Well, the training and racing is over. With a 12:59 Ironman under my belt, I can now get on with my life and back to my family. It is absolutely amazing how much free time I have left over when I am not out biking 7 hours at a stretch.
I have so much to tell everybody about how this past year went. I could never get it all in a blog posting or podcast because the training regimen was too time consuming. On one hand, I gained the invaluable experience of how to train like a pro for a year. On the other, I feel like my passion for spreading the word on how to BE a happy triathlete suffered because of the lack of time to do so. My blog postings and podcast frequency dropped and I’m not too happy about that.
Well, no worries. We are back on track with living the Zen Tri lifestyle. Immediately after the race, we visited my brother and his family (with a new baby!) in Chicago for a few days. We hit the Lincoln Park Zoo and Kai terrorized the gorillas and tigers.
Back in Texas, we’ve been slowly unpacking and spending time getting to know each other once again. Nice big family breakfasts, Daddy taking Kai to the park, reading books… it’s all on the menu. I’ve suffered post-race depression before, but not after this one. I missed my family and free time too much to be sad about IM MOO being over.
This morning was an absolute elation. I took my dogs for a half-hour run. What made it so great? How about no HR monitor, no stopwatch, and no distance measurement. All I had was my two doggy buddies that missed me so badly and my iPod Shuffle. The lack of monitoring equipment was liberating.
Monday, I hop in my old beater truck and drive to Santa Fe to start my new job. We will have a new location filled with interesting people and some of the best training grounds around. Shows will return to their more regular schedule and I already have three more blog postings in draft about various topics.
IM Moo was great. And now it is time to keep rolling on!
-B
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