Walking 26.2

It's not that I am opposed to walking during a marathon like some running purists. In fact in the two marathons I have completed I walked a good deal. It's just that I didn't expect to have to walk the entire marathon at IMFL.

Unfortunately it is beginning to look more and more like this will be the case. I have not run in 4 weeks, this after a year where I have only been able to run 4 months out of 9. I question the sanity of what I am doing and hope I can pull it off. I am beginning to realize that running may be something I just don't do. That this is my only chance to fulfill my Ironman dream.

I watch my teammates enviously as they complete longer and longer runs and I feel so unprepared I can almost laugh at the comedy of this enterprise. Ironman or triathlon or running does not define me, but setting a goal and accomplishing that goal through hard work, dedication and commitment does. I fear failure and it pisses me off!