Okay, my husband calls me at work today and asked a question I am still trying to decide on. Do I do the Eagleman 1/2 Ironman or do I stay at home like a mama eagle with her eaglets that weekend instead?
I had my ups and downs this season. My season started off pretty dismally with me barely surviving the Rockett's Landing Race, I limped home on that one. I butchered a simple sprint distance next. I finished in a pathetic hour and 21 minutes. Nothing to write home about.
Not all was that bad though. There were some shining spots like the MS 150. I actually did it and survived, more then I had even considered possible for me. I did my first half century ride, and did pretty okay. There was the 3 Sport Tri. I took over 5 minutes off of my hour and twenty one minute race. Same race course, different sponsor on that one, I did much better on the Three Sport Race. Then came my PR for the Cul-de-sac 5Ks. The first one was pretty normal for me, but the last two were way better. The last one came the day after the 3 Sport Race. I guess I was still pretty jazzed with getting a PR in my 5k during the triathlon that the enthusiasm carried into that race. I came 4 seconds away from breaking 26 minutes. If only I had made my way thru the racers better, I would have broken the 26....Then my NYC Tri results. I finished smack dab in the middle of my age group. But what pleased me was the fact that I took over 15 minutes off of my race time from last year and there were no jellyfish to contend with. I wish it wasn't so slick from the rain. I was VERY hesitant on my bike in spots and that cost me in the long run. I could have reached my 3 hour goal, but missed by 5 minutes. Next year I will break through that and finish in under three hours. The temperature being below 100 degrees definitely helped me. I ran the 10k in 58 minutes, only 3 minutes slower then my best stand alone 10k time.
Which brings me back to the question, do I want to do a half Ironman? I can do the swim now if I had to. The swim I did in the James this morning was killer long, and I was fine, even with limited sleep from being woken up by my kids through out the night. I was surprised when the hour was up. I know I can cycle for 56 miles, I have done it before, but I don't do it on a regular basis. I have done half marathons before, so I know I can run the distance. But the question is, can I put them all together? Am I prepared to spend over 6 hours of my life on a race it takes great athlete's four and five hours to complete? Do I have the time to train for such an event? Do I want to have this race at the start of my season?? I don't know, but I don't have loads of time to decide. This race fills up pretty quickly and it's sort of like do or die at this point.
I guess if I made these decisions quickly and with the confidence my husband has, I would have to rename my blog wouldn't I? Dee "The ready to take on any triathlon triathlete" just doesn't have the same ring to it. Oh, I don't know! But I will soon enough, then I might have to blog more because getting ready for a 1/2 Iron distance will have moments that will sooooo be worth blogging about! To be continued....
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