Since last December, I've been toying with the idea of another Half Ironman. I thought it might be a bit much to toss it in this year with running 12 marathons by December, but with having a few extra hours in the day, being job free, and loving every minute of it (oh...I already mentioned that once before?), I decided to throw it into the mix. There's been a lot of fiddling around with which one, but I've finally decided on...(signal trumpets)...
PIGMAN!
It's August 16th in Palo, IA.
Pigman didn't even cross my mind until Doug mentioned it this past Saturday. Before deciding on Pigman, I pondered Ironman Kansas 70.3 or Redman. I opted against IMKS, even though it is in my backyard, for several reasons. One, the training weather. It's in June, so you don't have the opportunity to get in many open water swims (if any) and then most of my bike rides would have been in the basement on the trainer. Yes, I'm a fair weather bike rider. Uggg...And the trainer is nothing like being out on the road hitting hills and having the wind whip you around. It would have just been too much inside training for me, so it's been ruled out for quite some time now.
Once IMKS was out, I penciled Redman in on the brain and the training schedule. Just a couple weeks ago, I finally committed and actually was getting in some 'warm up' training before 'real' training was to kick in. Then Doug brought up Pigman in passing. Why hadn't I thought of it? It was a great race 3 years ago when I completed it, in spite of sitting roadside for 45 minutes with a flat tire and it being a bit on the hot side, I really loved every minute of it. So now my money's on Pigman!
There is just a slight adjustment to the schedule. Ohhh...just bumping my training UP 4 weeks, as Redman is September 19th and Pigman is August 16th. No biggie! Ha! What am I thinking??? Good thing I was doing some 'warm up' training for Redman. I feel I have a solid base, so it shouldn't take too much to dial it up a notch to get on schedule. I am already stronger than I was 3 years ago when I finished my 1st Pigman, so I'm off to a great start. Let the training begin!
Oink! Oink!
PIGMAN!
It's August 16th in Palo, IA.
Pigman didn't even cross my mind until Doug mentioned it this past Saturday. Before deciding on Pigman, I pondered Ironman Kansas 70.3 or Redman. I opted against IMKS, even though it is in my backyard, for several reasons. One, the training weather. It's in June, so you don't have the opportunity to get in many open water swims (if any) and then most of my bike rides would have been in the basement on the trainer. Yes, I'm a fair weather bike rider. Uggg...And the trainer is nothing like being out on the road hitting hills and having the wind whip you around. It would have just been too much inside training for me, so it's been ruled out for quite some time now.
Once IMKS was out, I penciled Redman in on the brain and the training schedule. Just a couple weeks ago, I finally committed and actually was getting in some 'warm up' training before 'real' training was to kick in. Then Doug brought up Pigman in passing. Why hadn't I thought of it? It was a great race 3 years ago when I completed it, in spite of sitting roadside for 45 minutes with a flat tire and it being a bit on the hot side, I really loved every minute of it. So now my money's on Pigman!
There is just a slight adjustment to the schedule. Ohhh...just bumping my training UP 4 weeks, as Redman is September 19th and Pigman is August 16th. No biggie! Ha! What am I thinking??? Good thing I was doing some 'warm up' training for Redman. I feel I have a solid base, so it shouldn't take too much to dial it up a notch to get on schedule. I am already stronger than I was 3 years ago when I finished my 1st Pigman, so I'm off to a great start. Let the training begin!
Oink! Oink!
You amaze me! Can't wait to read about your half ironman journey.
ReplyDeleteYou sound like an amazing athlete. I am so glad I found your blog in time to read about your training.
ReplyDeleteSuch exciting news! I can't imagine doing an ironman! I am sure you will do even better this year than before!
ReplyDeleteHey! It was just a half marathon, but thank you anyways! Good luck on your half ironman. That's one thing I don't think I could ever do!
ReplyDeleteYeah!! Another one soon to be under your belt!
ReplyDeleteYou'll do great Kim.. you've got such a strong base of athletisim that moving things up a month won't matter! You rock!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds great!! I spent last night looking up ironman stuff, too :)
ReplyDeleteGirl, you crack me up! Sounds exciting and I can hardly wait to read all about your training!!
ReplyDeletesheesh! seriously! when do you sleep? :) sounds awesome!! look forward to hearing about your training.
ReplyDeleteOH my gosh, I miss a few posts and you've gone all triatholon crazy on me! I love it! Can't wait to hear more about it tomorrow and find out if you've run a marathon in Iowa yet...I'm looking at one in July...and since you've only got like 12 races scheduled I figured :)
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