Ironman bad dream

I disagree, we're not a normal species, we all must be nuts to put our selves through what we do, even though we wouldn't have it any other way. Does a psychopath stop being a psychopath when he sleeps, of course not, they're still nuts, as are we.

Something that dominates your waking hours is sure to have a profound effect on your sleep. I too have had the dream about turning up late. I think the question is, what does this dream mean. Any dream specialists out there?

Awful dream.........I am also preparing for my first IM. I had a dream that the I was on the course and started drinking the IM perform....everytime I did I started to throw up. Like your dream it felt very real and I woke up feeling sick to my stomach.

I have never even tried the IM perform....not sure where the dream came from. I will be ordering some if they continue to be the IM race sponsor.

In my most memorable IM dream it was taking me FOREVER in t1 because I was dressing up with moon boots, full snowmobile suit, gloves, hats, facemask, etc AND pulling a huge cooler behind my bike.  By the time I got all ready to go the bike course was closed and I was a DNF. 

weird huh?   

Oh yes I have had weird dreams - got in to warm up for the swim, talked to everyone and them for  some reason got out and missed the swim start I kept saying "But I was in the water see I am wet."  Before  my first Ironman I had the same dream about 3 times in the week prior. I saw myself swimming along, feeling good, and enjoying the day. It really calmed me down, and gave me confidence that I could do the race.

Yep.

Strangest one I had, I was sat on the sand dunes watching the swim start in waves. Instead of the swimmers being in the water or standing on the beach waiting for the gun, they were all layed on their front, lined up like a racing car grid start, staggered one behind the other. They were waiting for the tide to come in and wash them out to sea.

I casualy went back to the car, put on my wetsuit and layed down on the beach in my grid position, waiting for the tide to take me out.

Quite an interesting yet slow way to begin an IM.

I hope my family can put up with me till September, it'll all be over then..........well......

I've had lots of bad ones, too, but the one I had last night was beyond weird:

In mine, Lionel Ritchie (from 1984) was a serial killer who killed spectators.  He was waiting at the top of each hill and (no kidding) said, "Hello, is it me you're waiting for?" and then killed the spectators.  He was wearing a lavender jumpsuit with turquoise accents and a weird collar.  At one point, I was on the run portion of the IM and Lionel Hello-ed me and I told him (typical IM dark place crankiness) "Don't even think of trying to kill me.  I'm too busy for the shi!".  Also, as if that wasn't weird enough, the race directors made all the athletes catch fish during the swim. The fish we caught were the only things we were allowed to eat for the rest of the race. Weird.

Nerdjock...You certainly win the strangest dream award...haha..Lionel Richhie in a lavender jumpsuit killing people....wow...and then the fish part at the end almost made me myself...

I'm glad I shared my dream and thank others for doing the same.  Very funny forum..

Any other dreams out there???????  Good or bad???

I want to have a dream that I win an Ironman.