WHY NOT?

It's 10 hours till the start of my next Ironman ... Ironman Florida. I have to admit I have "crashed" Amanda's race. She has been training hard for this event for the past few months since ironman Louisville and is in good shape to have a great race and do a personal best. I will be racing straight back out onto the course after I finish to cheer her on tomorrow! 

I decided early in the week that my training for the World Ironman 70.3 Championships (next week) weren't really coming along as I would have liked to be competitive with the specialists at the distance. I found in training I was struggling with the top end speed to be able to run a sub 1.14 half marathon (a time I am predicting will be needed to come top 10) though I still had a lot of aerobic base from my Hawaii build up. So I have decided I will race Ironman Florida, my fifth Ironman this year. I would never be lining up tomorrow if my body wasn't up to it but I am confident it still has a good result left to give to end the 2009 season. Most of all I am looking forward to the challenge. I say why not?