#whatsnext

I've been quiet the last two months. HIMTX was an incredible experience that left me completely fulfilled but struggling to answer the question, "What's next?" I knew the minute I crossed the finish line that I was not ready to make the leap to IMTX. I'm just not ready. Having begun my tri journey one short year ago, I know that I'd be rushing it. And hey. What'd I just say? Journey. Not destination. What's the rush? I want to enjoy this, not suffer through it. So after two months of lollygagging and debating, here's what's next:

October 3 - Mammoth Lake Oly
November 1 - Oilman 70.3
January 17 - Houston 26.2
April 10 - HIMTX

I have a plan to get a ton stronger between now and next April. After I finish HIMTX 2016, I'm planning to go for the gusto and sign up for IMTX 2017. I have two incredible friends who have committed to race with me (and more importantly, train with me). I have a third friend I'm holding out hope for. These ladies - all three of them - are "my people." We have prayed together, trained together, had beers together, solved the world's problems together, and now we'll have the opportunity to share this incredible journey together to form bonds of iron that will never, ever be broken.

Cheers to another two years of the Iron Journey!