In de marge : enkele (leuke) redenen om een Ironman te doen ;-) Enjoy reading !

*Makes everything else seem so SHORT
*The 3 week taper before the race
*The 4 week recovery after the race
*I've done one, so now I have to do it faster next time
*As much pizza as you can eat after the race
*So that when the car runs out of gas, I can still get away from the police under my own power
*Beats watching Big Brother, Familie or anything els on TV
*For all the times you heard someone say "I'd do one of those... I just can't swim
*Chalk on the road
*Easy rides and runs the week before
*Finishing your last workout and smiling because you know "I'm SO ready"
*You want to test the endurance limits of the music collection in your head
*Spectators looking up your name and cheering as you plod past at sunset
*So you can answer "One" when people ask "How many days does that take?"
*You might get on TV
*You can have a good laugh at the former cool (now fat) kids at 20th High School Reunion
*Sharing a smile with people wearing the finishers T-shirt the next day
*Knowing that as you step in the water on race day - YOU MADE IT THIS FAR ! Now, just get home
*How many people can say they did anything for 13... hours ?
*So that when you tell your grandchildren stories about what you did when you were young ... yours will be true
*High fives from people you don't know
*Because MolybdenumMan doesn't trip off the tongue in quite the same way
*Your friends are watching on the web
*You need to prove to your mom that even if you get on the bike right after you swim ... you won't catch a cold
*Bikers think you're nuts
*Swimmers think you're nuts
*Your running club KNOWS you're nuts
*Morning swims
*Knowing that when you wake up at 4:00 am, the next time you go to bed, you will be a VERY different person
*Makes your next marathon just a nice morning run
*Because the longer you're out there, the less per hour it really costs !
*Finding yourself in the middle of your doubts ...
*Finding a new meaning of being scared
*Finding out that you're far stronger than those doubts a few km's later
*Falling in step on the run and making a friend to the end, without having to say a word
*Breakfast the day after
*Watchin people heading home while you're heading out, thinking I'll be there soon and they cheer for you
*Understanding why that is as you are cheering for people heading out when you're finally heading home
*That feeling of ice cubes in your hat on a hot run never getting too cold
*To see if it really feels as good to do as it does to dream
*To see if it really feels as good the second time
*And a third...
*And a fourth...
*To try and finish in daylight
*To try and finish before midnight
*To try and NOT get stung by that (#*@! bee this time
*An M-Dot Tattoo would look swanky on your ankle
*5000 volunteers, all for you
*Hearing them say "You're almost there!" all day long
*Being nearly almost there - for real
*Quiet hugs before the start
*Kissing her goodbye, and promising "I'll be back later..."
*The first time you think "Holy crap - I'm doing an Ironman !
*Beating back the voices that say "Holy crap - you can't do an Ironman !
*That moment when you KNOW you're going to make it for the first time all day
*The first step after you cross the line and think "Oh, My ... God ... !
*The medal
*Because they said I can't
*BECAUSE I SAY I CAN !!