Subject: RE: First IM first DNF Originally posted by ChrisMI'm with you bro, I DNF'd my first on the swim due to just crazy circumstance. I was taken back to T1 by ambulance, which was fun. I was devastated for quite a while, but decided to go back again, finished the race 7 months later. My friend said that the race itself is almost more where you spend all that emotion you've been dealing with in training, rather than physical. Signing up, doing all the training and getting to the start line is what IM is all about. The journey, not the destination. And it's not over. Good luck
There's no way to un-suck this particular DNF. Equipment failure is a beast and it's happened to me. Yup times a gazillion to the above and what others shared ... Got through most of the training for first three iron races, then couldn't go due to circumstances. DNFed my first FOUR IMs that I got to the starting line for (and most of the bike for all of them, 32km into the run for one of them) BECAME AN IRONMAN on my EIGHTH try. Will toe the line for IM Malaysia tomorrow with no expectation of finishing--life happened, again--but I love the training when I can do it, the lifestyle and camaraderie, and I will have a blast for as far as I can get. Take care, and get back in the saddle when you can. {MELON PRESS} |