My year of turning 50

   What!!??? I'm 50 years old in the morning? How did this happen? 50 is the new 30 you know.

   Turning 50 has not been to hard for me. I have aged up in races. I am the "young one" in my age group which, you would think, gives me an edge in next year races. These girls are fast! I just want to be the best I can. Always improving even if the race time does not show it.

   October 28th, 2016 marks the start of the last year of this first half of this century for me. I want to live till 100 year old. I want to be the one who tells of stories of interesting facts to those who were not even born during the 2013 Boston bombing. Of the first black president and possibly the first female president. I have things to do. Races to compete in. Sister Madonna and Henriette Anderson records to break.

    I vow to try my hardest to write in my blog at least once a week till I turn 51. Wish me luck and God give me strength to get through this next year.

Night

   

Change of plans

Well it's a bummer. No running for a while.

Ironman Canada at Whistler 2015

(Disclaimer: I'm writing this not only for others to read but for myself to document how the weekend and race went. This is hopefully so I can learn from my own experience for future events. Also, my long term memory is not so good. If I happen to give too much information (TMI) please excuse me and turn away)

I did it!!! I AM AN IRONMAN!! Who would have thought that little ole me who couldn't even swim 6 years ago would do an Ironman! I am so happy that my coaching and training got me doing this very scary (and long) event.
Lets break down the weekend and the race!

 After weeks/months of planning and seven months of training the time finally came to leave for my first Ironman.We packed up the triathlon car (that's what my husband calls it) and off we go to Canada.

Our condo mates where fantastic! Could have asked for any better people to share this experience with. I had only one person that I knew at Whistler. Meghan and Doug were great!