I made it! Wow. Didn’t really have any expectations going in to today other than to finish, and i crossed the line in 6:33ish. I’ll take a 30 minutes swim, a 3:15 bike, and a 2:40 something half. The. Run. Sucked. But NBD. HTFU, actually RUN, and cross the line.
Race Report to follow soon, with pictures :-)
So this is a totally, 100% random update, but i figured id put some thoughts down before this weekend. In about 36 hours, I will be running on the beach and plunging into the cold waters of the North Carolina inlet Waterway. Why you may ask? Well, i guess I'm going to try to finish the Beach2Battleship half-iron race this Saturday.
It may sound as if I'm being callous about this race, and I am. I am approaching this race as more or less a pure test of testosterone. I am not going to race, I am going to finish. I haven’t legitimately “trained” in just about a month. A little over a month ago, I started having some funny heart issues. They have sense been cleared up (as of earlier this morning), and i am good to go. I am no longer RACING, but just want to pride my way safely across the finish line. I feel grossly unprepared for this race, both in preparation and in simple knowledge base of how these bigger races are run. I’ma just hope that i get all of my transition bags packed correctly, and hopefully this time Saturday night, I'll be putting a 70.3 sticker on the back of my jeep.
If i don’t update this, well, I either died, or have once again become content to simply read DC Rainmaker's Blog and train as possible
Today I leave you with the damage done to my kitchen by my roommates dog….FAIL?
