IM…I said.
There is a life guard at the Kroc center that calls me IM, since I told her I was training for my first ever ironman. Her attitude is to act as if I already accomplished it to get me in the mindset that doing so is inevitable. I have no doubt in my mind that I will finish the race on November 20, 2011 before the stroke of midnight. The only unknown is how long before 12 o’clock I will cross the line. I’d really like to do be so fast that I qualify for the world championship (wouldn’t everyone like that?), but as long as I finish, even if I crawl, will be be a big accomplishment for me. Then I could officially say IM…I said, even if no one hears it at all, not even the chair.
