My 2nd Half Ironman

Posted on Nov 19, 2008 in Reaching Peak Fitness| 2 comments

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Last weekend I’ve participated in my 2nd Half Ironman race in Shepparton, Victoria and actually did very well… 5 hours and 21 minutes, 67^th place in my age group, smashing my personal best by 45 minutes and passing few strong team mates on the run. Deep down I knew I can be good in this : ) Was a long 12 months journey since I started to get there though!

In between weekends of training & racing, I managed to take a week off to celebrate Melbourne cup properly. We started with the traditional breakfast at my courtyard, followed by a beautiful sunny day at the racing track and a buzzing night in the city. This is my 5th year in a row celebrating and I just felt fortunate again to live in such a great city as Melbourne and to have such great friends! 

Besides training and some weekends of fun, Life is pretty much wrapped around sorting out any financial difficulties that may be on the horizon. I sold some of my company shares, closed a big debt I had since university and now I’m checking the opportunity of purchasing a property. A bit sooner than I thought but the opportunity is here so I may just grab it. 

Overall I’m quite happy with where I am right now, although sometimes I miss the old good party times. I guess that we all have to make some sacrifices to achieve big goals. Will try to compensate next year : )

With love

Tal,