Well it’s been a while. Inexcusable really, but since I wrote last I had to make the very hard and rather heartbreaking decision to not go to Mexico and the dream I have had for the last 10 years of competing in the Deca Ironman triathlon has had to be postponed again due to security concerns (see previous post). I weighed up all the pros and cons for weeks. I won’t bore people with the details, but there were a couple of final factors that “broke the camels back”. The first of these was the reluctance of my support crew to come, something that I realised from that factor was that, for me, I want to do this right first time and have the total experience, and for me, having my friends supporting me there is almost as important to me as having my bike there…….I could do it if I had to, but it won’t be the experience that I want to have. The final factor was far less deep and meaning full, I have been given a great opportunity career wise that I can’t afford not to take, this involves a couple of university courses from the postgraduate diploma in management at Waikato university, and we have been told to expect a big work load start of Oct – mid November, if I were to go to Mexico, I would be gone the majority of that time – so with that, I decided to pull the pin.
But I can’t go from thinking of doing such an epic event to nothing at all, so I am refocusing and think I will attempt to be the first woman to complete the 8lap version of the Lake Taupo bike race (1240km). This is pretty epic in itself, with the notable elevation every loop and the often harsh weather conditions, finishing will be formidable task in itself. I have already started stressing about not having trained enough recently with mostly work (but also a short holiday) having seen me travelling almost every week since the end of June (and away again next week). Hopefully the big training weekend planned for this weekend will put that stress to rest for a little while.
Stay tuned!
