The Lifestyle

Ironman is not just a race, it IS a lifestyle. Typically training takes anywhere from 15-25 hours, depending on the scheduled training day, life activities and weather. 15-25 hours??? Yeah...15 to 25 hours! I prefer to train in the morning but some of the schedule require training both in the morning or afternoon beause its just not possible to do everything required in one session. Work, family, friends, fatigue and life gets in the way.

Training for a race like this requires changing normal routines...no more out till 3am and watching the sunrise, drinking tequila and dancing on the bar, and eating dairy queen everyday...wait...you can eat dairy queen once a week...Instead, bed by 10pm, up at 4:30, eating weird bars, gu, and watching how much you sweat.

I decided to focus the blog on the lifestyle because many of normal people who participate/compete in endurance events have to adapt life to their training or training to their life. Today, I wanted to run in the morning, but I was exhausted from yesterday that I had to give up lunch and run during lunch...sacrifices.