What’s My Goal?
The 2010 Oklahoma City Red Man “Iron Man” competition! Last year, I tried to get ready for the Redman 2009 competition, but about the middle of the spring / early summer, I started getting both lazy and busy and my training went straight to hell, so now I’ve regrouped and am going to try for next year.
Competition, in this case, for me, means getting through the whole race – intact, one piece, no to little puking and able to go to work the following week. I’d like to complete the event in under 13 hours. That seems reasonable = 2.5 hours for the swim, 5.5 hours for the bike portion, and the marathon done in 5 hours. Of course that’s reasonable in terms of endurance athlete – in endurance athlete terms that’s the equivalent for a regularly athletic person of being able to do the Tulsa Run or ride a 60K bike event. Practically a stroll in the park. Yeah, right!
About the only thing I’ve got going for me seems to be that I’ve been doing this long enough that somehow it seems reasonable to spend an hour or two nightly training. Not quite sure when that happened. Somehow a goal became a lifestyle. Hmm, go figure.
Joe.
UPDATE: Started to get back in shape after the computer class I was taking. Hitting the pool regularly and increasing my distance again, and then promptly fell while playing soccer and broke my collar bone. I’m starting to feel cursed.
