And here begins my quest to avoid at least one mistake. I am at the starting line. In just over seven months, I hope to be crossing the finish line of my first half-ironman (HIM) distance triathlon. I will swim 1.2 miles, bike 58 miles, and run 13.1 consecutively. (Usually the bike is 56 miles - the course of the race I've chosen is a titch long.) 72.3 miles. In one day.
I've done a handful of sprint triathlons, nearly 10 half-marathons, and one marathon. I also started an Olympic distance triathlon that I did not finish. Completing HIM would be a big accomplishment for me -- not impossible, but a truly difficult task. It will take a lot of training and focus over the next seven months. It will also take a lot of juggling of my personal and professional lives. Oddly enough, this is what is drawing me to the challenge.
Earlier this year, at the start of 2013, a radio station I listen to asked listeners to pick their "Word of the Year." What word will define my actions and my thoughts for 2013? I decided my word for 2013 is STRIVE. The definition of "strive" is to "make great efforts to achieve or obtain something." To live up to my word, I needed to find something big, something difficult, something that requires great effort. An HIM seems to fit the bill.
For me, the road to the HIM will be a long journey. But I am at the starting line.
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