In this series I’m planning to share my experiences of doing my first full Ironman at Langkawi, Malaysia in November 2016. The journey so far is no less than AWESOME!
With 50 days to go, I thought of sharing my experience to help fellow triathletes and wannabies when they attempt their Ironman.
It all starts with “The Dream”, the word Ironman was for me like everyone else was more of a comic character, eptiomized by Robert Downey Jr. in the Ironman series.
It all started when I signed up for my first half marathon and told my boss about it. He shared that he also runs marathons and is preparing for the full Ironman, and asked me to go and research about it. After going through the Wikipedia entry, I was already blown away, how can a human do that!!!
3.8 kms Swim, 180 kms Cycling and 42.2 kms(full marathon) that too in a sequence, with the cut-off and time limit of 17 hours! For me that’s the seed of my inspiration to attempt for Ironman.
My learning from this is that “Share” things, have conversations, you never know you might find your dream in one of them!
Another thing I learnt in this journey is that NEVER let your dream fade away, keep reminding yourself of your dream.
Lastly, if your is any less than “TRANSFORMATIONAL”, then find another one!
Cheers,
Ram
