Yes, a week earlier then the June 19th official start date. I started my Ironman training yesterday. It's a good thing my plan coincides so nicely with the Marathon Training team's long runs. I think Brad set it up for me that way, but yesterday, on the plan that is really set to start next week, I did my 5.5 mile run in 55 minutes. Actually my Garmin said 57, but someone stopped me and asked me for directions. Poor guy was 8 or so miles away from where he needed to be, so I got him going back in the right direction. I kept up that slow pace, and it was good.
It was hot and humid out, thankfully it was cloudy and kept sprinkling on me. But I did it. There were times out there where I said to myself, no one would know if I walked just a little. But I pushed myself to just run and quit being lazy. It was longer then I've run since this stupid surgery, and my side hurt for a while when I got back and tried to sit and rest. I needed to lay flat. I kept telling myself I need a corset when I run. I need to ask my friend Dawn for one lol! A black latex one would be perfect hahaha!! Yeah if I were running a race with Dita Von Tease lol! I could only imagine the kind of pain that triathlon would entail, but I digress hahaha!!
Just trying to plan out my next week of training. This school stuff is really hampering any training plan I am trying to come up with! But it's just two more weeks. Actually it's 7 full days and 2 half days and done. I keep asking myself what I got myself into with this Ironman. I keep wondering if I can do this distance. I had a talking to with my body yesterday. I made a bunch of bargains with it if it promises to not betray me. To give me this one more thing off of my bucket list. Just one more time, and then I'll take it easy on it. I'll train for sprints and olympics and enjoy those distances. I will keep any thought of anything more aggressive out of my mind, at least for a little while. So here's hoping it grants me this one favor and holds out for 140.6 miles, I am sure it's the .6 that's going to be the roughest...
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