The journey to Ironman Lake Placid is quickly coming to an end. Many people keep asking me if I’m ready, ready for it to be over. I think that I’m ready. As for ready for it to be over, nope, not ready for it to be over. I’m ready for it to start. I’m very much looking forward to doing the Ironman, well, most of it anyway. I think once I get off the bike I will probably be thinking what the hell was I thinking signing up for this. I’m hoping that feeling does happen until after the first half of the Marathon though.
The other question I get is, “What is your goal? To Finish?”. That one always kind of jars me because I never put much thought into the fact that I might not finish. I look at thinking about not finishing like a golfer standing on a tee with water in front of him. If he is standing over his ball thinking about the water, that’s where it’s going to end up. If I spent time thinking about not finishing I probably wouldn’t. I spend most of my time going over my race plan in my head so that when race day comes I just have to go out, stay focused and execute the plan. I guess it is a possiblity, but it certainly isn’t going to be because I’m not prepared. After swimming over 120 miles, running over 400 and biking nearly 3000 since the beginning of the year I feel that I’ve prepared myself for the day. When you consider that up until this point last year I had biked about 200 miles for the year I think I’ve come a long way.
Anyway, this morning I went out for an easy one hour ride on the bike.