IronMan is a mere 2 weeks away, and it's very difficult to believe it's July already. This week I was planning one last batch of large workouts, but after reviewing my training plan, checking in with some other Ironman competitors, and feeling quite fatigued on my long run on Tuesday I decided: my taper starts now! My brother reminded me that Ironman isn't an exam...you can't cram for it. So I figure it's better to start resting up!
With that in mind I cut the volume way back in the second half of the week. Today I did a nice 3 hour ride, with a short brick-run. It's funny that about 2 months ago 3 hours was the longest ride I could handle, now it felt short! The weather here was beautiful, and the smoke has pretty much cleared so the ride went rather well.
I fly back to NY next weekend so this week I'll do some final prep and packing, and drop the bike off to be transported to LP. Is it too early for pre-race jitters? Maybe it's just excitement.
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Jeff Hartnett..YOU are an IRONMAN!!!
Congratulations man! The path you have taken to accomplish this has been amazing. I just watched you cross the finish line on the video feed and you looked great. You really earned it today on a hard course and terrible weather. Nothing's gonna be easy I guess.
Congrats again. Go live it up with Denner and enjoy this. And feel free to wear that medal as long as you want. I think they had to remove mine so I could go back to work.
Paul (Denner's friend from Wildflower)
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