Milestones
As I sit here on my couch with my legs elevated I have to take a look at where I’ve been and how far I’ve come. A little over 7 months ago I underwent brain surgery #2 and it was right before that I told my surgeon that I needed a big goal to focus on. I set my sights on Half Ironman Maine even though I had yet to do a triathlon of ANY distance. Today, as I stare at my Garmin watch that tells me I am 176 days out from Maine I hit a major milestone in my training. Earlier in the week I had my longest swim, 2300 yards. Today though was a bigger one. I rode 56.9 miles. For those that don’t realize, the bike portion of a Half Ironman is, 56 miles and the swim is roughly 2300 yards. That’s right, almost 6 months away from race day and I have swam and biked the distance that I will tackle when I race. Now I am more than aware that I still have a long way to go, but something about seeing 56 miles on the monitor today was a huge boost mentally. More importantly I made the miles coun