Damn thats deep… keep on keepin on bro

Is that a picture of you crossing the finish line at the Ironman? What IM is that?

Got to love those rodies and their opinion of IM. Imagine HInault getting off the bike and then running a sub 3 hour marathon. The IM pros ride and run alone, often for 138.2 miles. Try doing that in 90 degree heat, 80 degree humidity, and tropical force winds. We could go on and on about who are the best athletes. Frankly, try running 100 miles in in Colorado (i.e. Leadville and Hardrock), or 135 at Badwater, or multiday adventure racing around the clock for 5 + days.

The point being, challenges are relative. Accomplishments are individual. Demeaning attitudes – very unmanly.

I’ve done the Peachtree City Triathlon for years, great first Sprint Tri! I recommend anyone getting started around Atlanta GA to get involved with that club, as Jim has.

Regarding an earlier post about splitting training to 2 of each every week, that’s a good approach, you just need to remember that the majority of the time you’ll spend out there will probably be running, the minority in the water. The Ironman swim will probably take 1.5 hours tops, but the run is going to take you at least twice that (same with the cycle). Think about where you’ll be spending your time out there when you’re planning your training. You may swim twice a week, but those swims should be MUCH shorter than your runs or cycling efforts.

The Ironman World Championship in Kona on the big Island of Hawaii is the granddaddy of Ironman racing…Most people who do an Ironman dream of qualifying..somehow…
Like the author said though, Ironman is just a portion of the sport of triathlon. Sprint and olympic distances are MUCH more accessible for those of us with jobs and families. There are also half ironman distances (popularly known as 70.3, this is the total distance, which is half of 140.6 the total distance of an ironman in miles) a true olympic is half the distance of a half ironman, and a sprint is half of an olympic distance. On many occasions due to course restrictions, these distances are not set in stone, but those are the guidelines… See http://www.triathlon.competitor.com for information on triathlon training and racing.

Iron man is something that I will probably decide to do one day but it doesn’t fit my current goals so I’ll save it until it does. I think it would be pretty amazing to be one of those 70 year old guys doing his first iron man.

Anyway, that’s great. Thanks for the story. I’ll check out your blog from time to time for some more inspiration.

Kris

It was a lot harder than I thought.

I could ramble about life philosophy pretty much endlessly, though, so I’ll cut myself off before I get going too much :)