Getting Honest about the Full Distance – A Pre-Race Race Report
So I’m doing an Ironman in less than a week. I honestly feel a little hypocritical in writing that. For the past 3 ½ years, ever since finishing Kona in 2014, I’ve said to myself and others that there is no way I’m doing another Ironman…I have ZERO interest. While I was honored to have qualified to race in Kona, my race experience was fairly miserable. I didn’t come anywhere near what I thought I was capable, suffered from pretty bad dehydration on the run, and just did not have any fun. And so here I am, just a few training sessions away from toeing the line at Ironman Maryland. So what gives? I digress: After Ironman Eagleman in June, my race plan for the year was to take a week or so off (which I did), and then re-focus for my second big race of the year, which was Steelhead 70.3 in early August. I got back into training, and on a whim, decided to race Rev3 Williamsburg 70.3. Previously, that was my best 70.3 to date –and perhaps the only time in my career I will go under 4 hours. So I headed down to Williamsburg, and had a really solid performance, coming in 2nd overall with a time of 4:03. However, I felt that something was just “missing” from the race. Being that I hadn’t planned on it and had almost no rest, I chalked it up to the fact that it just wasn’t a goal race and that perhaps the “blah” feeling a should be somewhat expected. After Rev 3 Williamsburg, I got right back...
