My husband Justin will be competing in his first IronMan this year in Louisville. He will be competing with his two younger brothers, Paul and Josh. I am beyond proud of this journey he will be taking. However, I am also a little worried about what this means for me. Some of you may say I am being selfish, and that's ok. In fact, I can guarantee that in the process of writing this blog and doucumenting my experience as an IronMan widow that I will come across selfish several times in the next 9 months.
In order to prepare for the IronMan in August, my husband had started taking a Masters Swim Class. This class starts at 5 am- which means the alarm clock goes off at 4 am 3 days a week. Keep in mind, that we sleep in the same bed, so when the alarm goes off, I hear it too. He has also purchased a beautiful Tri Bike which is now in my living room (hopefully not a permanent fixture), and spends his evenings at the gym. They say that training for an IM is like a part time job- so I am looking at 15-20 hours a week of not having my husband around.
Today Justin discovered a new Tri store in Plano, and of course he was there. I don't blame him, if there was an opening for a new Nordstroms, I'd be there the first day too. At the store, one of the sales associates told him that there are 4 things to keep in mind while training for an IronMan.
1) Family
2) Work
3) Sleep
4) Training
And, he could only pick 3.
I have a feeling that sometimes one of the three items isn't going to be family, and I am going to have to learn to be ok with that.
I can see that I am going to enjoy this blog!
ReplyDeleteI have to comment though, that SLEEP is the one thing your man will be very deprived of. Every time I have finished an Ironman, the circles have become more etched under my eyes.
Best of luck -
Linnea
www.truegrittraining.com
2 comments: #1 to the previous comment from Linnea. I have a friend named Linnea & have never met anyone else with that name. I assume you don't know too many people with your same name, so just thought I would share that bit of trivia.
ReplyDelete#2 I also am going to enjoy this blog because although I have never & will never compete in an Ironman, I have competed in numerous shorter distance tri's, swims, bikes & runs. I have several friends who are Ironmen so I kind of understand both sides of this--the obsessed athlete and the innocent bystander.
Suellen