I realized that I forgot to post about actually signing up! Here is what I wrote the day that I registered:
I was so stressed and nervous this morning. I kept watching the clock as it inched toward noon, which is when online registration opened. I rushed through my final and flew to the computer lab at Western. I logged on and hit the "Register Online" button only to encounter a busy page. "OH NO!" Internal monologue said. "What if it fills before I get a chance to register?!"
I was nervous. My foot would not stop twitching. FINALLY the page loaded, only to show the busy page at least 5 more times until I was fully able to register. Then there were problems with the credit card. Throughout all of this, I had to consider whether or not I would be able to register? What if I could not register?! I thought about the crushed dream and having to tell everyone it was not going to happen. All of it made me want to cry.
And then I pulled myself together, started thinking positive thoughts, had to RESTART the application again, and sure enough, I made it in!! I printed off my registration confirmation and headed to work.
I'M GOING TO DO THE 2009 COEUR D'ALENE IRONMAN NEXT YEAR!!!!
I am not sure that the reality of this dream/goal has set in yet.
I was so excited that I mass texted a bunch of people in my phone book. And just a few minutes ago, I got a text back from my coach Jane. She reminded me that in a postcard I filled out at the end of Team in Training, Pacific Crest, and completing my first half Ironman last year, I had wrote that my dream/goal was to race a full Ironman. And this is my chance. Not even a year later, I am registered for my first race! Wow, so exciting. Words cannot even begin to express what I am feeling/going through.
So much can happen in a year! And my race is a YEAR away! This whole experience is going to teach me so much about myself...I can't wait!
Now I've just got to get through my Pacific Crest Half Ironman, which just might kill me. Oh man, I should have trained A LOT more, and yes, I'm nervous.
Over a month later, the nervousness has subsided a bit. Now it is a matter of making sure I do not lose all of the base training I did over the last five months. I have plenty of time to train but I do not want that to cause me to become lazy.
I found a free online training schedule at: Beginner Triathlete dot Com
My focus right now is getting my nutrition under control and habitual. Basically cutting out the processed carbs, bad fats, and evil sugars. :-) I like eating healthy but I have much to learn.
Until Next Time!
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