Thanks fellas!
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Actually, I was just reading the last post that I wrote and realised that it was not entirely true.
This is probably the perfect time for me to mention how kind, considerate, understanding and compassionate that my mates have been in supporting me in my goal to complete an Ironman.
Milk with one sugar please!
You see, as is customary in the lead up to the wedding, my mates took me away on a trip to celebrate my forthcoming wedding.
Most of it was spent sipping cups of tea, reading Time magazine and discussing global economics.
However during the 3 day event a few of the boys realised that they had forgotten to include any physical activity, or more specifically, any triathlon training to pass the time. Eventually I think a few of them realised that the weekend was at risk of being slightly counter productive to my training goals, and hence organised a nice flat training run for me to partake in.
Not wanting to rock up on Nov 9 underdone, I took them up on the offer. I knew my mates are good fellas, but I didn’t quite realise how supportive they were of my Journey to Ironman.
As the bus slowed down I peered down the road and surveyed my training arena. A nice flat road, the gentle rays of sunshine as the day drew to a close…perfect running conditions right?
WRONG!!!!!
As you can see in the photo….I don’t think the boys idea of a run was quite the same as mine.
Thanks boys….you truly are STARS!!!!
Putting a HALT to training
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So there I was…all pumped up and focused on completing a good solid 20 weeks of training in preparation for the Port Macquarie Half Ironman on Nov 9.
Obviously I realised that I had a few other commitments during that time, but generally I thought I would be able to train with minimal disruption
WRONG!!!
Who would have guessed that a wedding celebration would throw such a spanner into the works.
In hindsight I guess I should have known….after all IT WAS MY OWN WEDDING!
So on the 2nd of August (and a couple of weeks either side of that day) my training came to an abrupt halt as I became the very proud husband of Joanne. As this picture shows….she is stunning and it was definitely worth it.
I only hope that I can still muster up those same thoughts on Nov 9, rather than curse at lost time on the bike, in the pool, or pounding the pavement!!!