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The 8 wk IRONMAN  recap.

8 wks when I announced I was signing up to do Copenhagen ironman my first triathlon I knew it was pushing some boundaries.

Going into it was simple. The body breaks down after about 6 hrs of working out. At some point it's all a head game.
My plan was to welcome it. Enjoy it even. 

Survive the swim. In trainjng I'd only managed 3000m once without stopping now I had to add 800m to that. I actually enjoyed the swim it was calmer than I thought and I got through in 1.21 hr

T1 

Socks are inside out and I'm trying to eat a cheese sandwich. Also I wasn't given a Race belt so a Marshall wouldn't let me go without pinning it too me. Onto the bike.

The plan was to eat every 30 mins which I managed between sandwiches flapjacks sweets and carb drinks. My saddle was medieval on my rental bike and I had a slow puncture twice which set me back. 
Knowing I get stronger as I go for longer I started playing pacman and chomping 15k bikes on the final 50km. My first time in aero bars and green lights and closed roads I wasn't gonna miss out on this. 

Didn't realise you had to slow down at T2 entry and came off the bike before hitting a Marshall 😂😂
Laughed it off and went and got my running shoes on ( 1st triathlon n all)

My first 5km I was thinking easy 5.30m per km & marathon cruise home in 4 hrs ish...😂😂😂
After about 8km my legs fell off and  the lack of running in the programme showed up. I knew this going in so I just walked for a bit until I was bored of walking..

Mentally I was remembering all the people on Instagram that watch your stories and never comment, the type that cheer your failures. These people  are on something I came up with called 'the shit list' 

And I went through it one by one creating a narrative about how they want me to fail.. 

So everytime I walked I thought of those people and all of a sudden I was running again. 

Crossing the line to see the boys and Lisa was a great feeling..
I'm in no rush to do one of these things again but I'm proud of the focus and energy I put down in those 8 wks and now I can say

I AM AN IRONMAN 

And nobody can take that away from me 🤝

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