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Who said you'd 'never do an IM' but did?
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2011-06-16 7:45 AM

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Subject: Who said you'd 'never do an IM' but did?

I know many of us started off doing sprints and olys and the idea of an IM never entered our minds or if it did, we quickly dismissed it as way out of our league.  But eventually, as our experience and endurance increased, we started to entertain the idea of doing an IM.

So for the sake of all those who currently say "No way can I or will I ever do an IM" did you always know you wanted to do an IM or did the idea kinda grow on you?

 

~Mike



2011-06-16 7:48 AM
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Subject: RE: Who said you'd 'never do an IM' but did?
Needs to be an option for "wants to do an IM, but semi-afraid of doing one".
2011-06-16 8:03 AM
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I just got into this to do sprint and oly. Thought IM was nuts, honestly.

Then, after the first OLY I got to thinking about the distances and put them in terms of my area and they didn't seem that daunting.

Did a non-Mdot and this year am doing an Mdot and I believe that'll be my IM career and I'll go back to HIM as my A races and other distances as they fit into the training for those two a year.

2011-06-16 8:21 AM
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Subject: RE: Who said you'd 'never do an IM' but did?
I did my first triathlon back in the late 80s.  I took almost 10-years off after getting married and starting a family but started again after the kids were past the toddler stage.  I never had any desire at all for going an IM distance.  However, I was approaching 50 and knowing I was not getting any faster I decided to I wanted to do one.  I didn't care about any of the hype and didn't want to spend a lot of money so I did Redman in 2009.  It was a great experience!  Sometimes I think I would like to do another to see if I could finish faster...but I never will.  I just missed out on too much with my family preparing for it.
2011-06-16 8:43 AM
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Subject: RE: Who said you'd 'never do an IM' but did?

Never said I wouldn't do an iron distance race, and never said I would either. Several years back I had loosely planned on doing the Ultramax race near Kansas City, but they stopped putting that race on. I may still end up doing Redman or Rev3 at some point. I have no interest in supporting the IM brand races though. I don't care for their gouging prices or the need to register a year in advance.

I've never questioned whether I could do the distance though. I don't find it intimidating.

2011-06-16 8:51 AM
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Subject: RE: Who said you'd 'never do an IM' but did?
When I first started training, my goal was to do an Olympic.  After I did it, I expected to revert to doing sprints because while I enjoyed the sport, I 'couldn't expect to maintain the fitness needed to continue doing Olympic distances'.  Not only did I maintain that fitness, but I started thinking that an HIM was possible.  Minutes after completing my first HIM, one of my friends asked me how I felt.  I responded:  I feel like I'm probably going to be volunteering for IMAZ next month and registering to race in '09.  The rest is history.  So - when I first started, I never would have thought an IM was possible for me, but somewhere along the way, I learned that the more I pushed my limits, the more I figured out that I didn't have as many of them as I thought.  


2011-06-16 8:56 AM
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I always figured that some day I'd do a sprint tri.  Last year I finally did.  Liked it so much I did an Oly 5 days later and 3 other sprints. 

Yet, I still looked at an IM as one of those impossible feats and just knew that my body would never hold up to something like that.  The longest running race I had done at that point was a 10 miler.

But after three years of running training, I finally got the bod to do a marathon (in a very proud and bragging 3:36 I might add).  All of a sudden, there I was, knowing I could train and run 26.2.  I was doing 50-70mile bike rides, and doing 12-17 mile runs the next day.  All of a sudden, and IM didn't seem that impossible or ridiculous.  I'm not there yet, and the time committement is still rather daunting, but for the first time in my life (and I'm 47) it seems completely plausable.  Perhaps as a goal before I turn 50 (or as I turn 50- is the spring 2014 calendar up yet?)

Anyway- I'm training for a HIM now.  Having a great time and not worried about making the distance... only how fast.  Orangeman- here I come.

2011-06-16 8:56 AM
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I thought that when I started tri's about 4 years ago. Two years after that I did a HIM. This year I did a HIM and am doing an IM. I doubt I'll do another IM (and get my first and only tattoo!), however, I will probably challange myself with HIM distance every few years. 

I am much better at the shorter distances...I like to go fast and my muscles are the kind that do fast and short, not fast and long. Not to mention the time involved and that I'm prone to injury when going long.

2011-06-16 9:07 AM
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Subject: RE: Who said you'd 'never do an IM' but did?
It was never on the radar until a few months after I did my first HIM. Doing a 70.3 made me realize what it meant to put in long hours of training. Even then those hours didn't compare to what I am currently experiencing building up for my first Ironman. Glad I am doing one and I already signed up for #2!
2011-06-16 9:38 AM
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Subject: RE: Who said you'd 'never do an IM' but did?

Mind you I only got this Tri wild hair the beginning of this year. Signed up for a HIM. I like longer stuff and I think I can do it in the 6 hour range which seems just right for me.

Looking at Iron distance does not even look fun. Looking at least 13-14 hours... not my idea of a pick nick. No interest..... then another wild hair begins to burrow....

I know I can do the distance. I know I can do it if I set my mind to it. It starts to sound appealing.... then reality hits. The reality is I am really enjoying training for a HIM, but I don't see how I can double that and still keep a wife and a life. I am known for jumping in to stuff and going all out OCD. But training 15-30 hours a weeks for a year.... ya, that is not very realistic for me.

Who knows though.... first HIM in August... I'm 44... that 50 is rolling around....???

2011-06-16 10:05 AM
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Marathons are crazy enough.  IM is certifiably nuts.  Laughing  I have zero desire to do either.

