Ironman

Over the weekend, many people participated in the Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas. I enjoyed reading the tweets from people that had friends participating. The athletes had a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride and 26.2 mile run.

I asked someone on twitter how far they had to go in each discipline. I was given the answer, then another person that I talk to on twitter told me to "back away from the Ironman." I thought that was funny. I have never had an ambition to ever do a triathlon. I can swim, but not very fast. The only time I go swimming now since I'm adult is when my husband and I are on getaway vacation. Which is once a year. I have a bike that is at least 15 years old and I haven't rode in two years. I got my bike out over the weekend and went for a ride. The ride turned out to be really short. There was something wrong with the chain. I took it to the local bicycle store to get fixed. While I was at the bike store, I saw beautiful Trek bike that I would have loved to have. It only cost $1000. And of course, I can run.

I'm in the process of turning myself into an ultra runner. All of my free time is spent on running. I replied to the two ladies I was chatting with on twitter that I have no plans to do an Ironman. That ultra running is enough for me. One of the ladies said, "Never say never." That is so true. I said a couple of years ago that I would never run a marathon. I still haven't run a marathon, but I will be running two ultra marathons this fall. Who knows maybe when I have my fill of ultras, I can start training for an Ironman 70.3 (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike and 13.1 mile run). But right now my one true love, besides my husband, is running and I have a feeling it will be for a long time.