I'm doing 32 things
I've wanted one for 9+ years...
2 years ago
but I had to earn it first.
And now there it is, right there above my right ankle. And it’s not going anywhere.
My shell has been branded. Ironman.
:)
pythagorean's Life List
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1. Gain Wisdom
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2. know
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3. Not talk for 3 years
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4. Work to end the death penalty
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5. Spread the Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
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6. worship the sun
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7. get a masters degree
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8. have bizzare celebrations
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9. Chill the fuck out
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10. Raise my son to be a good man
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11. build a temple to Apollo
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12. build a temple to Demeter
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13. Go back in time
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14. learn ancient greek
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15. learn Latin
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16. Get a PhD
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17. see the aurora borealis
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18. write a book
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19. Strangle a data nazi
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20. Throw a dart into a map and travel to where it lands
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21. learn how to die
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22. open a coffee shop
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23. reach for my revolver
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24. see the yeah yeah yeahs live
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25. inscribe a secret tablet, guide to the ancient stone temple, with the words "when you approach the ancient stone temple you must be attractive and scantily clad"
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26. save resources
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27. achieve eudaimonia
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28. go to Greece
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29. learn the constellations
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30. try orienteering
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31. deal with it
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32. live in a house with hidden rooms and secret passageways
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Recent entries
Redman 2007
2 years ago
I am ironman!
15 hours and change.
Great course, great staff, great volunteers.
I used Don Fink’s book Be Iron Fit. His 30-week training program got me to the line ready to go.
Nutrition is the 4th discipline in ironman. Keep eating. I estimate I ate around 60 gels over the course of the day.
Finishing was just as awesome as you think it would be. I was so stoked. Yeah. Yeah! I’m an ironman!
The best advice I got when I was kicking around the idea of doing an ironman: “That just sounds like a 6 month project.”
When I looked at it like that it didn’t sound like such a huge undertaking.
I really enjoyed most of the training, so that helped quite a bit. It was like playing. Even the really long stuff was enjoyable as I built up to it. If I didn’t enjoy what I was doing it would really have sucked.
But there were times when I was bone tired. And irritable. The end of the taper was probably the worst.
Ironman is a very selfish endeavor. It’s expensive, too.
But I had the dream, and I’ve done one now, and I can’t say I regret it at all. :)
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