Tough

The toughest part of the Ironman training for me, is the training part. Once, I mentally think I can do it, I basically check out. I would love to enter the Ironman where each participant is monitored and time is awarded off of your official finish time based on lack of training. For me it is tough to get better or improve when I think I can just do it. That is the main reason I am not an athlete, just athletic. I question if I am over confident because I have done this once before. I don't remember the event being impossibly tough looking back on it - happier memories have probably filled in that dark 15 hour spot in my memory.

The hardest part of the Ironman isn't something really easy to train for. It is remembering you want to finish the race and relaying that message to your body. My brain and body know that fight is coming, now I just have to convince my body it is in our best interest to finish faster than it wants to.