Random Thoughts

Hello my darlings, well I am not really sure anyon reads this since I rarely update this anymore but I am trying to do better than once a month (I last posted on 9.23.10, so less than a month).  I have been swimming like a little fish and I know my form is a bit off and I am working on it but the girl who NEVER wanted to put her head in the water swam 2000 yards (1.14 miles) this am.  WITHOUT STOPPING!  I am shocked and surprised and I am loving it.

With this new found love of the swim, I am actually having thoughts...so far just thoughts of an Ironman next year.

I turn the big 4-0 next February and would like to do something BIG.  I have always thought it was the swim that was holding me back from a full Ironman.  Well, let's piece this together.  So I have biked 100 miles, I have run 26.2 four times...not back to back mind you but now that I have proven myself that I am able to swim a mile, I am really believing I could DO Ironman.  You have 17 hours from the start to hear Mike Reilly call out "_______ you are an Ironman"  I get teary eyed just typing that.  Can you imagine if I go through with this and actually DO Ironman?  I will be crying like a baby.

Now, if I DO Ironman, I think I want to do Louisville.  I am not thrilled that it is the end of August and typically hotter than hell.  BUT I want to DO Ironman in 'my state'  I love all things Kentucky...basketball, horses and bourbon. 

I would have no expectations except to finish.  Finishing would be amazing.  Since I am not a pro, nor a winning age grouper, not one peron would remember what my time was for Ironman but they would remember that I finished! 

Lots to think about!