I am officially registered for the Ford Ironman Louisville - Aug. 30, 2009!I thought a lot about it... initially I was gonna shoot for IM Tempe, AZ but it got sold out in minutes, and the only IM event in the US still accepting applications was Louisville so it was either that one or wait until 2010. I registered a little over a week ago and yesterday I received one of those Ironman Top Stories email (newsletter) stating: "Ford Ironman Louisville Sells Out for 2009. Ironman announces that Ford Ironman Louisville, taking place on August 30, 2009, has reached capacity.", so I did it right on time.
This is very exciting and scary at the same time... it's hard to believe that in 2007 when I did my very first tri (sprint) I used to hear, read and watch all about Ironman and used to think: "yeah, it'll be a long long time until I start thinking about that". Several sprint, about 5 oly and 2 Half Ironman races I signed for Ironman.
So obviously I started training right away. Started going to the gym and doing some weights to get some strength back, started taking spinning and also started running.
Before registering for IM Lou I thought I'd do some training in Ecuador, you know a little running... maybe going to the gym I used to go when I lived there, nothing too serious. Now, with this race 8 months away I need to train hard and often. It'll be interesting running in Cuenca (my home town) which is in the mountains at around 8,500 feet sea-level.
A little bit about Cuenca:
Below is my possible race schedule for 2009:
DATE & EVENT
03/14 St. Patrick's Day Parade 5M Run (STL, MO)
04/18 GO! St. Louis Half Marathon (STL, MO)
05/? Race For Sight Triathlon Sprint (Columbia, MO)
05/17 Memphis in May Triathlon Oly (Memphis, TN)
06/06 Ultramax Triathlon Oly (Innsbrook, MO)
06/21 High Cliff Triathlon Half (Sherwood, WI)
07/? Joker's Wild Half Marathon (STL, MO)
07/? Tour de Kirkwood Sprint Triathlon (STL, MO)
07/? Ballwin Sprint Triathlon (STL, MO)
08/30 Ford Ironman Louisville (Louisville, KY)
Stay warm!
PC
6 comments:
Oh man! I love the St. Pats day 5 mile race!! People watching there is the BEST! I like the fat guys with a hat on that has a budweiser can hanging from it :)
You rock! I bet it's scary, but you'll be fine. Are you still with your coach?
We're toying with doing the STL 1/2, I'll let you know if John and I will be in town.
HOLY %$*!! AWESOME! P - you are so going to OWN THIS RACE! Seriously looking forward to watching the journey unfold.
Also glad to see that you will be doing MIM. Another chance to meet up - maybe we can do post race shots!
CONGRATS on taking the plunge to the IM distance!! Quite sure you'll be brilliant!!
Enjoy the journey!! :)
Congrats!!!
Felicitaciones...!!!
but...Holly Cow!!!
You will be Super...!!!
Good Luck!!!
Tu Super-amiga
Velo...
Congrats on signing up!!!
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