Kona & IM LOU

This weekend I’ve got friends racing in Louisville and a few in Kona. I’m just getting back to paying attention to triathlon after a month completely off. I can say I’ve missed it tremendously. I finished up my year in September at IM 70.3 Lake Placid. I was nursing a leg injury at the time and my doctors said there was no way of racing. I could barely walk when I went in after crashing my mountain bike on some trails a few miles from my house. I was dealing with some swelling and a pretty good contusion but I needed to finish this race. I’d been set on earning 10,500 Ironman All World Athlete points this year and I decided to fight through discomfort. In the end, I hit that goal of AWA points.

I was pleased with my season but needed to focus on work for a bit and I’ve been so focused on that. I love what I do but I was devoting far too much time on creating classes (I teach college classes). My early workouts were replaced with trips to the office. Late night training rides were replaced with research. It was a needed break from training but I missed the bike. I am ready to get back to the pool and will embrace the crisp morning runs this fall. I had my break but now it’s time to refocus on 2020.

I’m planning on racing this weekend next year. I’m going to try for the PC lottery to get to Kona but if that does not work, Ironman Louisville will be my stop. I’m slated for three 70.3 races so far in 2020 but I’d like to improve upon my full distance time/strategy/run. Watching friends on Instagram check in at both locations lit that fire. I want to be there.