Friday, June 18, 2010

Doing Things Differently

This Ironman will not be the same. Different course, different me.

Ironman Lake Placid's swim was in a calm lake with biking and running in mountains. Ironman Florida's swim is in the Gulf of Mexico with biking and running basically on a runway. I was a tank before, it worked, and I think it would work again. But, somehow I hope I am smarter, more experienced and am building a better ride for the journey.

Here are some notable differences from ironman me a year ago:

  • I eat a lot less. Before I usually ate 2 dinners most nights. It was an awesome feeling to eat 2 dinners and somehow feel stronger, like much stronger.
  • I drink a lot of water and really not much else. Before I would drink Gatorade at an amazing rate.
  • I am running more barefoot. I want to do a marathon barefoot, mainly for shock value, but for now my FiveFingers are getting a good run.
  • I don't care about building up muscle. I use to do a lot of push ups, the Perfect Push-up will just have to gather dust for now.

I am going for lighter and quicker. Only one way to see if this way works.

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