IMW 2009 took place today, which means IMW 2010 registration is tomorrow! Come noon tomorrow, I will put down a $550 bet to myself that I can train for and complete an IM race. As I sit here, I have no doubts about my ability, but that's easy to have while plopped on a chair in your kitchen. The race seems so far away at this point, so much could happen between now and then. But let's not dwell on what could happen, let's go over what already has.
Last night I dreamed that while registering on Active.com, I had to answer a bunch of questions before my registration would finish. Stupid questions like "Have you ever lived in an apartment?", "From these pictures, what dog would you chose?". WTF?!? I awoke anxious (and sore after yesterday's 62/3 brick and Thursday's 20m run) enough that I puttered right downstairs to make sure I knew my Active.com registration name and password. I didn't. I'll be practicing again tomorrow morning, because it would be terribly frustrating to sit down and have to figure that out all over again.
I was just looking over the IMW 2009 results again. So many people finished this race, and other races just like it. Next Saturday I will be watching one of my friends finish his first IM distance race. Again, I'm certain that I can do this. And that will be the point of this journaling, to remind myself of the highs while I'm in a low, to recall that however slow progress was made, and to be able to relive certain moments. Because as the song goes, "the first time is a one-time feeling, and I've never wanted nothing more".
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