"There’s a couple points in the race where I was in tears, you get past your limits, it’s like you’re pushing beyond anything you imagined before, it’s like sometimes they say ‘the mind is stronger than the body’ and that’s a danger, because you can push your body too far.”
Alan Peiper, Team Columbia, Tour de France
Still so much to say - mostly thank yous but also the medical tent, the contest, lessons learned and my future triathlon aspirations.
I thought I'd give you a bit of a break - but be warned, it's coming!
The Underdogs!
- Mary Lou
- I spent the first 40 years of my life somewhere on the spectrum of 'Overweight' to 'Morbidly Obese.' The year I turned 40, at over 100 lbs overweight I fell into the latter category. In 2003 I couldn't run a block if my life depended on it. I took half a day to go 20 miles on a hybrid bike & up to December '06 I couldn't swim the length of a pool. But in August 2003 the stars aligned & after many failed attempts a visit to the Weight Watchers website started me down a path of health and fitness for the first time in my life. As fate would have it, my life did depend on my being able to run a city block, 5 miles of 'em actually. In November '05, after running the local Turkey Trot a symptom revealed a malignant tumor in my left kidney. With a healthy right kidney, removing it was my only option and proved to be my cure. I was very fortunate and so thankful for the turns my life has taken. I'm grateful for the second chances I've been given and intend to make the most of them. In the fall of 2007 I was selected by the Cadence Kona Challenge to be trained to do an Ironman in 2008, I did two of them for good measure. A few more marathons in 2009 - now it's on to the next thing
2 comments:
Sensational race report and well worth the wait.
Look forward to the next post and especially your warts and all Ironman Uncut expose.
James
Hey James- Thanks - and god help you for reading all of this! I sent off a note to Wendy earlier .. i'm guessing you probably have a few observations of your own too I'd like to hear!
I have a few things I need to email to you also - talk to you soon, hope you're recovering well - just in time for your IM UK taper!! :-)
more later
ml
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