Ironman Arizona 2018 - Round 2
Warning This is a long read, but hey, it was a long race. Preparation I signed up for this race after a lot of thought and discussion with my wife. Christine has never seen first hand the schedule and effort that goes into preparing for an Ironman so I tried hard to tell her what my time commitment would be if I signed up for this race. I did my first, and only other Ironman the year I turned 40 so this would be a decade later and the year I turned 50. My job had a somewhat flexible schedule and no other significant commitments, so it seemed like the stars were in alignment and I decided to go for it. I had already been running a lot and did a trail marathon in February so I thought my running was on track. I did a couple of open water swims, but never managed to get in the water as regularly as I had planned. I wasn't too worried about that since my swimming background is pretty strong. I tried to get 3 bike rides in a week when I was...