Feeling inspired after watching Ironman Kona?
I know I am. The question literally everyone has asked since completing our first year of triathlon is, “so what about an ironman?”
My answer? I kind of jokingly say “I don’t know”
I mean, I have loved my first year in tri, but I’m not going to lie. It was hard fitting in the training between work and family and Ayoung family at that, with my oldest only just starting school and my youngest being born back in Feb.
I managed it this year and managed it well, finishing my last event of the year having broken all my PB’s, which was pretty awesome! And something I’m (clearly 😉 still going on about!
The other problem is, I kind of enjoy life too much to want to commit to 30+ hours of training. It’s clear you have to make some pretty big sacrifices if you want to commit to an Ironman and I’m not sure either me or my family are ready to make those changes.
So a couple of questions I’ve asked myself:
Can I do it?
Of course I can. I’ve got the mental game building stronger every time I go out and with the right training programme there is no reason why not.
Do I want to do it?
Hell yea. What an achievement that would be. But, I’m pretty happy where I’m at at the moment and just enjoying my relatively new beginnings into the world of tri.
Will my family disown me if I do it?
Probably. They’ve been amazing in supporting me this year, but I’d need to up the ante in terms of training time if I’m to do an IM and with the list of jobs I’ve got to finish first… well, I better get to work!
So Ironman me not in 2016! Who knows, maybe one day I will but for the moment, I’ve got a van to fit out (our old school VW LT I’m redoing), and a life to have a bit of fun with. After all, I don’t want to eat sardines every day 😉
What about you?