What Doing an Ironman Triathlon Gave Me
The past couple of weeks have been a blur. I’ve been recovering from what has been the toughest feat I’ve accomplished yet – the Augusta half Ironman. 70.3 miles of terrain. Swimming, biking, and running. Did I mention the high was 96 degrees that day?
I had a few goals for this race when I signed up for it back in March and decided to commit to it:
1. Keep myself moving through the summer.
2. Get myself back in the pool and back on my road bike.
3. Have a challenge unlike any I’ve faced before. (And it was SO!)
4. Enjoy it.
5. Complete it.
6. Reclaim a less than positive memory I was holding of supporting a friend (someone I’d dated) there a few years back.
After ALL of that effort: • The hours and hours and days of training (especially when I really wasn’t feeling like it, sore, tired, tired, sore, emotionally over it, etc).
• The back and forth argument in my brain between one shoulder and the other (quit it, you don’t need to do this / no, don’t quit, you can do this, this is good).
• The effort needed through the really heavy training (long rides, long runs, lots of time going back and forth in a pool, sometimes sharing a lane and getting kicked by someone).
• The effort needed to maintain a challenging training schedule through a very busy time for me in my business (Rebranding, making the leap from solopreneur to business owner full time) as well as a busy time in my life (healing myself through travel and new experiences, giving my mom experiences that I’ve wanted to for years and helping her to heal and move forward). (I can’t fit it all here in IG; but I finished it in my blog post on thewellpf.com! Check out which goals I accomplished and what I got out of it!) Much love, y’all ♥️♥️♥️
Savannah, GA and Tybee Island were wonderful. I *love* places that inspire me. I can’t wait to go back and learn & explore more of Savannah. The history that makes it have the culture that it does is so interesting. I’m listening to “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” and the main character is there writing a book. I’d like to do that :) He also said that their first question is not, « what do you do? » as in Atlanta, nor, « what’s your family? » as in Augusta, but rather, « what would you like to drink? » I have verified this as true. Anyway, Roo said he’s up for it, too! 🚙🐶
