TriAya (Yanti) and lmscozz (Lynn), Manatee Mentors--FULL! (Page 56)

Merry Merry -- Have a wonderful holiday weekend!!

Glittery texts by bigoo.ws

Glittery texts by bigoo.ws

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day. --Edith Lovejoy Pierce

Liked this quote and wanted to share.

Happy New Year to you all! Let's leave behind what didn't work for us in 2010 and embrace what our heart desires in 2011!

Thanks for being a Manatee -- and remember, once a manatee, always a manatee!! high flipper five!

Awesome! Best of luck (although you won't need it) with the group. Rock on!!

thndrcloud - 2011-01-04 5:13 PM Hmm, maybe I should have written Ryan's bio and he should have done mine since we're apparently too modest My goal is to have more than 500 posts before our group goes live. I may be the only one, but I do judge the worthiness of advice given by other members partly on their post count. I'm shallow like that.

On a separate crazy note, I'm already considering my race plans for 2012 and looking at Ironman TX.  The IM brand may cost more but my brother lives on the north side of Houston so I could crash at his place and save myself $$$ on lodging which would offset the extra in registration.

So for Lynn and Yanti, how long did you ponder doing a full IM before you pulled the trigger and what kind of things did you, and should I, be taking into consideration?  I just want to work through it in my head over the next few months so that I know what I'm doing when registration opens.

Alison -- I never in a million years thought I'd sign up for an Ironman. I also never thought I'd do a marathon. It was not on "my list" and I had absolutely no desire. But now 3 marathons later, I love 'em in a sick and twisted sort of way.

I've done 2 HIM and an aquabike, which is the swim and bike portion of an IM without the run. Once I finshed that and knowing I"ve finished (with respectable times) a marathon I realized I have the mental fortitude and focus it must take to do a full one.

Most people from here in SOCAL go to AZ for their first IM. It didn't hold any fascination for me. I went and watched a couple of years ago and if anything it turned me off from doing an IM. So, I started searching for an IM that sparked something in me and that happened to be IM CDA Coeur d'Alene. I considered Texas but it is so hot and humid and I'm just not used to that here in CA. It would be harder to replicate the conditions I'd probably be racing in.

It was a bit like a leap off a cliff, but I have a friend/coach and the resources of my local tri club and of course BT and the full support of my family. I think the family aspect is super important. The heavy volume of training doesn't come until much closer to the race and it really only lasts a few weeks, but it's a very intense few weeks. I'm fortunate in that my DH just said, "tell me where and when I need to be."

I still think I'm a bit nutty for signing up, but watching people cross that finish line and knowing several people who've completed an IM, gave me a place to ask questions. If you pull the trigger, drink the koolaid, or whatever other metaphor you want to use, let me know and we can walk through it together.

Best of luck with your decision. And, when does your and Ryan's mentor group start up?

Lynn