It’s ON! 

That’s what my workout log says for today.  It’s on... a concise 18-week program geared towards peaks, tapers, tests, strength and endurance phases launches NOW!

Am I ready for this? What did I get myself into?  For it’s been nearly 12 weeks since I joined LLS TNT and started some training for this Ironman race.  November 7th was the official first IRONTEAM practice.  I wasn’t there for I was working all day.  But until last week when I was out of town, I had been to every swim practice and only missed 1 other group bike practice.  I still feel as though I’m not ready.  It’s been tough to squeeze training on my own in with my hectic work schedule.  And now that I’ve been ill w/a nasty head cold, I feel as if I’ll be starting all over again with swimming.  Not to mention fundraising... much harder than I anticipated!

So as I embark on a new year and this all out training program where I’m constantly told to enjoy my friends and family now because I won’t see them in the next few months, I am nervous and skeptical of my abilities both athletic and mental.  I know why I am doing this; for all of the honored teammates, all of the families I personally know affected by this horrible cancer, and for the hope in one day finding a cure!  But do I really think I can do this? Right now my answer is NO!  I hope to very soon change that to a YES I CAN do this... I WILL do this ... and finally to “ I AM AN IRONMAN,” or Woman :-)!

“Hang on tight, it’s going to be a wild ride!” That is also what it says in my log for today. So as I bring today to a close and await tomorrow, I will grab hold – a wild ride I just may enjoy... here I go! :-)