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IronMan Lessons Learned

Holy Shit! I did it! I am an IronMAN! And I can tell you this, two days later I think I am still glowing on endorphins! I just got off the phone with my father telling him all about the race, from packet pickup to finish line. His response was, "you better write a lot of this down, or you will forget about it."

Here we are, writing it down. However, I've decided that I am going to bullet point lessons learned and experiences that I will later turn into links as I indulge in details in further posts.


Training
20 hours a week?! Try 8!
193lbs
The bike bullshit
Proper Planning
3 days you have to be on site (didn't think that one through)
Eat before your race (or not)
Sleep, Relax and Taper (believe it!)
Coffee
Beer
Swimming
Wait a minute I have to swim to that effin' dot on the horizon?!
Assholes can't swim straight (or is it me?!)
Different muscle group - hit it hard!
The highs and lows during a very slow hour
Biking
Cliff Bars? Bananas? Water? Salt Pills? Gatorade?
The Hammer
The Bonk
The Cramp
The Heat the Sauna w/ a little bit of Yoga
Aero Bars
Running
To run or not to run that is the question!
Dehydration - Over-hydration - electrolytes
Listen to your body and mind
Support
Accomplished
The cowboy and the future of IronMan
Pizza and dirty hippies
Endorphin High
Not tired just exhausted
Life Changes
Butter Coffee?
High fat, low carb
Bananas

As you can see, there is a lot that I want to cover, but I think it'll look like a book if I tried to cover it one post. Think of this as the directory to my IronMan adventure, and time will tell but my life changing event! Frankfurt anyone?!

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