I received an email from the race director of the Savageman Half Iron Triathlon. It read in part,
Congratulations on the tremendous streak you’ve accomplished in being one of only 16 Savages to have successfully finished the entire SavageMan Half in 2007 & 2008, AND successfully scaled the “Westernport Wall” both years!
And it went on to note that as acknowlegdement of the accomplishment, I could receive 25% off the 2009 race registration fee. I have no choice now, do I? It has to go on the calendar again for this year.
But that’s a long way off. My current focus is the National Marathon in March and my training has been inconsistent at best. I always strive for consistency in training so this is tough to take. But a cold over the holidays had me cut most of my runs short, not by much, a mile or two, but I did miss one scheduled run. And my last long run was 15 miles and included bonking twice. I only took 2 gels, one around mile 5.5 and the second just after mile 10. The final mile was more like a death march. I have to figure this out soon. I’m looking for some consistency and it started this week. Two scheduled runs. Two completed runs at the scheduled distance. That’s what I’m talkin ’bout.
