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Originally Posted by emartin10
I think once I complete an Ironman - I'll really just focus on doing Olympic distance races, since that is my favorite distance.
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Dream on Eric - you'll be hooked!!!
I must say that the Ironman is what lured me to the sport in the first place. I remember watching it for the first time thinking during the first 5 mins 'there's no way someone can go that distance'. Halfway through, this had evolved to 'man, these guys and gals are awesome'. By the end of the program, I was thinking 'I HAVE to do that one day.'
There's no better experience than that last few hundred metres, thousands of spectators screaming their heads off, and the pain of 140.6 miles disappearing. While it's kinda cool having other people acknowledge your efforts, the best thing is catching the M-dot permanently tatooed on my ankle at times during the day and remembering...'Yeah, I'm an Ironman'.
If I never do another race again, it would be ok, but if I do, it will either be an Ironman, or in prep for another Ironman. E, I truly hope you do complete an Ironman, and we would all love to come on the journey. Maybe swapping your last sticky for your IM log...