Thursday, August 18, 2011

Self Doubt vs. Honest Self-Appraisal

We are nearing the end of August and so there are less than 8 weeks left until the Poconos Half Ironman. During the NYC tri, I kept on asking myself, wondering whether I was capable of doing double the distance. My answer at the time was 'no' and since then I have been waffling back and forth about it. More recently, while riding the Pocono HIM bike course, someone raised the question of whether it's possible to go this distance in your first year. Have I taken on more than I should have?

So, I am putting the training in to the best of my ability. On paper it looks great; in actuality I come up on various obstacles like weather; poop in the pool; thunderstorms; depression; exhaustion; having
to walk the dogs or go to the supermarket.




-- lemmefineout - Brooklyn

2 comments:

  1. Just do your best, Pat. I know you can do it. You ARE doing it :)

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  2. I guess the only way to know is to keep going forward! And have fun in the process.

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