Let's see what I say next year after completing an Oly.  I'll probably end up targeting an HIM for the following year.  Laughing

To the poster who said "semi-afraid," "terrified" would be more correct in my case.



2011-06-16 10:17 AM
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I would do Kona, but have no desire to do any other IM.  My goal is an olympic and then HIM and from there I would be happy doing Olympic distances.  Too much time and money for an IM.

**I will state though, at first IMNY did sound interesting, until the course maps came out.  If they did the whole thing in NYC, that might interest me**

2011-06-16 10:42 AM
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Subject: RE: Who said you'd 'never do an IM' but did?

msteiner - 2011-06-16 8:48 AM Needs to be an option for "wants to do an IM, but semi-afraid of doing one".

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2011-06-16 11:05 AM
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Subject: RE: Who said you'd 'never do an IM' but did?

I swore I'd never do a 5K. Then it was never do a half marathon. Then IM/Marathon. Can't hold me to anything now. :P

 

2011-06-16 11:16 AM
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Subject: RE: Who said you'd 'never do an IM' but did?
I never knew there were other distances until after I decided I was going to do triathlons. To me triathlon only meant Ironman. It then became a natural progression - sprint, super sprint, oly, 70.3. Now getting ready for Ironman Canada in August!!
2011-06-16 11:24 AM
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Subject: RE: Who said you'd 'never do an IM' but did?
I said "never" up until the canon went off at IMTX


2011-06-16 11:40 AM
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I always said I'd never do a marathon and I'd never do an IM.  Those were for crazy fit people.

However, the idea grew on my as my fitness improved.  Once I could run 13 miles, I wondered if I could run 26.  After I completed a HIM, I still thought IM was crazy but my DH did one and his training was not insurmountable, so the seed sprouted and grew.

I have now done 2 marathons (Kiawah and Publix Georgia) and an IM (Louisville 2010) and signed up for another IM (Wisconsin) and marathon (Savannah Rock-n-Roll) in 2011.

2011-06-16 11:48 AM
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It's happening to me too.  How do I stop it?  I did a sprint 2 years ago.  Then last year I did a season full of sprints, ending up with an Olympic.  This year after 1 sprint to start things off, I'm doing all Olympics and plan to probably run a HM in October.  Now I'm thinking I'll give HIM a try next year.  The thought of an IM still does seem unlikely at best.  I know I could train to get to the point of finishing it, but as of right now I have no desire to put in those kind of training hours to get to that point.  Of course last year a HIM seemed just as unlikely and now I'm strongly considering that. 

Damn, this sport and the way it has of sucking me in.

2011-06-16 11:51 AM
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Subject: RE: Who said you'd 'never do an IM' but did?
After 7 years of doing tri's -- sprint & oly, not tempted to do either marathon or IM. I did do 2 half marathons . . . didn't really enjoy them without a swim and bike to warm me up
2011-06-16 11:55 AM
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Subject: RE: Who said you'd 'never do an IM' but did?
Back in college (over 20 years ago), a friend of mine wanted me to do a triathlon (sprint, I think), but do one leg of it in a relay.  At that time I told him "NO" because I gave up on running at that time, never biked and never swam.
Who would have thought that many years later that my first triathlon was a HIM and my second was an IM?  It was ambition, that's for sure.
2011-06-16 12:37 PM
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2011-06-16 12:48 PM
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I have said that I'll never do an IM.  Not because I couldn't, but because I have absolutely no desire to do so.  I've too many things in my life that I enjoy and refuse to give those things up for IM training.  It's just not that much of a draw for me.

I have entertained the idea of making 'completing an IM' as my retirement goal, so I guess I am potentially going back on that 'never' promise.  Once I'm no longer working, I'll have more time for training and I'll consider it (assuming I'm still healthy and active).  Check back with me in 20 years and I'll let you know.

I can say, with all confidence, that I will NEVER race at Kona.  No way.  If I do an IM, it would be IMCdA or Canada or somewhere else far enough north to give me a shot at cooler weather.  I don't handle heat well.



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2011-06-16 12:53 PM
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Subject: RE: Who said you'd 'never do an IM' but did?

never will do an IM, unless i somehow find 20 hrs in my schedule to train doing a triathlon for a story is not of much interest to me. 

2011-06-16 1:00 PM
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Subject: RE: Who said you'd 'never do an IM' but did?
Yep, my story is much like many of the others. I started triathlons 6 years ago. I didn't know anything about them, just wanted to get active and thought training for triathlons would give me the motivation to keep active and exercising. I was 40, overweight and inactive. Just couldn't keep motivated to keep up with any kind of steady exercise.

I was right, six years later and still going. When I first heard about the iron distance I thought it was crazy stupid and swore I'd never do one. Three years into the ride I changed my mind. Finished IMCDA 2010 and will be doing Canada in 2012. My plan now is to do one every other year until physically unable to do another--hopefully somewhere on the other side of 70 YO.
2011-06-16 1:27 PM
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Subject: RE: Who said you'd 'never do an IM' but did?
trix - 2011-06-16 12:53 PM

never will do an IM, unless i somehow find 20 hrs in my schedule to train doing a triathlon for a story is not of much interest to me. 

 

First off, never say never.  :-)

Second, I finished my 2nd IM at 14:30 and never really got over 10 hrs/week.  The training was an experience I will cherish my whole life.  The actually race was enjoyable too.  It's not about a story...it's about a memory (IMO)....and in the final analysis, when we are old and grey, all we have really have that is truly our own are memories.

 



Edited by Rogillio 2011-06-16 1:31 PM
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