I don’t think I’ve ever been as stressed as I was today. We were warned to start the process as early as possible because IM Florida had sold within an hour of the general entry slots going on sale. Shit, like I needed more pressure… I made sure to renew my USAT membership at least a couple days before and that my active.com membership was still working (I had used it to register for DSE runs before I became a member) so in theory I should have been ready to go… But as we all know the theory works great in theory but in practice it leaves a lot to be desired. At 14:00:01 I was reloading the active page and getting rejected. My brain is going a mile a second trying to figure out what are my other options if I don’t make it. I thought about foundation slots [Read Full Post]
IM Arizona 2010, Mass Swim Start (Photo by Kevin Leung) Drew, one of my California TNT coaches just completed this year’s version of the race I’ll be doing in 363 days (The race is November 20th for 2011). I’m just starting to be terrified. If Drew completed the event in 14 hours then I shudder to think what will be my time. But then I realize that if I go with that mentality I’m screwed. I have to keep telling myself that I’ll rock this and that, if nothing else, I’ll finally learn where my limits are and what do I need to do to push past them.
With Apologies to Gilbert O’Sullivan. Every so often I get terribly homesick. It’s been 10 years since the last time I was with my friends in Chile and I’m starting to really miss them. It’s cyclic and this time it’s compounded by being terribly home sick of California as well…. crap, has it only been 4 months since I left? Going back to Chile in 2011 is out of the question and 2012 has a possibility of doing Ironman 70.3 Pucón but it would mean sidestepping a lot of the responsibilities that I have when/if I go back. But I want to do Pucón so bad… I want to go back, share with my friends but also share with my triathlon friends that I manage to convince to go back with me. That’d be the perfect cap to my Ironman season. I’d be more than ready training wise (shit [Read Full Post]
Ohhh, if there’s one thing I hang onto, That gets me through the night. I ain’t gonna do what I don’t want to, I’m gonna live my life. Shining like a diamond, rolling with the dice, Standing on the ledge, I show the wind how to fly. When the world gets in my face, I say, Have A Nice Day. Have A Nice Day. Have a Nice Day – Bon Jovi First challenge is 7 days off… making sure that I’m registered for the race. Sometimes I’m amazed how life revolves around those little things that at the time seem like the biggest things ever. Today I finally got my finisher’s medal from Augusta 70.3. Apparently they ran out of medals before they ran out of people finishing the race It came in at a good time as I was wavering whether to stay on the team or to just [Read Full Post]
Don’t know what is it about doctor’s offices I fucking hate going to the doctor and I most definitely hate being scared to death. I had to do the earlier and got the later as a result. Moving to Georgia has put my sinuses on a really foul mood and they have let me know it. As part of my preparation for IronTeam I decided I wanted to get all the medical stuff out of the way and go in with a clean slate. The doctor decided something different. I went for, what I thought, would be a checkup and a new prescription for my nasal spray and prescription Claritin and be done with it. I ended up with a diagnosis of acid reflux, a camera up my nose, a shot almost on my ass, and the fear of the reflux becoming an issue down the road. I’m dreading making [Read Full Post]
You have to pick the freaking expensive hobbies, don’t you? If it’s not your favorite miniature wargaming games from a british company (Games Workshop), it is Naginata, where you have to import a lot of your gear from Japan and now triathlons where the costs are just starting to pile up, fortunately the most expensive stuff is not recurring. My soon to be first TT bike Let’s look at costs: Winter Cycling Gear New bike (Giant aluminum TT/Tri bike): $1800 after taxes + the cost of the pedals New pair of cycling shoes: $175 (pedals cover the cost of the clips for the shoes) Arm warmers Leg warmers Cold-weather gloves for cycling Skull cap or balaclava for under your helmet Cycling shoe covers Snug-fitting top you can wear under your cycling jersey Medium- or light-weight windbreaker / shell jacket Windproof cycling pants Warm socks but with wicking properties (not cotton) [Read Full Post]
I actually did it… I can’t believe I actually signed up to train for an Ironman! Actually, I’m not kidding anyone… I know exactly why I signed up and why am I going to see this to the end in November of next year by crossing the finish line at IM Arizona. I want a challenge, I want to prove to myself that I can work mentally and physically through an Ironman. 2009 was a physical year… Train with Xavier at 24 hour, run the ocasional 5 or 10k with Debbie and then train with TNT to prove to myself that I could do triathlons. I did a Sprint (SVMB), an Olympic (Pacific Grove) and the bike/run portion of a 70.3 (Big Kahuna where the swim was canceled). 2010 was the year of change. I was originally going to do Big Kahuna again to prove to myself that I could [Read Full Post]
