Sunday, August 2, 2009

Iron Man

Howdy everyone,

Just a quick announcement for the day. On July 31, I signed up for the Muskoka Subaru Half Iron Man in Huntsville. It's going to be 1.9km swim, 94km bike, 21.1 km run. I'm super excited about it and also quite terrified as it will be the longest distance that I have ever tried to go in one day without a car. Also, I am limited to only 8 and half hours to do it in, so I may fail at it. I'm kind of excited by that prospect though because, usually when I do something, I'm fairly confident of succeeding. I think I'll be alright and am somewhat confident in succeeding but, there's still that chance of failure. Hopefully all goes well, and I will certainly be training like a madman for the next month and a half (it's Sept.13). Just thought I should let people know as, it is something that I've said yes to doing. Also, next Sunday, I'm going bungee jumping at the Great Canadian Bungee Jumping place. 200 feet above a man made lake (and apparently, you dunk at the end of the jump). Should be good times!

(Iron Man by Black Sabbath, from the album Paranoid. I will be listening to this quite a bit over the next month and a half.)