IronMan at 50!
Ironman Distance at 50 (3.8 km swim, 180 km cycling and 42.2 km run) Reposting what I had posted in FB, as I am not sure if I will retain FB forever! When I was just getting "active" around 2017, I read about Milind Soman finishing an Ultraman Triathlon at 50. Had thought at that time that I should do a full IronMan triathlon by 50. I had no specific event in mind and I didn't even know how tough it would be. Once I became good at running and better at cycling, I realised that this was a Herculean task. So the thought of doing an IronMan (140.6) was pushed to the backburner. The spark was suddenly lit around March when Eswari shared a post about some friend of hers finishing a "self-supported IronMan". I was amazed and thought it would be great for me to do so for my 50th birthday. Just as I was thinking aloud, Eswari, Sudo and others encouraged me and so I fixed up on the plan. The date that I set was Jun 21, Saturday! I was supposed to train for this from Mar...