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Okay, I really need to come clean
A few days back I posted that a friend of mine was considering entering IM Wales.
Well, there is no friend. In actual fact it is me myself
I've not had a great time over the last 2 years. First I was diagnosed with cancer in 2008, but 6 months of Chemo put it in remission (21 months clear now!) Then at the beginning of this year I was diagnosed with an overactive thyroid. I had my thyrod zapped and now take thyroxin every day, so that's fixed now too
To cut a long story short, I've been doing the odd run and bike ride lately, but would basically be starting out from scratch. I am sitting here with my credit card at the ready, as it's been my dream since seeing IM Hawaii way back in around 1990 to complete an Ironman. My main worry is that I'm maybe too old now and would probably get injured in the journey. (I'm 45yrs old)I've already bought myself a copy of Don Fink's "Be IronFit". I bought it a few weeks back, and think it looks great.
If I do enter, what would be the chances of one of you great people helping me along the way?
Being my buddy and mentor?
Sorry, it took me this long to pluck up the courage to come clean.
Yours in training
Pinotnoir
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I'd be very happy to share my experiences with you as I started training for the Outlaw about this time last year, used Fink, and am about the same age as you. I had a running base but was new to cycling and swimming, and loved discovering these new sports (still haven't become too fond of swimming itself, though). There were plenty of milestones and worries along the way, most of them aired on here!
Good luck - and get some bike miles in now before the weather puts a hold on things....
pirates
There are quite a few people on here who can help you a lot mate. Don't worry about abilaty, age or the price of sliced bread just deside what you want to do and go for it. Where your mind with go your arse will follow.
I live in Edinburgh, and i've been doing a few rides in the Borders this year, so we could maybe do some rides together in the spring /summer if you fancy that? I'm training (or I will be
p.s. sign up now before you change your mind!
Pinotnoir,
Don't be embarrassed most of the posters on here don't have any friends either. Welcome aboard.
meface 'no-friends'
If you don't want to do the whole pirate thing you don't hae to but it means you get to meet cool people and me too if your unlucky.
we have something in common to discuss
pinotnoir - 45???? Just a mere babe. I'm 61.and there are others on here on the wrong side of 50 too.
Sorry to hear of your bad times, hopefully it's now all on the up. You can't do better than FB for a mentor.
Pinot - there's a saying that some pirates use and I think it's great.
'Feel the fear... and do it anyway.'
The first step is the hardest in any long adventure (in this case, probably clicking 'submit' on the entry form) but once that's done, all you have to do is train, eat, train, spend money, train etc etc. It's all easy peasy from there.
I did my first IM last year at 48... although I hadn't been through the mill like you. I saw another saying yesterday 'We don't stop running because we get old, we get old because we stop running'.
Go on go on go on go on.
Pinotnoir
please mail Fat Budda, you really will not get a better mentor, he helped me no end, including some none sports stuff.