Just an Average SKIRT

Getting ready to head out this morning to our condo in Winter Park where we’ll spend the night before heading to Steamboat tomorrow for the race on Sunday. Staying with our long lost friend and pseudo family member Bobby. Can’t wait to catch up with him, I know BJ and the kids are very excited too.

Took a short ride on my bike yesterday, she’s feeling good and is ready to race. Got a few quick attacks out of my system and coasted home. It has never failed since IM, every time I get on my bike, jack up the volume on my shuffle I slip back into remembrances of my IM training. I recall the emotions of the my training rides and certainly of the actual race experience. Yesterday I drifted back to CDA, walking through the village, waiting in line to turn in my bike, suiting up for the practice swims, meeting friends for lunch. Every thought empowers me to keep the pedals turning and poses the question of when my next IM will be. That my friends, is a secret, I have a pretty darn good idea of when and where but that is information that is just for me right now. I’m very good at keeping secrets, especially my own.

We’ll see how the weekend turns out - one thing is for sure, I will thoroughly enjoy myself, it’s all about the smile for me and of course, pushing it. I will be in pain but hoping to make that last for just under 2hrs. We’ll see, 2006 I did a 2:09:30.

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