WTF was I thinking?!?!?!

I. Registered. For. Ironman. St. George.
No, really, I did.

Most of the shock has worn off. OK, maybe not "most". We'll go with "some"... Some of the shock has worn off. Last Sunday, I registered for Ironman St. George.

Exactly one year from today - May 7, 2011, I'll be in St. George, Utah swimming, biking and running.


Even Natasha is still in shock. "My mom is going to do an Ironman. My mom is going to do an Ironman. My mom is going to do an Ironman." This is her chant as we're driving home from dinner. Where we overheard a woman discussing, of all things, triathlons. Our ears perked up and we couldn't help but listen. She was describing to her dining partner the difference between an "Olympic" distance triathlon and an "Ironman". Besides the distances, she explained that an Olympic is "doable" an Ironman is "insane". "Who would be crazy enough to want to do that?" Natasha and I looked at each other and grinned.

Oh sh*t! I registered for an Ironman.
(The moments of realization like to slip in randomly.)

"There’s consensus that the St. George Ironman
course is one of the hardest there is."

The first time I read this quote, my stomach turned. I read this little gem a couple of days AFTER I had registered. I admit, I was slightly freaked out. Umm, by slightly I mean I was ready to throw up. However, somewhere in my dream state later that night, my brain accepted it and I woke up the next morning thinking, "F**K it! Go BIG, or go home!"

I'm still not sure I can put in to words exactly why I felt the need to register on Sunday. I was compelled to do so. Natasha tried to talk some sense in to me before I did it. "Don't you want to sleep on it first? Before you make such a huge decision?" My response, "No". Then she said, "Maybe you should talk to Arch first." To that I replied, "Why? He'll just say 'Go for it!'." So, I went for it. Can I blame this on Arch?

There's so much going through my head about what I need to do, how to do it, how do I get there, etc, etc. Luckily for me I know a LOT of people that have done all kinds of tris, all distances, all levels. I even know the guy that is known as the "Voice of Ironman". I know I have a great support system available to me and I plan to reach out to each and everyone of them that's willing to help me along my journey.

I've never been big on "journaling". (Never had a diary as a kid.) But this seems like a good journey to chronicle.

Let the training begin!!!