I can't sit still. Last night I took the plunge and signed up for Ironman China on March 14, 2010 and then I signed up for Ironman Syracuse 70.3 on September 19th, 2010. Next Year is going to be a big training year. In addition to China, I'm signed up for Ironman Lake Placid. And hopefully I'll be good enough to qualify for Hawaii somewhere along the way. Potentially, I could be doing three full Ironman's next year, not including at least a couple of Half Ironman's.
I took one more day off from training and will be back at it tomorrow. I'm almost back to 100% physically and mentally. The only problem about taking time off work is trying to catch up. I think I finally got caught up. Now I'm focusing on getting everything ready for the beer run on Saturday. I'm going through my list and checking to see what I have and what John may need to pick up.
I'm looking forward to Saturday's race, we should have about the same amount of people as last year. The tee-shirts arrived today and they look great. I approved the artwork for the racing bibs, and they look cool. Now I'm just waiting for the award beer bottle labels and we'll be all set.
I attached this years invitation for the beer run and the rules. Mark at work did a good job. Anyone who reads my blog who is interested in joining us, let me know. The more the merrier.
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I'll see you in Syracuse next year!! 3 IMs in one year...better you than me!!
For sure lets hook up in Syracuse. Let's not get ahead of ourselves, I'm in for two. Three if I'm lucky:-)
B
Hi B
Good luck with IM China & Lake Placid. Think IM China is going to be Hot.
Enjoy the Beer run the weekend. The flyer looks really good and intimidating, wish I could participate, sounds like a lot of fun.
Maybe I need to arrange such an event here in South Africa
Cheers
J
Thanks. They moved China up a month, they say it should be around 26C, who knows.
Beer run, give me the word, I've got a list of everything you need. lol.
B
The Beer Run sounds like my type of event. I'd love to participate, but hopefully next year. Now I am recovering after an accident on the bike leg at Muskoka. I managed to fell off the bike at 50 Km/h, just 2 Km before the finish line and I ended up in the hospital. The good thing is that nothing is broken and the bruises and scratches that I have should heal soon.
man, that doesn't sound good. I'm glad your alright. I may have seen you. Where you lying down with someone over you and a pillow or something under your head at the side of the road?
B
Yep, that was me, lying on the road and wondering what happened. Luckily, there were many nice people around who helped me until the ambulance arrived. After I spent 3 hours in the hospital and two doctors confirmed that nothing is broken I was so relieved that my mood changed 180 degrees and I suddenly felt very happy.
Lesson learned, next time I'll pay more attention to a sharp turn.
Man, I'm glad you were okay. When I saw you it didn't look good. It looked serious.
I'm just glad your okay. What happened?
I was coming downhill at about 50 Km/h and I started to slowly apply the breaks in order to take the sharp right turn on the Canal Road. There was some sand on the left side of the lane, which I did not see soon enough, and because I was applying the breaks my rear wheel started to skid on the sand. At that point I kind of lost control of the bike and I hit a signpost that was in the middle of the road, separating the lanes. I remember only seeing the front wheel flying away and people screaming "Oh my God, Oh my God". I was lying on the road on my back when someone came to me asking if I am OK. After I started checking all my body parts I realized that I was OK, except for my right arm, which hurt a lot. It turned out that the pain was because of a deep cut, but the bone was not broken. Now I feel well, except for a few sore body parts, but I am fully functional.
Wow. That's amazing that you weren't hurt. I've had close calls and know how scary it can be, but luckly I've never tumbled. I still can't believe it wasn't worse. I'm glad it wasn't.
B
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