Welcome to Tri T'war's IronLife Blog where, if you want, you can follow my training for Ironman Florida on November 3, 2007. In this blog you can see some of my workouts, meals, breakdowns, and colorful anicdotes about this crazy life.
Before we get into that, I suppose I should let all of you know who I am. I am T'war, or usually better known by the name my parents gave me, Peter. T'war is the name that my sister gave me many years ago and has stuck. Not the most macho nickname, but certainly better than 'old sock' which was once my moniker as a child.
So here I am, T'war, a now 30 year old married man living about a mile and a half from where I grew up for my whole life, getting ready to train for an event that at the very best will be over nine and a half hours of maximum physical exertion in the hopes of crossing the finish line for a silly metal and a Tee shirt. Sounld like fun? Well believe it or not it is, and this blog is intended to give you a little insight into why I came to think that this was a good idea, and hopefully you will realize that Ironman is not about the 9.5-17hrs that you spend out on the course one Saturday, but that it is about the 365 days before that, and the countless hours spent training that really is what the race is about.
Now that all of that is on the table, get ready for what I hope is fun, informative, and cathartic for you and me.
1 comment:
For the record, your big sister is not a loon. Your nickname came from "Pe-twar", which I thought sounded very European at the time. Names like Pietro and Petee did not fit like this one.
Our family is so excited for you! Does this mean coming skiing in Fabruary is out? Couldn't you use come high altitude training?
Love, Rutabega (you're not the only one with the crazy nicknames)
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