These are the results from nine months of training. Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas was an amazing event. As I reflect on the race and my training I see a number of things that I did right and several that I did wrong! Let me first say that “The Journey is the Reward” and I lived that saying the entire day. I feel blessed that I finished the race feeling well enough to “enjoy the moment”. As you may be able to tell from other post I have an amazing “tribe” I only hope they feel as I do that May 21st was a complete success for our first year. I missed my goal time on the bike, run and overall but to finish was the overall goal……….and goal accomplished!
Now for the particulars………Swim: 1:14:42, Bike: 6:21:14, Run: 6:29:55. As you can see I have a lot of work to do for IMTX 2012 to meet my new goals. I truly believe that people should set very lofty goals and then tell the world to help be held accountable for those goals. I have made it no secret that my goal is to be competitive in my age group. To do that I have to add both speed and stamina to all three disciplines. As you read these goals and my goal for overall time please keep in mind that I know that they are very lofty and at the far reaches of possible. “Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.” W. Clement Stone.
The goals for next year…….Swim: 55 – 65 min, Bike: 5:00:00, Run: 3:30 – 4:00:00. Total goal time of ten hours! Now that I am accountable and have announced to the world my goals you will excuse me if I say good day and get out on with the training. Additionally, I have decided that I am going to change up my posting to this blog. This year I plan on using this forum as more of a journal than just “thought posting”. I will be making daily entries to the blog documenting both my thoughts and my daily training regime. I have had a number of friends ask me what I am doing, in terms of training, as they want to get into triathlons. I am NOT an expert only an “ironman” wanting to get better and help some people along the way if possible. See you on the road……! P-Diddy
