I love this forum. I love learning from other peoples mistakes and experiences, and I have learned much here.
I love training for Triathlon. I feel great, look like I did when I was 16 (neck down anyway) and enjoy competing again. I am setting an example for my kids that neither of my parents did for me. They ask to run on the treadmill and spin on the trainer like it is a privelidge, which most of us know it actually is! Triathlon has made my life much more fulfilling for myself and my family.
That said, with three kids and possibly a fourth in the next year or two, I cannot justify to myself or my family the time and effort necessary to prepare for an IM. I don't plan on ever doing one, nor really desire to do one. I was planning on a HIM to end 2005, but a knee injury in August on a trail run derailed that. I am planning the same season wrap up HIM in 2006 on top of some Olympic and sprint races spaced throughout the season. The races I did this year, minus the Galveston Race, were all very well run and a joy to compete in, and many of the people I spoke with had never done IM and didn't plan on it either.
Anyone else enjoy the shorter distances for what they are, and have no desire to take it to the IM level? I hope I haven't offended the IM mafioso, as I have thoroughly enjoyed and benefitted reading their posts.
I love training for Triathlon. I feel great, look like I did when I was 16 (neck down anyway) and enjoy competing again. I am setting an example for my kids that neither of my parents did for me. They ask to run on the treadmill and spin on the trainer like it is a privelidge, which most of us know it actually is! Triathlon has made my life much more fulfilling for myself and my family.
That said, with three kids and possibly a fourth in the next year or two, I cannot justify to myself or my family the time and effort necessary to prepare for an IM. I don't plan on ever doing one, nor really desire to do one. I was planning on a HIM to end 2005, but a knee injury in August on a trail run derailed that. I am planning the same season wrap up HIM in 2006 on top of some Olympic and sprint races spaced throughout the season. The races I did this year, minus the Galveston Race, were all very well run and a joy to compete in, and many of the people I spoke with had never done IM and didn't plan on it either.
Anyone else enjoy the shorter distances for what they are, and have no desire to take it to the IM level? I hope I haven't offended the IM mafioso, as I have thoroughly enjoyed and benefitted reading their posts.