Race Nerves / Excitment
Avoneer
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Hi All,
Does anyone else get really excited/nervous when their number and details etc. arrive in the post/by email a week before the actual event.....
Or is it just me?
Pat...
Does anyone else get really excited/nervous when their number and details etc. arrive in the post/by email a week before the actual event.....
Or is it just me?
Pat...
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Still nothing compared to the day itself though!
"You said it would make you faster.......!!!!!!!"
"that money could have been spent on........,instead of going out on your new bike you could have painted the house.....!"
Jon e. I still have to experience this next year when I do have to start explaining bad races and increased expenditure to the Mrs!!!
* I have no scientific evidence to back this up!!
Phase #1: Real excitment, at the point of identifying an event and actually signing up for it.
Phase #2: Amazement (and a little bit of pride), that I'm actually going to do what I set out to back at the beginning of the year.
Phase #3: Nerves, as the event gets closer and I start walking through in my mind what is required to finish within my target time (I may be slow, but a target is a target)
Phase #4: Sh*tting bricks, as I sit down to my porridge on race day
Phase #5: Excitment, as I wait for my wave to be called
Phase #6: Sheer joy, as during the race I see my baby daughter (5 months) holding a "come on daddy" notice.
Phase #7: Utter elation, I've finished
Phase #8: Stupidity, as I start thinking that an Ironman could well be within reach. (I've done two sprints and a Duathlon)
When I started this I told myself I wasn't bothered about doing a long distance tri but I think I changed my mind after watching Ironman UK recently and then having an IM come to my hometown is just a sign that I have to do it, right?
I did IM UK this year off of 30 weeks or focused IM training, and only my 2nd year of Tri. It seems impossible, but once you get into the training, you realise that it isn't. It's time consuming and painful, but not impossible.