Ironman Boulder

Ironman added a new full distance race for 2014 in Boulder, Colorado on August 3.  My coach Jeff is trying to get a training group together for this race.  I want to do a full Ironman and the timing is good.  140.6 miles seems like alot and it is.  I should have plenty of warm weather training in Dallas leading into the event and I would be done before my kids head back to college.  It's wetsuit legal and the water should be mid 70s which is a good thing.  The altitude has me more than a little nervous but I trust Jeff has a plan.  The race opened for registration at 11am this morning.  I had a meeting at 11am and decided to hit the registration button and see what happened.  It put me in queue and said I had one hour to complete the registration.  I decided to leave for my meeting and if it was still up when I got back, I would go through with it.  It was still there when I got back to my office.  I was really nervous about this and had a hard time completing the registration.  I finally decided to just man up and do it.  I called Jeff and told him I almost felt like throwing up from nerves.  The die has been cast and I am in.  I have 382 days to get ready for this.  It is something I have looked forward to for awhile and is a challenge I should be ready for.  Boulder is a great location and I love the mountains.  I hope this works out.  I don't think my heart rate calmed down after registration for about an hour.  Hitting the button is the easy part.  I haven't been through the next level of training so this will be something new.  My last race this year will be at the end of September and then it's on.