Ten miles today, first of four 10-mile days in a row.
Ouch.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Sept. 11
Day off from training, but I "came out" to some of my newer co-workers who weren't aware I did crazy things like this.
Nice thing is, one is looking to do his first Olympic Distance after a few sprints and another has done half marathons. So they may think I'm crazy, but at least they speak the same language.
Nice thing is, one is looking to do his first Olympic Distance after a few sprints and another has done half marathons. So they may think I'm crazy, but at least they speak the same language.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Sept. 10
I'm not sure anymore if the training I'm doing is for the Munich Marathon next month, or preparation for next year's Ironman.
Running hill repeats in 95 degree heat today, I kept reminding myself that I might encounter the same heat next year, and will have to be able to put up with it, so I better toughen up.
Running hill repeats in 95 degree heat today, I kept reminding myself that I might encounter the same heat next year, and will have to be able to put up with it, so I better toughen up.
Monday, September 9, 2013
Day One, Sept. 9
It's the one-year countdown. (Great, now I've got "The Final Countdown" stuck in my head. Thanks aid station DJ.)
So. Not sure what this is going to be, but I want to document this is some way, if only for myself.
Woke up at 4:30 at my cheap motel room in Madison -- not anxious, necessarily, but ready to get downtown, get in line and commit to Ironman Wisconsin 2013. I suppose I'd "committed" to it mentally long before this, but today was when I'd have to put my money down. Today it became real.
Yesterday, I volunteered, seeing both unbelievable pros and lots of "normal" people putting together one stroke after another, one step after another, to get it done. Before 8 a.m., we were let into the registration room where we handed over our names -- and our credit cards -- and I was in.
Now comes the hard part. Not Ironman -- though that'll be hard of course -- but the training.
My registration guy wasn't exactly fast on the keyboard, but he got the job done. And now I'll be looking to get the job done. Even if I'm not fast at anything.
So. Not sure what this is going to be, but I want to document this is some way, if only for myself.
Woke up at 4:30 at my cheap motel room in Madison -- not anxious, necessarily, but ready to get downtown, get in line and commit to Ironman Wisconsin 2013. I suppose I'd "committed" to it mentally long before this, but today was when I'd have to put my money down. Today it became real.
Yesterday, I volunteered, seeing both unbelievable pros and lots of "normal" people putting together one stroke after another, one step after another, to get it done. Before 8 a.m., we were let into the registration room where we handed over our names -- and our credit cards -- and I was in.
Now comes the hard part. Not Ironman -- though that'll be hard of course -- but the training.
My registration guy wasn't exactly fast on the keyboard, but he got the job done. And now I'll be looking to get the job done. Even if I'm not fast at anything.
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