt good on Sunday when I finished, GREAT! Had it been the full, I think I could have done it, for sure.!! BUTTTT... I won't lie! I trained my tail off, REALLY! I tried my hardest to have it take away the least amount of time possible away from the fam., but there were just days, especially on the weekends, that I couldn't get around being gone during the day for 4 hours or more.... AND THOSE DAYS SUCKED!!! It's one thing to be gone for an hour or so run (I like to call it "free therapy"), but being gone for HOURS, brings a tremendous amount of guilt and stress on. Again, the feeling of completion is amazing, but it came at a huge expense.... emotionally, financially, physically... and I realize all those things. This isn't a poor mans sport! U know you're f-d in the head when you start selling things to buy race running shoes or those hefty entry fees ($280 for the Longhorn!!!) I know, $280 to RACE, that, in itself, is CRAZY!!!
So, a lot to think about and ponder during this "off season." Now, marathon training will kick in and I'm planning on running the Austin 26.2 in February. I know this will come as a shocker, but I'm going to take a huge (for me) hiatus from Thanksgiving- January 1st off and spend every minute with my family... they deserve it!!! I think Andrew is more relieved that it's over than I. For me, I feel as if I checked that goal off and now what's next???.... obviously the 140 miler!!!
Any takers on buying me a tri-bike???? What, it's only like $4,000!!!!
5 comments:
That's AWESOME! Worry about the rest later and just enjoy your accomplishment for now - You deserve it!
Clearly, this is YOUR THING! And I think everyone needs their THING. It seems like you get so much out of it, that it is worth it. I say DO IT! And worry about the logistics and cost of it as you go....it will all work out the way it always does....(I hope!)
Holy crap it has been a while since I checked this. AWESOME job on the Iron Man! Luke is going to be way jealous. I am sure you know this but you have the cutest babies ever, I cannot believe how big Mr.Tavin is! Don't know if I told you but I Love love love the blond ;) I am not going to make it down to texas :( I figured it would be too much driving for my growing gut. I was originally going to fly down there and drive back with Luke but he found out he has to have knee surgery so he is driving to AZ first then back to WY. I figured it might not be smart to drive to AZ then to WY. I am truely heartbroken I wanted to see my Noel so bad before I pop this kid out but it looks like I am going to have to wait. Miss you girly, you look BEAUTIFUL!
Kick ASS!!
Way to go!!!
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