I started this blog to hopefully get some help, support, direction and maybe a little sense of what this journey of my first Ironman 70.3 will be like. Honestly, I have no idea what I am doing. Sure, I've done some sprint triathlons before and other races, but this seems like a whole new level of insanity for me. Am I making too much of this? Probably. But, hey, that's why I'm reaching out to complete strangers for support through such an in-over-my-head decision. I've already paid the money (an exhorbitant amount--do ambulance rides really cost this much?) and told a few people about it so it would be most humiliating if I came up with some lame excuse not to race, now. Besides, the race I am doing is the Vineman 70.3 in JULY...I have so much time to throw myself in front of a car or feign some illness that couldn't possibly allow me train or, god forbid, actually participate in the race. That comes later. Hence, the reason for this blog. Some friends of ours casually brought up the idea of doing this race with a "who's with me" attitude. Being in wine country, I thought there may be a chance that my husband would ante up to do the race and carry the flag for us and I could be the doting wife on the sidelines cheering him on with signs, whistles and a glass of wine from the closest winery I could find. Not a chance. It was an all or nothing deal.
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