I've just pulled the plug on IMWI. Feeling pretty glum.
I'm not positive that Wisconsin will be the best race for me in 2011 - I might need to take a look again at the entire schedule of races and locations and think about what will suit me best in terms of the timing vis-a-vis the academic calendar.
A summer race might end up being better than a September one - Coeur d'Alene (June 26, 2011) or Switzerland (July - don't know the exact date). Lauren is doing Switzerland this year, so I can get a full report from her on whether it might suit - she's rented a road bike from a store there, and I'm sure I could do it without having to travel with a bike. I also have a college friend who lives in Geneva and did IM Switzerland a few years ago, so that's a minor incentive in that direction too. Coeur d'Alene might be more convenient, though...
For this year, in any case, I am going to have to live vicariously through what I hope will be a very full race report from Lauren - click over to her blog and wish her luck!
4 comments:
Tough times - it does sound like the right decision at this point in your life.
Here is an interesting perspective that you might enjoy.
http://drjohnm.blogspot.com/2010/06/cycling-wednesdays-7-how-many-pegs-do.html
These decisions are hard to make, but it sounds like you made a sensible one. There will always be an ironman to do.
Agreed. Whichever decision was the least stressful decision was the right one, and it sounds like you made it.
I agree with Leah, good decision, there will be other Irons to do.
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