Journey

"The most difficult part of any long-distance training plan isn't finishing the race. For most of us, getting to the finish line is almost a forgone conclusion. After all, if we've trained well and don't have any major mishaps, there's almost no reason not to finish.
The most difficult part of the training program is getting to the starting line. You confront so many obstacles. There are many places for things to go wrong, so many times when you can give up and quit, that, if you are there when the gun goes off, you are already a different person than when you took your first training run." -John Bingham, Marathoning for Mortals

The book Marathoning for Mortals impacted me greatly and really set me on my way for endurance sports. I carry pieces of that book with me throughout training and at each race. I chuckled to myself a few times during the iron-distance triathlon thinking of quotes from the book. He is truly one of my coaches.

When anyone asks me how I got started doing this crazy stuff, I tell them I started backpacking with Dean, and he started running and I could see the improvements he had, and I wanted them also. And I tell them to go get Marathoning for Mortals because that really got me on my way.

Thanks to everyone for all of your support through this journey!
Craig